PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Felipe Ferreira-Alves (ranked 2198 p4p, 2304 weight class) and Randy The Show (ranked 311 p4p, 329 weight class). Ferreira-Alves's entrance music is The Mountain - Jucifer. A fine choice. Felipe Ferreira-Alves could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Randy The Show's chin.

Ferreira-Alves
vs
The Show

186 cm
26
174
3 - 2 - 0

183 cm
27
188
6 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

The Dirty Needle Project

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Felipe Ferreira-Alves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Randy The Show!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ferreira-Alves ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Show moves away.
Ferreira-Alves 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.
Ferreira-Alves lands a slapping body shot.
Ferreira-Alves misses with a hook
and The Show counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ferreira-Alves thinking.
Ferreira-Alves displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as The Show throws out the jab.
Ferreira-Alves throws a leg kick that misses.
A jab from The Show misses.
Ferreira-Alves attempts a counter takedown but The Show avoids it well and moves away.
Ferreira-Alves lands a slapping body shot.
Sloppy strikes from The Show. Those never looked like landing.
It looked like Ferreira-Alves wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A slow jab from The Show misses its intended target.
The Show throws a lazy right hand but Ferreira-Alves sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The Show keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ferreira-Alves pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Despite the aggression on The Show's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Ferreira-Alves throws a combination that misses
enabling The Show to counter with a crisp jab.
Ferreira-Alves misses with a body shot.
The Show swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ferreira-Alves misses with a body shot.
Felipe Ferreira-Alves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Show throws a right and a left that both miss.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ferreira-Alves uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from The Show.
Ferreira-Alves tries to counter with a takedown but The Show is quick to defend against it.
The Show gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ferreira-Alves.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferreira-Alves scores with a jab to the body.
The Show misses with a right hand
and Ferreira-Alves counters with a straight right hand.
A jab lands there for Ferreira-Alves.
Ferreira-Alves just misses with a punch to the body.
A nice side step and The Show releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Ferreira-Alves takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Randy The Show is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ferreira-Alves jabs The Show right on the nose. The Show blinks but takes it well.
The Show misses with a straight right.
The Show takes one to the chin there.
The Show with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ferreira-Alves to score with a decent uppercut.

The Show is rocked!
Ferreira-Alves slips under a jab.
The Show is still on wobbly legs! Can Ferreira-Alves finish him?
Ferreira-Alves fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Show manages to avoid it.
The Show seems to have recovered his senses.
The Show takes a swing at Ferreira-Alves's ribcage but misses.
Ferreira-Alves attempts a counter takedown but The Show avoids it well and moves away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ferreira-Alves keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Show.
Ferreira-Alves fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The Show throws a body shot but no joy.
The Show has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Ferreira-Alves is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A slow jab from Ferreira-Alves misses its intended target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Show with a nice cross.

It looks like Felipe Ferreira-Alves has been cut.
The Show is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The Show scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ferreira-Alves doesn't seem bothered though.
Ferreira-Alves lands the left hand.
Ferreira-Alves ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Show moves away.
Ferreira-Alves lands with a straight right. The Show didn't see that one coming.
The Show swinging wildly here.
The Show lands a glancing blow to the side of Ferreira-Alves's head.
Ferreira-Alves moves out of range of the strikes.
The Show lands the left hand.
Ferreira-Alves thumps The Show with a low kick.
The Show on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The Show misses with an uppercut. Ferreira-Alves saw that one coming.
The Show takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Ferreira-Alves takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Show uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ferreira-Alves.
The Show stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ferreira-Alves.
The Show waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ferreira-Alves.

Ferreira-Alves lands a big head kick that sends The Show tumbling to the mat! Ferreira-Alves takes a step backwards and waves The Show back to his feet - he wants the finish!
The Show avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
The Show takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Ferreira-Alves looks to score with a jab to the body but The Show is just out of range.
The Show is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
A telegraphed right hand from The Show misses the target.
Ferreira-Alves swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Show missing with a left hand there. Ferreira-Alves was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice shot by The Show.
The Show throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The Show throws a shot from downtown. Ferreira-Alves moves away and avoids it.
Ferreira-Alves tries to counter with a takedown but The Show is quick to defend against it.
Ferreira-Alves throws a push kick but The Show slaps the foot to one side.
The Show looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The Show misses with a lunging right hand
and Ferreira-Alves counters with a body kick.
Ferreira-Alves throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Ferreira-Alves.
Ferreira-Alves misses the shot to the body.
Ferreira-Alves defending well as The Show loads up on a big left hand.
The Show loads up on a big right hand but Ferreira-Alves slips the punch.
Ferreira-Alves takes a swing at The Show's ribcage but misses.
A swing and a miss from The Show.
Ferreira-Alves digs a good body shot into The Show's ribs.
Ferreira-Alves looks to land a left hand but The Show moved out of range nicely.
Ferreira-Alves scores with a punch to the head.
Ferreira-Alves stuns The Show with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ferreira-Alves defending well as The Show loads up on a big left hand.
The Show takes one to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Ferreira-Alves moves into the clinch successfully.
The Show gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The Show throws a punch but it's blocked by Ferreira-Alves.
Ferreira-Alves digs a right hand into The Show's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on The Show's gas tank.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Felipe Ferreira-Alves dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Felipe Ferreira-Alves's cut.
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.

Ferreira-Alves has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from The Show finds it's way round the side to connect with Ferreira-Alves's head.
Ferreira-Alves scores with a sloppy right hand. The Show should have avoided that one.
The Show throws a body shot but no joy.
Ferreira-Alves with a nice calf kick.
Ferreira-Alves dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The Show lands with a straight right. Ferreira-Alves didn't see that one coming.
The Show swings widly with a right hand
and Ferreira-Alves cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The Show throws a body punch but Ferreira-Alves moves out of range.
Ferreira-Alves bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Ferreira-Alves attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ferreira-Alves walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Show looks to land a right hand but Ferreira-Alves moved out of range.
Ferreira-Alves connects with a good right hand that stumbles The Show. The Show circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The Show ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ferreira-Alves moves away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ferreira-Alves. That's going to slow The Show down.
Ferreira-Alves connects with a leg kick.
Ferreira-Alves tries to land a front kick but The Show steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
The Show throws out a counter right but Ferreira-Alves avoids it with no problem.
The Show has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferreira-Alves closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ferreira-Alves ducks under a wild hook from The Show.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ferreira-Alves lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and The Show has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from The Show and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ferreira-Alves uses good head movement to avoid the hook from The Show.
Ferreira-Alves throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Felipe Ferreira-Alves is winning the standup battle so far.
Ferreira-Alves misses with a wild combination.
The Show misses with a straight right.
The Show lands with a nice body punch.
Ferreira-Alves just misses with a punch to the body.
The Show throws a hook but Ferreira-Alves blocks it.
Ferreira-Alves throws a head kick that half lands.
The Show waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ferreira-Alves.
Ferreira-Alves lands a jab-cross combination.
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!
The Show displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Ferreira-Alves misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Show.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira-Alves takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The Show throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ferreira-Alves on the side of the head.
The Show moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Ferreira-Alves is rocked!
Ferreira-Alves cracks The Show with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Oh Ferreira-Alves is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The Show walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Ferreira-Alves drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! The Show swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Ferreira-Alves's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Randy The Show!
Randy The Show decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.