PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Diego Alvarez (ranked 6273 p4p, 4989 weight class) and Luis Santos (ranked 596 p4p, 0 weight class). Diego Alvarez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Alvarez
vs
Santos

175 cm
18
205
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
23
210
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Tends to cut

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diego Alvarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Luis Santos!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Emerson Jorge and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alvarez goes for a double leg but Santos avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Santos continues to drive forward.
Alvarez fails with a takedown attempt.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Santos content to slow the pace in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Alvarez is fighting off a takedown attempt but Santos is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Alvarez to the mat. Alvarez regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Santos trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Santos wanted to stand there but Alvarez had control of the position.
Santos throws a big elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Alvarez could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Santos stopping the sweep attempt from Alvarez.
Santos looking to pass the guard.
Alvarez keeping moving, preventing Santos from controlling successfully.
Santos looking to pass the guard.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Alvarez looks to land a right hand but Santos moved out of range.
Santos stuffs the takedown attempt from Alvarez. Alvarez gets slowly back to his feet.
Santos is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Diego Alvarez. That's going to take a lot out of him.

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.
Alvarez misses with a body shot.

Alvarez decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Santos is trying to get back to full guard.
Santos is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
We've been hearing that Alvarez has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Santos is doing well to control the position and prevent Alvarez from advancing to side control.
Santos regains full guard. Nicely done.
Alvarez has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Santos is proving hard to escape from.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Alvarez is sitting in close to Santos's body. Santos has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Alvarez is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Alvarez is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Santos.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Luis Santos!