PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jose Alfredo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Culguy Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Culguy Love has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Alfredo
vs
Love

170 cm
18
140 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

169 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jose Alfredo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Culguy Love!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Sandra Marshall and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Love closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Alfredo to the mat! Alfredo manages to get full guard.
Alfredo looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Love pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Alfredo is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Love slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Love has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Alfredo is proving hard to escape from.
Love pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Alfredo is keeping the position for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Love is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Love throwing strikes from guard but Alfredo blocks nicely.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alfredo being controlled here, momentarily.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Love misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Love stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Love wants it to stay on the feet.

Love shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Alfredo napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Alfredo being controlled for a moment.
Alfredo looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love throws a strike aimed at the side of Alfredo's head but Alfredo avoids it well.
Love controls the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Let's hope that Love has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

Love tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Love is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Alfredo has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Alfredo tries to bench press Love off him but Love keeps the position.

Love is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Alfredo has escaped the position, nice work there.
Love tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Alfredo gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
We're seeing a lot of stalling here from Love.
Love really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Alfredo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Love trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Alfredo manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Culguy Love dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Love clinches.
Love prevents Alfredo from breaking the clinch.

Love gets control of Alfredo's arms and successfully pulls guard. Love will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Love is pulling down on Alfredo's head. It's preventing any offense from Alfredo, at least for the moment.
Love has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Alfredo preventing the sweep.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Love is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Alfredo is aware though and is defending well.
Alfredo trying to control the position from guard on top but Love is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Love escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Alfredo gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Love utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Alfredo has his takedown stuffed
and Love counters with a stiff right hand.

Love gets a takedown into half guard.
Alfredo is trying to maintain the position but Love is very close to passing his half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love with the ground and pound but Alfredo uses the opportunity to regain guard.

Love decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Love shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Alfredo tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Love stays in close to Alfredo's body and controls the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yet more stalling tactics from Love.

Alfredo has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Love can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Love accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Love has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Alfredo is proving hard to escape from.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

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.
Love is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

Love shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Love looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Love's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Culguy Love showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Love closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Alfredo did well to prevent Love getting side control.
Love keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Love thows a huge punch but Alfredo dodges it nicely.
Love throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Love controlling the pace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Jose Alfredo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Love fails with a takedown attempt.
Love blocks a head kick by Alfredo.
Love lands a jab-cross combination.

Love drives through and clinches with Alfredo against the cage.

Love breaks from the clinch.
Love fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Alfredo tries to keep at a distance but Love has taken the fight into the clinch.

Love jumps guard.
Love wants to sweep here but Alfredo controlling him for the moment.
Alfredo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Love 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.
Alfredo tries to free his leg and advance position but Love is retaining full guard.
Alfredo wants to control from the top but Love keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alfredo postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Love trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Alfredo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Love closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Love tries for a kimura but Alfredo is defending well.
Alfredo regains half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alfredo blocking the ground and pound attempt from Love.
Alfredo trying to control but Love postures up.
Love not doing much here.
Alfredo is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Alfredo gets back to full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Culguy Love comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Love 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 Winston Alpacca scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 27:30
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Culguy Love!