PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Robbie Alcatraz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sylvain Sauvage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Alcatraz might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to FIght Music. Robbie Alcatraz has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Alcatraz
vs
Sauvage

180 cm
26
180 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

177 cm
25
180 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

[IMMA] DTK Designs (Laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Robbie Alcatraz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sylvain Sauvage!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Luis Engracia and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sauvage is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Alcatraz scores with a head kick. Sauvage tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Sauvage throws the kick towards the body but Alcatraz avoids it.

Sauvage gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sauvage avoiding damage.
Sauvage tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Alcatraz tries to break free but Sauvage pushes him back against the cage.
Alcatraz avoids a wild elbow strike from Sauvage.
Sauvage scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sauvage throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sauvage taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Sauvage throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sauvage tries to score a body lock takedown but Alcatraz shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Alcatraz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sauvage tries to clinch up but Alcatraz circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alcatraz attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Sauvage tries to clinch but Alcatraz moves out of range.
Sauvage chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Alcatraz can pounce on him.
Sauvage checks a leg kick.
Robbie Alcatraz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alcatraz swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sauvage counters with a slapping leg kick.
Alcatraz tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sauvage is able to avoid easily.
Sauvage with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Alcatraz to score with a decent uppercut.
Sauvage misses with a body kick.
Alcatraz fakes the leg kick and cracks Sauvage in the body.
Sauvage shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sauvage throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Sauvage tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Alcatraz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Alcatraz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A slow jab from Alcatraz misses its intended target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alcatraz lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Alcatraz.
Alcatraz missing with a left hand there. Sauvage was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sauvage takes a jab right on the kisser.
Sauvage takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Alcatraz scores with a kick to the body.
Alcatraz goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sauvage lands with a thumping leg kick.
A head kick misses from Sauvage.
Alcatraz misses the jab.
Alcatraz throws a head kick that misses.
Alcatraz throws out a leg kick but Sauvage moves out of range and Alcatraz only half commits.
Sauvage wants to clinch.
Alcatraz lands a nice hook to Sauvage's body. Sauvage takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Alcatraz lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sauvage at a distance.

Sauvage has Alcatraz up against the cage in a clinch.
Alcatraz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sauvage has him pressed against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sauvage just misses with a elbow thrown towards Alcatraz's brow.
Sauvage tries a body shot but Alcatraz blocks it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sauvage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Sauvage fails to land.
Sauvage looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Alcatraz avoiding damage as Sauvage throws knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sauvage creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Alcatraz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sauvage is working for takedown but Alcatraz is calmly controlling the position for now.
Sauvage is looking to control Alcatraz's arms but Alcatraz gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sauvage has his back to the cage.
Sauvage misses with an elbow strike.
Alcatraz wants to get back to striking at distance but Sauvage won't allow it.
Alcatraz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Alcatraz blocks the elbow strike.
Sauvage throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alcatraz is trying to break free.
Alcatraz prevents the takedown attempt.
Robbie Alcatraz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sylvain Sauvage.
Alcatraz blocking some punches.

Alcatraz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Alcatraz avoids a kick to the body.
Sauvage tries to clinch up.
Alcatraz scores with a shot to the body.
Sauvage tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Alcatraz was well out of range. Poor timing from Sauvage.
Alcatraz connects with a nice looking jab.
Good standup being displayed there by Alcatraz as he connects with a hook.
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!
A slapping leg kick lands for Alcatraz.
Alcatraz throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sauvage stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Alcatraz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Alcatraz connects with a high kick.

Sauvage is rocked!
Alcatraz connects with a leg kick. Sauvage looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Sauvage is still on wobbly legs! Can Alcatraz finish him?
Sauvage gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Alcatraz gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Sauvage is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Robbie Alcatraz!
Our winner, Robbie Alcatraz, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.