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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Alvarez (ranked 2195 p4p, 286 weight class) and Neo Oen (ranked 2627 p4p, 333 weight class). Aaron Alvarez could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Neo Oen's chin.
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218 lbs
10 - 7 - 0 |
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219 lbs
9 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Aaron Alvarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Neo Oen!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Lou da Vinci and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alvarez scores with a one two! Oen had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Alvarez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Oen.
Alvarez cracks a nice hook into Oen's ribs.
Oen moves into the clinch.
Alvarez can't find room to land a body shot as Oen controls the action.
Alvarez lands a nice shot to the body.
Oen is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Alvarez to keep the fight standing.
Alvarez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Alvarez breaks the clinch.
Alvarez takes the fight into the clinch.
Alvarez throws a punch but it's blocked by Oen.
A shot in the inside from Alvarez.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Alvarez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A shot in the inside from Alvarez.
Alvarez scores with a shot to the side of Oen's head.
Alvarez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Oen backwards.
Alvarez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez slips under a jab from Oen.
Alvarez stuffs the takedown attempt from Oen. Oen gets slowly back to his feet.
Oen shoots and misses
and Alvarez counters with a right hand to the body.
Aaron Alvarez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Neo Oen.
Alvarez missing with a left hand there. Oen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Oen avoids the body shot from Alvarez.
And Oen tries to counter it with a takedown but Alvarez pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Alvarez throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Oen counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Oen.
Alvarez keeping moving, preventing Oen from controlling successfully.
Oen preventing the sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alvarez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez keeping full guard, as Oen tries to pass.
Alvarez manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Oen manages to get himself to full guard.
Alvarez stopping the sweep attempt from Oen.
Alvarez controls from within his opponent's guard.
Oen looking to hit a scissor sweep but Alvarez is one step ahead there.
Alvarez content to stall in guard here.
Alvarez has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Oen looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez stopping the sweep attempt from Oen.
Alvarez seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Alvarez has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Alvarez wants to control from the top but Oen keeps moving.
Alvarez is stalling in the full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Oen escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Alvarez gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Oen looking to control.
Alvarez sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Alvarez's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Aaron Alvarez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Oen shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Alvarez manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Alvarez has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Oen is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aaron Alvarez dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Oen misses the body punch
letting Alvarez counter with a right hand.
Oen drives through and clinches with Alvarez against the cage.
Oen fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Alvarez manages to break the clinch.
Alvarez drives through and clinches with Oen against the cage.
Alvarez lands a body shot.
Still in the clinch, Alvarez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Oen has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Alvarez avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Alvarez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Oen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Alvarez.
Oen stalling in the clinch but Alvarez improves position.
Alvarez blocking some punches.
Alvarez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Alvarez tries to clinch up but Oen circles away and keeps his distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Oen.
Aaron Alvarez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Neo Oen.
Alvarez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Oen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Oen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Alvarez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Alvarez misses with an uppercut.
Alvarez listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Alvarez moves into the clinch successfully.
Alvarez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Oen fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Alvarez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oen looks to land a left hand but Alvarez moved out of range nicely.
Alvarez lands a head shot.
Alvarez leaves Oen with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
An attempted straight right counter from Alvarez misses the target.
Oen shoots in for a takedown but Alvarez shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Oen drives through and clinches with Alvarez against the cage.
Alvarez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oen looks to throw the jab but Alvarez is out of range.
Oen gets tackled into the cage by Alvarez. Alvarez maintains the clinch.
Oen tries for a takedown. No joy.
Oen prevents a body shot from Alvarez.
Alvarez gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Oen.
Alvarez throws a punch but it's blocked by Oen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oen manages to pull guard.
Oen can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Alvarez controls the pace.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Oen is on top in guard.
Oen preventing the sweep.
Alvarez bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Oen's guard.
Oen is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Alvarez looking to pass the guard.
Alvarez engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez preventing the sweep.
Alvarez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Oen can do to turn this around?
Alvarez not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Oen had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Alvarez defends it easily.
Oen being controlled here, momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aaron Alvarez dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Alvarez doesn't manage to clinch there - Oen circles away.
Oen drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Alvarez defends it well.
Alvarez throws a looping overhand right but Oen ducks down to avoid it.
Oen changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Alvarez tries to avoid it but Oen manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Alvarez to the ground. Alvarez escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Oen has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Alvarez finds it's way round the side to connect with Oen's head.
Oen shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Alvarez.
Oen shoots in looking for a takedown. Alvarez tries to sprawl out of it but Oen keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Alvarez manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Aaron Alvarez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Neo Oen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jab, jab by Alvarez - just one landing.
Oen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alvarez.
Oen is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez scores with a nice head shot.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Oen is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Alvarez pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Alvarez gets through Oen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Oen tries to pull guard but Alvarez forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Alvarez.
Oen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Alvarez is keeping busy.
Alvarez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Alvarez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Alvarez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Oen is rocked!
Aaron Alvarez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Oen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Oen can't get the takedown.
Alvarez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Neo Oen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oen tries for a takedown but Alvarez sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Alvarez is looking to counter punch.
Oen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A jab lands there for Oen.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alvarez gets a clinch.
Alvarez drops Oen onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Oen is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Oen is still on wobbly legs! Can Alvarez finish him?
Oen drops down looking for an ankle pick but Alvarez pulls his leg out and moves away.
Nice takedown defense from Alvarez. No joy for Oen on that attempt.
Neo Oen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slapping leg kick lands for Alvarez.
Oen with a poor takedown
and Alvarez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Alvarez rushes Oen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A short uppercut from Alvarez.
Alvarez loads up on a right hand - it lands flush and knocks Oen senseless! What a punch!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Aaron Alvarez!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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