PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cecil Peoples (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peoples comes to the cage accompanied by Party People by Nelly Featuring Fergie. Thiago Alves has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Cecil Peoples's chin.

Peoples
vs
Alves

180 cm
32
180 lbs
16 - 10 - 1

180 cm
36
181 lbs
18 - 23 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Cecil Peoples!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 23 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Thiago Alves !
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Sano and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alves misses with a lunging right hand
and Peoples counters with a slapping leg kick.

Alves scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Peoples is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Alves asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Alves lands some shots froms side control.
Alves is chipping away with strikes.
Peoples is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Alves is controlling him well.
Alves throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Alves throws an elbow but Peoples slips to the side and avoids it well.
Peoples is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Peoples seems a little lost for a moment, as Alves dominates the positioning.
Alves is putting a hurting on Peoples here, landing some big shots from side control.
The ground and pound from Alves seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Peoples taking a bit of punishment here - Alves scoring with strikes.
Peoples looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
An elbow from Alves crashes against the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves taking a breather here.
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.
Peoples wants to get back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alves is looking to take a break and control but Peoples is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Alves working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Alves misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Peoples is trying to escape the position but Alves is controlling the position.
Alves prevents Peoples from escaping the position.
Alves looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Peoples is avoiding damage well.
Alves throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Peoples tries to escape but Alves is in control.
Alves throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Alves trying to control the action but Peoples is working from the bottom.
Alves working the ground and pound.
Alves lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Peoples takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alves throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Alves has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Alves is looking to take a break and control but Peoples is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Alves dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Alves throws a hook but Peoples avoids it easily.
Alves ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Peoples jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Alves misses with a series of wild punches.
Peoples tries to clinch but Alves is having none of it.
Alves digs a good body shot into Peoples's ribs.
Peoples is looking to clinch.
Peoples punishes Alves 's body with a nice straight punch.
Peoples gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Alves .
Alves fails with a takedown attempt.
Peoples moves forwards but Alves connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Peoples instigates a clinch.
Alves throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Peoples misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Peoples lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Peoples is trying to break the clinch but Alves is controlling him.
Peoples avoiding damage as Alves throws knees to the body.

Peoples breaks the clinch.
Alves circles away from the clinch attempt
and Alves counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Alves dives in and grabs Peoples's left leg, looking for a takedown. Peoples pushes down on Alves 's head and hops out.
Peoples lands with a nice combination. Alves backs away looking to recover.
Cecil Peoples is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Alves ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Alves misses with a looping right.
Peoples connects with a nice looking jab.
Peoples stalks Alves and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Alves 's face. Alves staggers backwards, shaken.

Alves fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Peoples sprawls well initially but Alves persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Peoples blocking the ground and pound attempt from Alves .
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves prevents Peoples from standing back up.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Alves working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.

Peoples has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Alves is on him like a limpet, forcing Peoples back against the cage.
Knees to the body from Peoples.
Peoples managing to block the knees to the body from Alves .
Alves misses with an elbow over the top.
Peoples blocking some punches.

Alves gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Alves with the ground and pound but Peoples uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Alves in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Alves lands a couple of elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peoples is looking to stand up but Alves isn't so interested in that idea.
Alves makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Peoples wants to stand but Alves is controlling the position.
Alves content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Alves is stalling in the full guard.
Alves stops Peoples from standing up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves wants to control from the top but Peoples keeps moving.
Alves keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Peoples's head.
Alves working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Alves working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Alves looking to sit in guard and control but Peoples gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Peoples trying to control but Alves is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Alves showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Peoples looks to score with a jab to the body but Alves is just out of range.
Peoples ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alves moves away.
Alves misses with a hook.
Peoples lands the left hand.
Alves lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Alves fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Peoples moves in looking to clinch but Alves pushes him off.
Peoples moves into range and connects with a jab.
Peoples looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Alves shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Peoples manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Peoples wants to stand and escape but Alves is having none of it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Peoples is keeping the position for now.
Alves loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Peoples wants to stand and escape but Alves is having none of it.
Alves is working Peoples over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Alves throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Peoples works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Alves cracks Peoples with a solid left hand.
Alves throws an elbow that misses. Peoples uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Alves 's guard. Nice move by Peoples!
Alves seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Alves looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Alves not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Cecil Peoples has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Peoples's guard.
Peoples wants to get back to his feet but Alves is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Alves throws a big elbow that misses.
Peoples keeping moving, preventing Alves from controlling successfully.
Peoples is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves throwing strikes from guard but Peoples blocks nicely.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Alves lands with a nice body punch.
Thiago Alves is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The fighters circling - Peoples throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Peoples throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Peoples stuffs the takedown attempt from Alves . Alves gets slowly back to his feet.
Alves lands a jab to the nose.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alves fails to land with a series of punches.
Peoples lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alves looks to throw the jab but Peoples is out of range.
Peoples swings and misses with a hook to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thiago Alves comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Alves winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Thiago Alves !
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Thiago Alves !
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Thiago Alves !

Thiago Alves wins by unanimous decision!
Thiago Alves looked relieved post fight as he said 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!!!!'.
In defeat, Cecil Peoples stepped up to the mic, saying 'Next time, I will smash this chump with the spinning backfist'.