PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dog Spider (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paulo Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Spider
vs
Alves

195 cm
19
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 1

181 cm
23
185 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dog Spider!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paulo Alves!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Luis Engracia and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Spider closes the distance and clinches.
Spider looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Alves wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Spider has him pressed against the cage.
Alves is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Spider misses with an elbow over the top.
Spider missing with knees to the body.
Spider is stalling here.
Alves blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Spider using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Alves has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Spider trying to land knees to the body.
Spider scores with a hook to the body.
Spider with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Spider with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Alves takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Paulo Alves has been cut.
Alves wants to get back to striking at distance but Spider won't allow it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Spider takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Spider gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Spider looking to throw knees to the head but Alves is blocking nicely.
Alves prevents a body shot from Spider.
Spider looking to throw knees to the head but Alves is blocking nicely.
Spider controlling the action here for a moment.
Alves tries to break the clinch but Spider is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Spider.
Alves is trying to force a seperation but Spider has the dominant position.
Alves has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Spider landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Alves is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Spider pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Alves jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Spider walks away with a smile on his face. Alves gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Spider scores with a head kick.
Spider lands a nice leg kick that just misses Alves's sensitive parts.
Alves looks gassed!

Spider closes the distance and pushes Alves back into the cage.
Alves is trying to break free.
Spider using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Alves has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Spider misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Alves.
Spider controlling the action here for a moment.
Spider misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Alves.
Alves takes a knee right on the jaw!
Spider throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spider tries to land knees in the clinch but Alves avoids the damage to the body.
Spider tries to land a knee to the head but Alves blocks with his arms.
Spider slows down the pace here.
With the fighters up against the cage, Spider throws an elbow but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Alves's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Spider tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The referee is keeping an eye on Spider - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Alves is looking to break free of the clinch but Spider has double underhooks.
Spider tries a knee to the head but Alves blocks it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Spider.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice elbow from Spider.

Spider pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Spider gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Spider comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Spider tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Spider working Alves over with knees to the body.
Spider lands a knee to the head.

That has opened up Paulo Alves's cut even more.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spider lands a damaging elbow.
Spider dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Alves wants to get back to striking at distance but Spider won't allow it.
Spider lands a shot to the body.
Spider is pushing Alves up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Spider trying to land knees to the body.
Alves takes a knee right on the jaw!
Spider misses with a knee strike.
Spider lands a nice elbow.
Spider landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Spider tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Alves avoids it.

Spider's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Spider has closed the distance and engaged Alves in a clinch.
Spider throws a knee to the head but misses.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Spider landing knees to the head.

The cut above Paulo Alves's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Spider tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Spider avoiding damage.
Spider lands an elbow inside that Alves shrugs off.
Spider slows down the pace here.
Alves blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Spider looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Alves takes an elbow to the forehead.
Spider tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Alves avoids it.
Spider leaning his opponent against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Spider misses with a knee strike.
Spider stalling against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dog Spider dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Paulo Alves's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Spider clinches.

Spider pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Spider has taken the fight to the clinch.
Spider using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Spider displaying some good clinch control by pressing Alves up against the cage.

Spider breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Spider closes the distance and clinches.
Spider crunches a lovely knee into Alves's ribcage.
Spider stalling.
Alves looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Spider is struggling to control the position.
Spider lands an elbow that stopped Alves in his tracks for a moment.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Spider takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Dog Spider.

Spider instigates a clinch.
Alves is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spider pressing his opponent against the cage.
Spider tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A knee to the head by Spider.
Spider manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Alves blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Spider is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Alves is defending well for now.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Spider obliges.
Spider is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Spider is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Alves can do to turn this around?
Spider lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Paulo Alves's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Spider throws a knee to the head but misses.
Spider with a knee to the head.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Dog Spider!