PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marcellus Alexander (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Ontario (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kevin Ontario will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Alexander
vs
Ontario

187 cm
25
178 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Enjoys gardening

Hellraiser FightGear

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Marcellus Alexander!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kevin Ontario!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Peter Branson and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alexander lands with a right hand.
Alexander misses with a body shot.
Alexander throws a right and a left that both miss.

Alexander rushes Ontario and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Alexander tries to work over Ontario's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Alexander lands a body shot in the clinch.
Alexander swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ontario lands with a short shot to the head.
Ontario prevents a body shot from Alexander.
A short right from Alexander.
Alexander misses with a body punch.
Alexander scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Alexander's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Alexander misses with a hook.

Alexander rushes Ontario and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alexander tries to work over Ontario's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Alexander lands an elbow inside that Ontario shrugs off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alexander tries a body shot but Ontario blocks it.
Alexander lands a nice uppercut.
Ontario tries to pull guard but Alexander holds him up against the cage and eventually Ontario drops back down to his feet.
Alexander tries to work over Ontario's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ontario jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Alexander walks away with a smile on his face. Ontario gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Nice defenses there by Ontario.
Ontario let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

Alexander moves into the clinch successfully.
Alexander lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ontario backwards.
Alexander gets through Ontario's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ontario tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Ontario pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Alexander swings widly with a right hand
and Ontario counters with a one-two to the body.

Alexander clinches up against the cage.
Alexander tries a body shot but Ontario blocks it.

That's two 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!
Alexander lands a body shot in the clinch.

Alexander breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ontario scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Ontario lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ontario fails with a takedown attempt.
Marcellus Alexander has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kevin Ontario.
Alexander ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ontario moves away.
Marcellus Alexander is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Alexander instigates a clinch.
Alexander softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
I was talking to Alexander's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Ontario takes a shot to the head.
Alexander lands a hook to the side of the head.

Ontario is rocked!
Alexander swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Alexander throws an elbow but it misses.
Alexander struggles to land a body shot inside as Ontario controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alexander lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ontario or not.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Alexander working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ontario is still on wobbly legs! Can Alexander finish him?
Alexander has a couple of punches blocked by Ontario.
Ontario blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Alexander.
Alexander pushes Ontario back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Alexander has a couple of punches blocked by Ontario.
Alexander misses with some punches.
Alexander misses with the head strike.
Alexander misses with a punch on the inside.
Ontario blocking some punches.
Alexander throws a head punch that misses.
Ontario tries to pull guard but Alexander holds him up against the cage and eventually Ontario drops back down to his feet.
Ontario looks winded!
Alexander swings wildly with an uppercut but Ontario uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ontario seems to have recovered his senses.
Alexander lands a shot to the body.
Alexander softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Alexander.
Ontario misses with the head strike.

Alexander breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ontario blocks a jab.
Ontario fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alexander throws a shot from downtown. Ontario moves away and avoids it.
Ontario misses with a wild combination.

Alexander has closed the distance and engaged Ontario in a clinch.
Alexander scores with a hook to the body.
Ontario trying to control the position but instead, Alexander has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ontario into the cage.
Still in the clinch, Alexander scores with a nice short uppercut.
Alexander creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Ontario with a big uppercut! Ontario tries to clinch up but Alexander pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Ontario to the mat! Ontario covers up and Alexander unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Marcellus Alexander!