PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Almeida (ranked 4574 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Plunkett (ranked 4583 p4p, 0 weight class). Jake Plunkett will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Almeida
vs
Plunkett

188 cm
25
204 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

199 cm
25
215 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Likes musicals

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Antonio Almeida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jake Plunkett!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Konstantin Menshow and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Plunkett bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Almeida tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Almeida struggling a bit here.
Almeida is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Plunkett is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Almeida tries to hold on but Plunkett pushes him away.
Almeida is wriggling around trying to escape.
Almeida tries to hold on but Plunkett pushes him away.
Almeida throwing hammer fists to the chest of Plunkett. What's that going to do exactly?

Plunkett is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Almeida has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Almeida throws a strike but has given up his back in the process.
Almeida looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Almeida is in bad spot here.
Almeida might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Plunkett doesn't have the hooks in and Almeida manages to turn into his guard.

Almeida drops back, looking for a kneebar! Plunkett looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Plunkett looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Plunkett!

Almeida wants to control but Plunkett postures up.
Almeida gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Almeida manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Almeida is looking for a triangle here but Plunkett uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Plunkett really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Almeida. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Almeida is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Plunkett asserts his dominance and retains side control.

Plunkett is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Almeida has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Plunkett tries to move to mount but Almeida blocks the move with his legs.
Almeida gets back to half guard.
Plunkett scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Almeida is looking for a sweep. Plunkett is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Almeida flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Almeida pushes Plunkett off looking to stand but Plunkett dives back in and keeps control.

Almeida looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Almeida looking for submissions off his back.
Almeida moves into full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Almeida working for submissions but it's allowed Plunkett to get to half guard.

Almeida looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Almeida trying to hold on to Plunkett's head to control him but Plunkett postures up.

Almeida actively working from the bottom here.

Almeida is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Plunkett is tapping! Great win for Almeida!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Antonio Almeida!
In his post fight interview, Antonio Almeida started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.