PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Diego Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mr Small (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Alvarez
vs
Small

168 cm
18
146 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

150 cm
25
130 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Diego Alvarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mr Small!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Dirk Anderson and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alvarez throws a combination that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Alvarez jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Alvarez throws a combination that misses
and Small counters with an inside leg kick.
Alvarez throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Small counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Alvarez throws an off balance right hand
and Small counters with an inside leg kick.
Small slips a jab and a cross from Alvarez.
Small moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Alvarez throws a combination that misses
and Small counters with a slapping leg kick.
Small cracks the inside of Alvarez's front leg.
Alvarez swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Small counters with a low kick, right behind Alvarez 's knee.
Small lands a front kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alvarez throws a left and a right that both miss
and Small counters with a good low kick that Alvarez was not able to check.
Alvarez misses with a double jab
and Small counters with a body kick.
Small takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Small throws a front kick that sends Alvarez stumbling back into the cage.
Small connects with a leg kick. Alvarez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Alvarez misses with a right hand
and Small counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Small turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Small should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Small scores with a kick to the midsection.
Alvarez misses with a hook to the body
and Small makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Alvarez really felt that one!
A chopping leg kick lands by Small.
A thudding body kick lands there by Small!
Alvarez misses the body punch
and Small counters with a leg kick.
Alvarez misses with a double jab
and Small counters with a body kick.
Alvarez is breathing heavily.
Small chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Alvarez throws a right hand that misses
and Small counters with a low kick, right behind Alvarez 's knee.
Alvarez throws a left and a right that both miss
and Small counters with an outside leg kick.
Small's coach down at Cozad The Island was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Small's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Alvarez swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Small counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Alvarez sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alvarez misses the body punch
and Small counters with a good low kick that Alvarez was not able to check.
Alvarez is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Alvarez misses with a body shot
and Small counters with a body kick that stops Alvarez in his tracks momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez falls off balance throwing a combination
and Small counters with a good low kick that Alvarez was not able to check.
Some wild striking there from Alvarez.
Small scores with a kick to the midsection.
Alvarez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Alvarez is looking to wear down Small with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Small feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Alvarez's calf.
A slapping leg kick lands for Small.
Small keeps Alvarez at a distance using the push kick.
Alvarez swings for the body but Small moves out of range.
Small fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Alvarez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Alvarez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Alvarez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Small.
Alvarez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Small makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Alvarez really felt that one!
Diego Alvarez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Alvarez misses
and Small counters with an inside leg kick.
Small lets loose with a powerful body kick. Alvarez will feel that in the morning.
Small lets loose with a powerful body kick. Alvarez will feel that in the morning.
Alvarez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Small circles away quickly and effectively.
Small looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Alvarez falls off balance throwing a combination
and Small counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Alvarez on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Small buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Alvarez misses with a double jab
and Small makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Alvarez really felt that one!
Small throws a nice inside leg kick.
Alvarez falls off balance throwing a combination
and Small counters with a slapping leg kick.
Small scores with a push kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Alvarez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Small counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Small lands with a thumping leg kick.
Alvarez misses with an uppercut
and Small counters with an outside leg kick.
Alvarez throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Small counters with a thumping low kick.
Alvarez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Alvarez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Small feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Alvarez's calf.
Small fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Alvarez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Small connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Alvarez on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Small. Small obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alvarez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Small is looking for the big counter here.
Alvarez throws a predictable looking body shot
and Small counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Small thumps Alvarez with a low kick.
Small lands a leg kick that knocks Alvarez off balance momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mr Small dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Small pushes Alvarez away with a front kick.
Alvarez misses with a hook to the body
and Small counters with a good low kick that Alvarez was not able to check.
A good leg kick by Small.
Alvarez falls off balance throwing a combination
and Small makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Small fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Alvarez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Alvarez throws a combination that misses
and Small makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Small takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Alvarez throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Small counters with an outside leg kick.
Alvarez throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Small counters with a low kick, right behind Alvarez 's knee.
Small looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Alvarez misses with a double jab
and Small counters with a body kick that stops Alvarez in his tracks momentarily.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Small.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alvarez misses with a lunging right hand
and Small counters with a good low kick that Alvarez was not able to check.
Alvarez lands a lovely overhand right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez falls off balance throwing a combination
and Small counters with a thumping low kick.
Alvarez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Small lets loose with a powerful body kick. Alvarez will feel that in the morning.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Small.
Alvarez misses with a left hand
and Small counters with a nice low kick that buckles Alvarez's knee momentarily.
Alvarez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Small moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Diego Alvarez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Small scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Alvarez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Small.
Alvarez scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Small throws a nice outside leg kick.
Alvarez misses with a shot to the body
and Small counters with a nice kick to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Small feints and then cracks Alvarez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Alvarez down.
Small has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Alvarez throws a left and a right that both miss
and Small counters with a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Small chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Alvarez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Small.
Alvarez misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Small makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Small, right into the meat.
Alvarez throws a right hand that misses
and Small counters with a leg kick.
Alvarez misses with a double jab
and Small counters with a good low kick that Alvarez was not able to check.
Alvarez has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Small.
Small feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Alvarez's calf.
Alvarez throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Small counters with an inside leg kick.
Small fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Small, right into the meat.
Small lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Alvarez misses with a body punch
and Small counters with an inside leg kick.
Small keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Alvarez falls off balance throwing a combination
and Small makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Small punishes Alvarez's body with a nice straight punch.
Alvarez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Small counters with an inside leg kick.
Small chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Alvarez crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Small - the referee stops the clock and Alvarez gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Small. Alvarez manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Small lands a nice leg kick that just misses Alvarez's sensitive parts.
Small buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Alvarez throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Small counters with a thumping low kick.
Crunch! Small slams his shin into Alvarez's torso.
Alvarez throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Small counters with a leg kick.
Small thumps Alvarez with a low kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Small.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Small counters with a leg kick.
Alvarez on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Alvarez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Small counters with a body kick that stops Alvarez in his tracks momentarily.
Small feints and then cracks Alvarez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Alvarez down.
Alvarez tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Alvarez throws a right hand that Small ducks under and follows up with a left that Small also avoids with ease.
Small lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Small scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Small scores with a push kick.
Alvarez throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Small counters with an outside leg kick.
Small fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Small turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Alvarez misses with a wild combination.
A nice leg kick lands there from Small.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mr Small showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Small connects with an inside leg kick.
Alvarez misses the body punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Alvarez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Small counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Alvarez misses with a combination
and Small counters with a nice kick to the body.
Small with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Alvarez misses with a lunging right hand
and Small counters with a thumping low kick.
A good leg kick by Small.
Alvarez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Alvarez misses with a lunging right hand
and Small counters with a slapping leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slapping leg kick lands for Small.
Small throws a nice outside leg kick.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Alvarez might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Small lets loose with a powerful body kick. Alvarez will feel that in the morning.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Alvarez throws a sloppy body shot
and Small counters with a body kick that stops Alvarez in his tracks momentarily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A solid leg kick lands there for Small.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez throws a combination that misses
and Small counters with a slapping leg kick.
Small throws a leg kick which misses Alvarez's front leg but catches the back leg as Alvarez tries to avoid it.
Small throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Small, right into the meat.
Mr Small seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Left hook, right uppercut from Alvarez.
Alvarez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Alvarez misses the body punch
and Small counters with a nice leg kick.
Alvarez misses the body punch
and Small counters with an inside leg kick.
Alvarez swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Small counters with an outside leg kick.
Alvarez sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Small scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alvarez misses with a left hand
and Small counters with a thumping low kick.
Small lands a nice leg kick that just misses Alvarez's sensitive parts.
Alvarez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Small moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Small replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Alvarez blocks it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Small.
Small lands with a kick to the ribs.
Alvarez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Small counters with a nice kick to the body.
Small lands with a thumping leg kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Small!
A shot to the body from Alvarez misses
and Small counters with a nice leg kick.
Small pushes Alvarez away with a front kick.
Alvarez throws an off balance right hand
and Small counters with a thumping low kick.
Alvarez misses with a few strikes there.
Despite the aggression on Small's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Alvarez throws a sloppy body shot
and Small finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Alvarez swings away with a body shot that misses
and Small counters with an inside leg kick.
Small lands with a thumping leg kick.
Small buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Alvarez lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez misses with a jab to the body
and Small counters with a slapping leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Small.
Alvarez throws a left and a right that both miss
and Small counters with a slapping leg kick.
Alvarez is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Small.
Alvarez throws a predictable looking body shot
and Small counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Small connects with a solid leg kick.
Small lands with a thumping leg kick.
A good leg kick by Small.
Alvarez takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Alvarez misses with a wild body shot.
Alvarez misses with a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Alvarez misses with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez misses with a left hand
and Small counters with a slapping leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Small.
Small throws a quick inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Small takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Alvarez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Small counters with an outside leg kick.
Small thumps Alvarez with a low kick.
Alvarez misses with a lunging right hand
and Small counters with an inside leg kick.
Small connects with a leg kick. Alvarez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Alvarez swings widly with a right hand
and Small counters with a low kick, right behind Alvarez 's knee.
Small connects with an inside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Small.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alvarez misses with a combination
and Small counters with a nice leg kick.
Diego Alvarez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Alvarez throws a body punch but Small moves out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mr Small comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Small 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mr Small!
A relieved looking Mr Small thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.