PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Carlo Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pony Mclovin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Alvarez
vs
Mclovin

178 cm
27
183 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

183 cm
25
181 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Bullet Proof System

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 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Carlo Alvarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pony Mclovin!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Donald Grub and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mclovin connects with a solid leg kick.
Alvarez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mclovin.
Alvarez lands the left hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Alvarez. Mclovin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mclovin doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Alvarez throws a shot from downtown. Mclovin moves away and avoids it.
A leg kick checked by Mclovin.
Alvarez lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Mclovin buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Alvarez walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Mclovin checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Alvarez moves away from the strike by Mclovin.
A bone on bone clash there as Mclovin blocks the leg kick.
Mclovin does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Alvarez throws a big counter combination but Mclovin scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Mclovin is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alvarez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mclovin's sensitive parts.
Alvarez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick misses from Alvarez.

Alvarez closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Mclovin to the mat! Mclovin manages to get full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Alvarez throws a big elbow that misses.
Mclovin controlling Alvarez's posture.
Mclovin is continuing to stall.
The adventures of Mclovin the control monster continue. Boring.
Mclovin tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mclovin utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Alvarez throws a strike but Mclovin rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Mclovin looking to pass the guard.
Mclovin wants to control from the top but Alvarez keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez pulls Mclovin in close to prevent any damage.
Alvarez is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alvarez bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Mclovin's guard.

Mclovin trying to keep a closed guard but Alvarez is proving a slippery customer.
Alvarez landing with the ground and pound.
Mclovin manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Alvarez manages to get himself to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez pulls Mclovin in to control the position.
Mclovin wants to control from the top but Alvarez keeps moving.
Alvarez wants to sweep but no luck.
Mclovin stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Alvarez swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Alvarez is looking to sweep but instead, Mclovin has passed into half guard.
Alvarez wants to control but Mclovin is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Mclovin controlling the action here.
Mclovin prevents Alvarez from improving his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Alvarez gets back to full guard.
Alvarez managing to control the position.
Mclovin won't allow Alvarez to sweep him here.
Mclovin trying to control but Alvarez is working from the bottom.
Alvarez looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Mclovin must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Alvarez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Mclovin is one step ahead there.
Mclovin working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carlo Alvarez dominated that round.
That's time! Alvarez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Alvarez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Alvarez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mclovin can do to turn this around?
Mclovin lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Alvarez swinging wildly here.
Nice defenses there by Mclovin.
Carlo Alvarez is winning the standup battle so far.
Alvarez misses with a head kick.
Alvarez misses with a jab to the body
and Mclovin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Alvarez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Mclovin as he jumps to the side.
Alvarez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Alvarez throws a half hearted mid kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mclovin scoring well with a low kick there.
Alvarez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mclovin blocks the body kick.
Mclovin is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Alvarez with a body shot.
Mclovin stuns Alvarez with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Alvarez throws out a powerful jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mclovin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Mclovin lands with a straight right. Alvarez didn't see that one coming.
Alvarez just misses with a punch to the body.
Alvarez misses with a low kick.
Alvarez moves out of range as Mclovin throws a body kick.
Mclovin moves out of range of the body kick from Alvarez.
Mclovin moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Mclovin throws a leg kick that misses.
Alvarez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mclovin lands with a straight right. Alvarez didn't see that one coming.
Alvarez fails with the takedown
and Mclovin counters with a straight right hand.
Alvarez fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Mclovin checks it well.
Alvarez misses with a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez looks for the body kick but Mclovin saw that one coming.
Mclovin throws out a counter right but Alvarez avoids it with no problem.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mclovin is looking to slow Alvarez down with leg kicks.
A shot to the liver by Mclovin. Beautiful body shot.
Mclovin lands with a shot to the body.
Alvarez misses with an attempted mid kick.
Mclovin fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Alvarez shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Mclovin sprawls well. Mclovin wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Alvarez gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Carlo Alvarez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mclovin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mclovin connects with a high kick.
Alvarez walks forward, straight into a front kick from Mclovin.
Mclovin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Alvarez.
Alvarez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mclovin lands a leg kick that knocks Alvarez off balance momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mclovin looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Alvarez listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Alvarez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Mclovin momentarily.
Good leg kick by Mclovin there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Mclovin fails to land with a series of punches.
Alvarez swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Carlo Alvarez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mclovin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Alvarez lands with a straight right. Mclovin didn't see that one coming.
Alvarez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Alvarez misses with an uppercut. Mclovin saw that one coming.
Alvarez misses with a body punch
and Mclovin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Alvarez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mclovin doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Alvarez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mclovin manages to avoid it.
Alvarez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mclovin lands with a kick to the temple. Alvarez shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Alvarez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Alvarez closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Alvarez ducks under a wild hook from Mclovin.
Alvarez misses with a wild body shot.
Mclovin lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Mclovin misses with a low kick.
Alvarez throws out a leg kick but Mclovin moves out of range and Alvarez only half commits.
Mclovin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Alvarez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Alvarez shoots for a takedown but Mclovin saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Mclovin.
Alvarez is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Mclovin connects with the punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mclovin lands a jab to Alvarez's midsection.
A chopping leg kick lands by Alvarez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pony Mclovin 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! This is the final round!

A looping hook to the body misses from Mclovin. Alvarez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Alvarez doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Alvarez's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Mclovin connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Alvarez scrambles back to his feet.
Alvarez throws a sloppy head kick and Mclovin moves out of range easily.
Mclovin feints a counter leg kick.
Alvarez gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Mclovin counters with an outside leg kick.
Mclovin avoids the head kick by Alvarez.
Alvarez throws a wild body kick that Mclovin sees coming a mile off.
Mclovin only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Mclovin pushes Alvarez away with a front kick.
A head kick from Mclovin lands but Alvarez takes it in his stride.
Mclovin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mclovin replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Alvarez blocks it well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvarez misses with a left hand
and Mclovin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Alvarez tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Alvarez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
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!
Mclovin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A good leg kick by Mclovin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Both fighters circling a little - Mclovin finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Mclovin dips to his left and cracks Alvarez with an uppercut!
Alvarez throws out a leg kick but Mclovin moves out of range and Alvarez only half commits.
Mclovin feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Alvarez's calf.
Mclovin jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A low kick from Alvarez is predictable there
and Mclovin counters with a straight right hand.
Mclovin moves out of range as Alvarez throws a body kick.
It seemed like Mclovin was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Mclovin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Mclovin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The fighters circling - Alvarez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mclovin thuds a left hand into Alvarez's body.
Mclovin avoids a kick to the body.

Mclovin drops Alvarez with a beautiful combination! Alvarez stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Mclovin is looking for the KO!

Alvarez is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mclovin feints and then cracks Alvarez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Alvarez down.
Oh Alvarez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Alvarez looks to score with a jab to the body but Mclovin is just out of range.
Mclovin let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Alvarez fails with the takedown
enabling Mclovin to counter with a crisp jab.
Crunch! Mclovin slams his shin into Alvarez's torso.
Mclovin lands with a shot to the body.
Alvarez seems to have got his legs back now.
Alvarez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Alvarez moves forwards but Mclovin connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Alvarez takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Whack! Mclovin lands a heavy head kick that drops Alvarez. The ref tackles Mclovin to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Alvarez was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Pony Mclovin!