PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charlisson Rousseff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rousseff has chosen Mail Man Blues - Sleepy John Estes as his entrance music. Charlisson Rousseff has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Alves
vs
Rousseff

180 cm
25
181 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

171 cm
23
179 lbs
8 - 6 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Thiago Alves !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Charlisson Rousseff!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Winston Howard and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alves shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Rousseff sprawls well. Rousseff wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Alves gets slowly back to his feet.
Rousseff misses with a hook
and Alves counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Good leg kick by Alves there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Alves uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rousseff.
Alves tries to clinch but Rousseff moves out of range.
Rousseff swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rousseff. Alves does a little dance to reset his feet.
Alves is looking to clinch but Rousseff is avoiding it.

Alves scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Rousseff is looking for a sweep.
Alves throws an elbow but Rousseff slips to the side and avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves advances to mount.
Alves postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Rousseff looks a forlorn figure.
Alves 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 pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Alves scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Alves looking to finish with strikes here!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee warns Rousseff that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Rousseff is rocked!
Alves controlling the pace for now.
Alves sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Alves throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves avoids the attempt from Rousseff to control.
Poor strikes thrown by Alves there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Rousseff wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Alves .
Alves trying to control but Rousseff is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Alves misses with a head shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alves thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Alves dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Donk. Alves catches Rousseff right on the button with a cross.
Rousseff throws a jab when Alves was well out of range.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Rousseff enables Alves to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Rousseff manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Alves throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rousseff preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Rousseff can do anything to dispel that myth.
Alves postures up and lands a big shot to Rousseff's brow.
Rousseff avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Alves wants to pass the guard but Rousseff is keeping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Alves postures up in Rousseff's guard and throws a big left but Rousseff blocks it.
Alves postures up.
Alves won't allow Rousseff to sweep him here.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Charlisson Rousseff wasn't active enough on the ground.
Alves throws a series of punches but Rousseff moves out of range.
Alves with a lazy takedown attempt
and Rousseff cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Alves catches Rousseff with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rousseff lands with a nice body punch.
Rousseff misses with a looping left.
Alves keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rousseff.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rousseff. Alves does a little dance to reset his feet.
Alves rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rousseff moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rousseff throws a shot from downtown. Alves moves away and avoids it.
Alves looks to land a combination. Rousseff sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alves fails with the takedown
and Rousseff counters with a nice body shot.
Charlisson Rousseff is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Alves . Those never looked like landing.
Alves looks to land a right hand but Rousseff moved out of range.
Alves shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Rousseff as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thiago Alves . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rousseff thows a body shot but no joy.

Alves scores with a takedown into Rousseff's guard.
Rousseff is trying to keep Alves in close.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rousseff working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Alves .
Alves looking to sit in guard and control but Rousseff gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Rousseff trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rousseff wants to control from the top but Alves keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Alves dominated that second round.
That's time! Alves 's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Sloppy strikes from Alves . Those never looked like landing.
Alves throws a series of punches but Rousseff moves out of range.
Alves looks to land a left hand but Rousseff moved out of range nicely.
Alves misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rousseff cracks Alves with a right hand to the side of the head.
Alves missing with a left hand there. Rousseff was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A punch combination from Alves misses.
Rousseff throws a predictable looking body shot
and Alves counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Alves misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rousseff just misses with a punch to the body.
Alves tries to bum rush Rousseff with a series of wild strikes but Rousseff uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Horrible takedown by Alves or perhaps it was just good defense by Rousseff which made him look bad.
Rousseff throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Alves throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rousseff counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rousseff circles away from the clinch attempt.
A shot to the body from Alves misses
and Rousseff counters with a nice body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alves showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rousseff.
Rousseff misses with a wild combination.
Alves shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Rousseff sprawls well. Rousseff wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Alves gets slowly back to his feet.
Thiago Alves is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rousseff ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alves moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves misses with a few strikes there.
Thiago Alves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rousseff fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Alves manages to avoid it.
Alves closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Alves wants to slow Rousseff down by chopping away at his legs.
Rousseff keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Alves .
A looping hook to the body misses from Rousseff. Alves does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rousseff misses the shot to the body.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Alves is defended easily by Rousseff.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thiago Alves . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Alves shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Rousseff sprawls well. Rousseff wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Alves gets slowly back to his feet.
Thiago Alves is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rousseff is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Alves rather than just go for the knockout.
Rousseff lands a jab to Alves 's midsection.
Charlisson Rousseff 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.
Alves has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Alves there as he acknowledges the shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Charlisson Rousseff comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
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 Winston Howard scores the fight 29:28
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 29:28

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