PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Golota (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danilo Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Golota's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Here to Stay . There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Golota
vs
Alves

194 cm
32
260 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

190 cm
35
265 lbs
18 - 18 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andrew Golota!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Danilo Alves!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Mauricio Rocha and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Golota avoids the head kick by Alves.
Alves lands a really nice looking cross but Golota seems unphased.
Golota slips under a jab from Alves.
Golota moves away from the strike by Alves.

Golota fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Alves, pushing him back against the cage.
Golota lands a hook to the side of the head.
Alves misses with a short punch on the inside.
Alves trying to control the position but instead, Golota has worked for underhooks and has pushed Alves into the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Alves.
Golota misses with a hook from the clinch.
Golota blocks a body shot from Alves.
Golota throws a head punch that misses.
Alves pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Golota wants to stall.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alves tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Golota misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Alves manages to break the clinch.
Golota lands with a hook. Alves tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Golota avoids the body shot from Alves.
Alves digs a good body shot into Golota's ribs.
Alves misses with a jab, cross combination.
Alves throws an overhand right that lands on Golota's shoulder, as Golota tries to avoid the shot.
Andrew Golota is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Alves misses with a looping right.
Golota looks to land a combination. Alves sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Danilo Alves has been cut.
Alves bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Golota's head backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alves connects with a single shot there.
Golota misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Golota looks to throw the jab but Alves is out of range.
Alves closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The fighters circling - Golota throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Alves shoots in and bounces Golota off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Alves working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Alves with a nice head shot there.
Golota managing to control the position.
Golota knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Alves on the ground.
Alves postures up.
Alves has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Alves in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Golota preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Golota utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Alves throws a big right hand that misses.
Alves has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Golota is proving hard to escape from.
Alves postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Golota is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Alves trying to control the position from guard on top but Golota is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Alves in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves throws a big right hand that misses.
Alves chips away with some ground and pound.
Alves working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Alves throwing strikes from guard but Golota blocks nicely.
Alves trying to control but Golota is working from the bottom.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Alves throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Golota works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Alves throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danilo Alves dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Danilo Alves's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Alves misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Golota.
Alves throws a right and a left that both miss.

Alves looking to score a takedown here. Golota is defending well but Alves drives through and ends up in Golota's guard.
Alves looking to pass the guard.
Alves throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Golota works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Alves with a flurry of punches that miss.
Alves advances position into side control!
Alves postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
The strikes coming from Alves are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves tries to score with some ground and pound. Golota controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Golota is looking to regain half guard here but Alves keeps moving and retains side control.

Alves is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Golota knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Golota defending against the ground and pound.
Golota parries the strikes from Alves easily there. Alves is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Golota to escape.
Alves scoring with punches from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Alves misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Golota struggling a bit here.
Danilo Alves has got the better of the ground game so far.
Golota looks to move to half guard but instead Alves has passed into mount! Damn!
Alves connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alves breaks from Golota's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Alves with the ground and pound from mount.
Alves throwing strikes here but Golota is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Golota working to try and regain half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves lands with some strikes.

Golota is rocked!
Alves postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Golota in real trouble here! The ref calls for Golota to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Danilo Alves!