PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Vinnie Longworth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alvarez has chosen Doom as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Longworth
vs
Alvarez

168 cm
36
145 lbs
25 - 17 - 0

160 cm
29
145 lbs
18 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 25 - 17 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vinnie Longworth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Alvarez!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Eddie Farnsworth and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Longworth swats away the attempt to clinch by Alvarez.
Longworth blocks a head kick by Alvarez.
Longworth works Alvarez's body with a nice hook.
Longworth changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Longworth misses with a wild body shot.
Alvarez avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Longworth cracks Alvarez with a good jab.
Longworth will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Longworth takes a swing at Alvarez's ribcage but misses.
A solid body kick from Alvarez.
Alvarez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Longworth. That did some damage!
Alvarez feints and then cracks Longworth's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Longworth down.
Longworth pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Alvarez tries to clinch but Longworth moves out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Longworth.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An inside leg kick lands from Alvarez.
Alvarez on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Alvarez throws a half hearted mid kick.

Alvarez forces Longworth back against the cage and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Longworth is trying to drag Alvarez to the mat but Alvarez just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

Alvarez is fighting off a takedown attempt but Longworth is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Alvarez to the mat. Alvarez regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Longworth controls from within his opponent's guard.
Alvarez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Alvarez is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Longworth trying to control but Alvarez is working from the bottom.
Alvarez looking for a sweep. Not yet Alvarez, not yet.
Alvarez is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Longworth trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Longworth sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Longworth slips nicely into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez is looking to control Longworth's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Alvarez avoid being mounted?
Alvarez wants to improve his position but Longworth is controlling well.
Longworth working the head and body with strikes.
Longworth thows a huge punch but Alvarez dodges it nicely.
Longworth is thwarting Alvarez's attempts to control the position.
Alvarez pushes Longworth off looking to stand but Longworth dives back in and keeps control.
Alvarez is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Alvarez is trying to stand up here but Longworth is controlling him well.
Longworth trying to control the action but Alvarez is working from the bottom.

Longworth seems to be looking for submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Longworth seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Alvarez does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Longworth lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Longworth has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Alvarez trying to control here.
Alvarez looks like he's trying to stand up.
Alvarez keeping control of the position.

Longworth is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Alvarez is just riding it out for now. Longworth eventually gives up the hold.
Alvarez blocking the ground and pound attempt from Longworth.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Alvarez wants to control but Longworth is keeping busy.
Alvarez is trying to stand.
Alvarez controlling the position well.
Alvarez is continuing to stall.
Alvarez works his way to full guard. Good work.
Alvarez keeping moving, preventing Longworth from controlling successfully.
Longworth working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Alvarez trying to control the position here.
Alvarez keeping moving, preventing Longworth from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vinnie Longworth dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A punch combination from Longworth misses.
Alvarez moves out of range of the strikes.
Alvarez just misses with a punch to the body.
A head kick misses from Alvarez.
A little feinted left hand from Longworth on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Vinnie Longworth is winning the standup battle so far.
Alvarez misses with an uppercut. Longworth saw that one coming.
Longworth is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Alvarez can do to turn this around?
Sloppy strikes from Longworth. Those never looked like landing.
Alvarez looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Alvarez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Longworth looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Alvarez trying to control here.
Nice strikes from Longworth there.
Alvarez looks like he's trying to stand up.

Longworth is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Alvarez defends it well.
Longworth thows a huge punch but Alvarez dodges it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez is trying to stand back up but Longworth is controlling him
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Longworth missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Longworth passes to side control.
Alvarez dodges the ground and pound from Longworth.
Longworth postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Alvarez is trying to get back to his feet.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
Alvarez taking a bit of punishment here - Longworth scoring with strikes.
An elbow from Longworth crashes against the mat.
Alvarez is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Longworth asserts his dominance and retains side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez struggling a bit here.
Longworth advances to mount.
Longworth lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Longworth lands a heavy elbow.
Longworth breaks from Alvarez's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Alvarez really wants to buck Longworth off and get back to his feet.
Longworth connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alvarez really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Vinnie Longworth overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Longworth lands a big shot there that rocks Alvarez but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The referee warns Alvarez that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Longworth can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Alvarez is looking to escape.
Alvarez holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Longworth tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Longworth avoids the attempt from Alvarez to control.
Longworth breaks from Alvarez's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Alvarez wants to hold on but Longworth pushes him away.
Longworth with the ground and pound from mount.
Alvarez is working to get back to half guard.
Alvarez wants to hold on but Longworth pushes him away.
Alvarez tries to buck Longworth off but he can't manage it.
BOOM! Longworth connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Alvarez is trying to stand.
Longworth looking to control and managing it successfully.
Longworth with the ground and pound from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Longworth cracks Alvarez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
BOOM! Longworth connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Alvarez is rocked!

It looks like Michael Alvarez has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Longworth has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Alvarez's face.
Alvarez is still in real trouble! Can Longworth finish him?
Alvarez tries to hold on but Longworth postures up.
Alvarez seems to have recovered his senses.
Longworth dominating with strikes here.
Alvarez working to try and regain half guard.
Longworth lands a big shot there that rocks Alvarez but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Alvarez is desperately trying to improve his position but Longworth has a good base and remains in mount.
Longworth avoids the attempt from Alvarez to control.

Longworth working for a submission but Alvarez is keeping him at bay.
Alvarez really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vinnie Longworth dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Michael Alvarez's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Longworth misses with an uppercut. Alvarez saw that one coming.
Alvarez is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Longworth with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Alvarez to score with a decent uppercut.
The fighters circling - Alvarez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Longworth fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Alvarez manages to avoid it.
Alvarez checks the leg kick.
Alvarez swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Alvarez lands the left hand.
Longworth fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Longworth throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Alvarez lands a really nice looking cross but Longworth seems unphased.

Alvarez moves into the clinch.

Alvarez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Longworth uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Longworth wants to slow Alvarez down by chopping away at his legs.
Alvarez thumps Longworth with a low kick.
Longworth is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Longworth fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Alvarez is trying to counter with his kicks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Longworth throws a shot from downtown. Alvarez moves away and avoids it.
Longworth takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Michael Alvarez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Vinnie Longworth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Alvarez. Longworth shrugs it off though.
Alvarez displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Longworth.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vinnie Longworth. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Longworth throws a right and a left that both miss.
Alvarez is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Alvarez looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A jab from Alvarez does it's job there.
Alvarez scores with a nice body kick.
Longworth misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Alvarez steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Alvarez lands a nice looking kick to the body. Longworth takes a step back to recover.
Alvarez throws a nice outside leg kick.
Longworth paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Longworth swats away the attempt to clinch by Alvarez.
Longworth takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Longworth walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Alvarez closes the distance and clinches.

Alvarez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Alvarez thumps Longworth with a low kick.
Longworth lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Alvarez at a distance.
Longworth looks to score with a jab to the body but Alvarez is just out of range.
Alvarez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Longworth moves out of range as Alvarez throws a body kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Longworth misses the target.
Both fighters circling a little - Alvarez finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

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

Alvarez has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Longworth is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Alvarez takes a shot to the head.
Longworth lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Longworth tries to work over Alvarez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Longworth fails to land.
Longworth doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Longworth takes an elbow to the temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Longworth throws a head punch that misses.
Nice elbow from Alvarez.
Alvarez tries to stall but Longworth uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A left hand lands to the body for Alvarez.
Alvarez lands an elbow inside.
Longworth tries to throw a body punch but Alvarez avoids it by throwing Longworth back against the cage.
Nice elbow from Alvarez.
Alvarez blocks an uppercut.
Longworth takes a shot to the head.

Alvarez breaks the clinch.
Longworth needs to keep his hands up - Alvarez had a free shot at his head there.
Longworth misses with a looping right.
Alvarez wants to counter the offense by Longworth and move into the clinch position.
Alvarez is looking to clinch.
Longworth connects with a good right hand that stumbles Alvarez. Alvarez circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nice body punch from Longworth.
Alvarez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Longworth's sensitive parts.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Longworth goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Longworth moves out of range as Alvarez throws a body kick.
Longworth is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Longworth lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez blocks a head kick by Longworth.
Longworth chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Alvarez can pounce on him.
Alvarez moves out of range as Longworth strikes.
Alvarez throws a front kick that sends Longworth stumbling back into the cage.
Longworth plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Alvarez sizes up Longworth with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Longworth on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
We've been told by Longworth's head coaches at Midnight MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Alvarez.
Alvarez lands a front kick.
Alvarez looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Longworth moves out of range of the body kick from Alvarez.
Longworth throws a quick counter kick to the body but Alvarez avoids it.
Longworth scores with a three punch combo!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alvarez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Alvarez throws a wild body kick that Longworth sees coming a mile off.
Longworth misses with an uppercut.
Michael Alvarez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vinnie Longworth is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Longworth throws a jab when Alvarez was well out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Alvarez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Longworth has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 John Roberts scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:28
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vinnie Longworth!
Our winner, Vinnie Longworth, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Michael Alvarez spoke after the fight, saying 'I admit defeat. He did a good job.'.