PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Broqui Lesmar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rogerio Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lesmar kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is SMC Hoodrats. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Lesmar
vs
Alves

200 cm
24
230 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

200 cm
20
255 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

Falcon Clothing
Win Nutritional - proof of quality

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Broqui Lesmar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rogerio Alves!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Mauricio Rocha and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Alves.
Alves fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Alves gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Lesmar to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Lesmar stands up over Alves, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Lesmar is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Alves throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Lesmar escapes and throws Alves's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Alves wants to control but Lesmar postures up.
Alves takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Lesmar decides to take the fight back to the feet.

Alves gets caught flat footed, as Lesmar shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves keeping moving, preventing Lesmar from controlling successfully.
Lesmar with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lesmar is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Lesmar preventing the sweep.

Lesmar got a little sloppy there for a moment and Alves has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Lesmar has managed to get both his arms back between Alves's legs - danger averted.
Alves looks gassed!
Lesmar with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Lesmar distracts Alves with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alves preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lesmar lands a couple of elbows.

It looks like Rogerio Alves has been cut.
Lesmar stands up over Alves, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Lesmar works over Alves with some ground and pound from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lesmar lands a couple of elbows.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Alves looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Lesmar working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Alves's head.
Lesmar is stalling in the full guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Lesmar connects with a couple of short punches.
Lesmar keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Alves's head.
Lesmar with a nice head shot there.
Lesmar has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Lesmar working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Lesmar passes Alves's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Lesmar is nestled in close to Alves, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Lesmar there.
Lesmar takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Alves taking some punishment here, with Lesmar in his half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Lesmar lands a nice short elbow.
Lesmar scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Lesmar looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Lesmar looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Alves with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ground and pound from Lesmar.
Lesmar seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Alves does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Alves is trying to control but can't.
Alves is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Lesmar scores with a couple of nice shots.

That has opened up Rogerio Alves's cut even more.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lesmar is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lesmar looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Lesmar with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

Lesmar is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Alves sees it coming and defends easily.
Lesmar working over Alves with some ground and pound. Alves looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Lesmar is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Lesmar working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Lesmar takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Alves is looking for a sweep. Lesmar is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Nice strikes from Lesmar there.
Lesmar is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Broqui Lesmar dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rogerio Alves's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Lesmar looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Lesmar landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Alves regains full guard. Nicely done.

Alves working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Lesmar has passed into half guard!
Alves wants to control but Lesmar is keeping busy.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Lesmar connects with a nice short shot to Alves's temple.
Alves is breathing heavily.
Lesmar lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Lesmar scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Lesmar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Alves can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesmar winds up and cracks Alves with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Nice strikes from Lesmar there.

The cut above Rogerio Alves's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Lesmar landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Rogerio Alves's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Rogerio Alves's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Broqui Lesmar!