PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Phil Nurse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Almer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nurse's entrance music is Neon Genesis Evangelion. A fine choice. Thiago Almer is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Nurse
vs
Almer

180 cm
27
175 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

175 cm
24
177 lbs
12 - 5 - 1

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
Granite chin

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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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Phil Nurse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Almer!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Mauricio Rocha and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nurse tries to close the distance and clinch up but Almer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nurse is looking to clinch but Almer is avoiding it.
Almer lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nurse stalks Almer and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Almer's face. Almer staggers backwards, shaken.
Almer scores with a jab to the head.
Almer lands with a good body shot.
Nurse doesn't manage to clinch there - Almer circles away.
Almer looks to land a body kick but Nurse moved away.
Nurse uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Almer.
Almer gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Nurse moves into the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Almer.
Almer can't find room to land a body shot as Nurse controls the action.
Almer throws a punch but it's blocked by Nurse.
Almer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Almer lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Almer lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nurse pushes off an throws an elbow but Almer leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Almer lands a nice knee to the body.
Nurse unloads a knee to the mid-section. Almer lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Almer avoids a wild elbow strike from Nurse.
Almer can't break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurse with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Almer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Almer misses with a kick to the body.
Almer loads up on a big right hand but Nurse slips the punch.
Nurse blocks the body kick.
Nurse is looking to clinch.
A swing and a miss from Almer.
Almer throws a body kick that misses.
Nurse tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nurse misses with a kick to the body.
Almer misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nurse tries to clinch up.

Nurse takes the fight into the clinch.

Nurse breaks the clinch.
Nurse doesn't manage to clinch there - Almer circles away.
Almer pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nurse tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Almer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nurse moves out of range of the strikes.
Almer misses the shot to the body.
Almer lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nurse's sensitive parts.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nurse looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Almer misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nurse wants to clinch up but Almer keeps it at a distance.
Almer circles away from the clinch attempt.
Almer takes a swing at Nurse's ribcage but misses.
Almer pushes Nurse away with a front kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Almer looks to land a left hand but Nurse moved out of range nicely.
Almer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nurse.
Almer throws the kick towards the body but Nurse avoids it.
Almer lands a body shot.
Thiago Almer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Almer throws a head kick that misses.
Almer connects with a crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nurse tries to clinch up.
Almer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nurse wants to clinch.
Nurse is looking to clinch but Almer is avoiding it.
Nurse wants to clinch up but Almer keeps it at a distance.

Nurse darts in and clinches Almer up against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nurse throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Almer throws an elbow but misses.
Almer lands an uppercut.
Nice elbow from Nurse.
Nurse tries to land a knee to the head but Almer blocks with his arms.
Almer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Almer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Almer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Almer misses with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nurse slips under a jab from Almer.

Nurse clinches.
Nurse landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Nurse breaks from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Almer throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nurse sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nurse tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Almer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Almer scores with a body shot.
Nurse tries to clinch up but Almer circles away and keeps his distance.
Nurse's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Almer connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Nurse scrambles back to his feet.
Nurse tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nurse slips under a jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nurse looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nurse tries to clinch up but Almer circles away and keeps his distance.
Almer loads up on a big right hand but Nurse slips the punch.
Almer slips under a jab.
Almer stuns Nurse with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Thiago Almer will probably get the nod.
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.

Almer bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Nurse's head backwards.
Almer bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Nurse ducks under a wild hook from Almer.
Almer misses with a low kick.
Almer gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Nurse counters with a nice low kick that buckles Almer's knee momentarily.
Almer displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Almer misses with a left hand
and Nurse counters with a low kick, right behind Almer 's knee.
A low kick from Almer misses
and Nurse counters with a big head kick but Almer shrugs it off.
Nurse takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A shot to the body from Almer misses

and Nurse holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Almer lands an elbow inside that Nurse shrugs off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knees in the clinch landing for Almer.
Nurse blocks an elbow strike from Almer.
Almer struggles to land a body shot inside as Nurse controls his hands.

Nurse breaks from the clinch.
Nurse tries to clinch but Almer is having none of it.
Almer misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurse is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nurse takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nurse tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Almer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Almer throws a half hearted mid kick.
Almer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Almer misses with a hook. Nurse ducked under it nicely.
Almer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Almer thuds a left hand into Nurse's body.
Almer misses with a wild body shot.
Nurse tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nurse avoids a kick to the body.
Almer throws a body punch but Nurse moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Nurse.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Nurse fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nurse keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Nurse instigates a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Almer fails to land.
Almer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nurse is defending well for now.
Nurse keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Almer's efforts to push away.
Thiago Almer seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Nurse managing to block the knees to the body from Almer.
Nurse blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nurse just misses with a elbow thrown towards Almer's brow.
Nurse blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Almer gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nurse lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Almer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nurse misses with a knee to the head.
Almer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Almer misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Almer fails to land.
Almer managing to block the knees to the body from Nurse.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nurse breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nurse takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Almer throws a lazy right hand but Nurse sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nurse is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nurse scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Almer throws a leg kick but Nurse sees it coming and moves out of range.
Almer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nurse manages to avoid it.
Almer misses with a lunging right hand
and Nurse finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Nurse tries to clinch but Almer moves out of range.
Almer swings widly with a right hand

and Nurse counters by moving into the clinch.
Almer misses with an elbow over the top.
Nurse throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Almer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nurse lands a nice elbow.
Nurse has a couple of punches blocked by Almer.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nurse.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almer blocks an elbow strike.
Almer working Nurse over with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nurse looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Almer throws an elbow but it misses.
Almer can't find room to land a body shot as Nurse controls the action.
Nurse lands a nice elbow.
Almer pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Almer wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nurse tries a knee to the head but Almer blocks it.
Almer lands an elbow just above Nurse 's eye.
Almer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nurse avoids it.
Nurse prevents a body shot from Almer.
Nurse leaning against his opponent.
Almer pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nurse prevents Almer from breaking the clinch.
Nurse pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nurse taking a breather.
Nurse avoids the elbow strike from Almer, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Almer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Nurse fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Almer, pushing him back against the cage.
Nurse gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nurse tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Almer is trying to break the clinch but Nurse is controlling him.
Almer throws an elbow but it misses.
Almer misses with the head strike.

Almer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Almer tries to land a front kick but Nurse steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Almer scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Almer is looking to slow Nurse down with leg kicks.
Nurse connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Almer just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice cross by Almer.
Jab by Almer.
Almer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Almer cracks the inside of Nurse's front leg.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Almer thuds his shin into the meat of Nurse's side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurse keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Almer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nurse moves away.
Almer throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Almer works Nurse's body with a nice hook.
Almer lands with a good body shot.
A slow jab from Almer misses its intended target.
Almer scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Thiago Almer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A telegraphed right hand from Almer misses the target.
Almer has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Nurse.
Almer keeps the fight on the outside.
Nurse tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Almer lands a nice looking body kick.
Almer lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nurse's sensitive parts.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Almer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nurse avoids the head kick by Almer.
Phil Nurse has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almer misses with a wild body shot.
Nurse keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Almer misses with a body kick.
Almer throws a sloppy body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Almer swings for the body but Nurse moves out of range.
Nurse checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Nurse blocks the body kick.
Almer loads up on a big right hand but Nurse slips the punch.
Nurse tries to close the distance and clinch up but Almer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A low kick from Almer misses
and Nurse counters with a leg kick.
Nurse is looking to clinch.
Nice body kick from Almer.
Almer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Almer looks to throw a body kick

and Nurse counters by moving into the clinch.
Nurse missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Almer throws an elbow but misses.
A hook to the body from Almer.
Almer missing with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Almer.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nurse.
Nurse trying to land knees to the body.
Almer takes a knee to the side of the body.

Almer breaks the clinch.
Almer misses with a two punch combination.

Nurse gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Almer swings wildly with an uppercut but Nurse uses good head movement to avoid it.
Almer has a couple of punches blocked by Nurse.
Nurse prevents a body shot from Almer.
Almer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nurse's elbow.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nurse obliges.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Almer lands a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nurse takes a shot to the head.
Nurse is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Nurse.
Almer misses with the head strike.
Almer can't find room to land a body shot as Nurse controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Almer.
Thiago Almer is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Almer tries to work over Nurse's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Almer managing to block the knees to the body from Nurse.
Almer tries to circle away but Nurse has him pinned against the cage.
Nurse keeps control of Almer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nurse lands an elbow inside.
Almer digs a right hand underneath Nurse's ribcage. Nurse let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nurse blocks the elbow strike.
Nurse lands a knee to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thiago Almer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Almer 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30

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