PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sandro Almero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky McFunkletinkle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Almero
vs
McFunkletinkle

177 cm
19
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
24
185 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Hell's Kitchen Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Sandro Almero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Ricky McFunkletinkle!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Steven Brown and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

McFunkletinkle has closed the distance and engaged Almero in a clinch.
Almero trying to control the position but instead, McFunkletinkle has worked for underhooks and has pushed Almero into the cage.
Almero tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. McFunkletinkle smiles and moves away.

McFunkletinkle has Almero up against the cage in a clinch.
McFunkletinkle gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Almero.
Almero fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sandro Almero. That's going to take a lot out of him.

McFunkletinkle breaks from the clinch.
Almero shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with McFunkletinkle but McFunkletinkle pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Almero tries for a takedown but McFunkletinkle sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Almero shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Almero showed some decent athleticism there.
McFunkletinkle misses with some strikes from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McFunkletinkle is looking for a sweep. Almero is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Almero is looking to advance position but McFunkletinkle won't allow it.

Almero is sneakily working for an arm triangle but McFunkletinkle sees it coming and defends easily.
McFunkletinkle is trying to control but can't.
McFunkletinkle is looking for a sweep. Almero is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Almero seems to be working for a kimura but McFunkletinkle defends the submission attempt.
McFunkletinkle missing with punches from the bottom.
McFunkletinkle gets back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
McFunkletinkle looking to hit a scissor sweep but Almero is one step ahead there.
McFunkletinkle pulls Almero in to control the position.

McFunkletinkle looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
McFunkletinkle is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
McFunkletinkle is pulling down on Almero's head. It's preventing any offense from Almero, at least for the moment.
Almero won't allow McFunkletinkle to get back to his feet.
Almero has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McFunkletinkle keeping moving, preventing Almero from controlling successfully.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
McFunkletinkle tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Almero paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Almero misses with a takedown attempt - McFunkletinkle sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Almero misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Almero is breathing heavily.
Almero looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

McFunkletinkle looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Almero!
McFunkletinkle landing punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McFunkletinkle tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Almero tries to hold on but McFunkletinkle postures up.
McFunkletinkle tries to control but Almero wriggling away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McFunkletinkle content just to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricky McFunkletinkle dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Almero with a lazy takedown attempt

and McFunkletinkle moves into the clinch.
Almero tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. McFunkletinkle just stands there and leans against the cage.
Almero landing knees to the body.
McFunkletinkle drops down looking for an ankle pick but Almero pulls his leg out and moves away.

McFunkletinkle drives through with a takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McFunkletinkle throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Almero is trying to control the position but McFunkletinkle postures up.
McFunkletinkle sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Almero's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McFunkletinkle is keen to just control but Almero is a slippery customer.
McFunkletinkle is thwarting Almero's attempts to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almero is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of McFunkletinkle's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take McFunkletinkle's back!
Almero biding his time, controlling McFunkletinkle.
McFunkletinkle is defending well here and trying to improve his position.

McFunkletinkle defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Almero's arms.
McFunkletinkle trying to control the hands but Almero won't let him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Almero keeps control of the position easily here as McFunkletinkle tries to buck him off.
McFunkletinkle trying to control the hands but Almero won't let him.
McFunkletinkle has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Almero tries to get the hooks in deep but McFunkletinkle pushed the leg off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almero just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Almero gets his hands free as McFunkletinkle looks to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Almero lands with a kick to the temple. McFunkletinkle shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
McFunkletinkle fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Almero clinches.
Almero working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Almero lands a takedown into guard.
Almero wants to control from the top but McFunkletinkle keeps moving.
Almero stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. McFunkletinkle swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Almero wants to stand and escape but instead McFunkletinkle has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sandro Almero dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

McFunkletinkle throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Almero's head.
McFunkletinkle looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Almero misses with a double jab

and McFunkletinkle counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

McFunkletinkle manages to pull guard.
Almero wants to stand but McFunkletinkle is controlling his posture from full guard.
McFunkletinkle looking to control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as McFunkletinkle holds on and takes a little breather.
Almero trying to control the position from guard on top but McFunkletinkle is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almero postures up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Almero misses with a takedown

and McFunkletinkle counters with a single leg into guard. Almero didn't expect that.

Almero is working an open guard so McFunkletinkle takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Almero closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. McFunkletinkle quickly recovers to half guard.
Almero seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Almero sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. McFunkletinkle defending well though.
McFunkletinkle trying to control from the bottom.

McFunkletinkle looking for submissions off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almero wants to lay and pray for a moment but McFunkletinkle keeps working.
Almero drops an elbow to the side of McFunkletinkle's head.
McFunkletinkle has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Almero is working away from the top position though.
Almero trying to control the pace.
McFunkletinkle is looking for a sweep. Almero is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McFunkletinkle is staying active underneath Almero, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
McFunkletinkle wants to control but Almero is keeping busy.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Sandro Almero just wasn't active enough.
Almero with a lazy takedown attempt

and McFunkletinkle counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Almero is looking to control McFunkletinkle's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Almero avoid being mounted?
McFunkletinkle not doing much here.
McFunkletinkle slips a nice elbow through Almero's hands, connecting with Almero's forehead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McFunkletinkle prevents Almero from improving his position.
Almero moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
McFunkletinkle scoring with punches to the head and body.
Almero wants to improve his position but instead McFunkletinkle has moved into half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ricky McFunkletinkle comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well McFunkletinkle has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricky McFunkletinkle!