PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between luis eduardo almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorge Ronaldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). almeida comes to the cage accompanied by a rush blood to the head. Jorge Ronaldo is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

eduardo almeida
vs
Ronaldo

180 cm
19
203 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
212 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 Las Vegas, luis eduardo almeida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jorge Ronaldo!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Alan Glass and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
almeida misses with a series of wild punches.
almeida looks to land a combination. Ronaldo sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

almeida closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
almeida wants to control but Ronaldo is keeping him busy.

almeida decides to stand back up. almeida steps back and let's Ronaldo get back to his feet.
Ronaldo doesn't manage to clinch there - almeida circles away.
almeida circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ronaldo tries to clinch but almeida moves out of range.

Ronaldo closes the distance and clinches.
almeida fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Ronaldo stalling in the clinch.
Ronaldo lands a knee to the body.
Ronaldo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but almeida blocks it with crossed arms.
Ronaldo unloads a knee to the mid-section. almeida lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
almeida is breathing heavily.
almeida tries to score a body lock takedown but Ronaldo shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
The is referee keeping an eye on Ronaldo - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Ronaldo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ronaldo connects with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Ronaldo.
almeida could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ronaldo just misses with a elbow thrown towards almeida's brow.
Ronaldo throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ronaldo scores a nice knee to the body.
almeida jumps guard but Ronaldo stands there with almeida around his waist. almeida gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for luis eduardo almeida. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ronaldo has almeida pushed against the cage.
Ronaldo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
almeida dodges an elbow strike from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo scores with a knee to the head.
Ronaldo scores a nice knee to the body.
Ronaldo prevents the takedown attempt.

almeida pulls guard successfully.
almeida controlling Ronaldo's posture.
almeida tries to land a sweep but no joy.

almeida had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Ronaldo is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. almeida Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Ronaldo's back instead.

Ronaldo showing good submission defense here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

almeida has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Ronaldo has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
almeida keeps control of the position as Ronaldo tries to break free.
almeida is not going to allow Ronaldo to sit and survive in this position.

almeida patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Ronaldo is trying to get back to his feet but almeida has full control of the position and if anything, Ronaldo has just worked his way into a worse spot.

Ronaldo showing good submission defense here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo is keeping busy.

Ronaldo fending off the submission attempt from almeida.
almeida trying to control.

almeida working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
almeida keeps control of the position as Ronaldo tries to break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

almeida looking for the choke from the back.
A lull in the action here.

almeida working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
almeida is hanging on to Ronaldo's back as he tries to escape.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

almeida looking for the RNC.
Ronaldo really doesn't want to stay on the ground with almeida. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
almeida tries to keep control of the position but Ronaldo is staying busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

luis eduardo almeida dominated that round.
That's time! almeida's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

almeida moves into the clinch.
almeida can't break the clinch.
Ronaldo tries to land a knee to the head but almeida blocks with his arms.
Ronaldo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but almeida blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees to the body from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo with a knee to the head.
almeida letting Ronaldo take a breather here.
Ronaldo is trying to stall.
almeida fails to pull guard.
almeida tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Ronaldo smiles and moves away.

almeida shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Ronaldo is squirming around, avoiding almeida's attempts to control the action.
luis eduardo almeida overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

almeida jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Ronaldo manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ronaldo is trying to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ronaldo gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!

almeida is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Ronaldo is surviving well by controlling almeida's body position as best he can.
almeida fails to advance to Ronaldo's back.

almeida is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Ronaldo wants to clinch
and almeida cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
almeida circles away from the clinch attempt

and almeida counters by clinching up.
Ronaldo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but almeida has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

almeida has hold of one of Ronaldo's legs. Ronaldo is fighting the takedown attempt but almeida gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.

almeida stands up and waves to Ronaldo to follow him.
Ronaldo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

almeida scores a takedown into full mount!
almeida moves to the back position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
almeida controls the position.
almeida controlling well, preventing Ronaldo from escaping the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Ronaldo tries to roll but almeida sticks to his back.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards almeida.
almeida trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Ronaldo tries to break free.
almeida lands a shot to the head.
You can see the frustration on Ronaldo's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
almeida cracks Ronaldo with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Ronaldo from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Ronaldo is keeping busy.

almeida has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Ronaldo has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Ronaldo looking very determined here, making life difficult for almeida.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards almeida.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ronaldo just trying to survive but almeida is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.

almeida is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Ronaldo has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
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!

Ronaldo darts in trying to clinch

and almeida counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by almeida.

almeida drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and almeida jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
almeida has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Ronaldo is proving hard to escape from.
almeida being controlled here momentarily.
almeida trying to control but Ronaldo is working from the bottom.
Ronaldo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ronaldo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.

almeida stands up from guard. Let's bang!
luis eduardo almeida is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A head kick misses from almeida.
almeida looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Ronaldo fails with an attempt to clinch.

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!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
almeida trying to control but he's not successful this time.
almeida throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Ronaldo really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Ronaldo wants to control but almeida is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo working to try and regain half guard.
almeida tries to control but Ronaldo wriggling away.
Ronaldo swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
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.

Ronaldo defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from almeida.
Ronaldo tries to lock up and control but almeida gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Ronaldo is squirming around, avoiding almeida's attempts to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo tries to get back to half guard but can't.
almeida is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Ronaldo can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

almeida stands up from mount. Strange move.
A choreographed right hand from almeida misses the target.
Ronaldo takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
almeida misses with a head kick.
Ronaldo takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Ronaldo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ronaldo wants to clinch up but almeida keeps it at a distance.
almeida swings for the body but Ronaldo moves out of range.
Ronaldo avoids the head kick by almeida.
Ronaldo closes the distance but almeida moves to the side

and almeida counters with a single leg into guard. Ronaldo didn't expect that.

Ronaldo is working an open guard so almeida takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Ronaldo tries to clinch but almeida moves away

and almeida counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by almeida.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
almeida prevents Ronaldo from getting back to his feet.
Jorge Ronaldo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ronaldo has a closed guard, preventing almeida from standing up.
almeida is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ronaldo can do to turn this around?
almeida working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ronaldo is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ronaldo is pressing down on almeida's thigh, looking to free his foot. almeida is holding on for now.
almeida is looking for a sweep. Ronaldo is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

And that's the end of the fight!
luis eduardo almeida showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for almeida, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27

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