PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Freddy Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alves's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Trik Turner - Friends and Family. Williams comes into a darkened arena with his song building. All the Above- Maino ft. T-Pain kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Alves
vs
Williams

168 cm
32
159 lbs
28 - 23 - 1

185 cm
40
140 lbs
38 - 21 - 3

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Bad Man Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 23 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Freddy Alves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 21 - 3, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paul Williams!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Edson Gomes and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alves throws a nice looking combination but Williams bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Alves misses with a right hand
and Williams counters with a straight right hand.
Alves throws a hook to the side of Williams's head but Williams sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Williams misses with a lunging right hand

and Alves counters with a single leg into guard. Williams didn't expect that.
Alves pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Williams is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alves missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Alves throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Williams works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Alves's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Alves trying to control but Williams is working from the bottom.
Alves has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Alves is looking to work some ground and pound but Williams has wrist control.
Alves scoring with some ground and pound.
Williams is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Alves might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Alves accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Alves trying to control but Williams is working from the bottom.
Alves throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Alves postures up in Williams's guard and throws a big left but Williams blocks it.
Alves throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Alves is looking to work some ground and pound but Williams has wrist control.
Alves with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Alves is looking to work some ground and pound but Williams has wrist control.
Alves throwing strikes from guard but Williams blocks nicely.
Alves loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Williams looking to hit a scissor sweep but Alves is one step ahead there.
Alves throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Williams works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves throws a big elbow that misses.
Alves is looking to work some ground and pound but Williams has wrist control.
Alves working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Williams avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Alves with a flurry of punches that miss.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alves working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Alves working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Freddy Alves dominated that round.
That's time! Alves's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A big left from Williams misses.

Alves bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Williams is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alves creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Williams sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Alves throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Williams tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Alves wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
Williams takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Alves in side control, throwing shots but Williams defends.
Alves postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Alves throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Alves throws an elbow but Williams slips to the side and avoids it well.
Alves tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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.
Williams tries to buck Alves off but Alves is having none of it.
Alves throws an elbow but Williams slips to the side and avoids it well.
The ground and pound from Alves seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Williams regains half guard, as Alves was trying to land strikes.
Alves moves nicely into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An elbow from Alves crashes against the mat.
Alves looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Williams is avoiding damage well.
Alves with the ground and pound but Williams regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Alves trying to mount his opponent but Williams defends it.
Williams trying to control here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Freddy Alves overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Alves is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Alves is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Williams trying to control here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Freddy Alves dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Sloppy strikes from Williams. Those never looked like landing.
Alves moves away from the strike by Williams.
Alves lands a jab-cross combination.
Sloppy strikes from Alves. Those never looked like landing.
Alves tries to bum rush Williams with a series of wild strikes but Williams uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Williams throws a hook but Alves blocks it.
Left hook, right uppercut from Alves.
The fighters circling - Alves throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Alves misses with a jab, cross combination.
A head kick misses from Williams.
Williams looks to throw the jab but Alves is out of range.
Alves moves out of range as Williams strikes.
Alves has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Williams.
Alves throws a poor cross that misses
and Williams counters with a big head kick but Alves shrugs it off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Alves shoots in and bounces Williams off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Williams is pulling down on Alves's head. It's preventing any offense from Alves, at least for the moment.
Alves slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams looking to hit a scissor sweep but Alves is one step ahead there.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Alves throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Alves looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Alves ducks under a wild hook from Williams.
Williams throws a quick inside leg kick.
Williams scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Williams stuffs the takedown attempt from Alves. Alves gets slowly back to his feet.
Alves takes a jab right on the kisser.
Williams slips a jab and a cross from Alves.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Alves closes the distance and clinches.
Alves scores with a shot to the side of Williams's head.

Alves wants the takedown. Williams is fighting it off but Alves persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Williams's guard against the cage.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Alves's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Williams wants to sweep here but Alves controlling him for the moment.
Alves throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Williams looking to hit a scissor sweep but Alves is one step ahead there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves is looking to work some ground and pound but Williams has wrist control.
Alves stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Williams swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Alves with a nice head shot there.
Freddy Alves is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alves throwing strikes from guard but Williams blocks nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Freddy Alves showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Alves, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Freddy Alves!
A very excited looking Freddy Alves made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.