PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fabio Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Krause (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Almeida
vs
Krause

183 cm
22
215 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

190 cm
22
213 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Team S.W.A.T.

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fabio Almeida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bill Krause!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krause wants to clinch up but Almeida keeps it at a distance.
A punch combination from Krause misses.
Krause wants to clinch up but Almeida keeps it at a distance.
Krause fails in his attempt to clinch.
Almeida does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Krause wants to clinch up but Almeida keeps it at a distance.
Krause tries to close the distance and clinch but Almeida swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Almeida stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Krause.
Krause takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Almeida tries to land a leg kick but Krause saw it coming and moves away.
An inside leg kick from Almeida misses.

Krause clinches up against the cage.
Almeida keeps control of Krause as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Krause comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Fabio Almeida has been cut.

Krause escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Krause fails in his attempt to clinch.
Almeida throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Krause tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Krause wants to clinch.
Almeida could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Almeida lands a nice hook to Krause's body. Krause takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Almeida lands a nice leg kick that just misses Krause's sensitive parts.
A right-left combo lands from Krause.
Krause bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Almeida throws a leg kick which misses Krause's front leg but catches the back leg as Krause tries to avoid it.
Almeida fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krause is looking to clinch.
Krause tries to clinch up but Almeida circles away and keeps his distance.
Bill Krause seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Krause looks gassed!
Almeida looks for a takedown but Krause sprawls well.
Krause throws a series of punches but Almeida moves out of range.
Almeida tries a head kick but it misses.

Almeida clinches up with Krause and pushes him back against the cage.

Krause is fighting off a takedown attempt but Almeida is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Krause to the mat. Krause regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Almeida trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Krause can do anything to dispel that myth.
Almeida forces his way into half guard.
Krause keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Almeida seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Krause does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Almeida throwing shots but Krause is blocking nicely.
Almeida thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Almeida wants to lay and pray for a moment but Krause keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Almeida is looking for a kimura here.
Almeida missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Almeida decides to return to a standing position.
Krause tries to clinch but Almeida moves out of range.
Almeida throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Krause's waist but Krause gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Almeida off to one side.
Almeida is looking to slow Krause down with leg kicks.
A head kick misses from Almeida.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krause lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Almeida throws a nice looking combination but Krause bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Krause avoids the head kick by Almeida.
Krause is looking to clinch but Almeida is avoiding it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Krause scores a nice knee to the body.
Almeida misses with the head strike.
Krause is trying to stall.
Krause missing with knees to the body.
Krause on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Almeida misses with a knee to the head.
Krause lands a damaging elbow.

Krause breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Krause closes the distance looking to clinch

and Almeida counters by clinching up.
Almeida fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fabio Almeida. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Krause crunches a lovely knee into Almeida's ribcage.
Krause stalling the fight.
Almeida is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Krause pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Krause crunches a lovely knee into Almeida's ribcage.
Krause unloads a knee to the mid-section. Almeida lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Almeida misses with a knee strike.
Almeida tries a knee to the head but Krause blocks it.
Krause wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almeida with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Krause avoiding damage as Almeida throws knees to the body.
Krause wants to break free but Almeida has control.
Almeida tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Almeida missing with knees to the body.
Krause prevents the takedown attempt.
Almeida using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Krause has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Krause lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Krause scores with a nice short uppercut.
Krause unloads a knee to the mid-section. Almeida lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Krause scores with a nice hook to the head.
Krause holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Krause on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Almeida lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Bill Krause has been cut.
Krause tries to land knees in the clinch but Almeida avoids the damage to the body.
Almeida lands a knee to the head.
Almeida pushes Krause back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Almeida takes an elbow to the temple.
Almeida with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Almeida.

Almeida drags the fight down to the ground.
Krause would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Krause is looking to work some ground and pound but Almeida has wrist control.
Krause trying to control the position from guard on top but Almeida is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fabio Almeida dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Krause checks a low kick from Almeida.
Almeida misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Krause checks the leg kick.
Krause doesn't manage to clinch there - Almeida circles away.
Krause blocks a leg kick.
Almeida avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Krause tries to close the distance and clinch up but Almeida swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Almeida just misses with a punch to the body.
Almeida throws a sloppy head kick and Krause moves out of range easily.
Almeida throws a head kick that misses.
Krause tries to clinch but Almeida moves out of range.
Krause tries to clinch up

and Almeida decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Krause's guard.

Almeida drops back looking for a leg! Krause is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Krause manages to kick Almeida off! Almeida jumps back into Krause's guard.
Almeida with a nice head shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida stops Krause from standing up.

Almeida is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Almeida postures up in Krause's guard and throws a big left but Krause blocks it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Almeida lands a couple of digs.
Almeida throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Almeida pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Krause is keeping the position for now.
Krause working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Almeida.
Krause 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.

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 pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Krause is keeping the position for now.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Krause looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Krause tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Krause tries to close the distance and clinch up but Almeida swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Some wild striking there from Krause.

Krause takes the fight into the clinch.
Almeida tries for a takedown but Krause manages to get underhooks.
Almeida using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Krause has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Krause on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Krause escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Krause moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Krause finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Almeida dodges the punch combination from Krause.
Almeida plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Almeida shoots in but Krause avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almeida smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Almeida throws a nice inside leg kick.
Krause checks a low kick from Almeida.
Almeida throws a head kick that misses.
Almeida throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Krause's head.

Almeida fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Krause, pushing him back against the cage.

Almeida decides to pull guard.
Almeida wants to sweep but no luck.

Almeida is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Krause has his hands clasped together but Almeida extends an breaks Krause's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Almeida.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Fabio Almeida!