PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Almeida (ranked 2110 p4p, 269 weight class) and Charlie Austin (ranked 1857 p4p, 247 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Almeida
vs
Austin

185 cm
26
210 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

193 cm
25
205 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Antonio Almeida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Charlie Austin!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Dirk Anderson and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Austin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Almeida.
Austin throws a right hand that misses
and Almeida counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Austin lands with an overhand left.
Almeida lands the left hand.
Almeida definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Austin moves out of range of the strikes.

Austin fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Almeida, pushing him back against the cage.
Almeida blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Almeida lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Almeida lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Almeida goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Austin is trying to push Almeida away but Almeida has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Almeida can't find room to land a body shot as Austin controls the action.
Almeida presses Austin against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Austin can't break the clinch.
Austin lands an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Almeida working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Almeida lands a nice uppercut.
Austin blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Austin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Almeida has a couple of punches blocked by Austin.
Almeida working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Austin looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Austin throws a punch but it's blocked by Almeida.
Austin blocking some punches.
Austin tries to break free but Almeida pushes him back against the cage.

Austin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Almeida clinches with his opponent.
Austin lands a shot to the body.
Almeida swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Austin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A big right from Almeida misses.
Almeida connects with a good right hand that stumbles Austin. Austin circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Almeida keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Austin.
Almeida tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Austin manages to circle out of the way.
Almeida slips under a jab from Austin.
An attempted straight right counter from Almeida misses the target.

Austin moves into range and clinches up with Almeida.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Austin tries a body shot but Almeida blocks it.
Austin misses with a punch to the body.
Almeida fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Almeida misses with a hook from the clinch.
Austin blocks an uppercut.
Austin tries to work over Almeida's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Almeida fails to land.

Austin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Almeida misses with a looping right.
Almeida shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Austin closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Almeida struggles to land a body shot inside as Austin controls his hands.
Almeida lands a nice shot to the body.
Austin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Almeida goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Almeida keeps control of Austin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Almeida swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Almeida misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Almeida dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Almeida tries to clinch but Austin moves out of range.
Austin lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Austin clinches up with Almeida and pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Almeida.
Still in the clinch, Austin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Almeida lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Almeida misses with a body punch.
Austin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Antonio Almeida has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Austin scores with a shot to the side of Almeida's head.
Almeida misses with a punch to the body.
Almeida fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Austin misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Austin wants to get back to striking at distance but Almeida won't allow it.
Almeida has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Almeida tries to throw a body punch but Austin avoids it by throwing Almeida back against the cage.
Austin is trying to force a seperation but Almeida has the dominant position.
Austin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Almeida lands a shot to the body.
Almeida digs a right hand into Austin's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Austin's gas tank.
Almeida keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Austin's efforts to push away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida pushes Austin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Almeida scores with a shot to the side of Austin's head.
Austin is breathing heavily.
Almeida fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Almeida scores with a shoulder strike.
Almeida tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Austin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Charlie Austin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice jab there from Almeida.
Austin throws out a loose jab but Almeida uses good head movement to avoid it.
It looked like Almeida was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Austin.
Almeida misses with a lunging right hand
and Austin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Austin connects with a right hand. Almeida shakes it off.
Almeida scores with a nice head shot.

Almeida gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Still in the clinch, Almeida scores with a nice short uppercut.
Austin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Austin swings wildly with an uppercut but Almeida uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida lands a left hand that snaps the head of Austin backwards.

Austin is rocked!
Austin tries to circle away but Almeida has him pinned against the cage.
Austin is still on wobbly legs! Can Almeida finish him?
Almeida lands a left hand.
Almeida creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Austin's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Austin drops to his knees and Almeida pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Antonio Almeida!
Antonio Almeida spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.