PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alen Ohanian (ranked 1564 p4p, 183 weight class) and Marco Alvado (ranked 1161 p4p, 135 weight class). Ohanian kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is The Eternals - Wrath of Zeus . Alvado has chosen Ichense Dub as his entrance music. Marco Alvado has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ohanian
vs
Alvado

181 cm
24
179 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

183 cm
25
180 lbs
5 - 2 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

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 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alen Ohanian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, Marco Alvado!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Fedor Mirinova and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ohanian looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ohanian blocks the body kick.
Alvado cracks the inside of Ohanian's front leg.
Ohanian tries to clinch there but Alvado circles away.
Alvado let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Alvado, right into the meat.
Alvado checks a low kick from Ohanian.
Ohanian throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Alvado counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Ohanian moves into the clinch successfully.
Ohanian lands a shoulder strike.
Ohanian working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Ohanian fails to land.
A short right from Alvado on the inside.
Ohanian lands an elbow that stopped Alvado in his tracks for a moment.
Ohanian throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvado leaning his opponent against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Alvado.
Ohanian pushes off an throws an elbow but Alvado leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Alvado tries to work over Ohanian's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ohanian lands a nice shot to the body.
Ohanian lands with a right to the head.
Alvado throws a head punch that misses.
Alvado tries a body shot but Ohanian blocks it.
Alvado swings wildly with an uppercut but Ohanian uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ohanian gets through Alvado's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ohanian scores with a shoulder strike.
Alvado works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Alvado struggles to land a body shot inside as Ohanian controls his hands.
Alvado makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Alvado working aggressively here.
Alvado has a couple of punches blocked by Ohanian.
We've been hearing reports that Ohanian has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Alvado misses with a hook from the clinch.
Alvado working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ohanian misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alvado misses with a hook to the ribs.
Alvado throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ohanians head.
Ohanian looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ohanian.
Alvado tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Alvado stalling in the clinch but Ohanian improves position.
Ohanian misses with the head strike.
Alvado gets through Ohanian's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ohanian throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Alvados head.
Alvado lands a nice uppercut.
Alvado lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Alvado blocks an uppercut.
Ohanian throws a head punch that misses.
Alvado cracks Ohanian with a nice body shot.
A short left from Alvado.
A left hand lands to the body for Alvado.
Alvado struggles to land a body shot inside as Ohanian controls his hands.
Alvado avoids the elbow strike from Ohanian, against the cage.
Alvado lands a shoulder strike.
Alvado blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Alvado scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ohanian working aggressively here.
Ohanian can't find room to land a body shot as Alvado controls the action.
Alvado misses with a hook from the clinch.
Alvado goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A right hand to the body from Alvado.
Ohanian lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Ohanian.
Alvado has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Alvado pushes Ohanian back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Alvado swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ohanian blocks an uppercut.
Ohanian tries to throw a body punch but Alvado avoids it by throwing Ohanian back against the cage.
Alvado lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ohanian backwards.
Alvado scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ohanian.
Alvado blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ohanian misses with a punch on the inside.
Ohanian working aggressively here.
Alvado tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Alvado tries a body shot but Ohanian blocks it.
Ohanian blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ohanian prevents a body shot from Alvado.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ohanian prevents a body shot from Alvado.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ohanian.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ohanian gets through Alvado's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Alvado throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ohanians head.

Alvado manages to break the clinch.
Ohanian tries a head kick but it misses.
Alvado appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Ohanian takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Ohanian shoots in looking for a takedown. Alvado tries to sprawl out of it but Ohanian keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Alvado manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Ohanian doesn't manage to clinch there - Alvado circles away.
Alvado swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ohanian stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Alvado.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marco Alvado dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A head kick by Alvado misses
and Ohanian counters with a body kick.
Ohanian cracks Alvado with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ohanian tries to clinch up but Alvado circles away and keeps his distance.
Alvado connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ohanian's hands.
Ohanian takes one to the side of the head.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Alvado.
Alvado throws out a loose jab but Ohanian uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ohanian swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ohanian checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Ohanian fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ohanian pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ohanian is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ohanian fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Alvado avoids it really well and circles away.
Ohanian misses with an uppercut. Alvado saw that one coming.
Alvado swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Alvado walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Alvado tries to move into range but Ohanian moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvado swings for the body but Ohanian moves out of range.
Ohanian goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Ohanian keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ohanian feinted with a counter takedown.
Alvado misses with an uppercut
and Ohanian counters with a left and a right that stings Alvado.
Alvado thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ohanian misses with a looping left.
Alvado swings away with a body shot that misses
and Ohanian counters with a slapping leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ohanian tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Alvado was well out of range. Poor timing from Ohanian.
Alvado raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Ohanian throws a head kick that misses.

Ohanian forces Alvado back against the cage and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvado lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ohanian backwards.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Ohanian drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ohanian lands an uppercut.
Alvado lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Ohanian throws a head punch that misses.

Alvado's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ohanian misses with a kick to the body.
A little jabbing left from Alvado on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Ohanian throws a right hand that Alvado ducks under and follows up with a left that Alvado also avoids with ease.
Alvado swings for the body but Ohanian moves out of range.
A big left from Ohanian misses.
Alvado has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ohanian.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ohanian cracks Alvado with an open hand slap.
Alen Ohanian is winning the standup battle so far.
Ohanian moves in looking to clinch but Alvado pushes him off.
Ohanian lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ohanian tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Alvado counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ohanian thinking.
Ohanian misses with a lunging right hand
and Alvado makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ohanian tries to clinch
and Alvado counters with a big head kick but Ohanian shrugs it off.
Ohanian tries to clinch up.
Marco Alvado is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ohanian shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alen Ohanian. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Alvado just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alen Ohanian dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Ohanian throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Alvado throws out a loose jab but Ohanian uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ohanian is looking to land body kicks.
Alvado looks to throw the jab but Ohanian is out of range.
Ohanian lands a leg kick that knocks Alvado off balance momentarily.

Ohanian darts in and clinches Alvado up against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Ohanian.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ohanian pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Alvado doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Alvado lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ohanian backwards.
Ohanian tries to land knees in the clinch but Alvado avoids the damage to the body.
Ohanian fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ohanian is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Alvado is keeping busy.
Marco Alvado seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Alvado lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ohanian gets through Alvado's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Alvado blocks an uppercut.
Ohanian stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Alvado takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nice body punch from Ohanian.

Alvado breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Alvado takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Alvado cracks Ohanian with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Alvado scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A big right from Alvado misses.
Ohanian scores with a crisp jab that stopped Alvado in his tracks.
Ohanian takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ohanian is looking to land body kicks.
Ohanian throws a low kick, looking for Alvado's leg but Alvado calmly moves out of range.
Ohanian throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Alvado was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alvado misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ohanian.
Ohanian feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Ohanian avoids the body shot from Alvado.
Ohanian tries to bum rush Alvado with a series of wild strikes but Alvado uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Alvado throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ohanian on the side of the head.
Ohanian misses with a wild body shot.
Alvado throws out a counter right but Ohanian avoids it with no problem.
Ohanian stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Alvado.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ohanian tries to clinch but Alvado moves out of range.
A jab from Alvado finds it's way through Ohanian's defenses.
Alvado lands a slapping body shot.
Ohanian thumps Alvado with a low kick.
Alvado on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ohanian is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Alvado only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Alvado moves out of range as Ohanian throws a body kick.
Ohanian tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Alvado replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Ohanian blocks it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvado throws a head kick but Ohanian moves out of range.
Ohanian swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A slow jab from Ohanian misses its intended target.
A little jabbing left from Alvado on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Ohanian uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alvado.
Ohanian feinted with a counter takedown.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Alvado.

Ohanian clinches.
Alvado lands on the inside with an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ohanian.
Alvado softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body punch from Alvado - that landed with a thud.
Alvado tries to work over Ohanian's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ohanian swings wildly with an uppercut but Alvado uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alvado avoids the elbow strike from Ohanian, against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Marco Alvado.
Well Alvado has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:29
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 28:29
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marco Alvado!
Marco Alvado thanked the fans post fight for their support.