PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Hardon Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Almeda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Lee
vs
Almeda

168 cm
18
134 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

178 cm
18
144 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hardon Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Thomas Almeda!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Jonathan Paton and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Almeda throws a combination. Lee tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Almeda scores with a nice head shot.

Lee is rocked!
Lee looks to land a body kick but Almeda moved away.
Almeda has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.

Lee pushes Almeda up against the cage in a clinch.
Lee throws a punch but it's blocked by Almeda.
A head punch on the inside from Almeda fails to land.
Lee displaying some good clinch control by pressing Almeda up against the cage.
Lee missing with knees to the body.
Almeda lands a right hand.
Almeda goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Lee fails to land.
Almeda throws a head punch that misses.
Lee is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Almeda to keep the fight standing.
Almeda digs a right hand into Lee's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Lee's gas tank.
Almeda lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lee pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee lands a nice elbow.
Almeda being controlled against the cage.
Lee misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lee.
Almeda scores with a shot to the side of Lee's head.
Lee is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Almeda to keep the fight standing.
Lee swings wildly with an uppercut but Almeda uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lee looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lee takes a shot to the head.
Almeda tries to throw a body punch but Lee avoids it by throwing Almeda back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Almeda creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Almeda stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Lee breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Lee is defended easily by Almeda.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hardon Lee. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lee fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Almeda keeps the fight on the outside.
Almeda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lee paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Almeda throws a series of punches but Lee moves out of range.

Almeda drops Lee with a beautiful combination! Lee stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Almeda is looking for the KO!
Oh Lee is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Almeda throws an overhand right that has Lee reeling! Almeda follows up with more punches and Lee is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Thomas Almeda!