PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between luis eduardo almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Elijah Jennings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). almeida comes to the cage accompanied by a rush blood to the head. Elijah Jennings is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

eduardo almeida
vs
Jennings

180 cm
20
204 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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Team S.W.A.T.

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, luis eduardo almeida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Elijah Jennings!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Cecil Peabody and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
almeida connects with a solid leg kick.
Jennings tries to close the distance and clinch up but almeida swats him away and circles back towards the center.
almeida thows a body kick. Jennings tries to catch it but that hurt him.
almeida keeps Jennings at a distance using the push kick.
Jennings fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jennings shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jennings shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts almeida as he jumps to the side.
almeida lands with a slapping head kick.
Jennings takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
almeida misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jennings.
almeida throws a leg kick that misses.
almeida stuffs the takedown attempt from Jennings. Jennings gets slowly back to his feet.
luis eduardo almeida has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Elijah Jennings.
Jennings on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

almeida gets a clinch.

almeida pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
almeida looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jennings shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
almeida connects with a looping right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jennings avoids the head kick by almeida.
Jennings tries to clinch up

and almeida counters by moving into the clinch.
almeida crunches a lovely knee into Jennings's ribcage.
Jennings looks gassed!
almeida tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by almeida.
Jennings takes a knee right on the jaw!
almeida stalling.
almeida crunches a lovely knee into Jennings's ribcage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
almeida pressing his opponent against the cage.
almeida lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
almeida is pushing Jennings up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A knee to the head by almeida.
almeida landing knees to the head.
almeida connects with a knee to the head.
almeida stalling.
almeida with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
almeida gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
almeida crunches a lovely knee into Jennings's ribcage.

almeida escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
almeida connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jennings. Jennings circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
almeida scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
luis eduardo almeida is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
almeida throws a nice inside leg kick.
almeida could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
almeida lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice shot by almeida.
Jennings fails with the takedown
and almeida counters with a leg kick.
almeida lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A punch lands to the side of Jennings 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Jennings gets cracked there but stands up to it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

luis eduardo almeida dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

A swing and a miss from almeida.
Jennings slips under a jab from almeida.
Jennings takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jennings tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and almeida counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
almeida throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
almeida lands with a straight right. Jennings didn't see that one coming.
luis eduardo almeida is winning the standup battle so far.
Jennings is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by almeida there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
almeida lands a nice shot to the body.
A head kick misses from almeida.
almeida lands a with a good body shot.
almeida lands with a straight right. Jennings didn't see that one coming.
almeida lands a nice hook to Jennings's body. Jennings takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
almeida throws a quick inside leg kick.
Elijah Jennings seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

almeida rushes Jennings and presses him up against the cage.
almeida with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A bit of stalling here from almeida.
almeida lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

almeida breaks the clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by almeida.
almeida lands with a thumping leg kick.
almeida scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

almeida clinches up with Jennings and pushes him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jennings takes a knee right on the jaw!
almeida landing knees to the head.
almeida lands an elbow that stopped Jennings in his tracks for a moment.
almeida unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jennings lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
almeida throws a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by almeida.
almeida with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
almeida lands a knee to the body.
almeida unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jennings lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jennings is working for takedown but almeida is calmly controlling the position for now.

almeida breaks from the clinch.
Jennings on the wrong end of a nice hook.
almeida throws a body punch but Jennings moves out of range.

almeida rushes Jennings and presses him up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
almeida prevents a takedown attempt there.
almeida landing knees to the head.
Jennings tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. almeida just stands there and leans against the cage.
luis eduardo almeida has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Elijah Jennings.
almeida looking to throw knees to the head but Jennings is blocking nicely.
Jennings taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Jennings tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. almeida just stands there and leans against the cage.
almeida will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Jennings up against the cage.
almeida using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jennings has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. almeida avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
almeida tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jennings changes levels and goes for a takedown here. almeida fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Jennings looks to clinch
and almeida counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

luis eduardo almeida dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Jennings fails with the takedown
and almeida counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jennings misses with a combination
enabling almeida to counter with a crisp jab.
Jennings doesn't succeed with the takedown
and almeida counters with a good, hard body kick but Jennings shrugs it off.
Jennings takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

almeida clinches with his opponent.
luis eduardo almeida has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
almeida trying to land knees to the body.
almeida lands a knee to the body.
Jennings takes a knee right on the jaw!
almeida has Jennings pressed against the cage.
almeida looking to throw knees to the head but Jennings is blocking nicely.

almeida manages to break the clinch.
almeida moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Jennings fails with the takedown
and almeida counters with a nice uppercut.
luis eduardo almeida has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Elijah Jennings.
almeida scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jennings doesn't succeed with the takedown
and almeida counters with an inside leg kick.

almeida moves into the clinch successfully.
almeida connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jennings's face.
Jennings tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. almeida smiles and moves away.
Jennings takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
almeida rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jennings moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jennings gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and almeida counters with a low kick, right behind Jennings 's knee.
almeida lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jennings's sensitive parts.
Jennings shoots and misses
and almeida counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice uppercut lands for almeida. That snapped Jennings's head back.
Jennings has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
almeida digs a good body shot into Jennings's ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jennings walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
almeida lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
almeida lands a with a good body shot.
Jennings takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Jennings on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

almeida rushes Jennings and presses him up against the cage.
Elijah Jennings has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
luis eduardo almeida is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

almeida breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
almeida scoring well with a low kick there.

And that's the end of the fight!
luis eduardo almeida showed his dominance in that final round.
Well almeida has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight for luis eduardo almeida!
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight for luis eduardo almeida!
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight for luis eduardo almeida!

luis eduardo almeida wins by unanimous decision!