PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Alvarez (ranked 1486 p4p, 220 weight class) and Osama Akharraz (ranked 2120 p4p, 313 weight class). Osama Akharraz is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Alvarez
vs
Akharraz

187 cm
30
218 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

225 cm
27
215 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Zenith Nutrition (160q/$200)

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 14 - 9 - 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 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Osama Akharraz!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice inside leg kick there by Alvarez. That's going to slow Akharraz down.

Akharraz pushes Alvarez up against the cage in a clinch.
Alvarez pushes Akharraz back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Alvarez has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Alvarez content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Alvarez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Alvarez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Alvarez.
Akharraz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Alvarez has him pressed against the cage.
Akharraz working hard to break the clinch.
Alvarez lands a shot to the body.
Alvarez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Akharraz being controlled against the cage.
Alvarez blocks an uppercut.
Alvarez blocking some punches.
Alvarez blocks a body shot from Akharraz.
Stalling in the clinch from Akharraz.

Akharraz manages to break the clinch.
Alvarez with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Akharraz was well out of range. Poor timing from Alvarez.
Akharraz is looking for the big counter here.
Alvarez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Akharraz.
Akharraz looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Alvarez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Akharraz takes a shot right to the bread basket.
No joy there for Alvarez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Alvarez pushes Akharraz up against the cage in a clinch.
Akharraz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A frustrated look appears on Akharraz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Akharraz trying to control the position but instead, Alvarez has worked for underhooks and has pushed Akharraz into the cage.
Alvarez has a couple of punches blocked by Akharraz.
Akharraz wants to break free but Alvarez has control.
Akharraz lands with a left to the head.
Alvarez lands a body punch in the clinch.
Akharraz misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Akharraz blocking some punches.
Akharraz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Alvarez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Alvarez scores with a shoulder strike.
Alvarez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Alvarez lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Akharraz or not.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Akharraz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Alvarez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Alvarez.
Akharraz is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Akharraz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Alvarez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Alvarez throws a punch but it's blocked by Akharraz.

Akharraz breaks the clinch.
Alvarez lands with a straight right. Akharraz didn't see that one coming.
Akharraz takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Akharraz moves out of range as Alvarez strikes.
Alvarez staying out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Akharraz chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Alvarez can pounce on him.
Alvarez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Alvarez lands with a thumping leg kick.
Alvarez throws a lazy right hand but Akharraz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Alvarez wants to clinch.
Alvarez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Aaron Alvarez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alvarez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Akharraz momentarily.
Alvarez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Alvarez just misses with a punch to the body.
Alvarez is looking to wear down Akharraz with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Alvarez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Akharraz manages to avoid it.
Osama Akharraz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Akharraz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Alvarez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Alvarez lands a leg kick that knocks Akharraz off balance momentarily.
Alvarez misses with a body shot.

Alvarez closes the distance and clinches.
Akharraz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Alvarez stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
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!
Akharraz tries to circle away but Alvarez has him pinned against the cage.
Alvarez swings wildly with an uppercut but Akharraz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alvarez lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Akharraz.
Akharraz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Alvarez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Akharraz lands with a right to the head.
Akharraz is looking to control Alvarez's arms but Alvarez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Akharraz has his back to the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aaron Alvarez dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Akharraz misses with a hook. Alvarez ducked under it nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Alvarez misses the target.
Akharraz throws an overhand right that lands on Alvarez's shoulder, as Alvarez tries to avoid the shot.
Alvarez tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Akharraz counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Akharraz has Alvarez up against the cage in a clinch.
Akharraz has had enough of the clinch but Alvarez keeps him there for the moment.
Akharraz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Alvarez has him pressed against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Alvarez as Akharraz tries to tie him up.
Alvarez has Akharraz pressed against the cage, preventing Akharraz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nice body punch from Alvarez.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A frustrated look appears on Akharraz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Akharraz.
Akharraz avoiding damage.
A short body shot lands from Alvarez as the two fighters clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Alvarez.
A short right from Alvarez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Alvarez.
Akharraz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Alvarez has him pressed against the cage.
Alvarez misses with a punch on the inside.
Alvarez blocks the elbow strike.
Alvarez lands with a left to the head.

Akharraz is rocked!
Akharraz takes a shot to the head.
Akharraz is still on wobbly legs! Can Alvarez finish him?
Alvarez lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Akharraz to his knees! Alvarez keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aaron Alvarez!