PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Demian Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gunna Richardson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Almeida
vs
Richardson

167 cm
26
138 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

165 cm
19
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

Good wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Demian Almeida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gunna Richardson !
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richardson fails to land the takedown.
Richardson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Richardson scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Almeida looks like he's trying to stand up.

Richardson seems to be working for a kimura but Almeida defends the submission attempt.
Richardson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Almeida wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richardson thows a huge punch but Almeida dodges it nicely.
Richardson stops Almeida from getting back to his feet.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Richardson lands a nice short elbow.
Richardson with the ground and pound but Almeida uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Richardson controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Richardson trying to control the position from guard on top but Almeida is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Richardson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Almeida works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Richardson throwing strikes but missing.
Richardson wants to control from the top but Almeida keeps moving.
Richardson looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Richardson connects with a couple of short punches.
Almeida is breathing heavily.
Richardson thows a big elbow that misses.

Almeida has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Richardson off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Richardson gets a takedown into half guard.
Richardson is nestled in close to Almeida, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Richardson winds up and cracks Almeida with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Richardson is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Almeida has managed to free his arm - good work.
Richardson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richardson scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Richardson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Richardson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Almeida defending well though.
Richardson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Richardson is trying to control the action in half guard but Almeida is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Richardson drops an elbow to the side of Almeida's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Richardson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Richardson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gunna Richardson dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Richardson darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Richardson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Almeida with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Richardson connects with a nice short shot to Almeida's temple.
Almeida is trying to stand back up but Richardson is controlling him
Richardson lands with a punch from half guard.
Richardson wants to take a breather but Almeida is having none of it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richardson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Richardson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Richardson slips a nice elbow through Almeida's hands, connecting with Almeida's forehead.
Almeida avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Richardson .
Almeida keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Almeida is in trouble now - Richardson has advanced to mount!
Richardson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richardson lands a big shot there that rocks Almeida but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Richardson lands a nice shot to the head.
Richardson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
A nice elbow there by Richardson .
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Richardson landing punches.
Richardson lands a heavy elbow.

Almeida is rocked!
Richardson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Oh Almeida is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Richardson with the ground and pound from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richardson takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Almeida seems to have got his legs back now.
Richardson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Richardson scoring with strikes but Almeida is staying in there.
Richardson content just to control the position here.
Richardson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Richardson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richardson cracks Almeida with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
A nice elbow there by Richardson .
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big strike lands for Richardson ! That's really hurt Almeida and he's turned his back - Richardson keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Richardson jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gunna Richardson !