PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Wilkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wilkins is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Eminem - Survival. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Alves
vs
Wilkins

180 cm
35
181 lbs
16 - 22 - 1

182 cm
31
177 lbs
20 - 24 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Project Mayhem

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 16 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Thiago Alves !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jay Wilkins!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alves just misses with a punch to the body.
Alves throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Wilkins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Alves manages to avoid it.
Alves shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Wilkins eats them both and turns towards Alves to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

It looks like Jay Wilkins has been cut.
Wilkins moves away from the strike by Alves .
Wilkins wants to slow Alves down by chopping away at his legs.

Wilkins shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Alves napping and manages to drive through into side control!
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Wilkins creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Alves sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Wilkins looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Alves is avoiding damage well.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Wilkins working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Alves tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Wilkins wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Wilkins postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Wilkins working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wilkins throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alves is looking to regain half guard here but Wilkins keeps moving and retains side control.
Wilkins working the ground and pound but Alves is defending the strikes.
Alves stops Wilkins from passing to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wilkins looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Wilkins looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Alves is avoiding damage well.
Alves gets back to half guard.
Wilkins trying to mount his opponent but Alves defends it.
Wilkins seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Alves does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Wilkins throwing shots but Alves is blocking nicely.
Alves is trying to get back to full guard.
Alves slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilkins's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Wilkins trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Wilkins missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Wilkins preventing the sweep.
Wilkins looking to sit in guard and control but Alves gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Alves postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wilkins has momentary wrist control but Alves slips an elbow through the middle.
We've been hearing that Alves has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.

Wilkins looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Alves passes into side control.
Wilkins wants to control but Alves postures up.
Wilkins has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves lands some shots froms side control.
Wilkins tries to bench press Alves off him but Alves keeps the position.
Alves is looking to take a break and control but Wilkins is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Wilkins is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Alves off and has taken his back!
Wilkins avoiding Alves 's attempts to control his hands.
Wilkins punishes Alves with strikes from the back mount.
Alves has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Wilkins.

Wilkins is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Alves knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Alves for a finish.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilkins controlling the position well here. Alves rolled but Wilkins kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alves manages to reverse the position and now he's in Wilkins's guard. Nice work there by Alves .
Alves prevents Wilkins from getting back to his feet.
Alves in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Wilkins looking for a sweep. Not yet Wilkins, not yet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wilkins is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Wilkins is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Wilkins working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Alves .
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Wilkins dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jay Wilkins's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Wilkins slips a straight right by Alves .
Alves getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Wilkins shoots in for a takedown but Alves shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Wilkins shoots in and bounces Alves off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Wilkins controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Alves looking to hit a scissor sweep but Wilkins is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alves lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Wilkins!
Wilkins is trying desperately to improve position.
Wilkins wants to hold on but Alves pushes him away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves landing strikes, looking to finish!
Alves with the ground and pound from mount.
Jay Wilkins has got the better of the ground game so far.
Alves cracks Wilkins with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Wilkins is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Alves prevents Wilkins from getting the reversal.
Alves looking to control but Wilkins is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Wilkins working to try and regain half guard.
Wilkins is still trying to improve position.
Wilkins takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilkins tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alves with good strikes from the mount here!
Alves fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Wilkins can't escape the position.
Wilkins is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Alves lands a big elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves unloading with bombs!

Wilkins is rocked!
Wilkins tries to reverse the position but Alves maintains control.
Wilkins is still in real trouble! Can Alves finish him?
Alves putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Alves loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Wilkins scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Alves land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Alves stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thiago Alves !
As Thiago Alves got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Do you quack? Do you quak like a duck when you suck!!! Hey after party at my place- I need a blow job!!! Gina!! I know your out there come on baby!!!!'.