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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Austin Campbell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Almeida comes to the cage accompanied by 24 theme song. Campbell has chosen All I Do Is Win as his entrance music. Anthony Almeida has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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170 cm
24
163 lbs
6 - 7 - 0 |
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159 cm
21
163 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut |
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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
6 - 7 - 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
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Austin Campbell! The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksandr Martynov and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Campbell circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fighters circling - Campbell throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Almeida throws out a powerful jab. Almeida fails with a takedown attempt. Campbell throws a jab when Almeida was well out of range. Campbell avoids the body shot from Almeida.
Almeida closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Campbell did well to prevent Almeida getting side control. Campbell tries to roll over but Almeida keeps him under control. Almeida tries to pass to full mount but Campbell defends it. Campbell wants to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Almeida wants to control but Campbell is keeping him busy. Almeida is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Campbell has managed to free his arm - good work. Almeida tries to pass the half guard into mount. Campbell knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt. Almeida is trying to work for a kimura but Campbell is defending well.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up. Campbell thows a left - swing and a miss! Almeida dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's two 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 avoids the body shot from Campbell.
Campbell throws a shot from downtown. Almeida moves away and avoids it. Campbell punishes Almeida's body with a nice straight punch. Almeida plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
It looks like Austin Campbell has been cut. Campbell circles away from the clinch attempt.
Almeida drops his hands momentarily and Campbell takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head. Campbell thows a body shot but no joy. Almeida dives in and grabs Campbell's left leg, looking for a takedown. Campbell pushes down on Almeida's head and hops out. Almeida is trying hard to land a takedown here. Campbell sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anthony Almeida. That's going to take a lot out of him. The fight stays on the outside here - Almeida looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Almeida wants to clinch up but Campbell keeps it at a distance. Campbell shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Almeida trying to control here.
Almeida tries to get to full guard but Campbell has control of the leg. Almeida keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount. Almeida is trying to stand up here but Campbell is controlling him well. Campbell tries to pass to full mount but Almeida defends it.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Campbell is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Almeida preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground. Almeida looking for a takedown here - he's got it. Campbell looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Almeida wants to control from the top but Campbell keeps moving. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Almeida dominated that round. The cut man is working on Austin Campbell's cut. That's time! Almeida's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Campbell takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Almeida fails with the takedown and Campbell counters with a nice double leg into half guard. Almeida is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. Campbell sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Almeida defending well though. Campbell seems to be working for a kimura but Almeida defends the submission attempt. Almeida works his way to full guard. Good work. Campbell preventing the sweep. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Campbell accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. Campbell is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Almeida is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Almeida has escaped and now he's on top! Almeida passes easily into side control. Nice work. Almeida will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round. Almeida in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Campbell is tapping! That's the end of the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Anthony Almeida!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
55% |
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