PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paulo Silvinho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Silvinho's choice of entrance music: Disturbed- Indestructible. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Almeida
vs
Silvinho

160 cm
24
154 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

168 cm
24
149 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Almeida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paulo Silvinho!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Daniel Cesar and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silvinho shoots in looking for a takedown but Almeida manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Silvinho's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Silvinho falls off balance throwing a combination
and Silvinho takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice uppercut lands for Almeida. That snapped Silvinho's head back.
Almeida takes a swing at Silvinho's ribcage but misses.
Almeida stuffs the takedown attempt from Silvinho. Silvinho gets slowly back to his feet.
Silvinho misses with a double jab
and Almeida counters with a right hand to the body.
Silvinho shoots in but no luck this time.
Ricardo Almeida has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paulo Silvinho.
Almeida lands with a shot to the body.
Almeida moves into range and connects with a jab.
Almeida uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Silvinho has time to react.
Almeida wants to clinch up but Silvinho keeps it at a distance.
Silvinho uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Almeida.
Silvinho avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Silvinho shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Almeida manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Almeida wants to stand and escape but Silvinho is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvinho throws a big right hand that misses.
Almeida wants to stand but Silvinho is controlling the position.
Silvinho engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Paulo Silvinho.
Almeida keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silvinho misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Silvinho defending well as Almeida loads up on a big left hand.
Almeida punishes Silvinho's body with a nice straight punch.
Silvinho thuds his right hand into Almeida's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Silvinho misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Silvinho looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Almeida is trying to stand up here but Silvinho is controlling him well.
Silvinho slips a nice elbow through Almeida's hands, connecting with Almeida's forehead.
Silvinho controlling the pace.
It looks like Silvinho might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Silvinho prevents Almeida from standing back up.

Paulo Silvinho has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Silvinho shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Almeida as he avoids it easily.
Ricardo Almeida is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silvinho looks winded!
Almeida swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silvinho looks to land a left hand but Almeida moved out of range nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvinho uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Almeida.
Almeida is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silvinho.

Almeida gets a clinch.
Silvinho wants a takedown but no success here.
Silvinho looking for a takedown.
Almeida blocks an uppercut.
Silvinho swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silvinho drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Almeida has Silvinho pushed against the cage.
Silvinho is trying to break the clinch but Almeida has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almeida lands a hook to the side of the head.
Almeida working hard to break the clinch.
Silvinho can't get the takedown.
The referee is keeping an eye on Almeida - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Silvinho drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Almeida takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ricardo Almeida.
Nice jab there from Almeida.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Paulo Silvinho will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Almeida fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silvinho manages to avoid it.
Silvinho looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Almeida is fending him off so far but Silvinho persists. Nope, Almeida circles away and we're back to standing.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Almeida lands a right hook to the body.
Almeida takes a swing at Silvinho's ribcage but misses.
Almeida fails to land with a series of punches.
Silvinho moves out of range as Almeida strikes.
Silvinho fails with a takedown attempt.
Silvinho fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Ricardo Almeida has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paulo Silvinho.
Almeida takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Almeida throws a hook but Silvinho avoids it easily.
Silvinho shoots in for a double leg but Almeida sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Silvinho shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A telegraphed right hand from Silvinho misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida throws a shot to the body.
Silvinho shoots for a double leg takedown but Almeida sprawls well. He's pushed Silvinho's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Silvinho is breathing heavily.
Almeida displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Silvinho.
No joy there for Silvinho, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Almeida misses with the combination.
Almeida lands a right hook to the body.
Almeida lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Almeida connects with a nice looking jab.
Almeida throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Almeida displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Silvinho.
Silvinho throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Paulo Silvinho seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silvinho takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Almeida throws a right hand that Silvinho ducks under and follows up with a left that Silvinho also avoids with ease.
Almeida scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Silvinho throws a body punch but Almeida moves out of range.
Paulo Silvinho is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Almeida lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Silvinho at a distance.
Silvinho slips a jab and a cross from Almeida.
Almeida tries to close the distance and clinch but Silvinho swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silvinho ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silvinho throws the left hand but Almeida avoids the punch easily.
Silvinho fails with a takedown attempt.
Almeida could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silvinho fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Almeida avoids it really well and circles away.
Silvinho keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almeida swinging wildly here.
Silvinho shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Almeida sprawls well. Almeida wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Silvinho gets slowly back to his feet.
Silvinho swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Almeida counter with a right hand.
Almeida with a hook.
Almeida just misses with a punch to the body.
Almeida lands with a straight right. Silvinho didn't see that one coming.
Almeida lands with a shot to the body.
Almeida looks to land a combination. Silvinho sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Almeida fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Silvinho on the side of the head.
Almeida lands a lovely overhand right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silvinho lands an overhand right.
Silvinho staying out of range there.
Silvinho avoids the body shot from Almeida.

Silvinho gets the takedown into side control.
Silvinho happy to just control the position for now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Almeida wants to get back to his feet but Silvinho is dominant here and he's now got Almeida's back!
Silvinho throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Almeida!
Silvinho lands strikes to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Almeida has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Silvinho throwing damaging strikes from the back! Almeida could be in trouble here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Ricardo Almeida will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Silvinho moves away from the strike by Almeida.
Almeida misses with a wild body shot.
Almeida jabs at Silvinho's body.
Silvinho dodges the punch combination from Almeida.
Silvinho shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Almeida but Almeida pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Horrible takedown by Silvinho or perhaps it was just good defense by Almeida which made him look bad.
Almeida misses with the combination.
Silvinho is trying hard to land a takedown here. Almeida sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Ricardo Almeida has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paulo Silvinho.
Silvinho on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Silvinho will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silvinho takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Silvinho loads up on a big right hand but Almeida slips the punch.
Almeida dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jab, jab by Silvinho - just one landing.
Silvinho moves forwards but Almeida connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Almeida displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Silvinho.
Almeida connects with a body shot that sends Silvinho's belly button to the back.
Silvinho has his takedown stuffed
and Almeida makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Almeida lands a nice shot to the body.
Almeida lands a right hook to the body.
Silvinho ducks under a wild hook from Almeida.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Silvinho.
Silvinho walks into a left hand.
Almeida changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Almeida wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sloppy strikes from Silvinho. Those never looked like landing.
A combination from Almeida does no damage.
Almeida listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Almeida looks to land a combination. Silvinho sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silvinho will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Almeida lands a lovely overhand right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Silvinho with that takedown attempt.
Almeida is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Silvinho takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Almeida lands a right hook to the body.
Almeida tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silvinho was well out of range. Poor timing from Almeida.
Silvinho throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Almeida.
Silvinho closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Silvinho shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Almeida as he jumps to the side.
Almeida comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Almeida lands with a cross.
Silvinho uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Almeida.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silvinho throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Almeida.
Silvinho has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Almeida lands a two punch combo.
Silvinho shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Almeida sprawls well. Almeida wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Silvinho gets slowly back to his feet.
Almeida scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Silvinho closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Silvinho throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Almeida!
Silvinho looks to land a combination but Almeida avoids it well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Almeida scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Silvinho is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Almeida.
The fighters circling - Almeida throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ricardo Almeida showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Almeida has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:28

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