PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Victor Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Nogueira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Alves
vs
Nogueira

175 cm
25
145 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

173 cm
25
142 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Good in bed

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Victor Alves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Nogueira!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Alexandre Firmino and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alves on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Nogueira tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Alves connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nogueira scores with a head kick. Alves tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

Alves is rocked!
Nogueira lands with a thumping leg kick.

Alves bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sloppy strikes there by Alves.
Alves controls the position from side control.
Nogueira is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Alves asserts his dominance and retains side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira is not content to let Alves control the position.
Alves prevents Nogueira from escaping the position.

Alves stands up and beckons Nogueira to his feet.
Nogueira tries to clinch but Alves moves away

and Alves decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Nogueira's guard.

Nogueira is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves is trying to drag Nogueira to the mat but Nogueira just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Nogueira lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Alves blocks an elbow strike from Nogueira.
Nogueira lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nogueira lands with a short shot to the head.
Nogueira lands an elbow inside that Alves shrugs off.
Nice elbow from Nogueira.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nogueira throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nogueira throws an elbow but misses.
Nogueira lands a damaging elbow.
Nogueira unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Alves tries for a takedown but Nogueira manages to get underhooks.
Alves is breathing heavily.
Alves takes an elbow to the temple.
Nogueira lands a damaging elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nogueira throws an elbow but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nogueira.
Alves drops down looking for an ankle pick but Nogueira pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Victor Alves. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nogueira wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira misses the shot to the body.
Nogueira is looking to clinch but Alves is avoiding it.
Nogueira tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nogueira defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Alves.
Nogueira scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Alves doesn't seem bothered though.
Nogueira keeps Alves at a distance using the push kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nogueira looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nogueira lands a leg kick that knocks Alves off balance momentarily.
Nogueira tries to clinch up but Alves circles away and keeps his distance.
Nogueira turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nogueira fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Alves has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Antonio Nogueira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nogueira looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Nogueira has managed to clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alves tries for a takedown. No joy.
Nogueira lands an elbow just above Alves 's eye.
Nogueira creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Alves's defenses.
Nogueira comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nogueira lands an elbow inside.
Nogueira lands an elbow that stopped Alves in his tracks for a moment.
Nogueira lands a nice elbow.
Nogueira lands an elbow inside.
Nogueira comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nogueira lands a hook that snaps the head of Alves backwards.
Nogueira lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Alves takes an elbow to the temple.
Alves takes an elbow to the temple.
Nogueira gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nogueira creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Alves's defenses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nogueira misses with an elbow strike.
Alves is working for takedown but Nogueira is calmly controlling the position for now.
Alves takes an elbow to the temple.
Nogueira lands an elbow that stopped Alves in his tracks for a moment.
Nogueira lands an elbow inside that Alves shrugs off.
Nogueira lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Nogueira dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Nogueira is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nogueira tries to clinch up

so Alves counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Nogueira wants to stand up but Alves is controlling him.
Nogueira is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

Nogueira scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Alves checks a leg kick.
Nogueira misses with an uppercut

so Alves counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nogueira wants to stand up but Alves is controlling him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Nogueira has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Alves off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira thuds a left hand into Alves's body.
Nogueira misses with a body shot.
Victor Alves is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Alves on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Nogueira. Nogueira obviously looking to wear him down.
Nogueira fails with an attempt to clinch.
Alves shoots in for a takedown but Nogueira shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Nogueira tries to clinch there but Alves circles away.

Nogueira gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nogueira lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nogueira lands an elbow inside that Alves shrugs off.
Alves tries to score a body lock takedown but Nogueira shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Nogueira lands a nice uppercut.
Nogueira lands a damaging elbow.
Nice elbow from Nogueira.
Nogueira lands an elbow inside that Alves shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira lands an elbow inside that Alves shrugs off.
Nice elbow from Nogueira.
Nogueira lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nogueira creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Alves's defenses.
Nogueira lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nogueira lands an elbow inside that Alves shrugs off.
Nogueira comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nogueira gets through Alves's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nogueira lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Alves is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Nogueira pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Victor Alves. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Alves has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Nogueira avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Alves takes an elbow to the temple.
Nogueira crunches a lovely knee into Alves's ribcage.
Nogueira lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nogueira comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nogueira lands a damaging elbow.
Nogueira lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nogueira comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nogueira lands an elbow just above Alves 's eye.
Nice elbow from Nogueira.
Nogueira creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Alves's defenses.
Nogueira lands a knee to the body.
Nogueira lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nogueira creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Alves's defenses.
Nogueira lands an elbow inside that Alves shrugs off.
Nogueira comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nogueira lands an elbow inside.
Nogueira lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nogueira lands a damaging elbow.
Nogueira gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nogueira comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nogueira comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nogueira lands an elbow that stopped Alves in his tracks for a moment.
Alves avoids the elbow strike from Nogueira, against the cage.
Alves takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nogueira lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Alves takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nogueira pushes off an throws an elbow but Alves leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nice body punch from Nogueira.
Nogueira misses with an elbow over the top.
Nogueira lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Alves dodges an elbow strike from Nogueira.
Nogueira lands with a left to the head.
Nogueira works on Alves's body with a couple of short punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Nogueira throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nogueira gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Alves takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nogueira throws an elbow that misses.
Nogueira prevents the takedown attempt.
Alves takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nogueira lands a damaging elbow.
Alves takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nogueira comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Alves drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Nogueira gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Nogueira lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nogueira lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Alves blocks the elbow strike.
Nogueira scores with a shot to the side of Alves's head.
Alves has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Nogueira is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Nogueira lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nogueira gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Alves takes an elbow to the temple.
A left hand lands to the body for Nogueira.
Alves takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice elbow from Nogueira.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Antonio Nogueira will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Nogueira tries to clinch up but Alves circles away and keeps his distance.
Alves has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Alves displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nogueira throws out the jab.
Nogueira throws a quick inside leg kick.
That kick from Nogueira tenderised Alves's leg. Alves is trying to keep his angry face on.
Alves circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nogueira tries to clinch

and Alves counters with a shoot takedown. Nogueira fights it but they end up in guard.
Nogueira wants to stand up but Alves is controlling him.
Nogueira keeping moving, preventing Alves from controlling successfully.
Nogueira wants to stand and escape but Alves is having none of it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira keeping moving, preventing Alves from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Alves prevents Nogueira from getting back to his feet.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Victor Alves wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Alves misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
A lazy left from Nogueira finds it's target.
Nogueira wants to clinch but Alves slips to the side

and Alves counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Alves trying to control but Nogueira is working from the bottom.

Nogueira pushes Alves off and scrambles back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira misses with a body kick.
Nogueira is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nogueira tries to clinch

and Alves counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
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 is looking to work some ground and pound but Nogueira has wrist control.
Nogueira is wriggling around but Alves manages to pass to half guard.
Nogueira wants to stand back up but Alves manages to pass into side control.
Alves is staying tight to Nogueira's torso, preventing him from escaping.

Nogueira throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nogueira.
Nogueira misses with the combination.
Nogueira tries to clinch

and Alves counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Nogueira!
Alves misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Nogueira trying desperately to get to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves tries to control but Nogueira wriggling away.
Antonio Nogueira is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nogueira's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Victor Alves has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

And that's the end of the fight!
Victor Alves showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Nogueira 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:29
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 28:29
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Antonio Nogueira!