PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Alexandre Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dylan Cox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cox has chosen Drop The World as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Almeida
vs
Cox

181 cm
25
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
19
130 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alexandre Almeida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dylan Cox!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Trevor Gratis and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Almeida scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Almeida stops Cox from getting back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Almeida stands up and beckons Cox to join him on the feet.
Cox tries to close the distance and clinch but Almeida swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cox wants to clinch up but Almeida keeps it at a distance.
Cox wants to clinch.
Almeida shoots in but Cox avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Almeida is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Cox's half guard.

Almeida is working for a kimura but Cox is defending it quite comfortably.
Almeida lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida passes to full mount!
Cox squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Cox takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Almeida working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Almeida scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Cox takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Cox is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Almeida pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Cox is still in real trouble! Can Almeida finish him?

Almeida working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Cox looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Almeida! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Alexandre Almeida!