PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Josh Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Santana Fritz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alvarez comes to the cage accompanied by The Enemy by Godsmack. Santana Fritz will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Alvarez
vs
Fritz

180 cm
21
180 lbs
4 - 7 - 0

185 cm
18
182 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Josh Alvarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Santana Fritz!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, John Kavanagh and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alvarez has a takedown stuffed.
Fritz swinging wildly here.
Fritz clobbers Alvarez with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Fritz misses with a wild combination.
Alvarez closes this distance looking for a takedown but Fritz circles away.
Fritz lands a right hook to the body.
A left and a right from Fritz both land. Nice combination.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Fritz!

Alvarez closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Fritz manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Fritz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fritz moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Josh Alvarez has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alvarez takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Alvarez shoots in for a takedown but Fritz shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Josh Alvarez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fritz closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Alvarez slips a jab and a cross from Fritz.
Josh Alvarez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fritz moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Alvarez is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Fritz.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fritz connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Fritz getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Alvarez has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Fritz scores with a nice head shot.
Alvarez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fritz paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Alvarez moves into range and clinches up with Fritz.

Fritz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Alvarez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Alvarez is breathing heavily.
Fritz works over Alvarez's head and body with a nice combination.
Alvarez takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Fritz lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Fritz.
Fritz lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Fritz goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alvarez takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Fritz lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Fritz scores with a one two! Alvarez had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Santana Fritz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Alvarez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fritz throws a series of punches but Alvarez avoids them all with ease.
Fritz throws a combination. Alvarez tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Fritz darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Fritz lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Fritz.

Josh Alvarez's cut is getting worse.
Fritz lands a nice looking body shot.
Alvarez looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Danga de danga de dang - Fritz scores with a four punch combination!
Fritz thuds his right hand into Alvarez's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Alvarez has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Alvarez is rocked!
Fritz lands a two punch combo.
Oh Alvarez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A nice combination there by Fritz.
Fritz digs a good hook to Alvarez's body.
Alvarez seems to have got his legs back now.
Fritz lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Fritz lands a with a good body shot.
Fritz lands with an overhand left.
Fritz throws a series of strikes that have Alvarez backpedaling.
Nice shot by Fritz.
Fritz is working the combinations to good effect here.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Fritz!
Fritz lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Alvarez backs up against the cage.
Fritz fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Fritz scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Josh Alvarez's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Fritz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fritz displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Fritz lands with a nice combination. Alvarez backs away looking to recover.
Fritz is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Alvarez had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
It's a brutal combination of punches from Fritz! Alvarez is backing up but he can't get away as Fritz lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Alvarez and ends the fight. Great knockout.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Santana Fritz!