PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Oktawian August (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Guilherme Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). August kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Hit 'em up. Alves has chosen Guerreiro by Curumin as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

August
vs
Alves

188 cm
29
181 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

169 cm
29
171 lbs
20 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

TWGC Champion
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Oktawian August!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Guilherme Alves!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Hugh Johnson and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
August connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Alves staying out of range there.
Alves slips under a jab from August.
Alves throws the left hand but August avoids the punch easily.
August on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Alves throws a low kick but August moves out of range easily.
Alves connects with the punch.
August is looking to chop away at Alves's legs.
Alves throws a leg kick but August sees it coming and checks it nicely.
August fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Alves manages to avoid it.
Oktawian August seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
August throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nice takedown defense from August. No joy for Alves on that attempt.
Alves pivots, looking for a leg kick but August is out of range and Alves settles back down.
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!
August throws a low kick but Alves moves out of range easily.
August uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alves.
August connects with a single shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves tries for a takedown but August sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Alves checks the leg kick nicely there.
August bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Alves's head.
Alves takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
August missing with a left hand there. Alves was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
An inside leg kick lands from August.
Alves lands a body shot.
August tries to land a leg kick but Alves saw it coming and moves away.
Alves lands a right hook to the body.
August is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Alves lands a head shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alves ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
August throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Alves connects with a leg kick. August looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

August fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Alves, pushing him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves misses with a punch on the inside.
August blocking some punches.
Alves swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Alves fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Alves.
August lands a right hand that snaps the head of Alves backwards.
August lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Alves working aggressively here.
August misses with some punches.
August misses with a punch to the body.
Alves lands an uppercut.
Alves stalling in the clinch but August improves position.
Alves pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Alves taking a breather.
Alves pushes off an throws an elbow but August leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
August avoids a wild elbow strike from Alves.
Alves is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but August is keeping busy.
August lands a body punch.
Alves throws an elbow that misses.
Alves manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Guilherme Alves.
A decent looking cross lands there for August.
A jab from August finds it's way through Alves's defenses.
A bone on bone clash there as Alves blocks the leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alves takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Alves is rocked!
Alves is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. August doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Alves crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Alves's bad books for that mishap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Oktawian August!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Oktawian August made sure he mentioned Conviction, along with how happy he was to win his fight.