PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Duardo Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dwayne Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Alves
vs
Johnson

194 cm
21
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
20
280 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight 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, Duardo Alves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dwayne Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Alexandre Firmino and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson avoids the body shot from Alves.
Johnson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Nice takedown defense from Alves. No joy for Johnson on that attempt.
Nice body punch from Alves.
Alves throws out a powerful jab.
Alves tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.
Alves looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnson is just out of range.
Alves is looking to clinch.
Alves throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Johnson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Alves lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A telegraphed right hand from Alves misses the target.

Alves rushes Johnson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Alves swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Alves up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves is working Johnson over against the cage.
Johnson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

It looks like Dwayne Johnson has been cut.
Alves working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Alves lands with a left to the head.
Johnson misses with the head strike.
Alves works on Johnson's body with a couple of short punches.
Alves throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Alves lands a body punch in the clinch.
Johnson looks gassed!
Alves fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Alves lands with a light punch inside.
Alves is working for takedown but Johnson is calmly controlling the position for now.
Alves lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Alves.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alves lands a right hand.

Alves turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Alves manages to end up in side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Johnson will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Alves throws a strike aimed at the side of Johnson's head but Johnson avoids it well.
Alves works to advance to full mount. Johnson defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Alves sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Alves has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Alves looking to ground and pound but Johnson is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Johnson because Alves loaded up on that one.
Alves looking to control and managing it successfully.
Alves has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Johnson's face.
Alves looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Duardo Alves dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dwayne Johnson's cut.
That's time! Alves's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Johnson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Alves circles away.
Alves with a jab.
Alves waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Johnson.
Alves misses with a body shot.
Alves looks to land a left hand but Johnson moved out of range nicely.
Johnson shoots in and drives through. Alves sprawls well.
Alves misses the shot to the body.
Johnson swats away the attempt to clinch by Alves.
Alves fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Johnson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Alves.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Alves leaves Johnson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Duardo Alves has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dwayne Johnson.
Alves stuffs the takedown attempt from Johnson. Johnson gets slowly back to his feet.
Alves wants to clinch up but Johnson keeps it at a distance.
Johnson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Alves throws a body punch but Johnson moves out of range.
Alves bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Johnson's head backwards.
Johnson misses with a body shot
letting Alves counter with a right hand.
Alves misses with a body punch

and Johnson counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves looking for a sweep. Not yet Alves, not yet.
Alves pulls Johnson in close to his closed guard and prevents Johnson from doing any damage or advancing position.
Johnson slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves trying to keep a closed guard but Johnson is proving a slippery customer.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Duardo Alves.
Alves tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.
Johnson takes a swing at Alves's ribcage but misses.
Duardo Alves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson shoots in but Alves avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Alves with a poor takedown

and Johnson counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Johnson is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Alves working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Johnson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson stopping the sweep attempt from Alves.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Johnson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Johnson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Alves is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Alves is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Johnson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Dwayne Johnson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Dwayne Johnson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Alves scores with a nice right hand.
Alves tries to clinch up

and Johnson counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Johnson trying to control the position from guard on top but Alves is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Alves is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Johnson wants to control from the top but Alves keeps moving.
Johnson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Alves's head.
Alves wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Duardo Alves.
Alves tries to clinch up

and Johnson counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Johnson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves keeping moving, preventing Johnson from controlling successfully.
Alves is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Johnson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Alves working a defensive guard here.
Alves seems keen to control Johnson's posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson controls from within his opponent's guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Alves holds on and takes a little breather.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Duardo Alves.
Johnson shoots in but no luck this time.
Alves tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Alves is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Alves lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Alves.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Johnson feints and as Alves raises his hands in defense, Johnson changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Alves pulls Johnson in to control the position.
Alves manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Johnson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Alves tries to control but Johnson wriggling away.
Alves content just to control the position here.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Dwayne Johnson.
I think Johnson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 28:28
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 28:28
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:28

The fight is ruled a draw!