PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Caio Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Leal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Almeida comes to the cage accompanied by Blink 182 - Dammit. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Almeida
vs
Leal

182 cm
23
200 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

188 cm
20
195 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Caio Almeida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jose Leal!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Daniel Cesar and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leal lands a lovely overhand right.

It looks like Caio Almeida has been cut.
Leal fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Leal lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Leal drops Almeida with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Almeida looks back up at him and smiles so Leal waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Almeida is rocked!
Jose Leal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Almeida shoots in but no luck this time.
Oh Almeida is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Almeida is breathing heavily.
Leal lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Almeida falls backwards - clearly groggy! Leal dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jose Leal!