PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between mike swick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

swick
vs
Alves

185 cm
24
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

176 cm
23
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, mike swick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Alves!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Matheus Silva and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alves fails in his attempt to clinch.
swick throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Alves.
Alves tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but swick paws at him with a jab and circles away.
swick keeps the fight on the outside.
A combination from swick does no damage.
Alves showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from swick.
swick dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
swick throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
swick misses with an uppercut. Alves saw that one coming.
swick lands with a nice combination. Alves backs away looking to recover.
swick tries to bum rush Alves with a series of wild strikes but Alves uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
swick displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Alves needs to keep his hands up - swick had a free shot at his head there.
Alves slips a straight right by swick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donk. swick catches Alves right on the button with a cross.
swick fails to land with a series of punches.
swick swinging wildly here.
swick circles away from the clinch attempt.
swick misses with a wild body shot.
Alves takes one to the chin there.
swick takes one to the chin there.
swick misses with a straight right.
swick avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
swick tries to bum rush Alves with a series of wild strikes but Alves uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
swick scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
swick will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
swick throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Alves dodges the punch combination from swick.
Alves takes one to the side of the head.
swick looks to land a combination but Alves avoids it well.
Alves tries to clinch there but swick circles away.
Alves tries to clinch but swick moves out of range.
Alves tries to close the distance and clinch up but swick swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Alves throws a quick head kick that skims the top of swick's head.
swick bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Alves's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
swick throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Alves scores with a head kick.

swick is rocked!
Alves falls off balance throwing a combination
and swick counters with a two punch combo.

Alves rushes swick and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
swick wants to get back to striking at distance but Alves won't allow it.
swick is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A frustrated look appears on swick's face as he tries to break the clinch.
swick wants to break free but Alves has control.
swick tries to break the clinch but Alves is controlling the position.
swick looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Alves swings wildly with an uppercut but swick uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alves keeps the fight in the clinch, despite swick's efforts to push away.
Alves prevents swick from breaking the clinch.
swick is trying to break free.
swick is trying to break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Alves keeps control of swick as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Alves is trying to maintain a safe position but swick gets an underhook and turns Alves into the cage.
Alves lands an elbow inside that swick shrugs off.
Alves goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
swick is trying to break free.
Alves keeps the fight in the clinch, despite swick's efforts to push away.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
swick has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Alves tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
swick has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
swick is looking to break free of the clinch but Alves has double underhooks.
Alves throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but swick blocks it with crossed arms.
swick looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
swick is breathing heavily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
swick wants to break the clinch but can't.
swick has had enough of the clinch but Alves keeps him there for the moment.
Alves lands a nice shot to the body.
swick tries to break free but Alves pushes him back against the cage.
swick wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Alves has him pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that mike swick will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Alves just misses with a punch to the body.
swick swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Alves counters with a head kick that drops swick to the mat! swick scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Oh swick is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
swick walks forward, straight into a front kick from Alves.
swick seems to have got his legs back now.
Alves fails with an attempt to clinch.
Alves pulls out of a head kick attempt.
swick will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Alves clinches but swick breaks the clinch
and swick counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Alves doesn't manage to clinch there - swick circles away.
Alves tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
swick lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Alves wants to clinch up but swick keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves tries to clinch but swick moves out of range.
Alves is looking to clinch.
Alves wants to clinch up but swick keeps it at a distance.
Alves is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
swick looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Alves wants to clinch up but swick keeps it at a distance.
swick falls off balance throwing a combination
and Alves counters with a three punch combo that has swick backing up. swick nods at Alves to acknowledge the strikes.
Alves tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
swick seems to be squinting his left eye. Perhaps he got a poke in that previous exchange. Alves shows no mercy and swarms him with a barage of strikes! swick is backing up but Alves catches him with a final right hook that drops him! swick covers up and the referee steps in to end the fight! Alves Jumps to his feet and flashes his guns to the crowd. Oh yeah, baby! How'd you like them apples?!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thiago Alves!