PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sicobo Fratibi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paulo Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fratibi comes to the cage accompanied by AFRICAN UNITE. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Fratibi
vs
Almeida

203 cm
19
288 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

197 cm
25
255 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

MADE IN GERMANY
MADE IN GERMANY

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sicobo Fratibi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paulo Almeida!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Paulo Santos and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Almeida swinging wildly here.
Fratibi sizes up Almeida with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Fratibi throws a looping overhand right but Almeida ducks down to avoid it.
Almeida lands with a hook. Fratibi tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Almeida scores with a hook to the body. Fratibi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Almeida paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Fratibi scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Almeida ducks under a wild hook from Fratibi.
Almeida throws a body punch but Fratibi moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Almeida misses the target.
Fratibi dodges the punch combination from Almeida.
Fratibi throws a sloppy body shot
and Almeida counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Almeida jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Almeida throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fratibi.
Almeida misses with a looping right.
Almeida bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fratibi lands a right hook to the body.
Almeida lands a body shot.
Almeida misses with a jab, cross combination.
Almeida misses with a straight left.
Almeida works over Fratibi's head and body with a nice combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fratibi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Almeida connects with a nice looking jab.

It looks like Sicobo Fratibi has been cut.
Almeida lands a slapping body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fratibi.
Fratibi just misses with a punch to the body.
Almeida throws a combination. Fratibi tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Almeida lands with a good body shot.
Fratibi is breathing heavily.
Almeida throws a shot from downtown. Fratibi moves away and avoids it.
Fratibi throws a jab when Almeida was well out of range.
Almeida throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Almeida scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Almeida fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Almeida scores with a jab to the head.
Fratibi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Almeida fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Almeida thuds his right hand into Fratibi's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Almeida just misses with a punch to the body.
Almeida lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Almeida connects with the punch.

Fratibi is rocked!
Almeida ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Oh Fratibi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Almeida digs a good body shot into Fratibi's ribs.
Fratibi on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Almeida misses with a wild body shot.
Fratibi seems to have got his legs back now.
Fratibi doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Almeida scores with a body shot.
Almeida lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida misses with a few strikes there.
Almeida lands a jab to Fratibi's midsection.
Almeida with a nice cross.
Almeida walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Fratibi drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Almeida swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Fratibi's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paulo Almeida!