PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marco Antonio Conchito Alonso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Conchito Alonso comes to the cage accompanied by War - The Cisco Kid . On his way into the cage it seems that Marco Antonio Conchito Alonso has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Marco Antonio Conchito Alonso seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Antonio Conchito Alonso
vs
Anderson

184 cm
27
200 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

180 cm
29
195 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marco Antonio Conchito Alonso !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, John Mangel and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Conchito Alonso shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Conchito Alonso was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Conchito Alonso gets to mount! Anderson was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Anderson is working to get back to half guard.
Anderson is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Anderson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

Conchito Alonso has hold of Anderson's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Anderson manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Anderson is trying desperately to improve position.
Conchito Alonso with a couple of short strikes.
Anderson is wriggling around trying to escape.
Conchito Alonso controlling his opponent.
Anderson slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Conchito Alonso controlling the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Anderson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Conchito Alonso wants to lay and pray for a moment but Anderson keeps working.

Anderson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Anderson throws a strike from the bottom but Conchito Alonso passes into side control!
Conchito Alonso controls the position.
Anderson is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Conchito Alonso wants to control but Anderson is keeping him busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson is trying to get back to half guard.
Anderson throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Anderson sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

Conchito Alonso has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Anderson defend it? Conchito Alonso steps over the head and cranks it - Anderson is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Conchito Alonso !

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Marco Antonio Conchito Alonso !
An out of breath Marco Antonio Conchito Alonso thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.