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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cody Chalke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alves comes to the cage accompanied by X Gonna Give It To You. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Carlos Alves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Cody Chalke!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Andrew Berry and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chalke fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Alves to the ground. Chalke is now in Alves's guard.
Chalke is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Chalke makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Alves is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Chalke defends well.
Chalke scoring with punches to the head and body.
Alves throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alves wants to sweep but no luck.
Alves can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Chalke controls the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chalke preventing the sweep.
Chalke wants to control from the top but Alves keeps moving.
Chalke is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Chalke landing some decent shots from guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Chalke trying to control the position from guard on top but Alves is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Chalke looking to sit in guard and control but Alves gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Alves sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Chalke's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Chalke does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Chalke has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Gorilla Warfare MMA. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Alves tries to stand and escape but Chalke actually recovers to full guard.
Alves looking to pass the guard.
Alves has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Chalke is proving hard to escape from.
Alves looking to sit in guard and control but Chalke gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chalke content to stall in guard here.
Alves is trying to control the position but Chalke postures up.
Chalke lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Chalke really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Alves. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Alves looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Chalke trying to control the position from guard on top but Alves is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Chalke working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Alves looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Chalke landing with the ground and pound.
Chalke connects with a couple of short punches.
Chalke postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Chalke slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Chalke is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Chalke postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Chalke distracts Alves with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Chalke cracks Alves with a solid left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cody Chalke dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Chalke shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Chalke was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Chalke lands some shots froms side control.
Alves takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Alves tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Chalke controls the position.
Chalke tries to move to mount but Alves blocks the move with his legs.
Alves tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Chalke wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chalke scoring with punches and elbows.
Alves taking punishment in the form of punches.
Alves on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chalke tries to advance to mount but Alves denies him.
Alves takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Chalke wants to control but Alves is keeping him busy.
Chalke working the ground and pound.
Cody Chalke has got the better of the ground game so far.
Chalke working the body and head with strikes.
Chalke landing a few strikes.
Chalke lands a nice forearm strike.
Chalke is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Alves will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Chalke working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chalke lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Alves is trying to escape the position but Chalke is controlling the position.
Alves struggling a bit here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Alves taking a bit of punishment here - Chalke scoring with strikes.
Alves can't do much from the bottom here.
Alves tries to improve position but can't.
Chalke in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chalke scores with a couple of short elbows.
Chalke trying to control the action but Alves is working from the bottom.
Alves is trying to escape the position but Chalke is controlling the position.
Chalke working the body and head with strikes.
Chalke lands a few punches from side control.
Chalke wants to control but Alves is keeping him busy.
Chalke cracks Alves with a big elbow.
Chalke trying to control the position but Alves is working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Chalke in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Chalke in side control lands a decent elbow.
Alves is being controlled here.
Chalke wants to lay and pray for a moment but Alves keeps working.
Chalke laying and praying for a moment but Alves takes advantage and regains half guard.
Chalke is taking a breather. Alves says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cody Chalke showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Chalke fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Alves to the ground. Chalke is now in Alves's guard.
Chalke is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Alves bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Chalke's guard.
Chalke has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Alves wants to control from the top but Chalke keeps moving.
Chalke trying to control the position here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alves trying to control the position from guard on top but Chalke is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves stands and throws Chalke's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Alves looking to control but instead Chalke has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Alves wants to lay and pray for a moment but Chalke keeps working.
Alves is working for a kimura here but Chalke manages to reverse the position and he's now in Alves's guard.
Alves looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Alves has momentary wrist control but Chalke slips an elbow through the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chalke stopping the sweep attempt from Alves.
Chalke is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Chalke looking to sit in guard and control but Alves gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Chalke is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Chalke looking for a sweep. Not yet Chalke, not yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chalke has Alves pulled in close to control his posture.
Alves trying to control but Chalke is working from the bottom.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Chalke can do anything to dispel that myth.
Chalke pulls Alves in close to prevent any damage.
Alves trying to control the position from guard on top but Chalke is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Alves has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Chalke is proving hard to escape from.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Chalke gets caught napping as Alves dives in and scores a takedown. Chalke manages to retain guard.
Chalke looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Chalke wants to sweep but no luck.
Alves postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Chalke is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Alves, into his guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Alves looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Carlos Alves.
Well Chalke has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cody Chalke!
A very excited looking Cody Chalke rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
The defeated Carlos Alves had this to say: 'Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Wrestling and life are that way. So im going To train harder for the next time'.
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