PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Julio Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igor Duffe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Igor Duffe is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Alves
vs
Duffe

190 cm
22
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Julio Alves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Igor Duffe!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Edson Gomes and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duffe ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alves moves away.
Duffe throws a lazy right hand but Alves sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Alves displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Duffe throws out the jab.
Duffe throws a lazy right hand but Alves sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Igor Duffe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alves uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Duffe.
Duffe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Alves moves out of range as Duffe strikes.
Duffe misses with the combination.
Alves swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Duffe counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duffe misses the jab.
Alves misses with a double jab
and Duffe cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Alves showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Duffe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Duffe misses.
Alves avoids the body shot from Duffe.
Duffe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Alves manages to avoid it.
Alves uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Duffe.
Alves lands a high kick!
Duffe throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Alves sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Duffe showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Alves.
Duffe looks to land a right hand but Alves moved out of range.
Alves misses with a double jab
and Duffe makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duffe chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Alves can pounce on him.
Alves lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Duffe circles away quickly and effectively.
Duffe listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Alves gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Alves keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Duffe misses with a hook. Alves ducked under it nicely.
Duffe showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Alves.
Duffe slips a jab and a cross from Alves.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duffe swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Duffe misses with a hook. Alves ducked under it nicely.
Duffe swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Alves ducks under a wild hook from Duffe.
Duffe throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Duffe misses with a series of wild punches.
Duffe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Alves.
Alves ducks under a wild hook from Duffe.
Duffe throws a body punch but Alves moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Duffe throws a series of punches but Alves moves out of range.
Duffe misses with a series of wild punches.
Duffe ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alves moves away.
A slow jab from Duffe misses its intended target.
Duffe is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Alves avoids a punch combination nicely.
Alves moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Duffe thows a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Igor Duffe will probably get the nod.
That's time! Alves's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Alves throws a front kick that sends Duffe stumbling back into the cage.
Duffe looks to land a right hand but Alves moved out of range.
A swing and a miss from Duffe.
Alves misses with a series of wild punches.
Duffe ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alves moves away.
Duffe misses with a wild body shot.
Duffe thows a body shot but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alves takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Alves fakes the leg kick and cracks Duffe in the body.
Duffe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Alves.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Alves.
Duffe is breathing heavily.
Alves keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Duffe.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Alves, right into the meat.
Duffe just misses with a punch to the body.
Duffe throws a hook but Alves avoids it easily.
Duffe throws the left hand but Alves avoids the punch easily.
Duffe loads up on a big right hand but Alves slips the punch.
Alves steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Duffe.
Duffe ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alves moves away.
Duffe punishes Alves's body with a nice straight punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Duffe takes a swing at Alves's ribcage but misses.
Duffe throws a hook to the side of Alves's head but Alves sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Duffe throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Duffe swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Alves makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Duffe avoids a punch combination nicely.
Alves throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Duffe's head.
Alves goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Alves feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Duffe's calf.
Duffe throws a hook but Alves blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Duffe.
Julio Alves is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Duffe takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Duffe is rocked!
Duffe swings for the body but Alves moves out of range.
Alves throws a right hand that Duffe ducks under and follows up with a left that Duffe also avoids with ease.
Duffe ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alves moves away.
Duffe misses with a jab to the body
and Alves counters with a head kick. That will keep Duffe thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Duffe swinging wilding here.
Alves scoring well with a low kick there.
Alves feints and then cracks Duffe's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Duffe down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves slips a jab from Duffe.
Duffe misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Alves counters with a head kick.
Duffe misses with an uppercut. Alves saw that one coming.
Alves lands with a thumping leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alves throws a head kick that half lands.
Alves swinging wilding here.
Duffe looks to score with a jab to the body but Alves is just out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alves keeps Duffe at a distance using the push kick.
Alves lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Duffe backs up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julio Alves dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Duffe showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Alves.
Duffe misses the shot to the body.
Duffe misses with a straight left.
Duffe ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alves moves away.
Duffe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Alves.
Alves lands a jab-cross combination.
Alves avoids the body shot from Duffe.
Alves displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Duffe throws out the jab.
Duffe will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Duffe takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duffe takes a swing at Alves's ribcage but misses.
Duffe misses with a jab to the body
and Alves counters with a head kick. That will keep Duffe thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Duffe throws a series of punches but Alves moves out of range.
Duffe misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Alves counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Alves moves away from the strike by Duffe.
Duffe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Alves misses with a two punch combination.
Alves defending well as Duffe loads up on a big left hand.
Duffe misses with a body shot
and Alves counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Duffe.
Duffe misses with a straight right.
Alves lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Duffe dodges the punch combination from Alves.
Duffe on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Alves. Alves obviously looking to wear him down.
Alves misses with a series of wild punches.
Alves avoids the body shot from Duffe.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A swing and a miss from Duffe.
Alves fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Duffe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Alves slips under a jab.
Duffe takes a head kick and keeps coming.
A jab from Duffe misses.
Alves slips a jab from Duffe.
Duffe throws a shot from downtown. Alves moves away and avoids it.
Duffe misses with an uppercut.

That's four 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.
Duffe misses with a wild body shot.
Duffe misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Alves finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Alves misses with a few strikes there.
Duffe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Alves fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Duffe looks to land a right hand but Alves moved out of range.
Duffe misses with a telegraphed body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Alves scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Duffe misses the shot to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Julio Alves showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Alves has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:26
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Julio Alves!