PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jd Almanez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Trejo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Almanez comes to the ring accompanied by Rock Hood by Shinobi Ninja. Trejo has chosen Dire Straits- Six Blade Knife as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Almanez
vs
Trejo

190 cm
30
190 lbs
21 - 18 - 1

191 cm
29
204 lbs
16 - 10 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 21 - 18 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jd Almanez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Danny Trejo!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Albert Achterberg and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Almanez throws a head kick that misses.
Almanez throws a lazy right hand but Trejo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A low kick from Almanez is predictable there

and Trejo counters with a crisp one two that drops Almanez! Trejo thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Almanez to his feet! Almanez is in big trouble!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Almanez keeps the fight on the outside.
Trejo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Almanez.
The fighters circling - Almanez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Almanez misses with a wild body shot.
Almanez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Almanez seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Trejo looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Trejo walks into a left hand.
Almanez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Trejo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Almanez throws a chopping leg kick but Trejo manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Almanez looks to land a right hand but Trejo moved out of range.
Almanez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Almanez takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Trejo slips a jab from Almanez.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Almanez feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Trejo keeping full guard, as Almanez tries to pass.
Trejo wants to get back to his feet but Almanez is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Almanez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Trejo is keeping the position for now.
Almanez stops Trejo from standing up.
Almanez tries to free his leg and advance position but Trejo is retaining full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trejo keeping moving, preventing Almanez from controlling successfully.
Almanez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Trejo swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Almanez trying to control the position from guard on top but Trejo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Almanez.
Almanez checks a leg kick.
Almanez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Almanez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Trejo counters with a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Almanez fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Trejo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almanez shoots in looking for a takedown but Trejo manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Almanez's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Trejo tries a head kick but it misses.
Trejo slips a jab from Almanez.
Jd Almanez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Trejo cracks Almanez with an open hand slap.
Danny Trejo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Trejo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Almanez fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jd Almanez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Trejo on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Almanez misses with a body shot

and Trejo counters with a crisp one two that drops Almanez! Trejo thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Almanez to his feet! Almanez is in big trouble!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Trejo takes one on the button.
Almanez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Trejo.
Almanez connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Trejo's hands.
Almanez scores with the left hand. Trejo knows he should have avoided that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almanez missing with a left hand there. Trejo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Trejo moves out of range as Almanez strikes.
Almanez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Almanez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Trejo.
Trejo stuffs the takedown attempt from Almanez. Almanez gets slowly back to his feet.
Almanez is breathing heavily.
Almanez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Trejo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nice shot by Almanez.
Almanez swings for the body but Trejo moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Almanez fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Trejo avoids it really well and circles away.
Almanez avoids the head kick by Trejo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Trejo dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Almanez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Trejo misses with a few strikes there.
Trejo is looking to clinch.
Almanez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Trejo manages to avoid it.

Trejo rushes Almanez and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.

Almanez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Almanez looks to land a left hand but Trejo moved out of range nicely.
Trejo motions for Almanez to come forward. Trejo throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Almanez lands a slapping body shot.
Almanez misses with an uppercut
and Trejo counters with a stiff right hand.
Trejo tries to clinch up.
Almanez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Trejo manages to avoid it.
Almanez throws a hook but Trejo avoids it easily.
Almanez throws a hook but Trejo avoids it easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Trejo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almanez throws a hook but Trejo avoids it easily.
Almanez lands with a kick to the temple. Trejo shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Trejo is rocked!
Almanez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Trejo is still on wobbly legs! Can Almanez finish him?
Almanez throws a hook but Trejo blocks it.
Almanez keeps the fight on the outside.
Almanez throws a lazy head kick
and Trejo counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Almanez is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Trejo avoids the head kick by Almanez.
Trejo seems to have recovered his senses.
A telegraphed right hand from Almanez misses the target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Trejo throws a nice looking combination but Almanez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Almanez shoots in but no luck this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Trejo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Almanez.
Almanez takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Almanez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Almanez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Almanez fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Trejo avoids it really well and circles away.
Almanez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Trejo counters with a head kick that drops Almanez to the mat! Almanez scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Almanez is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trejo and Almanez are patiently standing in front of each other looking for an opening. Trejo throws a head kick. It's landed, knocking Almanez into next week! Ooooh that was huge! Trejo knows it - he's on the ropes flexing is biceps. That's a bit weird considering he won by kick but whatever.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Danny Trejo!
Danny Trejo decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.