PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Woods (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Glover Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James Woods is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Woods
vs
Almeida

190 cm
28
215 lbs
18 - 9 - 0

195 cm
32
215 lbs
21 - 8 - 1

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Ganja's Warehouse (95% Laundering)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Woods!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Glover Almeida!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Alyssa Summers and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Almeida throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Almeida.
Almeida closes this distance looking for a takedown but Woods circles away.
Almeida blocks a low kick nicely.
Almeida throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling Woods to counter with a crisp jab.
Almeida misses with a left hand
and Woods counters with a left and a right that stings Almeida.
Woods misses the jab.
Woods throws an overhand right that lands on Almeida's shoulder, as Almeida tries to avoid the shot.
Woods fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Woods takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
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!
Almeida misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Almeida tries to sprawl but Woods drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woods missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Almeida is looking for a sweep. Woods is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Almeida is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Woods scores with a couple of nice shots.
Almeida flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Woods trying to control the pace.
Woods not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Almeida is looking for a sweep. Woods is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Almeida won't allow Woods to pass to mount.
Woods lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Woods is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Almeida is looking to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woods lands with a punch from half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Almeida looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Woods is looking to take a break and control but Almeida is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Almeida looking for submissions off his back.
Almeida has hold of Woods's hands but Woods slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Almeida tries to get to full guard but Woods has control of the leg.
Woods tries to pass to full mount but Almeida defends it.
Woods passes to side control.
Almeida is trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woods connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Almeida some visible discomfort.
Woods scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Almeida to see if he's OK.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Woods is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Almeida's shoulder. That is not cool.
Woods's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Woods wants to lay and pray for a moment but Almeida keeps working.
Woods avoids the strikes from the bottom by Almeida.
Almeida is letting Woods control him for a moment.
Almeida wants to control but Woods postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almeida is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Woods's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Almeida has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Woods is working away from the top position though.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of James Woods.
Almeida looks to land a body kick but Woods moved away.
Woods throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Woods uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Almeida.
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!
Almeida fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Woods lands with a nice body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Woods tries to work over Almeida's front leg with a kick but Almeida checks it.
Woods thows a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Woods dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Woods misses with a hook. Almeida ducked under it nicely.
Woods stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Woods wants it to stay on the feet.
A big right from Woods misses.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Almeida - that will leave a mark!
Woods lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Almeida buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Almeida throws an overhand right that lands on Woods's shoulder, as Woods tries to avoid the shot.

Woods closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Almeida to the mat! Almeida manages to get full guard.

Almeida throws his legs up looking for a submission but Woods uses it to pass to side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Almeida is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

Almeida actively working from the bottom here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida moves into full guard.
Woods stands up over Almeida, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Woods postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Almeida being controlled here, momentarily.
Woods distracts Almeida with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Almeida has his foot on Woods's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Woods works his way back into a safe position though.

Almeida throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Woods escapes and throws Almeida's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Almeida trying to remain calm as Woods controls from the top position.
Woods working the body and head with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Almeida is trying to control Woods's posture but Woods avoids it.
Almeida tries to improve position but can't.
Woods scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Almeida to see if he's OK.
Woods working the ground and pound from side control.
Woods landing strikes.
Almeida struggling a bit here.
Woods working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Almeida takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Woods working away.
Almeida is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Woods's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.

Almeida looking for submissions off his back.

Almeida is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Woods pulls his head out easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woods slows the pace down in half guard.

Almeida looking for submissions off his back.
Almeida tries to roll over but Woods keeps him under control.
Woods working the head and body with strikes.

Woods moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Almeida.
Almeida taking punishment in the form of punches.
Woods wants to lay and pray for a moment but Almeida keeps working.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Woods working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Almeida is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Woods is thwarting Almeida's attempts to control the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Almeida wants to get back to full guard.
Almeida has hold of Woods's hands but Woods slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Almeida is not content to let Woods control the position.
Almeida wants to get back to full guard.
James Woods overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Almeida actively working from the bottom here.

Almeida looking for submissions off his back.
Almeida is breathing heavily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Woods looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Woods dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Almeida scoring well with a low kick there.
Almeida attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Almeida throws a big shot that misses.

Almeida fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Woods, pushing him back against the cage.
Almeida trying to control the position but instead, Woods has worked for underhooks and has pushed Almeida into the cage.
A short uppercut from Woods.
Almeida controlling the action here for a moment.

Woods breaks from the clinch.

Woods shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Almeida's guard.
Woods in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Woods avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woods trying to control the position from guard on top but Almeida is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Almeida has an active guard here but Woods has managed to pass into half guard.
Woods seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Almeida has hold of Woods's hands but Woods slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Woods is looking to take a break and control but Almeida is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Almeida looking for submissions off his back.

Almeida actively working from the bottom here.
Almeida takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Woods scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Glover Almeida has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woods seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Woods lands with a punch from half guard.
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!
Almeida is trying to get back to full guard.
Well, if Woods is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Almeida wants to control but Woods is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Woods perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Woods is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Almeida actively working from the bottom here.
Almeida wants to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woods 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.

Almeida actively working from the bottom here.
Woods uses his free foot to push down on Almeida's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Almeida.
Woods can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Almeida is looking to escape.
Woods lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Woods is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Almeida can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Almeida regains half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Almeida has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Woods escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Woods!
Woods wants to control but Almeida is keeping him busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Woods controls the position.
Almeida tries to buck Woods off but Woods is having none of it.
Woods working the body and head with strikes.
Woods connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Almeida some visible discomfort.
Woods in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Almeida being controlled for a moment.
Woods is looking to take a break and control but Almeida is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

And that's the end of the fight!
James Woods showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Woods, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Woods!
An out of breath James Woods thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.