PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alessandro Chiara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seymour Til Alexandros The Seventeenth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Chiara
vs
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth

201 cm
26
200 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

185 cm
19
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alessandro Chiara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Seymour Til Alexandros The Seventeenth!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Matheus Silva and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chiara misses with a body kick.
Chiara misses with a body kick.

Til Alexandros The Seventeenth scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth working away.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Chiara takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Chiara takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Chiara can't do much from the bottom here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth trying to control the position but Chiara is working away.
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Chiara. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Chiara wants to control but Til Alexandros The Seventeenth postures up.
Chiara is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth tries to advance to mount but can't.
Chiara is trying to escape the position but Til Alexandros The Seventeenth is controlling the position.
Chiara's coaches at Tenacity Elite - 17 Coaches have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth lands a few punches from side control.
You can see the frustration on Chiara's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Chiara on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth looks up at the clock and then as Chiara takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Til Alexandros The Seventeenth smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Chiara is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth controlling the position from side mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth looks up at the clock and then as Chiara takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Til Alexandros The Seventeenth smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Chiara really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth wants to lay and pray for a moment but Chiara keeps working.
Chiara wants to control but Til Alexandros The Seventeenth postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Til Alexandros The Seventeenth tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Til Alexandros The Seventeenth has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Chiara trying to remain calm as Til Alexandros The Seventeenth controls from the top position.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Til Alexandros The Seventeenth working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Who's going to make the next move?
Chiara prevents Til Alexandros The Seventeenth from moving into mount.
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth trying to control the position but Chiara is working away.
Chiara is trying to control Til Alexandros The Seventeenth's posture but Til Alexandros The Seventeenth avoids it.
Chiara tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth lands a nice shot to the head.
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth with the ground and pound from mount.
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
It looks like Til Alexandros The Seventeenth might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Chiara is trying to escape the mount.
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth controlling his opponent.
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth landing strikes, looking to finish!
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Chiara is rocked!
Chiara wants to control but Til Alexandros The Seventeenth is having none of it.
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth connects with a bit shot that sees Chiara covering up! More strikes from Til Alexandros The Seventeenth and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Til Alexandros The Seventeenth is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Seymour Til Alexandros The Seventeenth!
Seymour Til Alexandros The Seventeenth thanked the fans post fight for their support.