PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and seya hunter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Almeida
vs
hunter

188 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

200 cm
19
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent knees
Solid chin

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rafael Almeida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, seya hunter!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Emerson Jorge and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Almeida throws a combination but it was largely blocked by hunter.
Almeida throws a shot from downtown. hunter moves away and avoids it.
hunter scoring well with a low kick there.
Almeida is breathing heavily.
Some wild striking there from Almeida.
hunter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Almeida takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
hunter shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Almeida as he avoids it easily.

hunter looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Almeida scrambles and gets back to his feet.
hunter has a takedown stuffed.
hunter fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Rafael Almeida has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of seya hunter.
hunter fails with a takedown attempt.
hunter lands with a kick to the temple. Almeida shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

That's one minute gone in the round.
hunter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Almeida stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from hunter.
hunter moves in looking to clinch but Almeida pushes him off.
hunter shoots in for a double leg but Almeida sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
hunter lands a nice leg kick that just misses Almeida's sensitive parts.
A solid body kick from hunter.
hunter looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
hunter doesn't manage to clinch there - Almeida circles away.
hunter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Almeida swats him away and circles back towards the center.
hunter scores with a spinning back kick!
Horrible takedown by hunter or perhaps it was just good defense by Almeida which made him look bad.
The fight stays on the outside here - hunter looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Almeida throws a nice looking combination but hunter bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
hunter looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Almeida is fending him off so far but hunter persists. Nope, Almeida circles away and we're back to standing.
Rafael Almeida is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Almeida looks to score with a jab to the body but hunter is just out of range.
hunter moves in looking to clinch but Almeida pushes him off.
Almeida scores with a decent looking hook.
hunter tries to clinch there but Almeida circles away.
hunter tries to clinch up but Almeida circles away and keeps his distance.
Almeida looks to land a combination but hunter avoids it well.
hunter changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Almeida tries to avoid it but hunter manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Almeida to the ground. Almeida escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Almeida throws a right hand that hunter ducks under and follows up with a left that hunter also avoids with ease.
hunter shoots in and drives through. Almeida sprawls well.
hunter closes this distance looking for a takedown but Almeida circles away.
A jab from Almeida finds it's way through hunter's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
hunter closes this distance looking for a takedown but Almeida circles away.
Almeida smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
hunter dodges the punch combination from Almeida.
Almeida paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Almeida steps to the side to avoid the strikes from hunter.
hunter fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Almeida throws a right and a left that hunter avoids nicely.
hunter shoots in but no luck this time.
hunter tries to clinch up.
Almeida will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
hunter fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Almeida takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's four 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.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from hunter.
Almeida rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but hunter moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Almeida is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
hunter tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Almeida swivels and escapes.
Almeida throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Almeida misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from hunter.
hunter tries to clinch but Almeida is having none of it.
Almeida ducks down and throws a hook to the body but hunter moves away.
Almeida misses with a straight left.
Rafael Almeida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Almeida keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice sprawl there from Almeida as hunter shoots in.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
hunter fails with the takedown.
hunter shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Almeida as he avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

seya hunter dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Almeida misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
hunter shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Almeida but Almeida pushes him off and we're back to square one.
hunter looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
hunter tries to clinch up but Almeida circles away and keeps his distance.
hunter shoots in for a double leg but Almeida sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Rafael Almeida has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of seya hunter.
Almeida throws a combination. hunter tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
hunter fails to land with a series of punches.
hunter shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some wild striking there from Almeida.
hunter connects with a high kick.
Almeida works the jab nicely.
Almeida throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
hunter looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Almeida is fending him off so far but hunter persists. Nope, Almeida circles away and we're back to standing.
Almeida swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Almeida throws a right and a left that both miss.
hunter has a takedown stuffed.
hunter looks for a takedown but Almeida sprawls well.
seya hunter seems to be getting the better of the standup.
hunter throws a series of punches but Almeida moves out of range.
hunter fails with the takedown.
hunter tries to clinch but Almeida is having none of it.
hunter tries to move into range but Almeida moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
hunter is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Almeida.
Almeida waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract hunter.
Almeida misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from hunter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
hunter shoots for a takedown but Almeida saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
hunter takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Almeida misses with a double jab.
Almeida misses with a jab, cross combination.
hunter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Almeida stuffs the takedown.
Almeida fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. hunter looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Almeida misses with a body shot.
hunter fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
hunter takes a jab right on the kisser.
Almeida scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
hunter shoots in and drives through. Almeida sprawls well.
Rafael Almeida is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A left and a right from Almeida both land. Nice combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left and a right from Almeida both land. Nice combination.
Almeida misses with a series of wild punches.
Almeida misses with the combination.
Almeida ducks down and throws a hook to the body but hunter moves away.
Almeida throws a combination that misses
and hunter counters with a head kick.
Almeida looks to land a combination but hunter avoids it well.
Almeida avoids a punch combination nicely.
hunter uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Almeida.
Almeida throws a series of punches but hunter avoids them all with ease.

hunter decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
hunter stops Almeida from getting back to his feet.
hunter prevents Almeida from improving his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almeida tries to push off, looking to stand up, but hunter manages to move to mount!
Almeida wants to control but hunter is having none of it.
hunter won't let Almeida get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.

Almeida bucks up and throws hunter to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Almeida lands with a shot to the body.
hunter tries to move into range but Almeida moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nice sprawl there from Almeida as hunter shoots in.
Almeida circles away from the clinch attempt.
hunter ducks under a wild hook from Almeida.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rafael Almeida dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

hunter fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Almeida misses with a double jab.
hunter misses with a double jab.
hunter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - hunter looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Almeida avoids a punch combination nicely.
No joy there for Almeida, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
hunter tries to clinch up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
hunter shoots for a double leg takedown but Almeida sprawls well. He's pushed hunter's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Almeida scores with a three punch combo!
Almeida misses with a two punch combination.
hunter takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's one minute gone in the round.
hunter fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Rafael Almeida has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of seya hunter.
Almeida takes a swing at hunter's ribcage but misses.
Almeida throws a sloppy body shot

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

Almeida pushes hunter off and gets back to his feet.
Almeida throws a right and a left that both miss.

hunter fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Almeida sprawls well initially but hunter persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

Almeida kicks off hunter and gets to his feet.
A jab lands there for Almeida.
hunter misses with a wild combination.
Almeida throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida thuds a left hand into hunter's body.
hunter shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Almeida throws a right and a left that hunter avoids nicely.
Almeida swinging wilding here.
hunter misses with a series of wild punches.
hunter shoots in but Almeida avoids the takedown attempt easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
hunter tries to clinch up.
Almeida throws a nice looking combination but hunter bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Almeida misses with a series of wild punches.
Nice sprawl there from Almeida as hunter shoots in.
Almeida throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almeida swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
hunter is looking to clinch but Almeida is avoiding it.
hunter fails to land the takedown.
A big right from Almeida misses.
Almeida throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

hunter shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Almeida's guard.
Almeida seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
hunter pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Almeida is keeping the position for now.
hunter looking to sit in guard and control but Almeida gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
hunter wants to get back to his feet but Almeida is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

hunter looking for a guillotine here but Almeida defends easily.

Almeida gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
hunter slips a jab and a cross from Almeida.
A decent looking body kick lands there for hunter.

And that's the end of the fight!
seya hunter comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think hunter has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:29
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:29
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... seya hunter!