PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Neymar Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renzo Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santos comes to the cage accompanied by Garota de Ipanema. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Santos
vs
Alves

175 cm
29
170 lbs
19 - 13 - 0

174 cm
35
156 lbs
32 - 17 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Neymar Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 17 - 0, fighting out of London, Renzo Alves !
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Alves stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Alves looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Santos is fending him off so far but Alves persists. Nope, Santos circles away and we're back to standing.
Santos lands a jab to the nose.
Alves blocks the body kick.

Alves closes the distance and clinches.
Santos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Alves drops down looking for an ankle pick but Santos pulls his leg out and moves away.
Santos throws a nice looking combination but Alves bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Alves misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Neymar Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Renzo Alves .
Alves tries for a takedown but Santos sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Santos throws a head kick that half lands.
Santos throws a good cross that connects.
Santos tries to bum rush Alves with a series of wild strikes but Alves uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Alves . Santos shrugs it off though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jab, jab by Santos - just one landing.
Santos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Alves throws out the jab.
Alves gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Santos counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Santos lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Santos to counter with a crisp jab.
Both fighters circling a little - Santos finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Alves is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Santos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Alves was well out of range. Poor timing from Santos.
Alves fails in his attempt to clinch.
Santos appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Santos misses with a head kick.
Alves with the counter takedown but Santos avoids it easily.
Alves tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Santos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Santos appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Alves is looking to clinch.
Alves misses with a double jab
and Santos counters with a nice uppercut.
Alves throws a head kick but Santos moves out of range.
Santos lands a nice looking body kick.
Alves misses with a straight left.
Alves throws the left hand but Santos avoids the punch easily.
We've been informed that Alves has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.

Santos takes the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Santos avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Alves is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Santos is defending well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santos stops a takedown attempt from Alves .
Santos has a couple of punches blocked by Alves .
Alves lands with a right to the head.
Alves is trying to force a seperation but Santos has the dominant position.
Santos lands with a left to the head.
Alves drops down looking for an ankle pick but Santos pulls his leg out and moves away.
Santos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Santos instigates a clinch.
Alves tries to circle away but Santos has him pinned against the cage.
Santos gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Alves .
Santos struggles to land a body shot inside as Alves controls his hands.
Our sources have told us that Santos has been working on his elbows in the gym.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Santos being controlled against the cage.
Santos misses with a body punch.
Santos tries to throw a body punch but Alves avoids it by throwing Santos back against the cage.
Alves working aggressively here.
Santos slowing the pace effectively.
Alves takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Renzo Alves has been cut.
Alves lands an elbow inside that Santos shrugs off.

It looks like Neymar Santos has been cut.
Santos lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Alves .
Santos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Alves has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Santos avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Santos prevents a takedown attempt there.
Alves working aggressively here.
Santos lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Santos misses with some punches.
Santos throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Santos lands a hook that snaps the head of Alves backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos digs a right hand into Alves 's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Alves 's gas tank.
Alves looks winded!
A frustrated look appears on Alves 's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Santos lands an elbow inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santos misses with a punch to the body.
Santos comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Santos avoiding damage.
Alves tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Alves tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Santos's elbow.
Alves goes for a takedown in the clinch but Santos prevents it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Alves obliges.
Santos lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Alves or not.
Alves misses with the head strike.
Santos scores with a nice hook to the head.

Alves pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Alves waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Santos.
Alves takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Alves with a poor takedown
and Santos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Neymar Santos dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Alves throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Santos scores with a jab to the head.
Alves throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Santos comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Alves tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Santos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Alves misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Alves takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Alves takes the fight into the clinch.
Santos is working Alves over against the cage.
Alves takes an elbow to the forehead.

Alves is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Still in the clinch, Santos scores with a nice short uppercut.
Alves is still on wobbly legs! Can Santos finish him?
Alves blocks the elbow strike.
Alves misses with the head strike.

Santos drops Alves onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Alves is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

That has opened up Renzo Alves 's cut even more.
Santos is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Santos lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Alves is breathing heavily.
Santos lands with a right to the head.
Santos unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Alves ! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Santos is unloading with more strikes now! Alves drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Neymar Santos!
A relieved looking Neymar Santos thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.