PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Miley Cyrus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bo Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bo Alves will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Cyrus
vs
Alves

180 cm
27
205 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

193 cm
25
220 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Miley Cyrus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bo Alves!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cyrus swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Alves throws the left hand but Cyrus avoids the punch easily.

Cyrus closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Alves to the mat! Alves manages to get full guard.
Cyrus might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Cyrus looking to sit in guard and control but Alves gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Cyrus controls Alves momentarily but Alves frees himself.
Cyrus manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Alves manages to get himself to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cyrus postures up.
Alves might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Cyrus kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Cyrus working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cyrus trying to control the position from guard on top but Alves is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cyrus pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Alves is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cyrus throws and elbow that misses. Alves uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Cyrus's guard. Nice move by Alves!
Cyrus wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Cyrus tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Cyrus bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Alves's guard.
Cyrus scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Cyrus with a nice head shot there.
Alves looking for a sweep. Not yet Alves, not yet.
Cyrus trying to control but Alves is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cyrus not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Cyrus missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Alves preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cyrus not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Cyrus trying to control the position from guard on top but Alves is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Miley Cyrus wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Alves lands with a nice body punch.
Cyrus misses with a body shot
and Alves counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Bo Alves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cyrus shoots in looking for a takedown. Alves tries to sprawl out of it but Cyrus keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Alves manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Cyrus throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cyrus misses with a looping right.
A right-left combo lands from Alves.
Cyrus throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Alves counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cyrus staying out of range there.
Cyrus takes one to the side of the head.
Cyrus takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Alves is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Alves lands with an overhand left.
Alves swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cyrus.
Alves on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Cyrus throws a lazy uppercut
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
and Alves counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Alves misses with a left hand
enabling Cyrus to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice body punch from Alves.
Alves avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cyrus misses with an uppercut
and Alves counters with a right hand to the body.
Alves has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Alves keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cyrus.
Cyrus shoots in for a double leg but Alves sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A punch lands to the side of Cyrus 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves lands with a cross.
Alves moves out of range as Cyrus strikes.
Alves is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cyrus.
Cyrus throws a lazy uppercut
and Alves counters with a straight right hand.
Cyrus throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Alves counter with a right hand.
Cyrus is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Cyrus throws an off balance right hand
and Cyrus takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Alves looks to land a combination. Cyrus sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alves fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cyrus on the side of the head.
Alves is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Cyrus had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Cyrus displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Alves throws out the jab.
Cyrus misses the shot to the body.
Jab by Alves.
Cyrus has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Alves catches Cyrus with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alves throws a big shot that misses.
Bo Alves is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cyrus on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Cyrus misses with a hook
and Alves counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Alves throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Alves lands a jab to Cyrus's midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bo Alves dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

A big left from Alves misses.
Cyrus takes one on the button.
Cyrus missing with a left hand there. Alves was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Alves scores with a decent looking hook.
Alves swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Alves has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Cyrus finds it's way round the side to connect with Alves's head.
Cyrus takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Alves uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Cyrus has time to react.
Cyrus throws a lazy uppercut
and Alves counters with a stiff right hand.
Cyrus misses with a left hand
and Alves counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Alves connects with the punch.
Alves shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Cyrus uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Alves.
Alves throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Alves lands a lovely overhand right.
Cyrus waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Alves.
A shot to the body from Cyrus misses
and Alves counters with a nice uppercut.
Alves gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Cyrus throws a right hand that misses
and Alves counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves lands with a shot to the body.
Alves stuffs the takedown.
Cyrus throws a lazy uppercut
and Cyrus takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Alves scores with a nice strike.
Alves moves out of range of the strikes.
Cyrus misses with a hook
and Alves connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cyrus misses with a hook
and Alves makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Cyrus throws a hook to the side of Alves's head but Alves sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cyrus throws a right hand that misses
enabling Alves to counter with a crisp jab.
Alves uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cyrus.
A slow jab from Alves misses its intended target.
Bo Alves seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice shot lands for Alves.
Cyrus misses with a hook
and Alves counters with a straight right hand.
Alves pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Cyrus back to the cage. Alves follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Cyrus throws a right hand that misses
and Alves connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cyrus steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Alves.
Cyrus swings widly with a right hand
and Alves counters with a one-two to the body.
Cyrus is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Alves's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Cyrus swings widly with a right hand
enabling Alves to counter with a crisp jab.
Jab, jab by Alves - just one landing.
Cyrus looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cyrus cracks Alves with a right hand to the side of the head.
Cyrus takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Cyrus walks into a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cyrus throws a poor cross that misses
and Alves counters with a straight right hand.
Cyrus looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Alves is fending him off so far but Cyrus persists. Nope, Alves circles away and we're back to standing.
Alves misses with a double jab.
Alves misses with a lunging right hand
letting Cyrus counter with a right hand.
Cyrus throws a shot from downtown. Alves moves away and avoids it.
Cyrus getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Alves looks to land a combination. Cyrus sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Alves throws out a powerful jab.
A cross from Cyrus lands.
Cyrus steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Alves.
A lazy left from Cyrus finds it's target.
A jab from Alves misses.
Alves swinging wildly here.
Alves bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cyrus's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cyrus staying out of range there.
Nice straight punches there by Alves. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Alves.
Alves thows a body shot but no joy.
Cyrus has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Cyrus there as he acknowledges the shot.
Cyrus misses with a right hand
enabling Alves to counter with a crisp jab.
Cyrus looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Miley Cyrus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Alves misses with a wild body shot.
Cyrus scores with a body shot.
Alves lands a right hook to the body.
Alves jabs Cyrus to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Cyrus fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Alves manages to avoid it.
Alves lands a nice looking body shot.
A left lands for Alves.
Cyrus gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Cyrus misses with a right hand
and Alves counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Alves cracks Cyrus with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Cyrus throws a poor cross that misses
and Alves counters with a stiff right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cyrus tries for a takedown but Alves circles away easily
and Alves counters with a stiff right hand.
Alves connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Alves paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nice defenses there by Cyrus.
Cyrus throws a lazy uppercut
letting Alves counter with a right hand.
Alves ducks under a wild hook from Cyrus.
Alves's jab looks to have found its range, popping Cyrus under the eye.
Alves throws a lazy uppercut
and Cyrus counters with a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alves swings widly with a right hand
and Cyrus counters with a nice uppercut.
Cyrus misses with a hook
and Alves cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Alves looks to throw the jab but Cyrus is out of range.
Cyrus throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Alves sees it coming and avoids it easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alves ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Alves connects with a nice looking jab.
Cyrus cracks Alves with a right hand to the side of the head.
Cyrus on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Cyrus digs a good hook to Alves's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bo Alves showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Cyrus misses with a lunging right hand
and Alves counters with a two punch combo.
Cyrus looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Alves is fending him off so far but Cyrus persists. Nope, Alves circles away and we're back to standing.
Alves connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Cyrus momentarily.
Cyrus misses with a left hand
and Alves counters with a nice uppercut.
Alves throws a right hand that misses

and Cyrus counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Cyrus looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Cyrus 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.
Alves is staying active underneath Cyrus, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Alves keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Cyrus seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Cyrus with the ground and pound but Alves uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Cyrus trying to control the position from guard on top but Alves is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Alves can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cyrus trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Cyrus is looking to work some ground and pound but Alves has wrist control.
Cyrus landing with the ground and pound.
Cyrus slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Cyrus with a nice head shot there.
Alves really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Cyrus. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cyrus throwing strikes from guard but Alves blocks nicely.
Cyrus connects with a couple of short punches.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alves not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Cyrus throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Alves works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cyrus trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Cyrus throwing strikes but missing.
Alves keeping moving, preventing Cyrus from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cyrus postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Cyrus connects with a couple of short punches.
Cyrus working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Alves's head.
Cyrus looking to sit in guard and control but Alves gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Cyrus not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Alves trying to control but Cyrus is working from the bottom.
Alves trying to stand up but can't free himself from Cyrus's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cyrus lands some strikes from the bottom.
Cyrus throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Cyrus punching from the bottom.
Cyrus wants to sweep but no luck.
Alves must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Alves is fighting to break Cyrus's control of his arms but Cyrus is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Cyrus keeping moving, preventing Alves from controlling successfully.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Cyrus has a closed guard, preventing Alves from standing up.
Miley Cyrus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bo Alves is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Alves takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Bo Alves hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Cyrus swings widly with a right hand
and Alves counters with a stiff right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Miley Cyrus showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Alves 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bo Alves!