PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adono Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barei Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Garcia
vs
Almeida

182 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

176 cm
22
203 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Adono Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Barei Almeida!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Seu Braga and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Almeida swats away the attempt to clinch by Garcia.

Garcia rushes Almeida and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Garcia gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Almeida.
Garcia prevents the takedown attempt.
Almeida wants a takedown.
Adono Garcia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Barei Almeida.
Garcia lands a nice uppercut.
Garcia is trying to break the clinch but Almeida has him pressed against the cage.
Garcia looking to slow down the pace here.

Almeida pulls guard effortlessly.

Almeida working for a triangle but Garcia defends it easily.
Garcia is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.
Almeida trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Garcia wants to stand but Almeida is controlling his posture from full guard.
Garcia content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Almeida throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Garcia has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida has a closed guard, preventing Garcia from standing up.
Almeida throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Almeida bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Garcia's guard.
Garcia wants to stand and escape but Almeida is having none of it.
Almeida is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Almeida landing some decent shots from guard.
Almeida has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Almeida postures up in Garcia's guard and throws a big left but Garcia blocks it.
Almeida scoring with punches to the head and body.
Almeida lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Almeida is working Garcia over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia wants to get back to his feet but Almeida is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Garcia is breathing heavily.
Almeida trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Almeida in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Almeida wants to control from the top but Garcia keeps moving.
Almeida with a nice head shot there.
Garcia is looking to stand up but Almeida isn't so interested in that idea.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Almeida throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Garcia works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almeida with a nice head shot there.
Almeida is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Almeida scoring with some ground and pound.

Almeida stands up and waves to Garcia to follow him.

Almeida scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Garcia knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Almeida on the ground.
Almeida landing strikes.
Garcia on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Almeida scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Garcia to see if he's OK.
Almeida lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Sloppy strikes there by Almeida.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almeida working the head with strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Almeida lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Garcia down.
Almeida connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Garcia some visible discomfort.
Almeida connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Garcia some visible discomfort.
Almeida is looking to take a break and control but Garcia is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Almeida prevents Garcia from escaping the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garcia takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Almeida working the head with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barei Almeida dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Almeida darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Garcia on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Garcia tries to get out of the position.
Almeida wants to lay and pray for a moment but Garcia keeps working.
Almeida landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Garcia looks like he's trying to stand up.
Almeida looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Almeida thows a huge punch but Garcia dodges it nicely.
Almeida working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Barei Almeida has got the better of the ground game so far.
Almeida working the head and body with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida trying to control from half guard but Garcia is working away.
Almeida lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Almeida wants to lay and pray for a moment but Garcia keeps working.
Garcia blocking the ground and pound attempt from Almeida.
Almeida thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Garcia is trying to stand back up but Almeida is controlling him
Almeida throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Garcia is not content to let Almeida control the position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Almeida shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Garcia but Garcia pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Almeida fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Garcia avoids it really well and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Garcia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Almeida is defended easily by Garcia.
Adono Garcia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Barei Almeida.
Garcia tries to clinch but Almeida moves out of range.
Garcia shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

so Almeida counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Almeida throwing strikes but missing.
Almeida trying to control the position from guard on top but Garcia is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almeida in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Almeida drops back looking for a leg! Garcia is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Garcia manages to kick Almeida off! Almeida jumps back into Garcia's guard.
Almeida throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Almeida advances position into side control!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Almeida working the head with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Almeida tries to score with some ground and pound. Garcia controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Almeida working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Almeida in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Almeida in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Almeida connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Garcia some visible discomfort.
Almeida landing a few strikes.
Almeida in side control lands a decent elbow.
Almeida grinds an elbow into Garcia's temple.
Check out the look on Almeida's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Almeida working the ground and pound.
Garcia takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barei Almeida showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Almeida shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Almeida was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Garcia'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.
Almeida breaks from Garcia's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Almeida breaks from Garcia's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Almeida scoring with strikes but Garcia is staying in there.
Almeida is landing with some decent strikes but Garcia is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
You get the feeling that Garcia really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Almeida landing punches.
Almeida dominating with strikes here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Almeida lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Almeida has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Garcia's face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida landing punches.
Almeida tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Almeida is in the full mount, landing strikes.
BOOM! Almeida connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Garcia is trying to stand.
Almeida lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Almeida lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Almeida lands a big elbow.
Almeida working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Almeida cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Almeida cracks Garcia with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Almeida is going olschool here, as he tries to force Garcia to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Garcia shrugs it off.
Almeida dominating with strikes here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garcia really wants to buck Almeida off and get back to his feet.
Almeida fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Almeida working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Garcia really wants to buck Almeida off and get back to his feet.
Almeida has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Almeida in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Almeida fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Garcia wants to get back to his feet.
Almeida is landing with some decent strikes but Garcia is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Almeida pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Almeida lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Garcia hang on?
Adono Garcia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Almeida wants to control the pace but Garcia is squirming around nicely.
Barei Almeida is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almeida content just to control the position here.
Almeida lands a heavy elbow.
Garcia wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Almeida tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

And that's the end of the fight!
Barei Almeida comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Almeida winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 26:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 26:30
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Barei Almeida!