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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Hector Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcos Fernandes de Omena (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marcos Fernandes de Omena will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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140 lbs
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169 cm
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135 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hector Alvarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marcos Fernandes de Omena!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Alvarez with that takedown attempt.
Alvarez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Alvarez slips a straight right by de Omena.
Hector Alvarez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alvarez shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches de Omena napping and manages to drive through into side control!
You can see the frustration on de Omena's face as Alvarez controls the position.
Alvarez moves into full mount!
Alvarez landing shots from mount.
Alvarez misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Alvarez trying to control but de Omena is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez throws some wild stikes that de Omena manages to avoid easily.
Alvarez thowing shots but they're missing.
Alvarez with the ground and pound from mount.
Alvarez lands a nice shot to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alvarez looking to finish with strikes here!
Alvarez scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The referee warns de Omena that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if de Omena can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez wants to control the pace but de Omena is squirming around nicely.
Alvarez controlling his opponent.
Alvarez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
de Omena holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Alvarez tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
de Omena is bucking up trying to escape but Alvarez cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez landing strikes from the mount.
Alvarez trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Alvarez landing shots from mount.
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.
Alvarez looking to ground and pound but de Omena is blocking nicely.
Alvarez lands a nice shot to the head.
de Omena looks gassed!
Alvarez pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
de Omena wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Alvarez.
de Omena avoids a series of strikes thrown by Alvarez.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez lands with some strikes.
Alvarez lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Alvarez punishing his opponent with strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alvarez cracks de Omena with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Alvarez content just to control the position here.
Alvarez working the ground and pound effectively.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
de Omena in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hector Alvarez dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Alvarez scores with a jab to the jaw.
Alvarez tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but de Omena swivels and escapes.
de Omena throws a jab when Alvarez was well out of range.
Alvarez closes this distance looking for a takedown but de Omena circles away.
Alvarez shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. de Omena manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Alvarez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Alvarez is looking to work some ground and pound but de Omena has wrist control.
de Omena preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Alvarez trying to control but de Omena is working from the bottom.
de Omena is breathing heavily.
Alvarez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. de Omena swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez working some strikes from top position.
de Omena working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Alvarez.
de Omena keeping moving, preventing Alvarez from controlling successfully.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Alvarez closes this distance looking for a takedown but de Omena circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hector Alvarez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Alvarez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Alvarez changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. de Omena tries to avoid it but Alvarez manages to keep hold of a leg and drag de Omena to the ground. de Omena escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Alvarez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
de Omena stuffs the takedown attempt from Alvarez. Alvarez gets slowly back to his feet.
Alvarez is looking to clinch but de Omena is avoiding it.
Alvarez throws a hook but de Omena avoids it easily.
A telegraphed right hand from de Omena misses the target.
Alvarez throws a sloppy body shot
and de Omena counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Alvarez with a lazy takedown attempt
and de Omena counters with a nice body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez misses with a takedown attempt
and de Omena counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
de Omena throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hector Alvarez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Alvarez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by de Omena.
Alvarez doesn't succeed with the takedown
and de Omena counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Marcos Fernandes de Omena is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Alvarez wants to clinch up but de Omena keeps it at a distance.
de Omena smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
de Omena lands a jab.
Alvarez shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and de Omena cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Alvarez tries for a takedown but de Omena circles away easily
and de Omena cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
de Omena dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Alvarez shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and de Omena counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Alvarez tries to clinch but de Omena moves out of range.
Alvarez shoots and misses
and de Omena counters with a left to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Alvarez slips under a jab.
A big right from de Omena misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Hector Alvarez will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Alvarez has his takedown stuffed
and de Omena counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Alvarez gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and de Omena counters with a stiff right hand.
Alvarez tries to clinch but de Omena is having none of it.
Alvarez blocks a jab.
de Omena misses with a hook. Alvarez ducked under it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
de Omena misses with a body punch
and Alvarez counters with a takedown into side control.
Alvarez in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
de Omena gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Hector Alvarez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Alvarez cracks de Omena with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
de Omena is in a horrible position here. Alvarez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alvarez lands a heavy elbow.
Alvarez connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Alvarez lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
de Omena looks out of his depth in this position - he's holding on tight.
Alvarez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Alvarez.
Alvarez controlling the position easily from mount.
Alvarez working the ground and pound effectively.
de Omena 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.
Alvarez can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as de Omena is looking to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez dominating with strikes here.
Alvarez pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
A nice elbow there by Alvarez.
Alvarez scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Alvarez with a couple of short strikes.
de Omena is in a horrible position here. Alvarez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
de Omena is squirming around, avoiding Alvarez's attempts to control the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez is really struggling to control de Omena but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Alvarez connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Alvarez trying to control but de Omena is having none of it.
Alvarez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
de Omena is squirming around, avoiding Alvarez's attempts to control the action.
Marcos Fernandes de Omena has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hector Alvarez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Alvarez cracks de Omena with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hector Alvarez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Alvarez, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:25
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:25
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hector Alvarez!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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