PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Koby Stott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Davi Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Davi Alves told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Stott
vs
Alves

190 cm
25
170 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

190 cm
31
185 lbs
3 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Koby Stott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Davi Alves!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Alan Glass and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stott gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Alves connects with a crisp jab.
Stott will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Stott throws a nice looking combination but Alves bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Stott takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Stott has Alves up against the cage in a clinch.
A short left from Stott.
Alves wants to get back to striking at distance but Stott won't allow it.
Stott doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stott lands a hook to the side of the head.

Stott breaks the clinch.
Stott throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Alves looks to land a combination but Stott avoids it well.
Stott misses with a series of wild punches.
Stott throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Stott fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves misses with a double jab.
Alves cracks Stott with a right hand to the side of the head.
Stott tries to clinch but Alves is having none of it.
Alves jabs at Stott's body.
Stott rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Alves moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Alves connects with a body shot.
Alves tries to bum rush Stott with a series of wild strikes but Stott uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Alves avoids a punch combination nicely.
Davi Alves is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stott shoots for a takedown but Alves saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Alves's corner calls for a 1-2. Alves obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Stott connects with a jab.
Alves misses the shot to the body.
Stott tries to score a power double leg takedown but Alves sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Stott somewhat.
Stott lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Alves circles away quickly and effectively.
Stott misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Alves keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stott showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Alves.
Alves fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stott shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Alves sprawls well. Alves wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Stott gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Koby Stott. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A nice combination there by Alves.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stott throws a right and a left that Alves avoids nicely.
Alves slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Stott looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Alves throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fighters circle momentarily. Alves darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Sloppy strikes from Stott. Those never looked like landing.
Stott lunges at Alves with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Alves's hand.
A lazy left from Alves finds it's target.
Stott looks to land a combination but Alves avoids it well.
Stott misses with a double jab.
Stott is breathing heavily.
Alves lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Stott avoids a punch combination nicely.
Alves's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Alves duly obliges.

Alves tries to keep at a distance but Stott has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Alves.

Stott breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Stott scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Stott on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Stott misses with a few strikes there.
Alves displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Stott.
A punch combination from Stott misses.
Alves tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stott was well out of range. Poor timing from Alves.
Stott misses with a combination
and Alves counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Alves throws a right hand that Stott ducks under and follows up with a left that Stott also avoids with ease.
Alves throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Stott.
Alves is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Stott had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Alves dodges the punch combination from Stott.
Alves lands a right hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves connects with a crisp jab.
Alves throws a series of punches but Stott avoids them all with ease.
Alves looks to land a combination but Stott avoids it well.
Stott misses with a few strikes there.
Alves with a hook.
Stott tries to clinch but Alves is having none of it.
Stott throws a series of punches but Alves avoids them all with ease.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stott looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Stott tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Alves is able to avoid easily.
Alves thuds a left hand into Stott's body.
Alves takes a swing at Stott's ribcage but misses.
Stott slips a jab and a cross from Alves.
Stott swinging wildly here.
Stott with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Alves to score with a decent uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stott takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Alves scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Alves scores with a jab to the body.
Jab, jab by Alves - just one landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Davi Alves dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

The fight stays on the outside here - Stott looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Alves throws a combination. Stott tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A looping hook to the body misses from Alves. Stott does a little dance to reset his feet.

Alves clinches up against the cage.
A short uppercut from Stott.
Alves is trying to break the clinch but Stott has him pressed against the cage.
Alves avoids the elbow strike from Stott, against the cage.
A short left from Stott.

Stott breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Alves throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Stott rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Alves moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Stott gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Stott fails to pull guard.
Alves wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Stott has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stott working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Stott breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Alves throws the left hand but Stott avoids the punch easily.
Alves lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Stott misses with the combination.
Alves connects with a single shot there.
Stott is looking to clinch.
Stott throws a right and a left that both miss.
Alves scores with a jab to the body.
Stott on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Stott shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Alves pinned against the cage. Alves gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Davi Alves seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Stott rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Alves moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Alves throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Alves will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice jab there from Stott.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Stott takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Stott misses with a few strikes there.
Stott fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alves throws a series of strikes that have Stott backpedaling.
Alves fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Stott throws a jab when Alves was well out of range.
Alves lands a nice looking body shot.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Stott. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
A nice combination there by Alves.
Alves goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Alves throws a series of punches but Stott moves out of range.
Alves works Stott's body with a nice hook.
Stott throws a sloppy head kick and Alves moves out of range easily.
Stott misses with a double jab.
Alves ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Alves connects with a looping right hand.
Alves with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Alves scores with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves slips a jab from Stott.
Alves's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Alves duly obliges.
A shot to the body from Alves misses
and Stott counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Alves keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Stott.
A head kick from Stott lands but Alves takes it in his stride.

Alves is rocked!
Stott throws a right and a left that both miss.
Alves misses with a jab, cross combination.
Alves throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A big right from Stott misses.
Stott wants to clinch up but Alves keeps it at a distance.
Stott fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stott fails to land with a series of punches.
Alves slaps away a takedown attempt from Stott, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Koby Stott. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Alves takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Alves is working the combinations to good effect here.
Alves lands with a shot to the body.
Alves connects with a body shot that sends Stott's belly button to the back.
A left and a right from Alves both land. Nice combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stott throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A right-left combo lands from Alves.
Stott throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Alves.
Stott throws an overhand right that lands on Alves's shoulder, as Alves tries to avoid the shot.
Stott throws a series of punches but Alves moves out of range.
Alves connects with a body shot that sends Stott's belly button to the back.
Alves lands a jab to Stott's midsection.
Alves changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Alves lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Alves has closed the distance and engaged Stott in a clinch.
Stott lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Alves backwards.
Alves wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stott keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Alves's efforts to push away.
Alves wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Davi Alves showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Alves throws a good cross that connects.

Alves tries to keep at a distance but Stott has taken the fight into the clinch.
Stott misses with a punch on the inside.
A short left from Stott.

Stott breaks from the clinch.
No joy there for Stott, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Alves jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Alves lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Stott closes the distance and pushes Alves back into the cage.
Alves wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Stott has him pressed against the cage.
Stott tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stott throws a head punch that misses.
Alves working hard to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stott jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Alves walks away with a smile on his face. Stott gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Alves tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stott was well out of range. Poor timing from Alves.
Stott misses with a hook. Alves ducked under it nicely.
A head kick misses from Stott.
Stott tries to clinch
and Alves counters with a stiff right hand.
Alves lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Stott ducks right into an uppercut from Alves.
Stott takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Alves bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Alves stuns Stott with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Alves takes a swing at Stott's ribcage but misses.
Alves blocks a head kick by Stott.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Alves with a hook.
Alves misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Alves connects with a body shot that sends Stott's belly button to the back.
Alves throws a right and a left that both miss.
Alves is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Stott rather than just go for the knockout.
Stott takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Stott tries to clinch but Alves is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Stott fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Alves, pushing him back against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Stott manages to break the clinch.
Stott takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Alves fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Stott avoids a punch combination nicely.
Stott swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Alves looks to land a combination but Stott avoids it well.
Stott misses with a hook.
Alves thuds a left hand into Stott's body.
Sloppy strikes from Alves. Those never looked like landing.
Alves bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Stott has closed the distance and engaged Alves in a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Stott.
Alves blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Alves tries to break the clinch but Stott is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stott is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Alves gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Alves blocks the elbow strike.
Alves blocks an uppercut.
Stott misses with a hook from the clinch.

Stott pulls guard.

Stott has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Alves can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Alves wants to stand but Stott has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Alves prevents Stott from getting back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Stott working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Alves doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Alves manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Stott looking for a guillotine here but Alves defends easily.

Stott had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Alves defends it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Koby Stott showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Alves has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 George Francis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29

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