PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Owen Alvarez (ranked 5803 p4p, 4446 weight class) and James Lawrence (ranked 620 p4p, 559 weight class). James Lawrence has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Owen Alvarez's chin.

Alvarez
vs
Lawrence

183 cm
19
169
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
20
180
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Sydney Fight Gear (London Rebirth)

Conquer
Dr Zoidberg Office

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Owen Alvarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, James Lawrence!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lawrence throws a right and a left that both miss.
Alvarez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lawrence.

Alvarez shoots in and gets a takedown into Lawrence's guard.
Alvarez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Alvarez thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Alvarez 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.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alvarez preventing the sweep.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvarez is working Lawrence over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Alvarez postures up in Lawrence's guard and throws a big left but Lawrence blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez scoring with some ground and pound.
Alvarez throws a big right hand that misses.
Lawrence preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Alvarez throws a big right hand that misses.
Lawrence wants to sweep but no luck.
Alvarez with a flurry of punches that miss.
Alvarez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lawrence is keeping the position for now.
Alvarez has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Lawrence looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Alvarez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Alvarez throws a big right hand that misses.
Lawrence avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Alvarez lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Lawrence is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Alvarez won't allow Lawrence to sweep him here.

Alvarez drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Alvarez jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Lawrence misses with a lunging right hand

so Alvarez counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Alvarez thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Alvarez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Lawrence looking to control.
Alvarez lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Alvarez cracks Lawrence with a solid left hand.
Alvarez distracts Lawrence with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez stays in close to Lawrence's body and controls the position.
Alvarez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Alvarez landing with the ground and pound.
Alvarez stands up over Lawrence, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Alvarez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lawrence keeping moving, preventing Alvarez from controlling successfully.
Lawrence being controlled here, momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Owen Alvarez 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.

A big left from Lawrence misses.
Alvarez tries to counter with a takedown but Lawrence is quick to defend against it.
Lawrence looks to land a left hand but Alvarez moved out of range nicely.
Alvarez takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Alvarez is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Lawrence's half guard.
Alvarez controlling the action here.
Alvarez working over Lawrence with some ground and pound. Lawrence looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lawrence tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Alvarez has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Alvarez with good strikes from the mount here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez avoids the attempt from Lawrence to control.
Alvarez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lawrence can do to turn this around?
Lawrence really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Alvarez. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
BOOM! Alvarez connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Lawrence tries to reverse the position but Alvarez maintains control.
Alvarez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Lawrence takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Alvarez! Lawrence is hurt baaadly! Alvarez is firing away with more strikes - Lawrence is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Owen Alvarez!
Owen Alvarez was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.