PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesus Perqelez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Almeida's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, 24 theme song. Perqelez is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by cool caribbean beats. Jesus Perqelez acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Almeida
vs
Perqelez

170 cm
21
163 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

183 cm
22
161 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers ground

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Very confident

GTI-Roid Rage

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight 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, Anthony Almeida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jesus Perqelez!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Aleksandr Martynov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Perqelez scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Almeida manages to get to full guard.
Perqelez has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Almeida is proving hard to escape from.
Almeida avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Perqelez wants to pass the guard but Almeida is keeping the position.
Almeida wants to sweep here but Perqelez controlling him for the moment.
Perqelez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Perqelez is in close to Almeida's body, working some short punches and elbows.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Almeida is on top in guard.

Perqelez working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Almeida doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Almeida manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Almeida avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Perqelez is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Almeida stands and steps away. Perqelez gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Almeida misses with a takedown

and Perqelez counters with a single leg into guard. Almeida didn't expect that.

Perqelez drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Perqelez jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Perqelez looks gassed!

Almeida is looking to sinch up a triangle. Perqelez throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Almeida's body to avoid the submission. Almeida has instead reached around Perqelez's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Almeida arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Anthony Almeida!