PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marlon John (ranked 1415 p4p, 1823 weight class) and Aloisia Alvar (ranked 203 p4p, 249 weight class). Aloisia Alvar acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

John
vs
Alvar

185 cm
22
205
3 - 1 - 0

194 cm
20
220
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Conviction
Pit Bull Development

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marlon John!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aloisia Alvar!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Tiny Johnson and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
John lands a jab.
Alvar gets cracked there but stands up to it.

John dives in and scores a takedown into Alvar's guard.
John working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
John cracks Alvar with a solid left hand.
John pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Alvar is keeping the position for now.
Alvar is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
John trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
John has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Alvar is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
John throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
John won't allow Alvar to sweep him here.
John throwing strikes but missing.
John throws an elbow that misses. Alvar uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in John's guard. Nice move by Alvar!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvar prevents John from getting back to his feet.
John utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Alvar trying to control but John is working from the bottom.
John controlling Alvar's posture.
Alvar sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Alvar throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
John keeping moving, preventing Alvar from controlling successfully.
Alvar postures up in John's guard and throws a big left but John blocks it.
John working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Alvar.
Alvar slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Alvar shoots for a double leg takedown but John sprawls well. He's pushed Alvar's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Alvar dives in and grabs John's left leg, looking for a takedown. John pushes down on Alvar's head and hops out.

Alvar shoots in and bounces John off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
John is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Alvar looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
John lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Alvar trying to hold on to John's head to control him but John postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from John there.
Alvar wants to get back to full guard.
Ground and pound from John.
John looks to land a strike but Alvar avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Alvar has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
John postures up in Alvar's guard and throws a big left but Alvar blocks it.
Alvar not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
John distracts Alvar with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

John avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Alvar manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. John manages to get himself to full guard.

John pulls Alvar in close to prevent any damage.
John on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if John tries to get out of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvar is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
John looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Alvar throwing strikes but missing.
John looking to hit a scissor sweep but Alvar is one step ahead there.
Alvar postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Alvar stopping the sweep attempt from John.
John manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Alvar manages to get himself to full guard.

John trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marlon John dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Jab, jab by John - just one landing.
John darts in looking for a takedown but Alvar gets double underhooks and turns John into the cage.
A big left from John misses.
John connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Alvar momentarily.
Marlon John seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
John misses with a body shot.
John lands a nice looking body shot.
Nice takedown defense from John. No joy for Alvar on that attempt.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Alvar is defended easily by John.
John stuffs the takedown attempt from Alvar. Alvar gets slowly back to his feet.
Marlon John has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aloisia Alvar.
John lands with a straight right. Alvar didn't see that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
John jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
John jabs at Alvar's body.
John with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Marlon John is winning the standup battle so far.
Alvar throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around John's waist but John gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Alvar off to one side.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
John throws a sloppy head kick and Alvar moves out of range easily.
John is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Alvar can do to turn this around?
Alvar goes for a double leg but John avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as John continues to drive forward.

That's one minute gone in the round.
John smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A left lands for John.
John leaves Alvar with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

John throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Alvar was covering up waiting for the punch and John finishes the takedown easily into guard.
John working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Alvar looking for a sweep. Not yet Alvar, not yet.
John postures up.
Marlon John overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Alvar had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. John defends it easily.
John throws an elbow that misses. Alvar uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in John's guard. Nice move by Alvar!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvar stopping the sweep attempt from John.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Alvar postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvar wants to control from the top but John keeps moving.
John is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Alvar dives into side control.
John is trying to get back to half guard.
Alvar landing a few strikes.
John is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Alvar has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Alvar trying to control the position but John is working away.
John takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
John trying to remain calm as Alvar controls from the top position.
John is looking to reverse the position.
Alvar looking to punish the body of his opponent here but John is avoiding damage well.
John regains half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
John avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Alvar.
John is looking to improve his position.
John tries to kick Alvar off but Alvar keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Alvar trying to control the action but John is working from the bottom.
Alvar prevents John from improving his position.
Alvar thows a huge punch but John dodges it nicely.
John trying to hold on to Alvar's head to control him but Alvar postures up.
Alvar prevents John from improving his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alvar is nestled in close to John, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marlon John dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

John throws out a loose jab but Alvar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alvar has a takedown stuffed.
Alvar ducks under a wild hook from John.
Alvar takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
John sizes up Alvar with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Alvar moves away from the strike by John.
Alvar shoots for a double leg takedown but John sprawls well. He's pushed Alvar's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Alvar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from John.
Alvar moves away from the strike by John.
John leaves Alvar with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Marlon John has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aloisia Alvar.
John pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice sprawl there from John as Alvar shoots in.

John scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
John working away.
John in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
John working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
John working the ground and pound from side control.
John working away.
Alvar tries to buck John off but John is having none of it.
John connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Alvar some visible discomfort.
John throwing shots but missing, from side control.
John working the body and head with strikes.
Alvar struggling a bit here.
John throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
John is staying tight to Alvar's torso, preventing him from escaping.
John's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
John in side control lands a decent elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvar is trying to get back to half guard.
Alvar is not content to let John control the position.
John looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Alvar is avoiding damage well.
Alvar manages to work his way to half guard, despite John's best efforts.
Alvar wants to control but John is keeping busy and won't allow it.
John seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Alvar does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
John not doing much here.
John is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvar is looking to improve his position.
John takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Alvar moves into full guard.
Alvar trying to control the position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Alvar is on top in guard.

John seems keen to control Alvar's posture.
Marlon John is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
John wants to get back to his feet but Alvar is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
John controlling the position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now John is on top in guard.

Alvar is pulling down on John's head. It's preventing any offense from John, at least for the moment.
Alvar trying to control the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
John preventing the sweep.
Aloisia Alvar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Alvar trying to control the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marlon John showed his dominance in that final round.
Well John 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marlon John!
Marlon John decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.