PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Travis Gillespie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gillespie
vs
Almeida

211 cm
24
161 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

180 cm
20
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Travis Gillespie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Danny Almeida!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Paul Aken and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Almeida stuffs the takedown.
Almeida darts in looking for a takedown but Gillespie gets double underhooks and turns Almeida into the cage.
Almeida dives in for a single leg takedown but Gillespie sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Almeida thuds his right hand into Gillespie's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Almeida throws a right and a left that both miss.

Almeida closes the distance and pushes Gillespie back into the cage.

Almeida breaks from the clinch.

Almeida gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Gillespie has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Almeida uses from the top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Gillespie scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Danny Almeida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gillespie takes a kick to the side of the head.

Gillespie is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gillespie stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Gillespie wants it to stay on the feet.
Gillespie tried to counter with a leg kick but Almeida avoided it.
Oh Gillespie is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Travis Gillespie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Almeida.

Almeida has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee calls for Gillespie to work.
Almeida stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Gillespie seems to have got his legs back now.
A frustrated look appears on Gillespie's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gillespie is looking to break free of the clinch but Almeida has double underhooks.
Gillespie tries to pull guard but Almeida won't allow it.
Almeida fails to pull guard.

Almeida escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gillespie throws a head kick that misses.

Almeida moves into the clinch.
Almeida jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Gillespie walks away with a smile on his face. Almeida gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Almeida rushes Gillespie and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Gillespie successfully pulls guard.

Gillespie looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Almeida passes into side control.
Gillespie is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gillespie regains half guard, as Almeida was trying to land strikes.
Almeida throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Almeida is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Gillespie wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almeida not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Almeida prevents Gillespie from standing back up.
Gillespie really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Almeida is working for a kimura but Gillespie is defending it quite comfortably.
Almeida keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Almeida thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Gillespie's head.
Almeida has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Almeida not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Almeida is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Gillespie defends it well.
Gillespie is trying to stand up here but Almeida is controlling him well.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Almeida has closed the distance and engaged Gillespie in a clinch.
Gillespie tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Almeida just stands there and leans against the cage.

Almeida pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gillespie tries to clinch up but Almeida circles away and keeps his distance.
Almeida is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.

Almeida closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Gillespie is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Almeida pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Gillespie drives through and clinches with Almeida against the cage.

Almeida breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gillespie throws a jab but it's blocked by Almeida.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Almeida fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Almeida has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Almeida fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gillespie pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Almeida throws a right hand that Gillespie ducks under and follows up with a left that Gillespie also avoids with ease.
Almeida throws a sloppy head kick
and Gillespie connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Almeida throws a head kick that misses.
Almeida throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Gillespie's waist but Gillespie gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Almeida off to one side.
Almeida slaps away a takedown attempt from Gillespie, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Almeida wants to counter with a clinch but Gillespie pushes him away.
Danny Almeida is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slow jab from Gillespie misses its intended target.

Almeida forces Gillespie back against the cage and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gillespie taking a breather.
Gillespie effectively controlling the action here.
Almeida is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gillespie is defending well for now.
Gillespie has Almeida pushed against the cage.

Almeida's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Almeida misses with a takedown attempt
and Gillespie counters with a left to the body.
Travis Gillespie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Almeida.

Almeida gets a clinch.
Gillespie looking to stall.

Gillespie jumps into guard, dragging Almeida to the mat.
Almeida tries to free his leg and advance position but Gillespie is retaining full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida stops Gillespie from standing up.

Gillespie working for submissions but it's allowed Almeida to get to half guard.
Almeida missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Almeida stalling.
Gillespie pushes Almeida off looking to stand but Almeida dives back in and keeps control.
Gillespie moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Gillespie keeping moving, preventing Almeida from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gillespie looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Almeida drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Almeida jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Almeida stops Gillespie from standing up.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Gillespie lands a couple of decent looking body shots there.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Almeida shoots in for a takedown but Gillespie shows good takedown defense.
Gillespie drops down looking for a counter takedown but Almeida sprawls and moves away.
Almeida is breathing heavily.
Gillespie scores with a jab.
Almeida goes for a double leg but Gillespie avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Gillespie continues to drive forward.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gillespie defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Almeida.
Almeida moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
No luck for Almeida with that takedown attempt.
Gillespie throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

Almeida closes the distance and clinches.
Almeida tries to pull guard but Gillespie holds him up against the cage and eventually Almeida drops back down to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gillespie scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gillespie jumps guard but Almeida turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Gillespie controlling the action here for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Travis Gillespie dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Almeida doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Gillespie counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Almeida is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Almeida closes the distance and clinches up with Gillespie, looking for a takedown. Almeida pushes Gillespie against the cage but Gillespie circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Almeida with a lazy takedown attempt
and Gillespie counters with a stiff right hand.
Travis Gillespie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Almeida.
Gillespie finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Gillespie connects with a nice looking jab.
Almeida throws a sloppy head kick
and Gillespie connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick misses from Almeida.
Gillespie drops down looking for a counter takedown but Almeida sprawls and moves away.

Gillespie tries to keep at a distance but Almeida has taken the fight into the clinch.
Almeida takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Almeida is trying to maintain a safe position but Gillespie gets an underhook and turns Almeida into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Almeida breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A jab from Gillespie does it's job there.
Almeida fails to land the takedown.
And Gillespie counters with a quick kick to the body but Almeida blocks it.
Nice cross by Gillespie.
Gillespie shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Almeida as he jumps to the side.
Gillespie throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Good standup being displayed there by Gillespie as he connects with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida moves out of range of the body kick from Gillespie.
Gillespie pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gillespie tries to clinch up.
Gillespie moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromAlmeida.
Almeida tries for a takedown but Gillespie sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Gillespie misses with a head kick.

Almeida gets a clinch.
Gillespie has Almeida pressed against the cage.
Gillespie jumps guard but Almeida stands there with Gillespie around his waist. Gillespie gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Danny Almeida seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Gillespie drags the fight down to the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Almeida gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Almeida has Gillespie up against the cage in a clinch.
Gillespie trying to control the position but instead, Almeida has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gillespie into the cage.
Gillespie tries to pull guard but Almeida forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Gillespie unloads a knee to the mid-section. Almeida lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Almeida escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gillespie displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Almeida.
A cross from Gillespie lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almeida dives in for a single leg takedown but Gillespie sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Gillespie misses with a low kick as Almeida jumps back.
Almeida tries to counter with a clinch but Gillespie shakes him off and moves away.

Almeida clinches with his opponent.
Gillespie leaning his opponent against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Almeida scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gillespie is trying to stall.
Gillespie is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Almeida to keep the fight standing.
Gillespie throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

And that's the end of the fight!
Travis Gillespie showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Gillespie 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Travis Gillespie!