PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Almeida (ranked 2985 p4p, 380 weight class) and Andrew Jones (ranked 5249 p4p, 536 weight class). Jones has chosen Sandstorm as his entrance music. Antonio Almeida has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Almeida
vs
Jones

188 cm
27
204 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

190 cm
26
210 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Knockout power

Vegan Gains

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 7 - 5 - 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 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andrew Jones!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jones scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Jones prevents Almeida from improving his position.
Almeida is working hard here to advance position.

Almeida looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Almeida keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Almeida is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Jones is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Almeida defends it well.
Almeida trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Jones manages to pass to mount!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Almeida reaches up to try and control the position but Jones seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Almeida rolls and tries to escape and now Jones has his back!
Almeida tries to escape the position.
Almeida breaks Jones's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida trying to move into half guard but instead Jones has managed to sweep!

Jones passes Almeida's left leg - he's now in half guard.

Almeida looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Almeida gets back to full guard.
Jones trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Almeida working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Jones doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Almeida is tightening it up a little... Jones has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Jones reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Jones taps out! Nice BJJ there by Almeida!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Antonio Almeida!
Our winner, Antonio Almeida, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Andrew Jones was interviewed post fight and said 'I'll be back, I've got way more to offer. '.