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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Donnie Mizrahi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Freddy Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alves has chosen Trik Turner - Friends and Family as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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155 lbs
26 - 18 - 0 |
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159 lbs
29 - 23 - 1 |
BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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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
26 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Donnie Mizrahi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 23 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Freddy Alves!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Felipe Paraventi and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alves misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mizrahi checks a low kick from Alves.
Mizrahi scores with a spinning back kick!
Alves moves out of range as Mizrahi throws a body kick.
Mizrahi thuds his shin into the meat of Alves's side.
Mizrahi connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A slow jab from Alves misses its intended target.
Mizrahi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Alves misses with the combination.
Donnie Mizrahi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mizrahi misses with a straight left.
A combination from Alves does no damage.
Mizrahi misses with the combination.
Mizrahi closes the distance and pushes Alves back into the cage.
Alves misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mizrahi slowing the pace effectively.
Alves tries to throw a body punch but Mizrahi avoids it by throwing Alves back against the cage.
Mizrahi has Alves pushed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves leaning his opponent against the cage.
Alves misses with a body punch.
Come on Mizrahi - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Alves cracks Mizrahi with a nice body shot.
Alves wants a takedown but no success here.
Mizrahi is pushing Alves up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Mizrahi prevents a body shot from Alves.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mizrahi as Alves tries to tie him up.
Mizrahi lands a nice uppercut.
Mizrahi content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Alves effectively controlling the action here.
Mizrahi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mizrahi taking a breather.
Alves misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mizrahi is pressed up against the cage. Alves has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Mizrahi down to the mat. Mizrahi avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Mizrahi clinches with his opponent.
Mizrahi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Alves is defending well for now.
Mizrahi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
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!
Mizrahi misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for Mizrahi to work.
Mizrahi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Mizrahi slowing the pace effectively.
Alves goes for a takedown attempt but Mizrahi pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Donnie Mizrahi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Freddy Alves.
Mizrahi scores with a nice head shot.
Mizrahi delivers a nice body kick.
Alves misses with a series of wild punches.
Mizrahi misses with a straight right.
Alves tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mizrahi was well out of range. Poor timing from Alves.
Mizrahi throws a half hearted mid kick.
Alves misses with a series of wild punches.
Alves fails to land with a series of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mizrahi misses with a hook. Alves ducked under it nicely.
Mizrahi tries to clinch up.
No luck for Alves with that takedown attempt.
Alves misses with a wild body shot.
Nice uppercut there from Mizrahi.
Mizrahi throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
This has been an exciting period of action!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Alves crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Mizrahi - the referee stops the clock and Alves gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Mizrahi. Alves manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Alves dives in for a single leg takedown but Mizrahi sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Mizrahi slowing the pace effectively.
Mizrahi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Alves's face.
Mizrahi is defending well against a takedown attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mizrahi misses with a knee to the head.
Alves working hard to break the clinch.
Mizrahi blocks an uppercut.
A short left from Mizrahi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Donnie Mizrahi dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Mizrahi.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Mizrahi.
Mizrahi lands an overhand right.
A head kick misses from Mizrahi.
Freddy Alves is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Alves scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
It looks like Donnie Mizrahi has been cut.
Mizrahi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Alves takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Alves uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mizrahi.
Alves jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mizrahi lands with a nice combination. Alves backs away looking to recover.
Alves avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Alves circles away from the clinch attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alves fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mizrahi scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Alves takes one to the side of the head.
Alves takes a jab right on the kisser.
Alves throws a shot from downtown. Mizrahi moves away and avoids it.
Alves takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Donnie Mizrahi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Mizrahi misses.
Alves misses with a jab, cross combination.
Alves swinging wildly here.
Mizrahi misses with a straight left.
Mizrahi moves into range and connects with a jab.
Mizrahi pushes Alves up against the cage in a clinch.
Mizrahi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mizrahi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mizrahi tries to land a knee to the head but Alves blocks with his arms.
Alves drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Mizrahi gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Mizrahi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mizrahi misses with some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves tries to break the clinch but Mizrahi is controlling the position.
Alves looking to stall.
Mizrahi is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Mizrahi gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Alves.
Mizrahi gets through Alves's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Alves blocks an uppercut.
Mizrahi misses with a knee to the head.
Mizrahi is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alves is trying to trip Mizrahi. He has hold of a leg but Mizrahi is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Alves persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves wants to control from the top but Mizrahi keeps moving.
Alves is looking to advance position but Mizrahi has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Mizrahi avoids the attempt from Alves to control.
Mizrahi is trying to control here but Alves has managed to regain half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves tries to get to full guard but Mizrahi has control of the leg.
Alves looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alves is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Mizrahi's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Mizrahi's back!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Donnie Mizrahi will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Donnie Mizrahi's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Alves looks to score with a jab to the body but Mizrahi is just out of range.
Alves scores with a nice strike.
Alves throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Alves throws a jab when Mizrahi was well out of range.
Mizrahi throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Mizrahi digs a good body shot into Alves's ribs.
Mizrahi is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Mizrahi changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Mizrahi tries to clinch up.
Mizrahi scores with a body shot.
Alves throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mizrahi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Alves.
Mizrahi throws a sloppy head kick and Alves moves out of range easily.
Mizrahi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Alves has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Mizrahi.
Mizrahi moves out of range as Alves strikes.
A thudding body kick lands there by Mizrahi!
Alves fails with a takedown attempt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mizrahi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Alves takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mizrahi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mizrahi scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Alves lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mizrahi circles away quickly and effectively.
Mizrahi throws a head kick that misses.
Alves throws a jab when Mizrahi was well out of range.
Alves misses with a wild combination.
Alves avoids the head kick by Mizrahi.
Mizrahi misses with a body shot.
Alves throws a hook but Mizrahi blocks it.
Mizrahi's corner calls for a 1-2. Mizrahi obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Mizrahi.
Alves is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Mizrahi looks to clinch
and Alves counters with a single leg into guard. Mizrahi didn't expect that.
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!
Mizrahi managing to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Alves working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Freddy Alves has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Alves with a flurry of punches that miss.
Alves trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Alves loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Alves throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Alves in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Alves throwing strikes but missing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Alves with a nice head shot there.
Mizrahi working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Alves.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alves throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Alves postures up in Mizrahi's guard and throws a big left but Mizrahi blocks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Freddy Alves comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Mizrahi has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Donnie Mizrahi!
Donnie Mizrahi seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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