PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between luis eduardo almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Filipe Martins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). almeida comes to the ring accompanied by strawberry swing. Filipe Martins looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

eduardo almeida
vs
Martins

185 cm
18
202 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
203 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, luis eduardo almeida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Filipe Martins!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Alan Glass and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martins displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as almeida throws out the jab.

Excellent takedown into side control there by almeida.
almeida throws an elbow but Martins slips to the side and avoids it well.
almeida trying to control the position but Martins is working away.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
almeida is chipping away with strikes.
almeida trying to control the action but Martins is working from the bottom.
Martins regains half guard.

Martins actively working from the bottom here.
almeida is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
almeida controlling the pace.
almeida is keen to just control but Martins is a slippery customer.
almeida missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
almeida working the head and body with strikes.
Ground and pound from almeida.
almeida keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
almeida is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Martins!
almeida controlling the position easily from mount.
Martins is desperately trying to improve his position but almeida has a good base and remains in mount.
almeida tries to control but Martins wriggling away.
Martins taking shots to the head.
almeida is landing with some decent strikes but Martins is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Martins tries to reverse the position but almeida maintains control.
almeida scoring with strikes but Martins is staying in there.
almeida prevents Martins from getting the reversal.
Martins looks gassed!
almeida breaks from Martins's wrist control and lands an elbow.
almeida won't let Martins get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
A nice elbow there by almeida.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
almeida takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Martins is wriggling around trying to escape.
almeida content just to control the position here.
almeida can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Martins is looking to escape.
Martins is in all sorts of trouble here.
almeida takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

The referee stands the fighters back up. luis eduardo almeida just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Martins avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

almeida looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
almeida trying to control from half guard but Martins is working away.
almeida performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Martins is staying active underneath almeida, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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.
almeida is trying to control the action in half guard but Martins is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
almeida throws a jab when Martins was well out of range.
Martins avoids the body shot from almeida.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

luis eduardo almeida dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Jab from almeida.
almeida tries to clinch up.
almeida lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
almeida loads up on a big right hand but Martins slips the punch.
almeida looks to land a right hand but Martins moved out of range.

Martins shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Martins is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
almeida gets back to full guard.

Martins drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and almeida dives on top into guard.

Martins is looking for a triangle but almeida pushes his legs off easily.
almeida wants to get up but he can't break Martins's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
almeida controls from within his opponent's guard.
almeida trying to control but Martins is working from the bottom.
almeida is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
almeida trying to control the position from guard on top but Martins is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
almeida is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
almeida loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Martins has an active guard here but almeida has managed to pass into half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Martins is in trouble now - almeida has advanced to mount!
almeida is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Martins can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
almeida looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
almeida trying to control but Martins is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
almeida with shots to the head and body - Martins looks very uncomfortable down there.
almeida lands a nice shot to the head.
almeida fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
almeida tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
almeida with a couple of short strikes.
Martins is trying desperately to improve position.
almeida landing punches.
almeida takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Martins tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Martins is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
almeida breaks from Martins's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Martins tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Martins is squirming around, avoiding almeida's attempts to control the action.
Martins taking shots to the head.
Martins is in a horrible position here. almeida smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Martins is squirming around, avoiding almeida's attempts to control the action.
Martins'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 with shots to the head and body - Martins looks very uncomfortable down there.
almeida lands a big elbow.
Martins is trying to stand.
almeida tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

luis eduardo almeida dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

almeida swings for the body but Martins moves out of range.
No joy there for almeida, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A slow jab from almeida misses its intended target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
almeida looks to score with a jab to the body but Martins is just out of range.
Martins takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Martins takes one to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
almeida throws a shot from downtown. Martins moves away and avoids it.
luis eduardo almeida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Martins gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and almeida counters with a straight right hand.
Martins takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Martins takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
almeida buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
almeida scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
almeida tries to clinch there but Martins circles away.
almeida throws a shot from downtown. Martins moves away and avoids it.
Martins avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
almeida with a hook.
almeida cracks Martins with a right hand to the side of the head.
almeida misses the shot to the body.
almeida throws a lazy right hand but Martins sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
almeida throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
almeida connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Martins momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
almeida with a lazy takedown attempt

and Martins counters with a nice double leg into side control. almeida won't be happy with that.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
almeida tries to get back to half guard but can't.
almeida wants to control but Martins postures up.
luis eduardo almeida is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Martins goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, almeida has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Martins but great work by almeida.
almeida slows the pace down.
Filipe Martins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
almeida passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Martins!

And that's the end of the fight!
luis eduardo almeida showed his dominance in that final round.
Well almeida has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... luis eduardo almeida!