PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bessarion Alexius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dennis Oppelaar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alexius comes to the cage accompanied by A Country Boy Can Survive. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Alexius
vs
Oppelaar

178 cm
27
180 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

188 cm
44
185 lbs
40 - 41 - 1

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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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 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bessarion Alexius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 40 - 41 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dennis Oppelaar!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oppelaar throws the left hand but Alexius avoids the punch easily.
Oppelaar just misses with a punch to the body.
Alexius lands a leg kick that knocks Oppelaar off balance momentarily.
Oppelaar connects with a looping right hand.
Oppelaar misses with a looping left.
Oppelaar tried to score with a low kick but Alexius checks it.
Oppelaar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Alexius sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Alexius lands with a thumping leg kick.
Oppelaar misses with a lunging right hand

and Alexius counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Oppelaar tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Oppelaar keeps trying to improve his position.
Alexius cracks Oppelaar with a solid left hand.
Alexius connects with a couple of short punches.
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!
Oppelaar pulls Alexius in close to prevent any damage.
Oppelaar trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Alexius wants to control from the top but Oppelaar keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Oppelaar is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Alexius defends well.
Alexius lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Oppelaar working a defensive guard here.
Alexius has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Oppelaar keeping full guard, as Alexius tries to pass.
Oppelaar preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Oppelaar is on top in guard.

Oppelaar throwing strikes from guard but Alexius blocks nicely.
Alexius 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oppelaar keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Alexius's head.
Oppelaar preventing the sweep.
Oppelaar postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Alexius trying to control the position.
Alexius lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Oppelaar looking for a guillotine here but Alexius defends easily.
Oppelaar avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Alexius is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Alexius content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Alexius stands up over Oppelaar, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Alexius trying to control the position from guard on top but Oppelaar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Alexius scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oppelaar is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Oppelaar pulls Alexius in to control the position.
Alexius lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Alexius content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Oppelaar is on top in guard.

Alexius utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Oppelaar's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Oppelaar stopping the sweep attempt from Alexius.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Alexius is on top in guard.

Alexius is in close to Oppelaar's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Alexius is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Oppelaar is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oppelaar trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oppelaar is trying to control the position but Alexius postures up.
Alexius's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Alexius scoring with punches to the head and body.
Oppelaar is trying to keep Alexius in close.
Oppelaar thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Alexius wants to control from the top but Oppelaar keeps moving.
Oppelaar wants to sweep here but Alexius controlling him for the moment.
Oppelaar keeping moving, preventing Alexius from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alexius postures up.
Alexius postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Alexius shoots in and drives through. Oppelaar sprawls well.
Alexius misses with a wild body shot.
Oppelaar loads up on a big right hand but Alexius slips the punch.
Alexius tries to counter with a takedown but Oppelaar is quick to defend against it.

Alexius gets the takedown into side control.
Alexius landing strikes.
Alexius wants to control but Oppelaar is keeping him busy.
Oppelaar is looking for a sweep.
Oppelaar manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Oppelaar throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Alexius drops an elbow to the side of Oppelaar's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oppelaar wants to get back to full guard.
Oppelaar has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Oppelaar looking for submissions off his back.
Alexius is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Alexius lands with a punch from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Oppelaar looking for submissions off his back.
Alexius landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Oppelaar throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Oppelaar landing rabbit punches to the side of Alexius's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.
Oppelaar tries to get to full guard but Alexius has control of the leg.
Alexius tries to pass the half guard into mount. Oppelaar knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Oppelaar gets full guard.
Oppelaar looking for a sweep. Not yet Oppelaar, not yet.
Oppelaar trying to strike off his back.
Alexius is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Oppelaar can do to turn this around?
Alexius trying to control the position from guard on top but Oppelaar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Oppelaar looking to hit a scissor sweep but Alexius is one step ahead there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alexius is working Oppelaar over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Alexius works over Oppelaar with some ground and pound from guard.
Alexius working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Oppelaar wants to sweep here but Alexius controlling him for the moment.
Alexius distracts Oppelaar with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Oppelaar is rocked!
Alexius working some strikes from top position.
Oppelaar is still in real trouble! Can Alexius finish him?

Oppelaar is looking for a triangle but Alexius pushes his legs off easily.
Oppelaar lands a good elbow from the bottom.
Alexius arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Oppelaar's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Bessarion Alexius!
An out of breath Bessarion Alexius thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.