PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nguyen Thanh Tung (ranked 4721 p4p, 4252 weight class) and Theo Almeida (ranked 436 p4p, 418 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Thanh Tung might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Em Của Ngày Hôm Qua. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Theo Almeida enters the cage!

Thanh Tung
vs
Almeida

185 cm
18
225
2 - 1 - 0

193 cm
25
258
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nguyen Thanh Tung!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Theo Almeida!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Almeida moves into the clinch successfully.
Thanh Tung looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
A short uppercut from Almeida.
Thanh Tung is trying to break the clinch but Almeida is controlling him.
A right hand to the body from Almeida.
Almeida wants to get back to striking at distance but Thanh Tung won't allow it.

Almeida gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Almeida controls from within his opponent's guard.
Almeida connects with a couple of short punches.
Almeida seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Almeida's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida cracks Thanh Tung with a solid left hand.
Almeida engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Almeida landing with the ground and pound.
Almeida slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Almeida works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Almeida takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Thanh Tung looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Almeida moves into the clinch successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Almeida has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Thanh Tung regains guard immediately.
Almeida looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Almeida landing with the ground and pound.
Almeida is stalling in the full guard.
Almeida landing with the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almeida keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Thanh Tung's head.
Almeida is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Almeida is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Almeida advances to half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Almeida in particular looking to stall.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Theo Almeida dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Thanh Tung takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Theo Almeida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Almeida drives through with a takedown into guard.
Almeida stays in close to Thanh Tung's body and controls the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
More stalling from Almeida.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Thanh Tung on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

It looks like Nguyen Thanh Tung has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Almeida shoots in and bounces Thanh Tung off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Almeida engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Theo Almeida has got the better of the ground game so far.
Almeida lands a couple of digs.

Thanh Tung is rocked!
Almeida working some strikes from top position.
Oh Thanh Tung is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Almeida works over Thanh Tung with some ground and pound from guard.
Almeida arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Thanh Tung's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Theo Almeida!
Theo Almeida seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.