PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ashton McKay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alves's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Dirt on your shoulders. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Alves
vs
McKay

175 cm
25
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Thiago Alves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ashton McKay!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Gregory Folan and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McKay throws a series of punches but Alves avoids them all with ease.
Alves throws a leg kick but McKay checks it.
Alves misses with a wild combination.
Alves swinging wildly here.
McKay is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Alves lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Alves is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McKay.
Alves misses with an attempted mid kick.

McKay gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
McKay with an attempt at a knee that misses.
McKay will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Alves up against the cage.
McKay lands a body punch in the clinch.
McKay is struggling to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves missing with knees to the body.
Alves working hard to break the clinch.
McKay taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Alves dodges an elbow strike from McKay.
Alves trying to control the position but instead, McKay has worked for underhooks and has pushed Alves into the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from McKay.
Alves wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short left from McKay.
Alves is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from McKay.
Alves being controlled against the cage.
McKay lands an uppercut.
McKay lands with a short shot to the head.
McKay gets through Alves's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Alves on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
McKay softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Alves misses with a knee to the head.
McKay with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
McKay stalling.
Alves tries to circle away but McKay has him pinned against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
McKay landing knees to the head.
McKay stalling the fight.
McKay avoiding damage as Alves throws knees to the body.
Alves avoids the elbow strike from McKay, against the cage.
McKay lands an uppercut.
McKay has Alves pressed against the cage, preventing Alves from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Alves tries to break the clinch but McKay is controlling the position.
McKay has Alves pressed against the cage.
Alves can't break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves wants to break free but McKay has control.
A short right from McKay.
McKay digs a right hand underneath Alves's ribcage. Alves let out a lung full of air as it connected.
McKay taking a breather.
Alves wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but McKay has him pressed against the cage.
McKay looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Alves is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
McKay lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Alves is looking to break free of the clinch but McKay has double underhooks.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alves has had enough of the clinch but McKay keeps him there for the moment.
A shot in the inside from McKay.
Alves wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

McKay dodges the punch combination from Alves.

McKay fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Alves, pushing him back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from McKay.
Alves wants to stall.
McKay is pushing Alves up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
McKay softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
McKay holding his opponent close, against the cage.
McKay throws an elbow but it's blocked.
McKay stalling the fight.
McKay pushes off an throws an elbow but Alves leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short right from McKay.
McKay scores with a shot to the side of Alves's head.
McKay misses with a body punch.
McKay leaning against his opponent.
Alves is trying to push McKay away but McKay has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
McKay makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
McKay pushes Alves back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
McKay stalling in the clinch.
McKay lands a right hand.
Alves tries to land a knee to the head but McKay blocks with his arms.
Still in the clinch, McKay scores with a nice short uppercut.
McKay keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Alves's efforts to push away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McKay tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Alves avoids a wild elbow strike from McKay.
Alves letting McKay take a breather here.
A right handed body shot lands from McKay.
McKay is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Alves tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and McKay avoids it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from McKay.
Alves can't break the clinch.
Alves throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from McKay.
Alves misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McKay.
McKay tries to land a knee to the head but Alves blocks with his arms.
McKay cracks Alves with a nice body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from McKay.
McKay pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
McKay lands an uppercut.
McKay lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ashton McKay seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Alves blocks an elbow strike.
McKay misses with a knee to the head.
Good body shot from McKay.
McKay lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
McKay just leaning against Alves, taking a breather.
McKay receives a warning from the referee for stalling.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McKay lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McKay's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Alves looking to slow down the pace here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alves wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ashton McKay showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Alves throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
McKay pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Alves back to the cage. McKay follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
A right-left combo lands from McKay.
McKay lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
McKay circles away from the clinch attempt.
Alves misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ashton McKay seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McKay slips under a jab.

McKay clinches up against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on McKay - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
McKay digs a right hand underneath Alves's ribcage. Alves let out a lung full of air as it connected.
McKay scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A right hook to the body lands for McKay.
McKay leaning his opponent against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McKay works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
McKay gets through Alves's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Alves avoiding damage as McKay throws knees to the body.
Alves looking to stall.
Stalling in the clinch from McKay.
McKay throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Alves is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Alves's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McKay throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
McKay scores with a shoulder strike.
McKay leaning his opponent against the cage.
McKay prevents Alves from breaking the clinch.
McKay working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Alves wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Alves stalling the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McKay lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Alves blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Alves is trying to break the clinch but McKay has him pressed against the cage.
McKay tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McKay has Alves pressed against the cage, preventing Alves from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Alves looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
McKay stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
McKay lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Alves looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
McKay pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Alves dodges an elbow strike from McKay.
McKay looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McKay softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
McKay's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Alves has had enough of the clinch but McKay keeps him there for the moment.
McKay throws an elbow that misses.
A short body shot lands from McKay as the two fighters clinch.
McKay with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Alves has had enough of the clinch but McKay keeps him there for the moment.
McKay lands a hook to the side of the head.
Thiago Alves has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A frustrated look appears on Alves's face as he tries to break the clinch.
McKay tries a knee to the head but Alves blocks it.
Ashton McKay is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Alves looking to throw knees to the head but McKay is blocking nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ashton McKay comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well McKay has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ashton McKay!