PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Alvarez (ranked 1532 p4p, 223 weight class) and Rodney Garcia (ranked 1838 p4p, 262 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Alvarez
vs
Garcia

187 cm
32
218 lbs
18 - 12 - 0

192 cm
38
217 lbs
35 - 26 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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 18 - 12 - 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 35 - 26 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rodney Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Cecil Peabody and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia looks to land a left hand but Alvarez moved out of range nicely.
Alvarez throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Garcia shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Alvarez but Alvarez pushes him off and we're back to square one.
We've been told by Alvarez's head coaches at Lovelair Muay Thai/MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Garcia has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Alvarez finds it's way round the side to connect with Garcia's head.
Nice uppercut lands for Alvarez. That snapped Garcia's head back.
Garcia misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Garcia misses with a lunging right hand
and Alvarez counters with a nice leg kick.
Garcia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Alvarez manages to avoid it.
Garcia avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Alvarez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
As Alvarez backs off Garcia throws a huge counter combo but Alvarez manages to avoid it all.
Alvarez fakes the leg kick and cracks Garcia in the body.
Garcia avoids the head kick by Alvarez.
A punch combination from Alvarez misses.
Garcia is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garcia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Alvarez was well out of range. Poor timing from Garcia.
Alvarez was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Garcia lunges at Alvarez with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Alvarez's hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez ducks under a wild hook from Garcia.
Aaron Alvarez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Alvarez throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Alvarez works the jab nicely.
Alvarez scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Garcia has his takedown stuffed
and Alvarez counters with a thumping low kick.
Alvarez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rodney Garcia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garcia with a lazy takedown attempt
and Alvarez counters with a straight right hand.
Aaron Alvarez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rodney Garcia.
A looping hook to the body misses from Alvarez. Garcia does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garcia takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Garcia cracks Alvarez with a right hand to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garcia uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Alvarez.
Garcia shoots in for a takedown but Alvarez shows good takedown defense.
Garcia throws a sloppy head kick and Alvarez moves out of range easily.
Garcia has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Alvarez finds it's way round the side to connect with Garcia's head.
Garcia scores with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia fails with a takedown attempt.
Garcia has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Alvarez.
Garcia pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Garcia misses with an uppercut. Alvarez saw that one coming.
Garcia walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Garcia throws a series of punches but Alvarez avoids them all with ease.
A nice combination there by Garcia.
Garcia misses with a takedown
and Garcia takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Garcia looks winded!
Garcia takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Garcia fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Alvarez sizes up Garcia with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Alvarez lands a jab to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Garcias jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Alvarez throws a head kick that misses.
Garcia falls off balance throwing a combination
and Alvarez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Alvarez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Garcia.
Garcia gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Alvarez.
Garcia fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Alvarez avoids it really well and circles away.
Garcia misses with a straight right.
Garcia shoots in for a double leg but Alvarez sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Garcia walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Alvarez fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Garcia has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Garcia takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Alvarez cracks a nice hook into Garcia's ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garcia walks into a stiff left hand from Alvarez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Alvarez scores with a decent looking hook.
Alvarez defending well as Garcia loads up on a big left hand.
Garcia takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Garcia throws a hook but Alvarez blocks it.
Alvarez throws a counter high kick but Garcia was just alert enough to avoid it.
Garcia on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Alvarez lands a jab to Garcia's midsection.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Alvarez, right into the meat.
A lazy left from Alvarez finds it's target.
Garcia fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Alvarez avoids it really well and circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alvarez fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Garcia has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aaron Alvarez dominated that round.
That's time! Alvarez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Garcia swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Garcia fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Alvarez swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Alvarez slaps away a takedown attempt from Garcia, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Garcia might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Alvarez has got the better of the exchanges.
Alvarez dips to his left and cracks Garcia with an uppercut!
Garcia stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Alvarez.
Aaron Alvarez is winning the standup battle so far.
Alvarez slaps away a takedown attempt from Garcia, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Aaron Alvarez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rodney Garcia.
Garcia tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An inside leg kick from Garcia misses.
Danga de danga de dang - Garcia scores with a four punch combination!

It looks like Aaron Alvarez has been cut.
Garcia has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Alvarez finds it's way round the side to connect with Garcia's head.
Garcia feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Alvarezs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A jab lands there for Alvarez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Alvarez misses with an attempted mid kick.
Alvarez lands a nice hook to Garcia's body. Garcia takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Alvarez misses with a two punch combination.
Garcia's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Alvarez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Garcia scrambles back to his feet.
Garcia misses with a takedown attempt - Alvarez sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Alvarez half committed to a counter leg kick.
That kick from Alvarez tenderised Garcia's leg. Garcia is trying to keep his angry face on.
Alvarez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garcia can do to turn this around?
Alvarez connects with a crisp jab.
Garcia cracks Alvarez with an open hand slap.
Garcia looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Alvarez is fending him off so far but Garcia persists. Nope, Alvarez circles away and we're back to standing.
Alvarez lands with a good body shot.
Garcia misses with a takedown attempt
and Alvarez counters with a one-two to the body.
Garcia is breathing heavily.
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!
A head kick misses from Garcia.
Alvarez swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Alvarez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Alvarez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garcia might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Alvarez connects with a body shot that sends Garcia's belly button to the back.
Alvarez lands with an overhand left.
Garcia connects with a body shot.
Alvarez scores with a hook to the body. Garcia takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Garcia tries a head kick but it misses.
A jab from Alvarez does it's job there.
Garcia doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Alvarez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Garcia. That did some damage!
Nice takedown defense from Alvarez. No joy for Garcia on that attempt.
Alvarez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Alvarez feints a jab promting Garcia to slip. Alvarez then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Garcia slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Garcia misses with a jab to the body
and Garcia takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Garcia is rocked!
Alvarez lands a big head kick that sends Garcia to the canvas! Alvarez follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aaron Alvarez!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Aaron Alvarez made sure he mentioned Zenith Nutrition (160q/$200), along with how happy he was to win his fight.