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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kendall Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Cottero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kendall Alves has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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148 lbs
28 - 20 - 0 |
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149 lbs
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BJJ Red Belt
Excellent boxer
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kendall Alves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tommy Cottero!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yuuki Gou and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cottero looks to score with a jab to the body but Alves is just out of range.
Alves swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Alves takes a swing at Cottero's ribcage but misses.
Alves with a nice cross.
Cottero with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Alves throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cottero stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Cottero motions for Alves to come forward. Cottero throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cottero throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Alves connects with a jab.
Cottero thumps Alves with a low kick.
Cottero digs a good body shot into Alves's ribs.
Alves ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cottero lands with a good body shot.
Alves uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Cottero has time to react.
Alves lands a nice hook to Cottero's body. Cottero takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alves ducks under a wild hook from Cottero.
Cottero throws a jab but it's blocked by Alves.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves slips a straight right by Cottero.
Tommy Cottero seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cottero throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Alves closes the distance and clinches up with Cottero, looking for a takedown. Alves pushes Cottero against the cage but Cottero circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Cottero misses with a wild body shot.
Alves is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Cottero dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Alves jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Cottero is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Alves rather than just go for the knockout.
Cottero misses the jab.
Cottero lands a front kick.
Tommy Cottero is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Alves thows a body shot but no joy.
Alves looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Cottero is fending him off so far but Alves persists. Nope, Cottero circles away and we're back to standing.
Alves takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cottero misses the shot to the body.
Cottero misses with an uppercut.
Cottero looks to score with a jab to the body but Alves is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cottero cracks the inside of Alves's front leg.
Alves swings for the body but Cottero moves out of range.
Cottero looks to land a body kick but Alves moved away.
Alves shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Cottero tries a low kick but Alves avoids it.
Cottero misses with a right hand
and Alves counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Alves shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Cottero defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kendall Alves. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cottero motions for Alves to come forward. Cottero throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Alves really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Good shot there by Alves.
Alves displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cottero throws out the jab.
Cottero moves out of range of the strikes.
Cottero keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Alves.
Alves is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cottero, right into the meat.
Alves lands a jab to the head.
Cottero misses with a low kick as Alves jumps back.
Cottero looks to land a right hand but Alves moved out of range.
Cottero moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Cottero tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Alves is able to avoid easily.
Alves checks a low kick from Cottero.
Alves avoids the body shot from Cottero.
Alves takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Cottero misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Alves.
Cottero cracks a nice hook into Alves's ribs.
Alves takes a swing at Cottero's ribcage but misses.
Cottero throws a sloppy body shot
letting Alves counter with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cottero feints a jab promting Alves to slip. Cottero then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Alves slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves misses with a wild body shot.
Cottero misses with a body kick.
Alves throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cottero misses with a head kick.
Alves throws a hook to the side of Cottero's head but Cottero sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cottero lands a jab to Alves's midsection.
Alves digs a good body shot into Cottero's ribs.
Alves ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cottero moves away.
A head kick misses from Cottero.
Alves scores with a takedown into Cottero's guard.
Cottero working for a triangle but Alves defends it easily.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Cottero has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Cottero working a defensive guard here.
Cottero is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Alves trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Alves will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Cottero looking to control.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Alves preventing the sweep.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Tommy Cottero was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Alves takes a swing at Cottero's ribcage but misses.
Alves lands with a straight right. Cottero didn't see that one coming.
Alves looks to score with a jab to the body but Cottero is just out of range.
Cottero cracks Alves with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Alves throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Alves uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cottero.
Alves is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Cottero takes one on the button.
Alves throws a lazy right hand but Cottero sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Alves changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Cottero looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Cottero tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Alves wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Alves scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Cottero to see if he's OK.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Cottero tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Alves wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Cottero is not content to let Alves control the position.
Alves tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Alves has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Cottero gets back to half guard.
Alves throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Cottero to regain full guard.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Alves wants to control from the top but Cottero keeps moving.
Alves with a flurry of punches that miss.
Alves controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Alves wants to pass the guard but Cottero is keeping the position.
Alves throws a big elbow that misses.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Alves won't allow Cottero to sweep him here.
Alves slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Cottero looking for a sweep. Not yet Cottero, not yet.
Alves trying to control the position from guard on top but Cottero is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Kendall Alves just wasn't active enough.
Alves ducks under a wild hook from Cottero.
Cottero turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cottero moves out of range as Alves strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A bone on bone clash there as Alves blocks the leg kick.
Alves misses with a body shot.
Cottero throws a hook but Alves blocks it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cottero.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommy Cottero dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Alves shoots in looking for a takedown. Cottero tries to sprawl out of it but Alves keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Cottero manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Alves fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Cottero avoids it really well and circles away.
Cottero does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A big left from Cottero misses.
A swing and a miss from Cottero.
Cottero scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Cottero jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Alves misses the shot to the body.
Cottero punishes Alves's body with a nice straight punch.
Tommy Cottero seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Alves moves out of range of the body kick.
Cottero lands a brutal head kick. Alves looks out on his feet and Cottero throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Tommy Cottero!
Tommy Cottero thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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