PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nawal Chekhemani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jd Almanez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Almanez has chosen My Cool by Adam Tensta as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Chekhemani
vs
Almanez

170 cm
20
195 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

190 cm
23
190 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nawal Chekhemani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jd Almanez!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Reed Andrews and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chekhemani swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Almanez moves into range and connects with a jab.
Almanez connects with a body shot that sends Chekhemani's belly button to the back.
Chekhemani takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Almanez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Chekhemani ducks right into an uppercut from Almanez.
Almanez feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Chekhemanis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Almanez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Almanez with a jab.
Chekhemani doesn't manage to clinch there - Almanez circles away.
Almanez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Chekhemani is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Almanez.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chekhemani throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Almanez counters with a big head kick but Chekhemani shrugs it off.
A combination from Almanez does no damage.
Chekhemani throws a series of punches but Almanez avoids them all with ease.
Almanez connects with a body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Chekhemani. Those never looked like landing.

Almanez has closed the distance and engaged Chekhemani in a clinch.
Almanez stalls.

Almanez breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almanez circles away from the clinch attempt
and Almanez counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Almanez moves into range and connects with a jab.
Chekhemani will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Chekhemani misses with a series of wild punches.
A left lands for Almanez.
Almanez is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Chekhemani is looking to clinch.
Almanez connects with a solid leg kick.
Almanez moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Almanez lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Almanez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Chekhemani throws out the jab.
Chekhemani misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almanez lands with a good body shot.

Almanez closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Ground and pound from Almanez.

Chekhemani is rocked!

Almanez maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Chekhemani could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Almanez has cracked it and Chekhemani is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Almanez!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jd Almanez!
A very excited looking Jd Almanez made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.