PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ivica Andric (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hector Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ivica Andric has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Andric
vs
Alvarez

219 cm
22
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

165 cm
23
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ivica Andric!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hector Alvarez!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yukihiro Shimada and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Alvarez darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Andric kicks off Alvarez and gets to his feet.
Andric thows a body shot but no joy.
Alvarez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Andric with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Alvarez shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Andric lands a with a good body shot.
Andric scores with a hook.
Andric stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Andric wants it to stay on the feet.
Ivica Andric has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hector Alvarez.
Alvarez takes one to the chin there.

It looks like Hector Alvarez has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Andric scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Andric connects with the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andric lands a with a good body shot.
Andric lands a nice hook to Alvarez's body. Alvarez takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Andric is looking to wear down Alvarez with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Alvarez looks gassed!
Andric cracks a nice hook into Alvarez's ribs.
A jab lands there for Andric.
Alvarez misses with a wild body shot.
Andric swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Andric lands with a nice body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Andric with a nice cross.
Alvarez takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Andric lands a jab to the nose.
Ivica Andric is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Andric scores with a one two! Alvarez had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Hector Alvarez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Andric lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Alvarez at a distance.
Andric connects with a jab and follows up with a big overhand right! Oh that's hurt Alvarez! He's out on his feet! Andric rushes in and drops Alvarez with another big right hand, forcing the referee to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Ivica Andric!