PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jim Pounder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pounder comes to the cage accompanied by People in Planes-Last Man Standing. Jim Pounder has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Pounder
vs
Almeida

186 cm
40
222 lbs
35 - 26 - 1

196 cm
24
238 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Knockout power

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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 35 - 26 - 1, fighting out of London, Jim Pounder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ricardo Almeida!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Donald Grub and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Both fighters are only really looking to counter, so after a good 30 seconds of circling eachother endlessly, the referee has stepped in and told them both to be more aggressive.
Almeida misses with a jab to the body
and Pounder counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Almeida throws a hook but Pounder avoids it easily.
Some wild striking there from Pounder.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pounder lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Almeida misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Pounder fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pounder scores with a one two! Almeida had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Pounder uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Almeida.
Pounder throws a series of punches but Almeida moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almeida swings widly with a right hand
and Pounder counters with a straight right hand.
Pounder connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Almeida is looking to chop away at Pounder's legs.
Pounder misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almeida swings widly with a right hand
and Pounder counters with a two punch combo.
Pounder misses with a wild combination.
Pounder misses with a double jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Pounder dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Pounder scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Pounder swinging wildly here.
Pounder lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Almeida circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pounder throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pounder clobbers Almeida with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Almeida misses with a looping left.
Pounder scores with the left hand. Almeida knows he should have avoided that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida misses with a right hand
and Pounder counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Almeida throws a poor cross that misses
letting Pounder counter with a right hand.
A right-left combo lands from Pounder.
Almeida takes a swing at Pounder's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pounder jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Almeida avoids a punch combination nicely.
Almeida swings widly with a right hand
and Pounder counters with a two punch combo.
Almeida throws a head kick but Pounder moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A left and a right from Pounder both land. Nice combination.
Almeida throws out a loose jab but Pounder uses good head movement to avoid it.
Almeida takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Pounder throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Pounder dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Pounder clobbers Almeida with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Pounder lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Pounder throws a right hand that Almeida ducks under and follows up with a left that Almeida also avoids with ease.
Pounder jabs Almeida to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pounder lands with a nice body punch.
Good work by Pounder as he checks the leg kick.
Pounder misses with a wild combination.
Pounder misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pounder looks to land a combination but Almeida avoids it well.
Pounder misses with a series of wild punches.
Pounder lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almeida swings away with a body shot that misses
and Pounder connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Pounder lands with a good body shot.

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.
Pounder throws a series of punches but Almeida avoids them all with ease.
Almeida misses with a body shot.
Almeida throws a poor cross that misses
and Pounder counters with a left and a right that stings Almeida.
Pounder displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jim Pounder showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pounder 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jim Pounder!
In his post fight interview, Jim Pounder gave a big smile as he said 'This is officially my last fight, I had a great career and I'm glad I was able to retire with a win.'.