PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jose Alvaro (ranked 3800 p4p, 447 weight class) and Marius Wieneke (ranked 4477 p4p, 498 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Wieneke's choice of entrance music: Satyricon - K.I.N.G . The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Alvaro
vs
Wieneke

193 cm
40
199 lbs
25 - 11 - 0

186 cm
32
195 lbs
7 - 20 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Sportivité
Groove Gear

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 25 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jose Alvaro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marius Wieneke!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wieneke checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Wieneke slips a jab from Alvaro.
Alvaro feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Wienekes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Wieneke avoids a kick to the body.
Wieneke is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Alvaro fakes the leg kick and cracks Wieneke in the body.
Wieneke takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Alvaro thumps Wieneke with a low kick.
Wieneke throws a head kick that misses.
Alvaro swats away the attempt to clinch by Wieneke.

Wieneke takes the fight into the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Alvaro.
Wieneke using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Alvaro has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Alvaro blocks an uppercut.

Alvaro breaks the clinch.
Wieneke is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
An attempted straight right counter from Alvaro misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wieneke takes one to the side of the head.
Wieneke throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wieneke tries to clinch but Alvaro moves out of range.
Wieneke stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Alvaro.
Alvaro tries to score with a low kick but Wieneke moves his leg out of the way.
Wieneke wants to counter the offense by Alvaro and move into the clinch position.
Wieneke misses with a two punch combination.
Wieneke will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Alvaro is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jose Alvaro is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wieneke throws a right hand that Alvaro ducks under and follows up with a left that Alvaro also avoids with ease.

Alvaro gets a clinch.
A short uppercut from Wieneke.
Alvaro tries to land a knee to the head but Wieneke blocks with his arms.
Wieneke with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wieneke lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wieneke with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wieneke lands a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wieneke throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wieneke pushes Alvaro back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Alvaro.
Wieneke misses with a knee to the head.
Wieneke is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Alvaro is defending well for now.
Wieneke connects with a nasty looking knee right to Alvaro's face.

It looks like Jose Alvaro has been cut.
Alvaro lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nice body punch from Alvaro.
A knee to the head by Wieneke.
Alvaro lands a nice elbow.
Wieneke tries a knee to the head but Alvaro blocks it.
Alvaro is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Wieneke to keep the fight standing.
Alvaro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wieneke looking to throw knees to the head but Alvaro is blocking nicely.
Wieneke misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wieneke swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Alvaro fails to land.
Wieneke misses with a knee strike.
Wieneke using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Alvaro has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wieneke lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wieneke lands a body shot in the clinch.
Alvaro scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short uppercut from Wieneke.
A knee to the head by Wieneke.
Alvaro fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Alvaro makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Alvaro lands a body punch.
Alvaro wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jose Alvaro. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wieneke looking to throw knees to the head but Alvaro is blocking nicely.
Wieneke tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Alvaro.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wieneke.
A short right from Alvaro.
Wieneke tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alvaro's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Alvaro pushes off an throws an elbow but Wieneke leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Alvaro managing to block the knees to the body from Wieneke.
A right hand to the body from Wieneke.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvaro lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Wieneke backwards.
Wieneke lands a nice shot to the body.

Alvaro manages to break the clinch.

Wieneke closes the distance and clinches.
Alvaro lands an uppercut.
Wieneke tries a knee to the head but Alvaro blocks it.
Alvaro tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wieneke tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Alvaro misses with a short punch on the inside.
Alvaro doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wieneke with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Alvaro can't find room to land a body shot as Wieneke controls the action.
Alvaro is trying to pull guard but Wieneke turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Alvaro's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Alvaro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wieneke tries to clinch up
and Alvaro cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Marius Wieneke will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jose Alvaro's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Donk. Wieneke catches Alvaro right on the button with a cross.
Wieneke circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wieneke looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wieneke is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wieneke misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wieneke is looking to clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Alvaro lands a right hand that snaps the head of Wieneke backwards.
Alvaro goes for a takedown attempt but Wieneke pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A left and a right from Wieneke both land. Nice combination.
Wieneke on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Wieneke takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Alvaro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wieneke moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Alvaro.

Wieneke is rocked!
Alvaro digs a good body shot into Wieneke's ribs.
Wieneke is still on wobbly legs! Can Alvaro finish him?
Alvaro fires a straight punch through the middle that cracks Wieneke square on the jaw! Damn, Wieneke is out cold on his feet and topples face first to the canvas! Wow, I haven't seen a knockout that brutal in a long time!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jose Alvaro!
Jose Alvaro managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Groove Gear, into his post fight interview.