PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ulf Larsonn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Larsonn has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Ulf Larsonn looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Larsonn
vs
Almeida

198 cm
24
217 lbs
3 - 11 - 0

196 cm
25
238 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Very quick

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Knockout power

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 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ulf Larsonn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ricardo Almeida!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Larsonn lands a nice shot that snaps Almeida's head back.
Larsonn lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Larsonn is breathing heavily.
No joy there for Larsonn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Larsonn gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Almeida.
Larsonn misses with the head strike.
Almeida is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nice elbow from Larsonn.
Larsonn prevents Almeida from breaking the clinch.
Larsonn is pushing Almeida up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Almeida is looking to break free of the clinch but Larsonn has double underhooks.
Almeida on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Larsonn prevents Almeida from breaking the clinch.
Almeida blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Larsonn throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Almeida blocks it with crossed arms.
Larsonn tries to throw a body punch but Almeida avoids it by throwing Larsonn back against the cage.
Almeida has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Almeida wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Larsonn has him pressed against the cage.
Larsonn definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Almeida is trying to break the clinch but Larsonn is controlling him.
Larsonn throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Almeida blocks it with crossed arms.
Larsonn keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Almeida's efforts to push away.
Larsonn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Larsonn connects with a knee to the head.
Almeida wants to break free but Larsonn has control.
Almeida wants to break free but Larsonn has control.
Larsonn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Larsonn looking to throw knees to the head but Almeida is blocking nicely.
Almeida blocks the elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Almeida tries to break the clinch but Larsonn is controlling the position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Almeida.
Almeida is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Larsonn lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Larsonn tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Almeida is trying to push Larsonn away but Larsonn has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Almeida tries to stall but Larsonn uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Larsonn stalling in the clinch but Almeida improves position.
Larsonn blocks an elbow strike from Almeida.
Larsonn looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Almeida working hard to break the clinch.
Almeida wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Larsonn has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Larsonn fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almeida is trying to force a seperation but Larsonn has the dominant position.
Larsonn misses with a body punch.
Almeida has had enough of the clinch but Larsonn keeps him there for the moment.
Almeida wants to break free but Larsonn has control.
Larsonn misses with a knee strike.
Larsonn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Larsonn lands with a left to the head.
Almeida wants to break the clinch but can't.
Almeida throws a knee to the head but misses.
Larsonn keeps control of Almeida as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Almeida has had enough of the clinch but Larsonn keeps him there for the moment.
Larsonn lands an elbow just above Almeida 's eye.
Larsonn trying to control the position but instead, Almeida has worked for underhooks and has pushed Larsonn into the cage.
Larsonn looking to throw knees to the head but Almeida is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almeida wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Almeida is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Larsonn misses with a body punch.
A frustrated look appears on Almeida's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Almeida looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Almeida wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Larsonn trying to land knees to the body.
Almeida dodges an elbow strike from Larsonn.
Almeida tries to stall but Larsonn uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Larsonn keeps control of Almeida as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Almeida is looking to break free of the clinch but Larsonn has double underhooks.
Almeida is trying to push Larsonn away but Larsonn has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Almeida takes an elbow to the forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Almeida swats away the attempt to clinch by Larsonn.
Larsonn wants to clinch.
Almeida checks a low kick from Larsonn.
Almeida keeps the fight on the outside.
Ulf Larsonn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Larsonn is looking to clinch.
Larsonn explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Larsonn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Larsonn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Almeida swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Larsonn tries to clinch there but Almeida circles away.
Larsonn fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Larsonn tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Almeida manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Larsonn clinches with his opponent.
Almeida is trying to maintain a safe position but Larsonn gets an underhook and turns Almeida into the cage.
Larsonn blocking some punches.
Larsonn creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Almeida's defenses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Larsonn.
Larsonn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Almeida working hard to break the clinch.
Larsonn has a couple of punches blocked by Almeida.
Ulf Larsonn has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Almeida is trying to break the clinch but Larsonn has him pressed against the cage.
Larsonn tries to land a knee to the head but Almeida blocks with his arms.
Larsonn struggles to land a body shot inside as Almeida controls his hands.
A frustrated look appears on Almeida's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Larsonn throws an elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Almeida has had enough of the clinch but Larsonn keeps him there for the moment.
Almeida tries to break the clinch but Larsonn is controlling the position.
Larsonn lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Larsonn stalling the fight.
Almeida looking to stall.
Larsonn misses with some punches.
Almeida wants to break free but Larsonn has control.
A short uppercut from Larsonn.
Larsonn tries to land a knee to the head but Almeida blocks with his arms.
Almeida trying to control the position but instead, Larsonn has worked for underhooks and has pushed Almeida into the cage.
Almeida is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larsonn using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Almeida has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Larsonn keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Almeida's efforts to push away.
Larsonn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Larsonn prevents Almeida from breaking the clinch.
Almeida stalling in the clinch but Larsonn improves position.
Almeida blocks a body shot from Larsonn.
Larsonn throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Almeida is trying to force a seperation but Larsonn has the dominant position.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Larsonn as Almeida tries to tie him up.
Almeida tries to circle away but Larsonn has him pinned against the cage.
Almeida avoids the elbow strike from Larsonn, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almeida wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Almeida wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Larsonn has him pressed against the cage.
Almeida working hard to break the clinch.
Larsonn misses with a knee to the head.
Almeida throws an elbow that misses.
Almeida trying to stall but Larsonn improves his position.
Larsonn tries a knee to the head but Almeida blocks it.
Almeida is trying to break free.
Almeida is looking to break free of the clinch but Larsonn has double underhooks.
Larsonn displaying some good clinch control by pressing Almeida up against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Almeida wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ulf Larsonn dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Larsonn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Almeida swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Larsonn tries to clinch up but Almeida circles away and keeps his distance.
Larsonn tries to clinch but Almeida moves out of range.
Almeida keeps the fight on the outside.
Larsonn wants to clinch up but Almeida keeps it at a distance.
Larsonn tries to clinch there but Almeida circles away.
Larsonn is looking to clinch.
Almeida swats away the attempt to clinch by Larsonn.
Larsonn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Larsonn tries to clinch but Almeida moves out of range.
Larsonn throws a right hand that Almeida ducks under and follows up with a left that Almeida also avoids with ease.
Larsonn throws a right and a left that Almeida avoids nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Larsonn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Almeida moves out of range as Larsonn throws a body kick.
Larsonn pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Almeida avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Larsonn doesn't manage to clinch there - Almeida circles away.
Larsonn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Larsonn tries to close the distance and clinch but Almeida swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Almeida keeps the fight on the outside.
Larsonn wants to clinch up but Almeida keeps it at a distance.
Larsonn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Larsonn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Larsonn is looking to clinch.
Almeida uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Larsonn.
Larsonn throws a head kick that misses.
Larsonn throws a big shot that misses.
Larsonn misses with a straight left.
The fight stays on the outside here - Larsonn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Larsonn tries to clinch up but Almeida circles away and keeps his distance.
Larsonn misses with a looping left.
Almeida slips a straight right by Larsonn.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larsonn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Almeida swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Larsonn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Larsonn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Larsonn is looking to clinch but Almeida is avoiding it.
Almeida blocks a jab.
Larsonn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Almeida paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Larsonn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Almeida paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Larsonn throws a sloppy head kick and Almeida moves out of range easily.
Larsonn takes a swing at Almeida's ribcage but misses.
Ulf Larsonn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Larsonn tries to close the distance and clinch but Almeida swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Larsonn throws a leg kick but Almeida moved away.
Larsonn wants to clinch up but Almeida keeps it at a distance.
Almeida moves out of range of the body kick from Larsonn.
Ulf Larsonn is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larsonn wants to clinch up but Almeida keeps it at a distance.
Larsonn is looking to clinch but Almeida is avoiding it.
Larsonn thows a left - swing and a miss!
Larsonn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Almeida blocks the body kick.
Larsonn doesn't manage to clinch there - Almeida circles away.
Almeida swats away the attempt to clinch by Larsonn.
Almeida circles away from the clinch attempt.
Almeida displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Larsonn throws out the jab.
Ricardo Almeida has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Larsonn looks to land a left hand but Almeida moved out of range nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ulf Larsonn showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Larsonn 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:26
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:26
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ulf Larsonn!