PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Peter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alvarez comes to the cage accompanied by DMX - Right or Wrong. George Peter struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 171.6lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Alvarez
vs
Peter

175 cm
23
171 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
178 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thiago Alvarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, George Peter!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alvarez throws a right and a left that Peter avoids nicely.
Peter needs to keep his hands up - Alvarez had a free shot at his head there.

It looks like George Peter has been cut.
Alvarez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Alvarez gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Peter to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Alvarez pulls Peter in to control the position.

Alvarez looking for a triangle here. Peter is fighting it but it looks tight! Alvarez pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Peter is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Thiago Alvarez!