PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adrian St Patrick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Patrick has chosen Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark as his entrance music. Adrian St Patrick has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Paulo Almeida's chin.

Almeida
vs
St Patrick

185 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
21
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paulo Almeida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Adrian St Patrick!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Felipe Paraventi and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Patrick checks a leg kick.
Almeida tries to clinch up but St Patrick circles away and keeps his distance.
Almeida will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

St Patrick closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Almeida did well to prevent St Patrick getting side control.
St Patrick is looking to take a break and control but Almeida is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Almeida knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for St Patrick on the ground.

St Patrick wants to work for an arm triangle but Almeida is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

St Patrick is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Almeida is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Adrian St Patrick!