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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sebasti Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommie Gunn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alvarez comes to the cage accompanied by Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks. Gunn has chosen Don't Shoot Shotgun as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sebasti Alvarez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tommie Gunn!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gunn fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Alvarez is out of range.
Gunn circles away from the clinch attempt
and Gunn counters with a slapping leg kick.
Alvarez misses with a hook.
Alvarez swings for the body but Gunn moves out of range.
Alvarez ducks under a wild hook from Gunn.
Alvarez closes the distance and clinches.
Gunn tries for a takedown. No joy.
Alvarez has Gunn pressed against the cage, preventing Gunn from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Alvarez lands with a left to the head.
Gunn swings wildly with an uppercut but Alvarez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gunn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Alvarez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Alvarez tries to break free but Gunn pushes him back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Gunn.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Alvarez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gunn backwards.
Alvarez manages to break the clinch.
Gunn misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Alvarez.
Gunn tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Alvarez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Alvarez works the jab nicely.
Gunn misses with a leg kick.
Alvarez lands a body shot.
Sebasti Alvarez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gunn looks to land a right hand but Alvarez moved out of range.
Gunn misses with a right hand
and Alvarez counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Alvarez misses with a hook.
Alvarez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gunn manages to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A right-left combo lands from Alvarez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez wants to clinch up but Gunn keeps it at a distance.
Alvarez goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Alvarez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gunn clobbers Alvarez with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Gunn shoots in and bounces Alvarez off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Alvarez pulls Gunn in close to prevent any damage.
Gunn wants to control from the top but Alvarez keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gunn.
Alvarez tries to clinch there but Gunn circles away.
Gunn dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Alvarez. That did some damage!
Gunn looks for the body kick but Alvarez saw that one coming.
Alvarez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gunn manages to avoid it.
Alvarez scores with a jab.
Alvarez fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Gunn tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Alvarez is able to avoid easily.
Sebasti Alvarez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Alvarez takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Alvarez clinches.
Gunn throws a head punch that misses.
Alvarez misses with a punch to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alvarez pushes Gunn back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Alvarez.
Alvarez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gunn works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Gunn throwing strikes but missing.
Gunn is looking to pass into half guard but Alvarez pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Alvarez is in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sebasti Alvarez dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Gunn takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Gunn throws a head kick but Alvarez moves out of range.
Alvarez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gunn.
Alvarez tries to clinch there but Gunn circles away.
Alvarez scores with a jab to the jaw.
Gunn clobbers Alvarez with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The crowd cheers as Gunn lands an impressive looking overhand right. Alvarez doesn't seem phased though.
Alvarez walks into a left hand.
Gunn lands a jab to the head.
Alvarez is rocked!
Alvarez looks to land a right hand but Gunn moved out of range.
Oh Alvarez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gunn closes the distance and clinches up with Alvarez, looking for a takedown. Gunn pushes Alvarez against the cage but Alvarez circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Gunn ducks under a wild hook from Alvarez.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gunn scores with a leg kick.
Alvarez seems to have got his legs back now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunn dodges the punch combination from Alvarez.
Alvarez throws a lazy head kick
letting Gunn counter with a right hand.
Alvarez is looking to clinch.
Alvarez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gunn.
Sebasti Alvarez is winning the standup battle so far.
Gunn will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Gunn works the jab nicely.
Gunn misses with a leg kick
and Alvarez counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Gunn has a couple of punches blocked by Alvarez.
Gunn wants a takedown but no success here.
Gunn breaks from the clinch.
Gunn looks to land a left hand but Alvarez moved out of range nicely.
Gunn misses with a looping right.
Alvarez drives through and clinches with Gunn against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunn tries to stall but Alvarez uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gunn.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Gunn.
Alvarez breaks the clinch.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Gunn.
Gunn lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Gunn feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Alvarez's calf.
Alvarez goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Alvarez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gunn.
Gunn just misses with a punch to the body.
Alvarez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A slapping leg kick lands for Alvarez.
Gunn jabs Alvarez to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunn tries to keep at a distance but Alvarez has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gunn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Alvarez misses with a low kick as Gunn jumps back.
Alvarez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Alvarez missing with a left hand there. Gunn was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A cross from Gunn lands.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gunn.
Alvarez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Alvarez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gunn takes one on the button.
Alvarez throws a leg kick
and Gunn counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunn jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Alvarez blocks a head kick by Gunn.
Gunn swings widly with a right hand
and Alvarez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
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!
Alvarez thumps Gunn with a low kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Alvarez lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Gunn has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Gunn and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Gunn, right into the meat.
Alvarez lands a body shot.
Alvarez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice shot by Alvarez.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Alvarez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gunn on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Gunn thumps Alvarez with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommie Gunn showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Alvarez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Alvarez defending well as Gunn loads up on a big left hand.
Gunn misses with a takedown attempt - Alvarez sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Alvarez takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Gunn takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Gunn shoots in and drives through. Alvarez sprawls well.
Gunn takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Alvarez stuffs the takedown.
Sebasti Alvarez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tommie Gunn.
Gunn throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Alvarez defending well as Gunn loads up on a big left hand.
Alvarez is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Alvarez scores with a head kick.
Alvarez checks a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez throws a hook to the side of Gunn's head but Gunn sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Alvarez misses with a looping left.
Alvarez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A low kick from Alvarez misses
and Gunn makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Alvarez throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Gunn to counter with a crisp jab.
Alvarez lands the left hand.
Alvarez has closed the distance and engaged Gunn in a clinch.
Gunn blocks a body shot from Alvarez.
Gunn lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Alvarez has a couple of punches blocked by Gunn.
Gunn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short uppercut from Gunn.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez has a couple of punches blocked by Gunn.
Alvarez misses with a punch on the inside.
Alvarez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Alvarez misses with the head strike.
Alvarez misses with a punch on the inside.
Gunn is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Alvarez pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Alvarez digs a right hand underneath Gunn's ribcage. Gunn let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Gunn makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alvarez lands a shot to the body.
Alvarez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Alvarez is trying to break the clinch but Gunn is controlling him.
Alvarez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Good shot there by Alvarez.
Gunn connects with a high kick.
Alvarez forces Gunn back against the cage and clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunn lands with a left to the head.
Alvarez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A solid leg kick lands there for Alvarez.
Alvarez lands a high kick!
Alvarez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Gunn moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gunn looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Gunn lands a slapping body shot.
Gunn takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Alvarez is looking to score with low kicks.
Alvarez thows a body shot but no joy.
Alvarez just misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunn misses with an uppercut.
A head kick misses from Alvarez.
Gunn tests Alvarez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alvarez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Alvarez fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Gunn on the side of the head.
Alvarez slips a jab from Gunn.
Alvarez misses the shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gunn misses with a hook. Alvarez ducked under it nicely.
Alvarez misses with a body shot
and Gunn counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Alvarez misses the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sebasti Alvarez clearly takes that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Alvarez on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Alvarez throws a nice outside leg kick.
Alvarez misses with a combination
and Gunn counters with a nice leg kick.
Alvarez is looking to clinch but Gunn is avoiding it.
Gunn tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gunn shoots for a takedown but Alvarez saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A cross from Gunn lands.
Gunn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gunn misses with a low kick.
Gunn lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Alvarez circles away quickly and effectively.
Alvarez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunn lands the left hand.
Alvarez looks to score with a jab to the body but Gunn is just out of range.
Alvarez smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Alvarez punishes Gunn's body with a nice straight punch.
Alvarez is looking to chop away at Gunn's legs.
Gunn looks to land a right hand but Alvarez moved out of range.
Gunn loads up on a big right hand but Alvarez slips the punch.
Alvarez throws out a loose jab but Gunn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alvarez has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gunn is trying to break free.
Alvarez blocks an uppercut.
Gunn is trying to break the clinch but Alvarez has him pressed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Gunn.
Alvarez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Alvarez tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Alvarez swings for the body but Gunn moves out of range.
Gunn connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
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!
Alvarez avoids the body shot from Gunn.
Gunn feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Gunn looking to pass the guard.
Gunn throws a big elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunn postures up in Alvarez's guard and throws a big left but Alvarez blocks it.
Alvarez is trying to control the position but Gunn postures up.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Sebasti Alvarez wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Alvarez misses with an uppercut
letting Gunn counter with a right hand.
Gunn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Alvarez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Alvarez lands with a shot to the body.
Alvarez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gunn.
Alvarez misses the shot to the body.
Gunn throws out a loose jab but Alvarez uses good head movement to avoid it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Gunn.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunn lands with a nice body punch.
A low kick from Alvarez misses
and Gunn cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gunn waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Alvarez.
Alvarez tries to close the distance and clinch but Gunn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Alvarez on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Gunn. Gunn obviously looking to wear him down.
Alvarez blocks a low kick nicely.
Gunn moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alvarez scores with a jab to the body.
Alvarez looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice sprawl there from Alvarez as Gunn shoots in.
Gunn is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
A slow jab from Gunn misses its intended target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommie Gunn dominated that fourth round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
Alvarez lands a body shot.
Alvarez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gunn's sensitive parts.
Gunn takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Alvarez scores with a hook to the body. Gunn takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Alvarez clinches with his opponent.
Gunn is trying to maintain a safe position but Alvarez gets an underhook and turns Gunn into the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Alvarez.
Alvarez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Alvarez fails to land.
Alvarez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Alvarez working aggressively here.
Alvarez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gunn has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Alvarez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunn takes a shot to the head.
Sebasti Alvarez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Alvarez lands a nice shot to the body.
Gunn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Alvarez.
Gunn is trying to maintain a safe position but Alvarez gets an underhook and turns Gunn into the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Alvarez throws an elbow but misses.
A short right from Gunn on the inside.
Alvarez has had enough of the clinch but Gunn keeps him there for the moment.
Alvarez breaks the clinch.
A big right from Gunn misses.
Alvarez takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Alvarez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gunn. That did some damage!
Alvarez checks the leg kick.
Alvarez swings for the body but Gunn moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Gunn checks the leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gunn with a jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gunn.
Alvarez misses with a wild combination.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Alvarez motions for Gunn to come forward. Alvarez throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gunn looks to land a left hand but Alvarez moved out of range nicely.
Alvarez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gunn.
Gunn misses with an uppercut. Alvarez saw that one coming.
Alvarez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gunn.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunn throws an overhand right that lands on Alvarez's shoulder, as Alvarez tries to avoid the shot.
Gunn smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gunn blocks the body kick.
Alvarez lands a glancing blow to the side of Gunn's head.
Alvarez throws a leg kick
and Gunn counters with a nice kick to the body.
Nice defenses there by Gunn.
Alvarez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Alvarez attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Gunn walks into a jab.
Gunn circles away from the clinch attempt.
A solid leg kick lands there for Alvarez.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunn's corner calls for a 1-2. Gunn obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Gunn throws an overhand right that lands on Alvarez's shoulder, as Alvarez tries to avoid the shot.
Gunn shoots in but Alvarez avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Alvarez misses with an uppercut. Gunn saw that one coming.
Gunn throws an overhand right that lands on Alvarez's shoulder, as Alvarez tries to avoid the shot.
Alvarez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gunn doesn't seem bothered though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alvarez lands a jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alvarez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Alvarez misses the shot to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sebasti Alvarez showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Alvarez has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 48:47
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 48:47
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sebasti Alvarez!
Sebasti Alvarez retains his lightweight title!
A victorious Sebasti Alvarez thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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