PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nick Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Anthony (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nick Alvarez looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Alvarez
vs
Anthony

191 cm
30
183 lbs
16 - 10 - 0

184 cm
37
186 lbs
27 - 15 - 2

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nick Alvarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Justin Anthony!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Seu Braga and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anthony feints and then cracks Alvarez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Alvarez down.
Alvarez seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Good standup being displayed there by Anthony as he connects with a hook.
Alvarez takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Anthony fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Alvarez.
Anthony takes a swing at Alvarez's ribcage but misses.
Alvarez throws a poor cross that misses
and Anthony counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Alvarez misses with a looping right.
Anthony slips a jab from Alvarez.
Anthony will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Alvarez lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A big left from Alvarez misses.
Alvarez throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Alvarez misses with a hook. Anthony ducked under it nicely.
Anthony scores with a leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alvarez scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Anthony lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Alvarez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Anthony rushes Alvarez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Alvarez is trying to stall.
Anthony tries to throw a body punch but Alvarez avoids it by throwing Anthony back against the cage.
Anthony misses with a punch on the inside.
Alvarez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Anthony pushes Alvarez back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Alvarez stalling the fight.
Anthony controlling the action here for a moment.
Anthony lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Alvarez.
Alvarez leaning his opponent against the cage.
Anthony gets through Alvarez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Anthony content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez throws a punch but it's blocked by Anthony.
Alvarez looking to stall.
Alvarez blocks a body shot from Anthony.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Anthony digs a right hand underneath Alvarez's ribcage. Alvarez let out a lung full of air as it connected.
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!
A short right from Anthony.
Alvarez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Anthony lands with a left to the head.
A short right from Anthony on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Anthony.
Anthony is leaning against Alvarez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Alvarez is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anthony lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Anthony manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Alvarez misses with a body punch.
Anthony lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Anthony is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Alvarez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Anthony lands with a right to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Anthony stalling the fight.
Alvarez has a couple of punches blocked by Anthony.
Anthony scores with a shoulder strike.
Alvarez lands with a right to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez prevents a body shot from Anthony.
Alvarez being controlled against the cage.
Alvarez stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Anthony stalling in the clinch but Alvarez improves position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alvarez wants to break free but Anthony has control.
Alvarez misses with a punch on the inside.
Anthony swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Alvarez.
Anthony lands a shot to the body.
Anthony lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Alvarez.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Anthony will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Alvarez up against the cage.
Good body shot from Anthony.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Justin Anthony dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Alvarez misses with a hook
and Anthony counters with a nice body kick.
Anthony lands a jab to the nose.
Justin Anthony is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Anthony tries to clinch but Alvarez is having none of it.
Alvarez blocks the body kick.
Anthony goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Anthony misses with a body kick.
Anthony pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Alvarez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Anthony tries to bum rush Alvarez with a series of wild strikes but Alvarez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Alvarez checks a leg kick.
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!
Alvarez looks to land a combination but Anthony avoids it well.
Alvarez lands a nice looking body shot.
Alvarez cracks Anthony with a right hand to the side of the head.
A nice leg kick lands there from Anthony.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Good exchange - Anthony coming out on top.
Anthony misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anthony swings for the body but Alvarez moves out of range.
Alvarez misses the jab.
Anthony swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Alvarez avoids the body shot from Anthony.
Alvarez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Alvarez checks a leg kick.
Alvarez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Anthony looks to land a combination. Alvarez sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Anthony swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Alvarez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A slow jab from Alvarez misses its intended target.
Anthony misses with a few strikes there.
A right-left combo lands from Alvarez.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Anthony connects with an inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anthony lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Alvarez goes down and covers up as Anthony starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Justin Anthony!
A very excited looking Justin Anthony 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.