PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jayilton Almeda (ranked 4486 p4p, 1213 weight class) and Teofil Gielgud (ranked 496 p4p, 158 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Almeda might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Anota Aí - MC Lipi. Gielgud comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Witajcie W Naszej Bajce kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Almeda
vs
Gielgud

194 cm
23
270
3 - 4 - 0

188 cm
22
250
9 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Conviction
Pulling Guard

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Jayilton Almeda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Teofil Gielgud!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Cecil Peabody and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Almeda throws an overhand right that lands on Gielgud's shoulder, as Gielgud tries to avoid the shot.
Gielgud is looking to clinch.
Gielgud bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Gielgud moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Almeda has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Gielgud avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sloppy strikes from Gielgud. Those never looked like landing.
Almeda moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab lands there for Gielgud.

Almeda shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Almeda controlling the action here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gielgud tries to kick Almeda off but Almeda keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Gielgud is trying to stand back up but Almeda is controlling him
Almeda passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Gielgud!
Almeda controlling his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Almeda looking to finish Gielgud with some ground and pound. This is bad for Gielgud!
Gielgud squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Gielgud is squirming around, avoiding Almeda's attempts to control the action.
Almeda lands with some strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeda sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
You get the feeling that Gielgud really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Almeda can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Gielgud is looking to escape.
Almeda looking to finish Gielgud with some ground and pound. This is bad for Gielgud!
Gielgud is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Almeda lands with some strikes.
Almeda controlling the pace for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gielgud's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Almeda controlling the position easily from mount.
Gielgud's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Almeda landing punches.
Almeda trying to control but Gielgud is having none of it.
Almeda lands with some strikes.
Almeda controlling his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gielgud in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Almeda landing strikes from the mount.
Almeda tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Almeda lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Gielgud hang on?
Almeda tries to control but Gielgud wriggling away.
Almeda tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Gielgud is squirming around, avoiding Almeda's attempts to control the action.
Almeda landing strikes from the mount and Gielgud is in trouble!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jayilton Almeda dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Gielgud throws a jab when Almeda was well out of range.
Almeda changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Gielgud throws a looping overhand right but Almeda ducks down to avoid it.
Almeda showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gielgud.
Gielgud is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Almeda.
Almeda scores with a punch to the head.
Almeda thuds his shin into the meat of Gielgud's side.

Almeda moves into range and clinches up with Gielgud.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Almeda.
Almeda is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gielgud can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gielgud blocks an uppercut.
Almeda unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Gielgud! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Almeda is unloading with more strikes now! Gielgud drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jayilton Almeda!
Jayilton Almeda decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.