PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between KC Sunshine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sunshine's entrance music is The Muppets: Ringing of the Bells. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Sunshine
vs
Alves

167 cm
21
135 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

185 cm
21
132 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
KO power

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Knockout power

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, KC Sunshine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Pablo Alves!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Paul Tew and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sunshine darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Alves keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sunshine not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sunshine lands a nice short elbow.
Alves is trying to get back to full guard.
Sunshine working over Alves with some ground and pound. Alves looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Alves is looking to improve his position.

Alves actively working from the bottom here.
Sunshine knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Alves on the ground.
Sunshine is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Sunshine scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Alves is looking to improve his position.
Sunshine is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Alves is looking to improve his position.
Sunshine working over Alves with some ground and pound. Alves looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Alves tries to roll over but Sunshine keeps him under control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sunshine.
Sunshine takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Sunshine decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.

Sunshine shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Alves's guard.

Alves working for a triangle but Sunshine defends it easily.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Sunshine connects with a couple of short punches.
Sunshine distracts Alves with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sunshine might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Alves has momentary wrist control but Sunshine slips an elbow through the middle.
Sunshine postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Sunshine distracts Alves with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sunshine is working Alves over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Sunshine landing with the ground and pound.
Sunshine postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sunshine stands up over Alves, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sunshine working some strikes from top position.

Alves is rocked!
Sunshine stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Alves swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Alves looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Alves looks gassed!
Sunshine is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sunshine postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Alves throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Sunshine working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Alves's head.
Alves keeping moving, preventing Sunshine from controlling successfully.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sunshine's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sunshine connects with a couple of short punches.
Sunshine working some strikes from top position.
Alves keeping moving, preventing Sunshine from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves wants to sweep but no luck.
Sunshine with a nice head shot there.
Sunshine wants to control from the top but Alves keeps moving.
Sunshine lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Sunshine lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Sunshine with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Sunshine wants to control from the top but Alves keeps moving.
Sunshine lands a couple of digs.
Sunshine slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Sunshine has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Sunshine stands up over Alves, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sunshine is one step ahead there.

Alves is looking for a triangle but Sunshine pushes his legs off easily.
Sunshine lands a couple of digs.
Sunshine scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sunshine stands up over Alves, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Sunshine landing with the ground and pound.
Sunshine is in close to Alves's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Sunshine working some strikes from top position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sunshine postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Sunshine stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Alves swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sunshine cracks Alves with a solid left hand.
Sunshine postures up and lands a big shot to Alves's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

KC Sunshine dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Sunshine closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Alves did well to prevent Sunshine getting side control.
Alves is looking for a sweep. Sunshine is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sunshine is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Alves looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Ground and pound from Sunshine.
Alves taking some punishment here, with Sunshine in his half guard.
Sunshine prevents Alves from improving his position.
Sunshine lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sunshine trying to control the action but Alves is working from the bottom.
Sunshine winds up and cracks Alves with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ground and pound from Sunshine.
Sunshine working over Alves with some ground and pound. Alves looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Alves is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sunshine lands with a punch from half guard.
Alves is breathing heavily.
Sunshine working Alves over with strikes.
Nice strikes from Sunshine there.
Sunshine landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Sunshine prevents Alves from improving his position.
Alves has hold of Sunshine's hands but Sunshine slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Sunshine lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Nice strikes from Sunshine there.
Alves is staying active underneath Sunshine, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Alves looking for submissions off his back.
Alves is not content to let Sunshine control the position.
Alves trying to get back to full guard but Sunshine takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Sunshine working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves is looking to improve his position but Sunshine isn't that keen on the idea.
Sunshine working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sunshine cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Sunshine working the ground and pound effectively.
Alves is still in real trouble! Can Sunshine finish him?
Alves takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sunshine cracks Alves with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). KC Sunshine!