PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rob Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lesnar Brock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Alvarez
vs
Brock

167 cm
24
151 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

225 cm
25
155 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rob Alvarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lesnar Brock!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Sano and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Brock misses.

Brock rushes Alvarez and presses him up against the cage.
Brock trying to land knees to the body.

Alvarez manages to pull guard.
Alvarez working a defensive guard here.
Alvarez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Brock is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Alvarez is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Alvarez has escaped and now he's on top!
Brock will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Alvarez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Brock works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Brock working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Alvarez.
Alvarez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Brock is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Brock throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brock manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Alvarez manages to get himself to full guard.
Alvarez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Brock is one step ahead there.
Alvarez is looking to stand up but Brock isn't so interested in that idea.

Brock is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Alvarez is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Alvarez has escaped and now he's on top!
Alvarez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez throws a strike but Brock rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Alvarez is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Brock is aware though and is defending well.
Brock scoring with punches to the head and body.
Brock trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Brock stopping the sweep attempt from Alvarez.

Alvarez throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brock with a nice head shot there.
Alvarez trying to control the position.
Brock scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Brock loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Brock works over Alvarez with some ground and pound from guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Brock's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Brock is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brock is looking to work some ground and pound but Alvarez has wrist control.
Alvarez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Brock works over Alvarez with some ground and pound from guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Brock is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Brock scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lesnar Brock dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Brock swinging wildly here.

Alvarez drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Alvarez avoids the strikes from the bottom by Brock.
Alvarez tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
The ground and pound from Alvarez seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Brock tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Alvarez wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Alvarez working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Alvarez wants to control but Brock is keeping him busy.
Alvarez avoids the strikes from the bottom by Brock.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brock managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Alvarez.
Brock regains half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Alvarez lands a nice short elbow.
Brock on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brock blocking the ground and pound attempt from Alvarez.
Alvarez slips a nice elbow through Brock's hands, connecting with Brock's forehead.
Lesnar Brock has got the better of the ground game so far.
Alvarez seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Brock throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Alvarez working the head and body with strikes.
Alvarez blocks the strikes from Brock.
Brock has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Alvarez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Alvarez working over Brock with some ground and pound. Brock looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Alvarez is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Brock defends it well.
Brock keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Alvarez throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Brock to regain full guard.
Brock lands a decent shot there.
Brock avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brock throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Alvarez throws an elbow that misses. Brock uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Alvarez's guard. Nice move by Brock!
Alvarez bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Brock's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alvarez throws a big elbow that misses.
Alvarez connects with a couple of short punches.
Brock throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Brock trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Alvarez might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Alvarez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Alvarez distracts Brock with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Alvarez throwing strikes from guard but Brock blocks nicely.
Alvarez postures up and lands a big shot to Brock's brow.
Alvarez distracts Brock with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brock avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Alvarez throwing strikes but missing.
Alvarez throws an elbow that misses. Brock uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Alvarez's guard. Nice move by Brock!
Alvarez working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Brock.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Brock thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Alvarez is trying to keep Brock in close.
Brock working some strikes from top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brock scoring with punches to the head and body.

Alvarez working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Brock doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Brock manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Brock scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Alvarez is rocked!

Brock drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Brock as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Alvarez screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Brock! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Lesnar Brock!