PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vinicius Ferrari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richter Alastrasz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ferrari comes to the cage accompanied by Holy Diver by Dio. The key to victory for Vinicius Ferrari has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Ferrari
vs
Alastrasz

185 cm
30
175 lbs
22 - 11 - 1

178 cm
26
180 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

ADCC Champion
Basic striking
Good gas tank

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 22 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vinicius Ferrari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Richter Alastrasz!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Alexandre Firmino and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ferrari waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Alastrasz.
Alastrasz stuns Ferrari with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ferrari is looking to chop away at Alastrasz's legs.
Ferrari throws a sloppy head kick and Alastrasz moves out of range easily.
Ferrari shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Alastrasz but Alastrasz pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Vinicius Ferrari seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alastrasz misses with a wild body shot.
Ferrari fails in his attempt to clinch.

Alastrasz darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Alastrasz thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Alastrasz is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Alastrasz trying to control the pace.

Alastrasz is looking for a kimura here.
Alastrasz looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferrari is trying to stand up here but Alastrasz is controlling him well.
Alastrasz throwing shots but Ferrari is blocking nicely.
Alastrasz is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Ferrari is looking to escape.
Alastrasz has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Alastrasz postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Ferrari looks a forlorn figure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alastrasz landing strikes from the mount and Ferrari is in trouble!
Alastrasz content just to control the position here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Let's hope that Alastrasz has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Ferrari knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Alastrasz on the ground.
Ferrari wants to get back to his feet.
Alastrasz takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Alastrasz breaks from Ferrari's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Alastrasz working Ferrari over with strikes here.
Alastrasz takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Alastrasz looking to finish Ferrari with some ground and pound. This is bad for Ferrari!
Alastrasz unloading with bombs!
Alastrasz looking to control and managing it successfully.
Alastrasz in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Ferrari is trying to stand up.
Alastrasz controlling the pace for now.
Alastrasz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alastrasz with a couple of short strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alastrasz putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Alastrasz lands a nice shot to the head.
The referee warns Ferrari that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Ferrari is breathing heavily.
Alastrasz trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Alastrasz cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Alastrasz controlling his opponent.
Alastrasz looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Alastrasz landing strikes from the mount.
Alastrasz takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Alastrasz has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Ferrari's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richter Alastrasz dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Alastrasz throws the left hand but Ferrari avoids the punch easily.
Alastrasz lands with a shot to the body.
Alastrasz looks to throw the jab but Ferrari is out of range.
Alastrasz scores with a decent looking hook.
Ferrari bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ferrari shoots in but no luck this time.
Alastrasz scores with a body shot.
Alastrasz wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Alastrasz misses with a hook.
Ferrari throws a leg kick but Alastrasz checks it.
Alastrasz slips under a jab.
Ferrari keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Alastrasz.

Alastrasz shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Alastrasz unloading with bombs!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alastrasz is landing with some decent strikes but Ferrari is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Alastrasz unloading with bombs!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alastrasz controlling from mount.
Alastrasz won't let Ferrari get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Alastrasz lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
A nice elbow there by Alastrasz.
Alastrasz controlling from the full mount.
Alastrasz is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Ferrari can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Ferrari is rocked!
Alastrasz looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Ferrari covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Richter Alastrasz!