PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Steven de Pina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Alverez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alverez has chosen ALL DAY as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

de Pina
vs
Alverez

175 cm
30
152 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

172 cm
31
164 lbs
17 - 11 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Steven de Pina!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mike Alverez!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Albert Achterberg and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
de Pina moves out of range as Alverez strikes.
A combination from de Pina does no damage.
de Pina just misses with a punch to the body.
Alverez tries to land a front kick but de Pina steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
de Pina throws a predictable looking body shot
and Alverez counters with a left to the body.
Sloppy strikes from de Pina. Those never looked like landing.
Alverez misses the jab.
Alverez slips a straight right by de Pina.
Alverez scores with a kick to the midsection.
Alverez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mike Alverez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A lazy left from Alverez finds it's target.
de Pina is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Alverez takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
de Pina takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alverez lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
de Pina throws a leg kick but Alverez checks it.
A shot to the liver by Alverez. Beautiful body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alverez lands a high kick!
Alverez throws a wild body kick that de Pina sees coming a mile off.
Alverez swings for the body but de Pina moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Alverez.
de Pina with a body punch. A glancing blow.
de Pina misses with a double jab.
Alverez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by de Pina.
Alverez cracks de Pina with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
de Pina misses with an uppercut. Alverez saw that one coming.
Alverez feints and then cracks de Pina's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow de Pina down.
Alverez throws a half hearted mid kick.
A left and a right from de Pina both land. Nice combination.
Alverez tries to land a front kick but de Pina steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Alverez avoids the head kick by de Pina.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
de Pina misses with a low kick as Alverez jumps back.
Sloppy strikes from de Pina. Those never looked like landing.
de Pina avoids a kick to the body.
Steven de Pina is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Alverez throws out a loose jab but de Pina uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alverez avoids the body shot from de Pina.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alverez works de Pina's body with a nice hook.
Alverez lands a slapping body shot.
Alverez throws the kick towards the body but de Pina avoids it.
Alverez lands with an overhand left.
Alverez shoots in for a takedown but de Pina shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Nice straight punches there by Alverez. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Alverez.
Alverez throws a right and a left that de Pina avoids nicely.
de Pina slips a jab from Alverez.
Alverez lands a jab.
Jab, jab by Alverez - just one landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Alverez misses.
Alverez takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
de Pina blocks a leg kick.
de Pina throws a hook to the side of Alverez's head but Alverez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
de Pina misses with a wild body shot.
Alverez cracks de Pina with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
de Pina looks to land a combination but Alverez avoids it well.
Alverez tries to bum rush de Pina with a series of wild strikes but de Pina uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
de Pina with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Alverez scores with a jab to the head.
de Pina throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Alverez stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
No joy there for de Pina, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alverez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Alverez lands with a thumping leg kick.
Alverez catches de Pina with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Alverez scores with a punch to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
de Pina fails to land with a series of punches.
de Pina pulls out of a head kick attempt.
de Pina with a nice cross.
Alverez connects with a crisp jab.
de Pina throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A punch combination from de Pina misses.
Alverez throws a jab but it's blocked by de Pina.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
de Pina looking to land some kicks to the body here.
de Pina throws a series of punches but Alverez avoids them all with ease.
A swing and a miss from de Pina.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Alverez dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

de Pina ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alverez moves away.
Alverez blocks a head kick by de Pina.
A jab from Alverez misses.
Alverez scores with a nice body kick.
Alverez dodges the punch combination from de Pina.
de Pina is looking to wear down Alverez with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
de Pina ducks right into an uppercut from Alverez.
A nice inside leg kick there by Alverez. That's going to slow de Pina down.
Alverez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
de Pina moves out of range of the strikes.
de Pina throws a right hand that Alverez ducks under and follows up with a left that Alverez also avoids with ease.
de Pina takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
de Pina looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
de Pina connects with a looping right hand.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Alverez!

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Pina rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Alverez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Alverez takes a swing at de Pina's ribcage but misses.
Alverez throws a series of punches but de Pina moves out of range.
de Pina tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Alverez was well out of range. Poor timing from de Pina.
Alverez lands with a nice body kick.
Alverez throws a series of punches but de Pina moves out of range.
de Pina takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
de Pina moves out of range of the body kick from Alverez.
de Pina moves away from the strike by Alverez.
de Pina misses with a jab, cross combination.
de Pina attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
de Pina's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and de Pina duly obliges.
de Pina with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Alverez to score with a decent uppercut.
Steven de Pina is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alverez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Alverez avoids the body shot from de Pina.
Alverez avoids the body shot from de Pina.
de Pina misses with the combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Alverez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from de Pina.

Alverez drives through and clinches with de Pina against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alverez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from de Pina.
Alverez lands a body punch in the clinch.

Alverez manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Alverez pushes de Pina off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

Alverez shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Alverez was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alverez throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Alverez working the ground and pound effectively.
Alverez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Alverez landing shots from mount.
Alverez unloads with some shots from mount but de Pina bucks and avoids them well.
Alverez controlling the position easily from mount.
Alverez punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alverez dominating with strikes here.
Alverez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
de Pina on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if de Pina tries to get out of the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice elbow there by Alverez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Alverez 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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

de Pina misses with a few strikes there.
Alverez looks to throw a body kick
and de Pina counters with a right hand to the body.
Alverez looks for the body kick but de Pina saw that one coming.
de Pina tests Alverez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Alverez lands with a nice body kick.
Alverez lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Alverez dips to his left and cracks de Pina with an uppercut!
de Pina blocks a head kick by Alverez.
Alverez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Alverez scores with a body shot.
Some wild striking there from de Pina.
de Pina throws a right and a left that Alverez avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab by Alverez.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A telegraphed right hand from Alverez misses the target.
de Pina lands a really nice looking cross but Alverez seems unphased.
de Pina takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
de Pina throws a series of punches but Alverez avoids them all with ease.
Alverez misses with a series of wild punches.

Alverez clinches.

Alverez has dropped down and is working for a takedown. de Pina is trying to keep an underhook but Alverez manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Alverez perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Alverez works his foot free and advances to mount.
Alverez scoring with strikes but de Pina is staying in there.
Steven de Pina has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alverez with shots to the head and body - de Pina looks very uncomfortable down there.
Alverez content just to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alverez looking to finish de Pina with some ground and pound. This is bad for de Pina!
Mike Alverez is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Alverez raining down shots from the mount!
Alverez controlling the position easily from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alverez scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Alverez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Alverez tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Let's hope that Alverez 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.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alverez lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Alverez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Alverez 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Alverez!