PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Guilherme Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ty Boni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alves comes into the arena with Guerreiro by Curumin blaring out of the sound system. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Alves
vs
Boni

169 cm
19
170 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

170 cm
21
165 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

MMA Animal

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Guilherme Alves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ty Boni!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, John Mangel and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alves keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Alves misses with the combination.
Alves misses with a jab, cross combination.
Alves checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Alves misses with a wild body shot.
Alves throws a body punch but Boni moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boni uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Alves.
Boni is looking to clinch but Alves is avoiding it.
Boni just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boni wants to clinch up but Alves keeps it at a distance.
Alves misses with a double jab

and Boni moves into the clinch.
Alves is trying to push Boni away but Boni has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Alves throws a punch but it's blocked by Boni.
Boni tries to land knees in the clinch but Alves avoids the damage to the body.
Alves swings wildly with an uppercut but Boni uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alves content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Alves wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Alves breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Alves misses the shot to the body.
Boni tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alves swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Alves throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Boni fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Alves, pushing him back against the cage.
Alves is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Boni blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Alves avoiding damage as Boni throws knees to the body.
Alves throws a head punch that misses.
Alves lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Alves tries to break the clinch but Boni is controlling the position.
Boni tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Alves avoids it.
Alves tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Boni scores a nice knee to the body.
Alves avoiding damage as Boni throws knees to the body.
Boni scores with a knee to the head.
Boni missing with knees to the body.
Alves working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The referee calls for Boni to work.
Nice elbow from Boni.

Boni breaks from the clinch.
Alves misses with a double jab.
Alves uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Boni.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boni throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Alves rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Boni moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Alves avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Boni tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Alves manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Alves misses with an uppercut.
Alves swats away the attempt to clinch by Boni.
Alves looks to land a combination but Boni avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
A jab from Alves misses.
Boni tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Alves was well out of range. Poor timing from Boni.
Boni slips a jab and a cross from Alves.
Boni tries to clinch up.
Boni looks to land a body kick but Alves moved away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Boni tries to clinch up.
Boni darts in trying to clinch
and Alves counters with a left to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ty Boni will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Boni tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alves swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Alves fails to land with a series of punches.
Boni tries to clinch up

and Alves counters with a crisp one two that drops Boni! Alves thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Boni to his feet! Boni is in big trouble!

Boni is rocked!
Boni misses with a leg kick.
Boni tries to clinch up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Alves. Boni does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Boni counters by moving into the clinch.
Alves avoiding damage as Boni throws knees to the body.

Alves's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Boni dodges the punch combination from Alves.
A looping hook to the body misses from Boni. Alves does a little dance to reset his feet.
Alves avoids the body shot from Boni.
Alves will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A clash of legs there as Alves blocks the low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Boni wants to clinch
and Alves counters with a stiff right hand.
Alves throws a series of punches but Boni avoids them all with ease.
A combination from Alves does no damage.
Alves swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Boni fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boni swings for the body but Alves moves out of range.
A combination from Alves does no damage.
Alves circles away from the clinch attempt.
Boni stuns Alves with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Alves throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Alves looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.

Alves tries to keep at a distance but Boni has taken the fight into the clinch.
Boni crunches a lovely knee into Alves's ribcage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves wants to get back to striking at distance but Boni won't allow it.
Alves wants to get back to striking at distance but Boni won't allow it.
Boni with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
With the fighters up against the cage, Boni throws an elbow but misses.
Alves managing to block the knees to the body from Boni.
Boni missing with knees to the body.
Alves on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Alves breaks from the clinch.
Boni swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Alves counters with a two punch combo.
Boni tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alves swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Boni tries to clinch up but Alves circles away and keeps his distance.
Boni dodges the punch combination from Alves.
Guilherme Alves is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A punch combination from Alves misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Guilherme Alves dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Boni fails in his attempt to clinch.
Alves misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Boni is looking to clinch.
Alves swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Alves swinging wildly here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alves fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Alves lands with a nice body punch.
Alves is looking to wear down Boni with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boni tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Alves misses with a series of wild punches.
Alves throws a right and a left that Boni avoids nicely.
Boni tries to clinch up but Alves circles away and keeps his distance.
Boni wants to clinch up but Alves keeps it at a distance.
Boni darts in trying to clinch
and Alves counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves swats away the attempt to clinch by Boni.
Boni slips a jab and a cross from Alves.
Boni swings away with a body shot that misses
and Alves counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Boni misses with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Boni looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Boni is looking to clinch.
Alves misses with a wild combination.
Alves throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Boni misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Alves swats away the attempt to clinch by Boni.
Boni thows a body shot but no joy.
Alves fails to land with a series of punches.
Boni tries to clinch but Alves moves out of range.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Boni tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Alves paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Boni doesn't manage to clinch there - Alves circles away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Guilherme Alves showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Alves has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 29:28
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 29:28

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