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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Owen Alvarez (ranked 1188 p4p, 2668 weight class) and Conan Kennedy (ranked 161 p4p, 334 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Owen Alvarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Conan Kennedy!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, John Kavanagh and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kennedy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A big right from Alvarez misses.
Kennedy tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Alvarez counters with a shoot takedown. Kennedy fights it but they end up in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alvarez lands a couple of digs.
Alvarez throws a big right hand that misses.
Kennedy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
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 is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Alvarez stands up over Kennedy, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Kennedy trying to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kennedy has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Alvarez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kennedy's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez controls from within his opponent's guard.
Kennedy tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Alvarez is in close to Kennedy's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Alvarez with a flurry of punches that miss.
Alvarez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Alvarez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Alvarez is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Alvarez sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Kennedy has control of Alvarez's left arm, preventing Alvarez from doing any damage.
Alvarez postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Alvarez throws a big right hand that misses.
Alvarez is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Kennedy tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Alvarez postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Kennedy holds on and takes a little breather.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Alvarez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Kennedy is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Alvarez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Alvarez stands up over Kennedy, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Alvarez postures up in Kennedy's guard and throws a big left but Kennedy blocks it.
Alvarez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kennedy works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Alvarez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kennedy looking to hit a scissor sweep but Alvarez is one step ahead there.
Kennedy 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kennedy is trying to keep Alvarez in close.
Alvarez trying to control but Kennedy is working from the bottom.
Kennedy is trying to keep Alvarez in close.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Alvarez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Alvarez slips under a jab from Kennedy.
Kennedy looks to land a body kick but Alvarez moved away.
Kennedy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A nice leg kick from Kennedy, right into the meat of the thigh.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Owen Alvarez dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Kennedy throws the kick towards the body but Alvarez avoids it.
Alvarez misses with a straight left.
Conan Kennedy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kennedy misses with a few strikes there.
Alvarez appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Kennedy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Alvarez appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Kennedy throws a looping overhand right but Alvarez ducks down to avoid it.
Kennedy throws a sloppy head kick
and Alvarez moves into the clinch.
Alvarez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kennedy can do to turn this around?
Kennedy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kennedy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kennedy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kennedy is looking to break free of the clinch but Alvarez has double underhooks.
Alvarez pushes Kennedy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Alvarez tries for a takedown. No joy.
Kennedy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvarez trying to control the position but instead, Kennedy has worked for underhooks and has pushed Alvarez into the cage.
Kennedy looking to stall.
Alvarez changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Kennedy fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Kennedy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kennedy gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Alvarez counters with a nice double leg into side control. Kennedy won't be happy with that.
Kennedy taking punishment in the form of punches.
Alvarez trying to control the position but Kennedy is working away.
Alvarez working the ground and pound.
Alvarez working the ground and pound from side control.
Kennedy is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Alvarez asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Kennedy looks to move to half guard but instead Alvarez has passed into mount! Damn!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kennedy wants to control but Alvarez is having none of it.
Alvarez lands a couple of good shots and Kennedy has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alvarez scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Alvarez lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Alvarez softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Kennedy is rocked!
Alvarez is loading up with his shots from the back and Kennedy is in big trouble! Kennedy taps out to strikes and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Owen Alvarez!
A very excited looking Owen Alvarez rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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