PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Saul Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dallas Bond (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alvarez's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Survivor - 'Burning Heart'. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Alvarez
vs
Bond

175 cm
25
163 lbs
8 - 7 - 2

175 cm
36
160 lbs
26 - 18 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Saul Alvarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 18 - 0, fighting out of London, Dallas Bond!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Arvi Lind and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bond tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Alvarez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bond.
Bond scores with a jab to the head.
A big right from Bond misses.
Bond throws a head kick but Alvarez moves out of range.

Alvarez has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bond misses with a knee to the head.
Bond misses with some punches.
Alvarez is trying to push Bond away but Bond has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Alvarez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bond wants to land a leg kick but Alvarez is out of range.
Alvarez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Alvarez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Bond pushes Alvarez up against the cage in a clinch.
Alvarez just leaning against Bond, taking a breather.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Alvarez.
Alvarez digs a right hand underneath Bond's ribcage. Bond let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bond will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Alvarez up against the cage.
I was talking to Alvarez's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A right hook to the body lands for Alvarez.
Bond lands with a left to the head.
Bond using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Alvarez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Alvarez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bonds head.
Alvarez dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Alvarez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bond just misses with a elbow thrown towards Alvarez's brow.
Bond working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Alvarez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Alvarez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bond trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez avoiding damage as Bond throws knees to the body.
Bond with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bond with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bond tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bond throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Alvarez is pushing Bond up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alvarez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bond pushes Alvarez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Alvarez lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Alvarez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bonds head.
Bond misses with some punches.
Bond lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Alvarez backwards.
Bond throws a punch but it's blocked by Alvarez.
Bond using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Alvarez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bond just misses with a elbow thrown towards Alvarez's brow.
Bond stalling the fight.
Alvarez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bond misses with an elbow strike.
Alvarez is looking to break free of the clinch but Bond has double underhooks.
Alvarez presses Bond against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bond lands a nice elbow.
The referee is keeping an eye on Alvarez - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Bond with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bond with a knee to the head.
Bond has a couple of punches blocked by Alvarez.
Bond working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bond with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Alvarez avoiding damage as Bond throws knees to the body.
Alvarez taking a breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bond with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bond is pushing Alvarez up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bond throws an elbow but misses.
Bond misses with some punches.
Bond trying to land knees to the body.
Bond throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Still in the clinch, Alvarez scores with a nice short uppercut.
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!
Bond swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bond misses with a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bond misses with a punch on the inside.
Alvarez taking a breather.
Bond tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Alvarez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Dallas Bond will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Bond takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bond throws a leg kick but Alvarez sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Bond slips under a jab.
Bond swats away the attempt to clinch by Alvarez.
A jab from Bond misses.
Alvarez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bond.
Bond throws an overhand right that lands on Alvarez's shoulder, as Alvarez tries to avoid the shot.

Bond gets tackled into the cage by Alvarez. Alvarez maintains the clinch.
Alvarez blocking some punches.
Alvarez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Alvarez lands a shoulder strike.
Alvarez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Alvarez working hard to break the clinch.
Alvarez is trying to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Alvarez.
Alvarez takes a knee right on the jaw!
A head punch on the inside from Bond fails to land.
Bond throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Alvarez blocks it with crossed arms.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Bond in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Alvarez lands a shoulder strike.
Alvarez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Bond on the inside.
Bond lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Alvarez manages to break the clinch.
Alvarez moves forwards but Bond connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Bond lands a jab.
Bond tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Alvarez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Alvarez throws a hook to the side of Bond's head but Bond sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez ducks under a wild hook from Bond.
Alvarez takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bond throws a right hand that Alvarez ducks under and follows up with a left that Alvarez also avoids with ease.
Bond misses with a wild body shot.
Alvarez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bond.
Alvarez lands with a hook. Bond tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Some bone on bone action there as Alvarez checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Bond misses with a leg kick.
Alvarez throws a looping overhand right but Bond ducks down to avoid it.
Alvarez moves into range and connects with a jab.
Bond looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Alvarez loads up on a big right hand but Bond slips the punch.
Bond shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Alvarez eats them both and turns towards Bond to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
A punch lands to the side of Alvarez 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Alvarez is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Oh Alvarez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bond fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Alvarez manages to avoid it.
Bond misses with an uppercut.
Alvarez seems to have got his legs back now.
Alvarez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bond pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bond throws out a loose jab but Alvarez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alvarez avoids the body shot from Bond.
Alvarez throws out a powerful jab.
Bond misses with a straight left.
Alvarez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Alvarez darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Bond bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Alvarez's head.
Alvarez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bond misses with a right hand
and Alvarez counters with a head kick. That will keep Bond thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Bond misses with a right hand
and Alvarez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bond lands with an uppercut that bounces Alvarez off the cage and back into range.
Alvarez wants to clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alvarez throws a series of strikes that have Bond backpedaling.
Bond misses with an uppercut.
Bond on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Bond looks to land a right hand but Alvarez moved out of range.

Bond has taken the fight to the clinch.
The referee calls for Alvarez to work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alvarez is trying to maintain a safe position but Bond gets an underhook and turns Alvarez into the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Alvarez.
Bond blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Dallas Bond will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Alvarez blocks a head kick by Bond.
Bond throws a lazy uppercut

and Alvarez holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Bond throws an elbow that misses.
Alvarez landing knees to the head.
Bond looking to throw knees to the head but Alvarez is blocking nicely.
Bond misses with a knee to the head.

Alvarez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bond scores with a nice strike.
Alvarez slips a jab from Bond.

Alvarez has managed to clinch.
Bond working aggressively here.
Alvarez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bond's elbow.
Bond with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Alvarez holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Bond tries a knee to the head but Alvarez blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez missing with knees to the body.
Alvarez tries a body shot but Bond blocks it.
Bond throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Alvarez blocks it with crossed arms.
Alvarez is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Alvarez.
Bond tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Alvarez tries a knee to the head but Bond blocks it.
Bond fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bond misses with some punches.
Alvarez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bond.
Alvarez trying to control the position but instead, Bond has worked for underhooks and has pushed Alvarez into the cage.
Bond misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bond misses with a knee strike.

Alvarez breaks from the clinch.
Bond throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Alvarez counters with a thumping low kick.
The fighters circling - Bond throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bond blocks a jab.
Alvarez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bond.
Alvarez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bond moves away.
Bond throws a sloppy head kick and Alvarez moves out of range easily.
A nice combination there by Alvarez.
A head kick misses from Bond.
Bond looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bond throws a lazy head kick
and Alvarez counters with a right hand to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alvarez lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Alvarez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Dallas Bond seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alvarez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A low kick from Bond misses
and Alvarez counters with a stiff right hand.
Alvarez moves away from the strike by Bond.
Bond tried to score with a low kick but Alvarez checks it.
Bond shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Saul Alvarez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Alvarez throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bond throws a hook but Alvarez avoids it easily.
Alvarez slips a straight right by Bond.
Alvarez lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Alvarez throws out a leg kick but Bond moves out of range and Alvarez only half commits.
Bond cracks Alvarez with a good jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bond throws a lazy head kick
letting Alvarez counter with a right hand.
Alvarez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bond. That did some damage!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bond throws a head kick that misses.
Bond circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bond does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A big right from Bond misses.
Alvarez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Bond's head backwards.

It looks like Dallas Bond has been cut.
Bond throws a hook to the side of Alvarez's head but Alvarez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bond throws a half hearted mid kick.
Bond steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Alvarez.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alvarez scores with a jab to the body.
Bond scores with a jab to the head.
Dallas Bond is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Bond looks to throw the jab but Alvarez is out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Saul Alvarez showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bond has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:29
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dallas Bond!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Dallas Bond made sure he mentioned TFP Graphics - Pit Inc, along with how happy he was to win his fight.