PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mousa Dembele (ranked 781 p4p, 112 weight class) and Aaron Alvarez (ranked 938 p4p, 135 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Dembele
vs
Alvarez

185 cm
28
205 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

187 cm
34
218 lbs
21 - 13 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Urban Fighter

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 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mousa Dembele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 13 - 1, fighting out of New York, Aaron Alvarez!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Alan Glass and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dembele throws a right hand that misses
and Alvarez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Alvarez slips a straight right by Dembele.
No joy there for Dembele, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Alvarez was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Dembele uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Alvarez.
Dembele looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Alvarez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dembele.
Dembele looks to throw the jab but Alvarez is out of range.
Alvarez ducks under a wild hook from Dembele.
Alvarez ducks right into an uppercut from Dembele.

It looks like Aaron Alvarez has been cut.
Dembele moves out of range of the strikes.
Alvarez throws a push kick but Dembele slaps the foot to one side.
Dembele throws a poor cross that misses
and Alvarez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dembele misses with a jab, cross combination.
Alvarez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dembele was well out of range. Poor timing from Alvarez.
Alvarez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dembele.
Dembele throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dembele moves out of range as Alvarez throws a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dembele stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Alvarez.
Dembele swings widly with a right hand
and Alvarez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Alvarez with a jab.
Alvarez defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Dembele.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Alvarez! But no joy.
Alvarez fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Dembele on the side of the head.
Dembele throws a lazy uppercut
and Alvarez finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Dembele rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Alvarez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dembele throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Alvarez to counter with a crisp jab.
Alvarez looks for the body kick but Dembele saw that one coming.
Alvarez lands with a nice body punch.
Good exchange - Alvarez coming out on top.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alvarez throws a nice inside leg kick.
Alvarez misses with a body kick.
It looked like Dembele wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A chopping leg kick lands by Alvarez.
Dembele throws an off balance right hand
and Alvarez counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Alvarez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Dembele misses with a two punch combination.
Alvarez looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Alvarez cracks Dembele with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Mousa Dembele seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alvarez scores with a jab to the jaw.

Dembele is rocked!

It looks like Mousa Dembele has been cut.
Alvarez is throwing punches like he's double parked. Oh my word! Huge right hand from Alvarez shuts the power down on Dembele. Lights out, game over! Alvarez is your winner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Aaron Alvarez!
Aaron Alvarez gave a mention to Zenith Nutrition (160q/$200) in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).