PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ernesto Llosa (ranked 2213 p4p, 2157 weight class) and Alexander Tverdovskiy (ranked 305 p4p, 296 weight class). Tverdovskiy comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Sweet Caroline kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Llosa
vs
Tverdovskiy

180 cm
30
178
17 - 13 - 0

180 cm
29
169
17 - 6 - 1

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Money Inc. (160Q with Proof ) 165$

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 17 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ernesto Llosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Alexander Tverdovskiy!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Atkins and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Llosa rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tverdovskiy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Llosa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tverdovskiy looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.

Llosa moves into the clinch.
Llosa blocks a body shot from Tverdovskiy.
Llosa avoiding damage as Tverdovskiy throws knees to the body.
Llosa swings wildly with an uppercut but Tverdovskiy uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Tverdovskiy.
Tverdovskiy can't find room to land a body shot as Llosa controls the action.
Tverdovskiy tries to land a knee to the head but Llosa blocks with his arms.
Tverdovskiy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tverdovskiy throws a punch but it's blocked by Llosa.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tverdovskiy tries a knee to the head but Llosa blocks it.
Llosa avoiding damage as Tverdovskiy throws knees to the body.
Tverdovskiy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Llosa's defenses.
Llosa controlling the action here for a moment.
Tverdovskiy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Llosa lands a body shot in the clinch.
Llosa lands a body punch in the clinch.
Tverdovskiy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Llosa.
Llosa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tverdovskiy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Llosa changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Tverdovskiy fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Llosa shoots in for a takedown but Tverdovskiy shows good takedown defense.

Tverdovskiy moves into the clinch successfully.
Tverdovskiy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tverdovskiy.
Tverdovskiy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tverdovskiy tries to land knees in the clinch but Llosa avoids the damage to the body.
Tverdovskiy tries a knee to the head but Llosa blocks it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tverdovskiy.
Llosa pushes Tverdovskiy back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tverdovskiy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nice elbow from Tverdovskiy.

It looks like Ernesto Llosa has been cut.
Tverdovskiy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Llosa blocks a body shot from Tverdovskiy.
Tverdovskiy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tverdovskiy.
Tverdovskiy lands an elbow inside that Llosa shrugs off.
Tverdovskiy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tverdovskiy throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Llosa pulls Tverdovskiy into guard.
Tverdovskiy not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Ernesto Llosa!
Ernesto Llosa 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.