PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Phillipe Nover (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior dos Santos Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Nover
vs
dos Santos Alves

175 cm
23
175 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

180 cm
22
170 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Enjoys gardening

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Phillipe Nover!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Junior dos Santos Alves!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Nover.
Nover slips a jab from dos Santos Alves.
Nover scores with a shot to the body.
dos Santos Alves shoots in for a takedown but Nover shows good takedown defense.
Nover takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nover connects with the punch.
dos Santos Alves scores with a jab to the body.
Nover lands an overhand right.
Nover takes a swing at dos Santos Alves's ribcage but misses.
Nover throws an ugly left hook that misses
and dos Santos Alves counters with a series of strikes. Nover will be more careful next time no doubt.
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!
dos Santos Alves tests Nover's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nover throws a lazy uppercut
and dos Santos Alves connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
dos Santos Alves misses with a jab to the body
and Nover counters with a straight right hand.
dos Santos Alves uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nover.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nover. dos Santos Alves does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nover displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as dos Santos Alves throws out the jab.
Nover throws an off balance right hand
and dos Santos Alves counters with a nice body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nover needs to keep his hands up - dos Santos Alves had a free shot at his head there.
dos Santos Alves misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nover.
dos Santos Alves shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Nover defends it nicely.
Nover ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nover throws a lazy uppercut
and dos Santos Alves counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Nover throws a looping overhand right but dos Santos Alves ducks down to avoid it.
Nover takes a swing at dos Santos Alves's ribcage but misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nover. dos Santos Alves does a little dance to reset his feet.
dos Santos Alves tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nover was well out of range. Poor timing from dos Santos Alves.
Nover misses with a body punch
letting dos Santos Alves counter with a right hand.
Nover connects with a single shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nover throws a poor cross that misses
and dos Santos Alves counters with a nice body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
dos Santos Alves takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nover keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nover stuffs the takedown.
Phillipe Nover has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Junior dos Santos Alves.
dos Santos Alves takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
dos Santos Alves fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nover is breathing heavily.
dos Santos Alves lands a nice hook to Nover's body. Nover takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
dos Santos Alves throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
dos Santos Alves fails to land with a series of punches.
dos Santos Alves bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
dos Santos Alves throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Nover counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps dos Santos Alves thinking.
dos Santos Alves is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Nover rather than just go for the knockout.
dos Santos Alves walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Nover checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
dos Santos Alves throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Phillipe Nover is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
dos Santos Alves with a nice cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos Alves throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Nover counters with a straight right hand.
dos Santos Alves's jab looks to have found its range, popping Nover under the eye.
dos Santos Alves ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nover. dos Santos Alves does a little dance to reset his feet.
dos Santos Alves shoots in but Nover avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Nover misses with a left hand
and dos Santos Alves counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Nover thinking.
Nover misses the shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nover. dos Santos Alves does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nover throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
dos Santos Alves tries to clinch up but Nover circles away and keeps his distance.
A big right from Nover misses.
Nover fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - dos Santos Alves looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for dos Santos Alves. That snapped Nover's head back.
Nover ducks down and throws a hook to the body but dos Santos Alves moves away.
Nover blocks a jab.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Nover checks a leg kick.
Nover ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
dos Santos Alves moves away from the strike by Nover.
dos Santos Alves walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Nover connects with a right hand. dos Santos Alves shakes it off.
Nover stuns dos Santos Alves with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
dos Santos Alves listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nover misses with a hook.
Nover misses with a looping left.
dos Santos Alves scores with a punch to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior dos Santos Alves dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Nover throws a poor cross that misses
and dos Santos Alves counters with a nice uppercut.
Nover defending well as dos Santos Alves loads up on a big left hand.
Nover scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
dos Santos Alves misses with a double jab
and Nover counters with a stiff right hand.
dos Santos Alves takes one on the chin but seems OK.
dos Santos Alves tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nover was well out of range. Poor timing from dos Santos Alves.
Nover looks to score with a jab to the body but dos Santos Alves is just out of range.
Nover stuffs the takedown.
Jab, jab by Nover - just one landing.
Good exchange - dos Santos Alves coming out on top.
dos Santos Alves uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nover.
dos Santos Alves throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Nover counter with a right hand.
Nover scores with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nover keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
dos Santos Alves throws the left hand but Nover avoids the punch easily.
dos Santos Alves moves out of range of the strikes.
dos Santos Alves uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nover.
Nover dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nover scores with a jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Nover, as that shot connected.
Nover 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.
dos Santos Alves lands a glancing blow to the side of Nover's head.
Nover missing with a left hand there. dos Santos Alves was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nover takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A big left from dos Santos Alves misses.
Nice takedown defense from Nover. No joy for dos Santos Alves on that attempt.
Phillipe Nover has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Junior dos Santos Alves.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nover displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from dos Santos Alves.
Junior dos Santos Alves seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nover scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nover. dos Santos Alves does a little dance to reset his feet.
dos Santos Alves dives in and grabs Nover's left leg, looking for a takedown. Nover pushes down on dos Santos Alves's head and hops out.
dos Santos Alves is breathing heavily.
dos Santos Alves fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Nover avoids it really well and circles away.
dos Santos Alves lands a slapping body shot.
dos Santos Alves swings widly with a right hand
letting Nover counter with a right hand.
Nover throws an ugly left hook that misses
and dos Santos Alves makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
dos Santos Alves throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nover bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
dos Santos Alves misses with a double jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Nover darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
dos Santos Alves misses with a two punch combination.
dos Santos Alves throws a right hand that misses
and Nover counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
dos Santos Alves misses with a lunging right hand
and Nover counters with a left to the body.
dos Santos Alves ducks under a wild hook from Nover.
Nover looks to score with a jab to the body but dos Santos Alves is just out of range.
dos Santos Alves uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nover.
Nover connects with a right hand. dos Santos Alves shakes it off.
Nover misses with a body punch
and dos Santos Alves counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nover misses with a hook.
Nover ducks down and throws a hook to the body but dos Santos Alves moves away.
dos Santos Alves misses with a jab to the body
and Nover counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
dos Santos Alves misses with a lunging right hand
and Nover counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nover stuffs the takedown attempt from dos Santos Alves. dos Santos Alves gets slowly back to his feet.
Nover lands a nice shot to the body.
Nover fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nover throws a predictable looking body shot
and dos Santos Alves counters with a stiff right hand.
Nover bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Nice body punch from Nover.
dos Santos Alves swings for the body but Nover moves out of range.
dos Santos Alves has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Nice body punch from Nover.
dos Santos Alves closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nover throws an overhand right that lands on dos Santos Alves's shoulder, as dos Santos Alves tries to avoid the shot.
dos Santos Alves keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
dos Santos Alves tries to score a power double leg takedown but Nover sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten dos Santos Alves somewhat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Phillipe Nover dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Nover cracks dos Santos Alves with a right hand to the side of the head.
Decent striking displayed by Nover there.
Nover throws a hook to the side of dos Santos Alves's head but dos Santos Alves sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nover is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nover misses with a body punch
and dos Santos Alves counters with a stiff right hand.
Nover misses with a body shot
letting dos Santos Alves counter with a right hand.
Nover misses the shot to the body.
dos Santos Alves swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Nover counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
dos Santos Alves misses with a body shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for dos Santos Alves.
Nice defenses there by dos Santos Alves.
A shot to the body from Nover misses
and dos Santos Alves counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nover dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nover misses with a body shot
and dos Santos Alves counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nover throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
dos Santos Alves scores with a sloppy right hand. Nover should have avoided that one.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nover just misses with a punch to the body.
Nover swings and misses with a shot to the body
and dos Santos Alves counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
dos Santos Alves keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nover.
dos Santos Alves tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nover paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nover misses with a shot to the body
and dos Santos Alves cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nover takes a shot right to the bread basket.
dos Santos Alves fails with the takedown.
Nover dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Nover.
dos Santos Alves fails with the takedown.
Nover ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
dos Santos Alves fails with a takedown attempt.
Phillipe Nover has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Junior dos Santos Alves.
Nover throws a sloppy body shot
and dos Santos Alves counters with a nice uppercut.
Nover bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nover lands with a shot to the body.
Nover throws a poor cross that misses
and dos Santos Alves connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nover swings for the body but dos Santos Alves moves out of range.
Nover jabs dos Santos Alves right on the nose. dos Santos Alves blinks but takes it well.
dos Santos Alves falls off balance throwing a combination
and Nover makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos Alves misses with a left hand
letting Nover counter with a right hand.
dos Santos Alves throws a poor cross that misses
and Nover counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nover misses with a body punch
and dos Santos Alves connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
dos Santos Alves looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Nover is fending him off so far but dos Santos Alves persists. Nope, Nover circles away and we're back to standing.
Nover lands a nice hook to dos Santos Alves's body. dos Santos Alves takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nover swings and misses with a hook to the body.
dos Santos Alves tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Nover swivels and escapes.
Nover throws a shot to the body.
Nover swings away with a body shot that misses

and dos Santos Alves counters with a single leg into guard. Nover didn't expect that.
dos Santos Alves throws a big right hand that misses.
dos Santos Alves stops Nover from standing up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos Alves tries to free his leg and advance position but Nover is retaining full guard.
Nover wants to stand and escape but dos Santos Alves is having none of it.
dos Santos Alves wants to get up but he can't break Nover's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
dos Santos Alves stops Nover from standing up.
dos Santos Alves pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nover is keeping the position for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
dos Santos Alves loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

And that's the end of the fight!
Junior dos Santos Alves comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well dos Santos Alves has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Junior dos Santos Alves!