PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ponchik Alexander (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alberto Del Hombre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ponchik Alexander has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Alexander
vs
Del Hombre

175 cm
19
154 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

150 cm
25
149 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

Good wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ponchik Alexander!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alberto Del Hombre!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Felipe Paraventi and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Del Hombre takes the fight into the clinch.
Alexander wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Alexander's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Del Hombre gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Del Hombre trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Del Hombre in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Del Hombre should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

Alexander is working an open guard so Del Hombre takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Del Hombre connects with a right hand. Alexander shakes it off.

Del Hombre fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Alexander, pushing him back against the cage.
Del Hombre scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Del Hombre makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Del Hombre lands a nice uppercut.
Del Hombre softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Del Hombre lands a hook to the side of the head.
Del Hombre scores with a shot to the side of Alexander's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Del Hombre lands an elbow just above Alexander 's eye.
Del Hombre is looking for a takedown.
Del Hombre lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Alexander tries to circle away but Del Hombre has him pinned against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Del Hombre creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Del Hombre lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Still in the clinch, Del Hombre scores with a nice short uppercut.
Del Hombre scores with a hook to the body.
Del Hombre scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Del Hombre.
Del Hombre pushes Alexander back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Del Hombre.
Del Hombre scores with a shoulder strike.

Alexander is rocked!
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Del Hombre has eaten all the pies!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Del Hombre.
Oh Alexander is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Del Hombre lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Del Hombre makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Del Hombre lands with a right to the head.
Del Hombre lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Del Hombre.

Del Hombre gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Alexander regains guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Del Hombre throwing strikes but missing.
Del Hombre trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Del Hombre passes into half guard.
Del Hombre not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Del Hombre passes to side control.
Alexander seems to have got his legs back now.
Del Hombre fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Alexander is breathing heavily.
Sloppy strikes there by Del Hombre.
Del Hombre misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

Del Hombre decides to stand back up. Del Hombre steps back and let's Alexander get back to his feet.
Del Hombre connects with a looping right hand.

Del Hombre gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Del Hombre digs a right hand into Alexander's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Alexander's gas tank.

Del Hombre tightens his grip and picks Alexander up, before dumping him to the ground. Alexander manages to land in guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Del Hombre throwing strikes from guard but Alexander blocks nicely.
Del Hombre with a flurry of punches that miss.
Del Hombre must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Del Hombre throwing strikes from guard but Alexander blocks nicely.
Alexander working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Del Hombre.
Del Hombre keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Alexander's head.
Del Hombre throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Alexander works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Del Hombre accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Del Hombre trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Alexander keeping full guard, as Del Hombre tries to pass.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Del Hombre makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alberto Del Hombre dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Del Hombre moves into the clinch successfully.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Del Hombre creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Del Hombre creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Del Hombre lands a knee to the head.
Del Hombre has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Del Hombre.

Del Hombre has picked Alexander up - he's going for a ride! Del Hombre dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Del Hombre is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Alexander blocking the ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Del Hombre thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Del Hombre throws some wild stikes that Alexander manages to avoid easily.
Del Hombre throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Alberto Del Hombre has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Del Hombre throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Del Hombre throwing strikes here but Alexander is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Del Hombre thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Del Hombre is landing with some decent strikes but Alexander is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Del Hombre landing punches.
Del Hombre scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Alexander?
Alexander taking shots to the head.
Del Hombre postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Alexander badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Del Hombre around the waist but Del Hombre pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Del Hombre is the winner by TKO! Del Hombre jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alberto Del Hombre!