PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Burla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alvarez comes to the ring accompanied by Raised Fist - Words and Phrases. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Alvarez
vs
Burla

178 cm
23
180 lbs
4 - 12 - 0

187 cm
22
179 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident

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 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Antonio Alvarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Andre Burla!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Burla gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Burla wants to stand up but Alvarez is controlling him.
Alvarez passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Burla lands with a few short shots to the body.
Burla tries to kick Alvarez off but Alvarez keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Alvarez is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Alvarez throwing shots but Burla is blocking nicely.
Alvarez has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Alvarez stops Burla from getting back to his feet.
Burla is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Alvarez stops Burla from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Alvarez scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Burla trying to control from the bottom.
Alvarez passes the guard and advances to mount!
Burla tries to lock up and control but Alvarez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Burla is bucking up trying to escape but Alvarez cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Burla is bucking up trying to escape but Alvarez cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Burla is trying to get to the ropes to help him get back to his feet.
Burla looks gassed!
Alvarez controlling from mount.
Alvarez lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Burla hang on?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burla really wants to buck Alvarez off and get back to his feet.

Alvarez working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Burla turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Alvarez off and cradles Burla's limp body as Alvarez celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Antonio Alvarez!