PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Caio Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gale Tempest (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Almeida comes to the cage accompanied by Blink 182 - Dammit. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Almeida
vs
Tempest

182 cm
24
200 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

175 cm
24
190 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 5 - 4 - 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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gale Tempest!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Edson Gomes and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Almeida tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tempest swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tempest connects with a body shot.
Tempest sizes up Almeida with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Almeida moves in looking to clinch but Tempest pushes him off.
Tempest lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Tempest fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Almeida walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Almeida tries to clinch but Tempest is having none of it.

Almeida clinches up with Tempest and pushes him back against the cage.
Tempest changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Almeida fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Almeida is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Almeida tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tempest paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tempest uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Almeida tries to clinch up.
Tempest lands a body shot.
Almeida wants to clinch up but Tempest keeps it at a distance.
Tempest lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Almeida at a distance.
Almeida fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Tempest scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Tempest lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Almeida backs up against the cage.
Almeida fails with a takedown attempt.
Almeida tries to move into range but Tempest moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida tries to clinch there but Tempest circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Almeida takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Almeida tries to clinch up.
Tempest bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Almeida's head.
Tempest lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Tempest closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A cross from Tempest lands.

Almeida closes the distance and pushes Tempest back into the cage.
Almeida trying to land knees to the body.
Tempest looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Almeida tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tempest on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tempest avoiding damage as Almeida throws knees to the body.
Almeida is breathing heavily.
Tempest tries to pull guard but Almeida holds him up against the cage and eventually Tempest drops back down to his feet.
Tempest tries a knee to the head but Almeida blocks it.
Almeida trying to land knees to the body.
Almeida misses with a knee strike.
Almeida avoids a wild elbow strike from Tempest.
Almeida prevents Tempest from breaking the clinch.

Tempest wants the takedown. Almeida is fighting it off but Tempest persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Almeida's guard against the cage.
Almeida wants to stand and escape but Tempest is having none of it.
Tempest is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tempest's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Tempest sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Almeida's guard.

Tempest postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Almeida to stand up.
Almeida tries to clinch but Tempest is having none of it.
Tempest scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Almeida doesn't manage to clinch there - Tempest circles away.
Tempest scores with a shot to the body.
Almeida moves in looking to clinch but Tempest pushes him off.
Tempest scores with a hook.
Almeida drops his hands momentarily and Tempest takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Almeida is looking to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Tempest.
Almeida moves forwards but Tempest connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tempest swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Almeida.
Almeida tries to clinch up.
Tempest avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tempest moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Almeida drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Almeida moves in looking to clinch but Tempest pushes him off.
Almeida is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Almeida walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Almeida tries to clinch there but Tempest circles away.
Tempest swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tempest swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Almeida.
Tempest misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tempest lands a jab-cross combination.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tempest.
Tempest fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gale Tempest is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tempest cracks Almeida with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Almeida walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Tempest is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Almeida had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Almeida is looking to clinch.
Tempest lands a lovely overhand right.
Almeida ducks right into an uppercut from Tempest.
Tempest is working the combinations to good effect here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tempest lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Almeida tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tempest paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Some wild striking there from Tempest.
Tempest moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Almeida tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Tempest swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Caio Almeida. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tempest scores with a body shot.
Almeida changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Tempest tries to avoid it but Almeida manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Tempest to the ground. Tempest escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Tempest lands a slapping body shot.
Tempest lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Tempest bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Almeida has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tempest keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Almeida is looking to clinch but Tempest is avoiding it.
Almeida changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Tempest tries to avoid it but Almeida manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Tempest to the ground. Tempest escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Tempest lands a nice hook to Almeida's body. Almeida takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Tempest works over Almeida's head and body with a nice combination.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tempest clobbers Almeida with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Tempest stalks Almeida and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Almeida's face. Almeida staggers backwards, shaken.
Almeida takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Tempest throws a shot to the body.
Tempest connects with a crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gale Tempest dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Tempest connects with a crisp jab.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Tempest!
Almeida misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Tempest swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Almeida.
Tempest slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Tempest connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nice body punch from Tempest.
Tempest throws a right hand that Almeida ducks under and follows up with a left that Almeida also avoids with ease.
Tempest lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Almeida at a distance.
Tempest lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Almeida circles away quickly and effectively.
Almeida tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tempest sizes up Almeida with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Almeida. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Almeida takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Gale Tempest seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tempest stalks Almeida and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Almeida's face. Almeida staggers backwards, shaken.
Tempest scores with a jab. Almeida acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Almeida takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Almeida takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Almeida looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Almeida gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Almeida looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tempest scores with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tempest ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Tempest scores with a jab to the body.
Tempest looks to land a combination. Almeida sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Tempest scores with a nice right hand.
Tempest getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Tempest scores with a jab to the body.
Tempest fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Tempest connects with a jab.
Nice shot by Tempest.
Almeida on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Tempest lands a jab to Almeida's midsection.
Tempest clobbers Almeida with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Almeida walks into a jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Tempest.
Tempest scores with a sloppy right hand. Almeida should have avoided that one.
Tempest throws a combination. Almeida tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Tempest throws a one two combo.
Almeida takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Almeida tries to clinch up but Tempest circles away and keeps his distance.
Almeida takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Tempest scores with a hook to the body. Almeida takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Tempest scores with a body shot.
Tempest lands a head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida fails with a takedown attempt.
Tempest throws a one two combo.
Tempest smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Almeida takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Tempest lands with a nice combination. Almeida backs away looking to recover.
Tempest swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tempest throws a one two combo.
Tempest lands with an uppercut that bounces Almeida off the cage and back into rage.
Almeida wants to clinch.
Almeida walks into a stiff left hand from Tempest.
The fighters circle momentarily. Tempest darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Almeida tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tempest paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Almeida wants to clinch up but Tempest keeps it at a distance.
Tempest throws a series of punches but Almeida avoids them all with ease.
Tempest ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Tempest scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Almeida doesn't seem bothered though.
Tempest cracks Almeida with a good jab.
Tempest has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Almeida doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Tempest.
Tempest lands with a cross.
Danga de danga de dang - Tempest scores with a four punch combination!
Tempest lands with a nice body punch.
Almeida on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Tempest thuds a left hand into Almeida's body.
Tempest scores with a jab to the body.
Tempest throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Tempest with a hook.

Almeida is rocked!
Tempest scores with a jab. Almeida acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Oh Almeida is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Almeida moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Tempest connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Tempest moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Tempest lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Tempest digs a good body shot into Almeida's ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Almeida takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Almeida takes one to the chin there.
Tempest with a hook.
Tempest fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tempest swats away the attempt to clinch by Almeida.
Tempest moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tempest will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Almeida seems to have got his legs back now.
Almeida tries to move into range but Tempest moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Tempest cracks Almeida with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Almeida takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Almeida moves in looking to clinch but Tempest pushes him off.
Tempest jabs at Almeida's body.
Tempest lands with a right hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Almeida looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Tempest!
Almeida takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Left hook, right uppercut from Tempest.
Tempest punishes Almeida's body with a nice straight punch.
Jab by Tempest.
A left and a right from Tempest both land. Nice combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tempest fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tempest lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Tempest scores with a one two! Almeida had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Tempest with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Tempest dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Almeida takes a body punch but keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gale Tempest showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Tempest moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Almeida looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tempest thuds a left hand into Almeida's body.
Tempest connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Tempest lands a two punch combo.
Tempest connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Almeida momentarily.
Tempest cracks a nice hook into Almeida's ribs.
Almeida is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Tempest throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Almeida.
Tempest lands with a nice body punch.
Caio Almeida is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tempest lands a two punch combo.
Tempest lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Tempest throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Almeida colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Tempest as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Almeida is left battered and dazed whilst Tempest and his camp cheer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gale Tempest!