BFO 2 : Belts PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Lamas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Aldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jose Aldo struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 148.0lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Jose Aldo looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Lamas
vs
Aldo

172 cm
25
154 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
152 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricardo Lamas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jose Aldo!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Frank Dennis and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lamas drives through with a takedown into Aldo's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Aldo looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Aldo is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Lamas is stalling in the full guard.
Lamas throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lamas trying to control but Aldo is working from the bottom.
Lamas postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Lamas tries to free his leg and advance position but Aldo is retaining full guard.
Lamas would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Lamas pushes down on Aldo's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldo is not content to let Lamas control the position.
Lamas is nestled in close to Aldo, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Lamas working Aldo over with strikes.
Nice strikes from Lamas there.

Aldo is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Lamas pulls his head out easily.

Lamas wants to work for an arm triangle but Aldo is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Lamas is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lamas is trying to control the action in half guard but Aldo is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Lamas is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Aldo has managed to free his arm - good work.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lamas is trying to work for a kimura but Aldo is defending well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lamas landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Lamas is working for a submission of some sort.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lamas seems to be looking for submissions.
Aldo is refusing to be controlled, as Lamas sits in half guard.

Aldo actively working from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Lamas is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Aldo doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Lamas.
Lamas passes the guard and advances to mount!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Aldo is desperately trying to improve his position but Lamas has a good base and remains in mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Lamas dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Lamas closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Aldo quickly recovers to half guard.

Lamas is working for a submission of some sort.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lamas takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Lamas seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Lamas is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Aldo throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Aldo is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lamas is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Nice strikes from Lamas there.
Lamas wants to free his trapped foot but Aldo is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Lamas working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Lamas is looking for a kimura but Aldo is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Lamas to get the leverage.
Lamas is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Lamas is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Aldo doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Lamas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lamas is looking to stall here but Aldo recovers full guard.

Aldo throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Lamas escapes and throws Aldo's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Lamas gets to mount! Aldo was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lamas lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Lamas trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Aldo taking shots to the head.
Lamas in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Lamas is dominating on the ground here - he's now on his opponent's back, looking to sink in the hooks. Aldo is in real trouble.
Lamas has the hooks in. Aldo is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Lamas looking for the choke but no joy.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Aldo is trapped and Lamas is scoring with shots to the head and body.

Aldo is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.

Lamas is working for the choke. He's slipped one arm under the chin. Aldo has to defend the other arm for all he's worth... but Lamas has managed to get that arm free too and he's tightening the choke! Aldo taps out and looks absolutely disgusted with himself. Lamas doesn't care though - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Ricardo Lamas!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
26%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Phil Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Davis might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Fabolous - Breathe . Alvarez has chosen Daddy Yankee - Gasolina as his entrance music. Phil Davis had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Davis
vs
Alvarez

188 cm
19
212 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

186 cm
26
215 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Experienced

Sparta Fightware

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Phil Davis!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricardo Alvarez!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Cecil Peabody and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch but Alvarez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Davis fails with the takedown
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Phil Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davis shoots in looking for a takedown but Alvarez manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Davis's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Davis doesn't succeed with the takedown
enabling Alvarez to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Phil Davis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Davis with a poor takedown
and Alvarez counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Davis tries for a takedown but Alvarez circles away easily
and Alvarez makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

Alvarez feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Alvarez makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alvarez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Davis is breathing heavily.
Alvarez cracks Davis with a solid left hand.
Alvarez postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Alvarez connects with a couple of short punches.
Alvarez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez chips away with some ground and pound.
Alvarez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Davis's head.
Alvarez postures up and lands a big shot to Davis's brow.
Alvarez lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Alvarez lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Alvarez is working Davis over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Davis is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Alvarez distracts Davis with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alvarez working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Davis's head.
Alvarez postures up and lands a big shot to Davis's brow.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Alvarez's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Alvarez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Alvarez lands a couple of elbows.
Alvarez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Alvarez works over Davis with some ground and pound from guard.
Alvarez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Davis knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Alvarez on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez cracks Davis with a solid left hand.
Alvarez is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Alvarez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Alvarez working some strikes from top position.
Alvarez landing with the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alvarez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Alvarez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Davis's head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Alvarez's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Alvarez distracts Davis with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Davis working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Alvarez doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Alvarez manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alvarez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Alvarez connects with a couple of short punches.
Alvarez scoring with punches to the head and body.
Alvarez makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Alvarez is in close to Davis's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Alvarez postures up and lands a big shot to Davis's brow.
Alvarez is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Alvarez working some strikes from top position.
Alvarez connects with a couple of short punches.
Alvarez content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Alvarez scoring with some ground and pound.
Alvarez is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Alvarez content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Davis has momentary wrist control but Alvarez slips an elbow through the middle.
Alvarez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Davis's head.
Alvarez is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Alvarez working some strikes from top position.
Alvarez lands a couple of elbows.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Alvarez's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Davis is rocked!
Alvarez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Davis's head.
Oh Davis is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez is working Davis over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Alvarez chips away with some ground and pound.
Davis seems to have got his legs back now.
Davis has momentary wrist control but Alvarez slips an elbow through the middle.
Alvarez postures up and lands a big shot to Davis's brow.
Alvarez stands up over Davis, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Alvarez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Davis has momentary wrist control but Alvarez slips an elbow through the middle.
Alvarez chips away with some ground and pound.
Alvarez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Alvarez is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Alvarez scoring with punches to the head and body.
Alvarez is working Davis over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Alvarez scoring with some ground and pound.
Alvarez cracks Davis with a solid left hand.
Alvarez is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Alvarez is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Davis misses with a takedown
and Alvarez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Davis misses with a takedown
and Alvarez counters with a good low kick that Davis was not able to check.
Davis fails with the takedown
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Phil Davis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Davis fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Davis enables Alvarez to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Davis manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Alvarez distracts Davis with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Alvarez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Alvarez is working Davis over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Ricardo Alvarez has got the better of the ground game so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alvarez is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez stands up over Davis, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Alvarez distracts Davis with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Alvarez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Alvarez working some strikes from top position.
Alvarez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Alvarez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Alvarez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Alvarez is in close to Davis's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Alvarez lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alvarez connects with a couple of short punches.
Alvarez is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Alvarez loads up on a big left hand. Davis felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Alvarez looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Davis can't hide his disappointment, as Alvarez celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricardo Alvarez!
Ricardo Alvarez is the new light heavyweight champion!
Ricardo Alvarez thanked the fans post fight for their support.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mamed Khalidov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Rasskazov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Mamed Khalidov has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Khalidov
vs
Rasskazov

182 cm
25
192 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

181 cm
19
195 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great low kicks
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mamed Khalidov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ivan Rasskazov!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Tiny Johnson and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khalidov with a poor takedown
and Rasskazov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Khalidov has his takedown stuffed

and Rasskazov counters by clinching up.
Rasskazov gets underhooks to prevent Khalidov's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mamed Khalidov. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Rasskazov manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Rasskazov seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

Khalidov is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Khalidov won't allow Rasskazov to get back to his feet.
Rasskazov has his hands on Khalidov's head, controlling the position.
Khalidov trying to control the position from guard on top but Rasskazov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rasskazov wants to sweep but no luck.
Rasskazov looking to control.
Khalidov works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Rasskazov wants to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Khalidov is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Rasskazov trying to control here.

Rasskazov is defending against the submission attempts here by Khalidov.
Rasskazov really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Khalidov. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Khalidov wants to work for an arm triangle but Rasskazov is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rasskazov gets back to full guard.
Khalidov stopping the sweep attempt from Rasskazov.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Rasskazov holds on and takes a little breather.
Rasskazov is trying to keep Khalidov in close.
Khalidov is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Khalidov stops Rasskazov from standing up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khalidov engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Ivan Rasskazov wasn't active enough on the ground.
Khalidov misses with a takedown attempt

and Rasskazov counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Rasskazov stopping the sweep attempt from Khalidov.
Rasskazov trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Rasskazov looks winded!

Khalidov has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Rasskazov can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Khalidov is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Rasskazov is aware though and is defending well.
Rasskazov working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Rasskazov is looking to work some ground and pound but Khalidov has wrist control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Rasskazov is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Khalidov has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Rasskazov is looking to defend but Khalidov has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Rasskazov! Khalidov pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Rasskazov taps out and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Mamed Khalidov!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
43%

Main event

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Charles Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tarmugi Hassan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hassan has chosen No more sorrow-Linkin park as his entrance music. Tarmugi Hassan struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 136.2lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Oliveira
vs
Hassan

180 cm
25
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
144 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Prefers standup

Violent By Design

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charles Oliveira!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tarmugi Hassan!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Chris Downing and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Oliveira shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Oliveira showed some decent athleticism there.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Oliveira perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Oliveira is stalling here. Hassan is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Oliveira seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Hassan has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Hassan working away.
Hassan wants to stand but Oliveira is controlling his arm.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hassan working away.
Hassan wants to stand but Oliveira has him controlled and pulls him back into his guard.
Oliveira is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira tries to strike from the bottom.
Hassan wants to stand but Oliveira is controlling his posture from full guard.

Oliveira is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Hassan frees his head nicely. Oh but Oliveira has switched to an armbar! Hassan is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Charles Oliveira!
Charles Oliveira is the new bantamweight champion!