PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcos Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and matheus borges (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). matheus borges will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Almeida
vs
borges

200 cm
18
225 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

225 cm
22
255 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcos Almeida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, matheus borges!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Felipe Paraventi and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Almeida clinches with his opponent.

borges gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Almeida is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
borges wants to stand and escape but instead Almeida has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Almeida stops borges from standing up.
Almeida controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
borges preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
borges is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Almeida is controlling him.
Almeida content to stall in guard here.
borges is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
borges is looking to stand up but Almeida isn't so interested in that idea.
Almeida content to stall in guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

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 content to stall in guard here.

Almeida drops back looking for a leg! borges is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and borges manages to kick Almeida off! Almeida jumps back into borges's guard.
borges is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Almeida is controlling him.
Almeida controlling from the top position.
borges wants to stand up but Almeida is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Almeida's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Almeida might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Almeida is breathing heavily.
Almeida trying to control but borges is working from the bottom.
borges is looking to stand up but Almeida isn't so interested in that idea.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Almeida moves into the clinch.
borges wants a takedown but no success here.

Almeida jumps guard and drags borges to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
borges would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.

Almeida is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Almeida is working an open guard so borges takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
borges tries to close the distance and clinch but Almeida swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Almeida keeps the fight on the outside.
borges closes the distance but Almeida moves to the side

and Almeida counters with a single leg into guard. borges didn't expect that.
Almeida wants to control from the top but borges keeps moving.
Almeida prevents borges from getting back to his feet.
Almeida controls from within his opponent's guard.
borges wants to stand but Almeida is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Almeida looks to land a body kick but borges moved away.
Almeida swats away the attempt to clinch by borges.
Almeida avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
borges is looking to clinch.
borges has his takedown stuffed

and Almeida counters with a single leg into guard. borges didn't expect that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcos Almeida dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

borges darts in trying to clinch

and Almeida counters with a takedown into side control.
borges wants to get back to his feet but Almeida drags him back down.
borges takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Almeida lands a decent elbow from side control.
Almeida trying to control the position but borges is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
borges wants to get back to his feet.
Almeida moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
borges tries to escape but Almeida is in control.
Almeida trying to control the action but borges is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Almeida looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
borges darts in trying to clinch

and Almeida counters with a shoot takedown. borges fights it but they end up in guard.
Almeida is looking to stand up but borges won't let him.
borges is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Almeida is controlling him.
Almeida has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of borges is proving hard to escape from.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida won't allow borges to get back to his feet.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Almeida scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
borges looks like he's trying to stand up.
Almeida wants to free his trapped foot but borges is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Almeida sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. borges defending well though.
borges wants to stand back up but Almeida manages to pass into side control.

Almeida decides to stand back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
borges looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
borges looks to clinch

and Almeida counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Almeida stands up over borges, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Almeida wants to control from the top but borges keeps moving.
Almeida is really struggling to control borges but he's trying to hold on to the position.
borges is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Almeida is controlling him.
borges keeping moving, preventing Almeida from controlling successfully.

Almeida stands and steps away. borges gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

borges moves into range and clinches up with Almeida.
borges tries for a takedown. No joy.
borges can't get the takedown.
Marcos Almeida has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of matheus borges.
Almeida has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. borges avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
borges is working for takedown but Almeida is calmly controlling the position for now.
borges lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Almeida tries to score a body lock takedown but borges shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Almeida drops to a knee looking for a takedown but borges gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Almeida tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. borges smiles and moves away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice sprawl there from Almeida as borges shoots in.
borges closes the distance looking to clinch

so Almeida counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcos Almeida dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

borges tries to clinch

and Almeida counters with a shoot takedown. borges fights it but they end up in guard.
borges wants to stand and escape but Almeida is having none of it.
Almeida is stalling in the full guard.
borges wants to stand but Almeida is controlling the position.
Almeida slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Almeida wants to stand but borges is controlling his posture from full guard.
borges keeping moving, preventing Almeida from controlling successfully.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
borges wants to stand up but Almeida is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
borges tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Almeida counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in borges's guard now.
borges keeping moving, preventing Almeida from controlling successfully.
borges is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Almeida is controlling him.
Almeida stays in close to borges's body and controls the position.
borges is looking to stand up but Almeida isn't so interested in that idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Almeida throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as borges works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
borges tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Almeida counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for borges!

Almeida working for a submission but borges is keeping him at bay.
borges really wants to buck Almeida off and get back to his feet.
Almeida scoring with strikes but borges is staying in there.

Almeida working for a guillotine from mount but borges is in no mood to give up.
Almeida looking to control but borges is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
borges is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Almeida lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
borges is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Almeida unloading with bombs!
Almeida is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that borges can do to turn this around?
Almeida wants to control the pace but borges is squirming around nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
borges wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Almeida.
Almeida wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
borges is trying to stand.
Almeida tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
You get the feeling that borges really doesn't like being in this position too much.
borges is trying to stand but he's just given Almeida his back.

borges defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
matheus borges has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marcos Almeida is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A lull in the action here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marcos Almeida showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Almeida 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:26
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:26
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcos Almeida!