PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Almer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vinicius Ferrari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Almer
vs
Ferrari

175 cm
22
177 lbs
7 - 4 - 1

185 cm
28
175 lbs
16 - 7 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Almer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vinicius Ferrari!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Paulo Santos and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Almer tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Ferrari manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Crunch! Almer slams his shin into Ferrari's torso.
Ferrari moves out of range of the body kick from Almer.
Almer throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ferrari throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Almer lands a glancing blow to the side of Ferrari's head.
Almer with a nice cross.
Almer bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ferrari throws a right and a left that both miss.
Almer throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Almer thuds his shin into the meat of Ferrari's side.
Ferrari has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Almer.
Ferrari looks gassed!
Almer thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Ferrari if he has to take too many more of those.
Almer lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Ferrari backs up against the cage.
Almer tries to bum rush Ferrari with a series of wild strikes but Ferrari uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Almer lands with an uppercut that bounces Ferrari off the cage and back into rage.
Almer lands a body shot.
Ferrari takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A solid body kick from Almer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almer cracks Ferrari with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Thiago Almer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Almer scores with a body shot.
Ferrari walks forward, straight into a front kick from Almer.
Almer scores with a spinning back kick!
Almer feints and then cracks Ferrari's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ferrari down.
Almer jabs Ferrari right on the nose. Ferrari blinks but takes it well.
Almer scores with a hook to the body. Ferrari takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Almer tries to clinch up.
Almer moves into range and connects with a jab.
Ferrari walks into a jab.
Almer delivers a nice body kick.
Ferrari on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Almer. Almer obviously looking to wear him down.
Almer lands a front kick.
Almer fakes the leg kick and cracks Ferrari in the body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Ferrari crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Almer - the referee stops the clock and Ferrari gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Almer. Ferrari manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Ferrari drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almer works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ferrari takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Almer. Ferrari shrugs it off though.
Almer lands a body shot.
Ferrari avoids a punch combination nicely.
Almer connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ferrari. Ferrari circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Almer scores with a kick to the body.
Ferrari takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Almer moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Almer buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Almer.
Almer scores with a hook to the body. Ferrari takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

Almer closes the distance and clinches.
Almer lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Almer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almer lands a shoulder strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Almer.
Almer scores with a shot to the side of Ferrari's head.
Almer is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Almer creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ferrari's defenses.
Almer lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ferrari.
Ferrari has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Almer.
Nice body punch from Almer - that landed with a thud.
Almer working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Almer creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ferrari's defenses.
A nice left hand lands by Almer.

Almer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Almer - that will leave a mark!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Almer looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Almer is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Almer throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Almer turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ferrari walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Almer thows a body kick. Ferrari tries to catch it but that hurt him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almer keeps Ferrari at a distance using the push kick.
Almer cracks Ferrari with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Almer scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Almer scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Almer ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Almer scoring well with a low kick there.
Ferrari takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ferrari needs to keep his hands up - Almer had a free shot at his head there.
Almer lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Almer thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Ferrari if he has to take too many more of those.
Almer lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ferrari's sensitive parts.
Ferrari's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Almer connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ferrari scrambles back to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Almer jabs Ferrari to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Almer jabs Ferrari to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Almer throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ferrari stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Almer misses with a body shot.
A slapping body kick lands there for Almer.
Almer scores with a push kick.
Ferrari takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Almer scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ferrari on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Both fighters circling a little - Almer finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Almer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ferrari can do to turn this around?
Ferrari walks into a stiff left hand from Almer.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Almer lands with a thumping leg kick.
Almer scores with a kick to the midsection.
A solid leg kick lands there for Almer.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Ferrari crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Almer - the referee stops the clock and Ferrari gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Almer. Ferrari manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Almer connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Ferrari is breathing heavily.
Almer lands a nice looking kick to the body. Ferrari takes a step back to recover.
Almer lands with a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferrari on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
An inside leg kick lands from Almer.
Ferrari takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Almer throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Ferrari gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Good exchange - Almer coming out on top.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Almer.
A head kick from Almer lands but Ferrari takes it in his stride.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Almer fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Almer lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Good leg kick by Almer there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Almer scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Almer throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Almer lands the left hand.
Almer scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almer scores with a jab to the body.
Ferrari keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ferrari sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Almer. Ferrari shrugs it off though.
Crunch! Almer slams his shin into Ferrari's torso.
Ferrari's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Almer lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Donk. Almer catches Ferrari right on the button with a cross.
Almer feints and then cracks Ferrari's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ferrari down.
Almer dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ferrari. That did some damage!
Ferrari takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Ferrari takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Good shot there by Almer.
Almer dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ferrari. That did some damage!
Nice straight punches there by Almer. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Almer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Almer.
Almer connects with a high kick.
Ferrari looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Ferrari crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Almer - the referee stops the clock and Ferrari gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Almer. Ferrari manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Ferrari sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Almer delivers a nice body kick.
Almer lands a really nice looking cross but Ferrari seems unphased.
Ferrari has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Almer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ferrari paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ferrari takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Almer changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A shot to the liver by Almer. Beautiful body shot.
Almer moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Almer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ferrari walks into a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almer cracks Ferrari with a right hand to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Almer lands a front kick.
Almer throws a body punch but Ferrari moves out of range.
Almer turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Almer lands a nice looking body kick.
Almer delivers a nice body kick.
Almer thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Ferrari if he has to take too many more of those.
Almer scores with a push kick.
Almer scores with a jab to the jaw.
A solid leg kick lands there for Almer.
Almer throws a nice inside leg kick.
Thiago Almer is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Almer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ferrari was well out of range. Poor timing from Almer.
Almer throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ferrari.
Almer turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Almer dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Ferrari moves out of range as Almer strikes.
Almer is looking to land body kicks.
The crowd cheers as Almer lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ferrari doesn't seem phased though.
Almer scores with a nice body kick.

Ferrari gets a clinch.

Almer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Almer scores with the left hand. Ferrari knows he should have avoided that one.
Almer tries to clinch up.
Good shot there by Ferrari.
Almer lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Ferrari takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ferrari on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Almer. Almer obviously looking to wear him down.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ferrari looks to score with a jab to the body but Almer is just out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Almer delivers a nice body kick.
Almer keeps Ferrari at a distance using the push kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almer moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Almer throws a quick inside leg kick.
Almer takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nice body kick from Almer.
A combination from Almer does no damage.
Almer with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Almer lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Almer scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ferrari misses with a wild body shot.
Ferrari thows a body shot but no joy.
Almer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ferrari was well out of range. Poor timing from Almer.
Ferrari on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ferrari walks forward, straight into a front kick from Almer.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Almer.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jab by Almer.
Vinicius Ferrari has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almer lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ferrari's sensitive parts.
Almer lands with a shot to the body.
Ferrari on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Almer. Almer obviously looking to wear him down.
Almer connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Almer cracks Ferrari with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nice jab there from Almer.
A lazy left from Ferrari finds it's target.
A jab from Almer does it's job there.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Almer.
Almer is looking to slow Ferrari down with leg kicks.
Ferrari takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Ferrari throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Almer is looking to clinch.
A thudding body kick lands there by Almer!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almer pushes Ferrari away with a front kick.
Almer just misses with a punch to the body.
Ferrari takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ferrari on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Ferrari thows a body shot but no joy.
Almer fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ferrari changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Almer scores with a hook to the body. Ferrari takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ferrari ducks right into an uppercut from Almer.
Almer misses with a few strikes there.
Ferrari swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Almer moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Almer.
Almer thuds his right hand into Ferrari's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almer lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Almer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ferrari.
Almer lands with a nice body kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Almer.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ferrari misses with a looping right.
Ferrari is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Almer rather than just go for the knockout.
Almer digs a good body shot into Ferrari's ribs.
Ferrari just misses with a punch to the body.
Thiago Almer is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nice body punch from Almer.
Ferrari takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Almer lands a slapping body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Almer throws a quick inside leg kick.
Almer throws a nice outside leg kick.
Almer throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ferrari misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Almer.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thiago Almer showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Almer 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:25
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:25
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thiago Almer!