PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matheus Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justice Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Almeida comes to the ring accompanied by Inner Circle - Bad Boys. Jones has chosen Oh Lets Do it as his entrance music. Justice Jones has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Matheus Almeida's chin.

Almeida
vs
Jones

187 cm
19
250 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

195 cm
19
220 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matheus Almeida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Justice Jones!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Almeida shoots for a double leg takedown but Jones sprawls well. He's pushed Almeida's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Almeida could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Almeida looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Almeida shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Jones as he avoids it easily.
Almeida throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jones's waist but Jones gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Almeida off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matheus Almeida. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Almeida shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jones cracks a nice hook into Almeida's ribs.
Jones misses with a head kick.

Jones rushes Almeida and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.

Jones works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Jones wants to control from the top but Almeida keeps moving.
Almeida has momentary wrist control but Jones slips an elbow through the middle.
Jones cracks Almeida with a solid left hand.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jones's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Jones with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Jones must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Jones postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones trying to control but Almeida is working from the bottom.
Jones postures up and lands a big shot to Almeida's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Jones landing some decent shots from guard.
Jones distracts Almeida with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Jones scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Jones postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Jones is in close to Almeida's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Jones with a nice head shot there.
Jones is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Almeida had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Jones is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Almeida Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Jones's back instead.
Jones turns into Almeida and is now in his guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones stands up over Almeida, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Jones working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Almeida working for a triangle but Jones defends it easily.
Jones working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Almeida is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Jones chips away with some ground and pound.
Jones wants to control from the top but Almeida keeps moving.
Jones working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Almeida's head.
Jones working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Almeida's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almeida keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
Almeida is trying to keep Jones in close.
Jones content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Jones keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Almeida's head.
Jones cracks Almeida with a solid left hand.
Jones slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Jones working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Jones scoring with some ground and pound.
Jones is in close to Almeida's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Jones makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Jones stands up over Almeida, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones postures up and lands a big shot to Almeida's brow.
Jones distracts Almeida with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Jones postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Almeida has his foot on Jones's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Jones works his way back into a safe position though.
Jones postures up and lands a big shot to Almeida's brow.
Almeida keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
Jones scoring with punches to the head and body.
Jones postures up in Almeida's guard and throws a big left but Almeida blocks it.
Jones lands a couple of decent looking shots.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Almeida shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jones sprawls well. Jones wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Almeida gets slowly back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Jones rushes Almeida and presses him up against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Almeida shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Jones pinned against the cage. Jones gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Almeida shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Jones defends it nicely.
Jones with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jones defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Almeida.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matheus Almeida. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body punch from Jones.
Almeida fails with a takedown attempt.
Almeida fails with a takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jones darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Jones working Almeida over with strikes.
Jones working over Almeida with some ground and pound. Almeida looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Nice strikes from Jones there.
Jones is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Jones wants to work for an arm triangle but Almeida is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Jones connects with a nice short shot to Almeida's temple.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Ground and pound from Jones.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Jones connects with a nice short shot to Almeida's temple.
Jones slips a nice elbow through Almeida's hands, connecting with Almeida's forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Jones winds up and cracks Almeida with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Almeida has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Jones is working away from the top position though.
Jones takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Jones lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Almeida is trying to control but can't.
Almeida is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Almeida has hold of Jones's hands but Jones slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Jones scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Jones is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Almeida wants to control but Jones is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Almeida actively working from the bottom here.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Jones is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Almeida's half guard.
Almeida is trying to control but can't.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jones lands a nice short elbow.
Almeida misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Almeida tries to get to full guard but Jones has control of the leg.
Almeida is refusing to be controlled, as Jones sits in half guard.
Almeida wants to improve his position but Jones is controlling well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Jones blocks the strikes from Almeida.
Almeida has hold of Jones's hands but Jones slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Jones fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Almeida looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Almeida with a poor takedown
and Jones counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Jones drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Jones trying to control but Almeida is working from the bottom.
Jones postures up and lands a big shot to Almeida's brow.
Jones postures up and lands a big shot to Almeida's brow.
Jones chips away with some ground and pound.

Jones avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Justice Jones has got the better of the ground game so far.

Almeida is looking to sinch up a triangle. Jones throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Almeida's body to avoid the submission. Almeida has instead reached around Jones's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Almeida arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Matheus Almeida!