PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Julius Karlsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Karlsson
vs
Alvarez

179 cm
18
181 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
18
177 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Intelligent

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Julius Karlsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jose Alvarez!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Saam Ante and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alvarez misses with a hook. Karlsson ducked under it nicely.
Alvarez throws a right hand that Karlsson ducks under and follows up with a left that Karlsson also avoids with ease.
Karlsson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Alvarez.
Karlsson misses with a body shot.
Karlsson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Alvarez misses the target.
Alvarez looks to throw the jab but Karlsson is out of range.
Karlsson appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Alvarez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Karlsson.
Alvarez throws a hook but Karlsson blocks it.
Alvarez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Karlsson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karlsson throws a hook to the side of Alvarez's head but Alvarez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Karlsson misses the shot to the body.
Karlsson misses the jab.
It seemed like Alvarez was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A jab from Karlsson misses.
Karlsson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karlsson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A telegraphed right hand from Alvarez misses the target.
Alvarez throws a hook but Karlsson avoids it easily.
Karlsson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Alvarez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Alvarez looks to land a left hand but Karlsson moved out of range nicely.
Nice defenses there by Karlsson.

Karlsson shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Alvarez's guard.

Karlsson drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Karlsson jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Karlsson forces his way into half guard.

Alvarez is defending against the submission attempts here by Karlsson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Karlsson seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Alvarez is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Julius Karlsson!