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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Alvarez (ranked 1821 p4p, 2088 weight class) and Michael Page (ranked 204 p4p, 229 weight class). Eddie Alvarez could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Michael Page's chin.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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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 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eddie Alvarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Michael Page!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Hirohito Nitta and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alvarez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Page moves away.
Alvarez connects with a body shot that sends Page's belly button to the back.
A jab from Alvarez misses.
Page lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Alvarez throws a body shot but no joy.
Page throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Alvarez to counter with a crisp jab.
Page fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Alvarez looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nice uppercut lands for Alvarez. That snapped Page's head back.
Page throws a shot from downtown. Alvarez moves away and avoids it.
Page uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Alvarez.
Page will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Alvarez misses with a wild body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Page moves forwards but Alvarez connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Alvarez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Page misses with a body shot.
Alvarez gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Page ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alvarez moves away.
Page tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Alvarez was well out of range. Poor timing from Page.
Alvarez is looking to counter punch.
A punch lands to the side of Page 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Alvarez looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Page misses with a low kick as Alvarez jumps back.
A combination from Page does no damage.
Page misses with an uppercut. Alvarez saw that one coming.
Nice defenses there by Alvarez.
Michael Page seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alvarez takes a swing at Page's ribcage but misses.
Page swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fighters circling - Alvarez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Page swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Alvarez fails to land with a series of punches.
Page misses with a looping left.
Page swings away with a body shot that misses
and Alvarez counters with a nice uppercut.
Page fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Alvarez manages to avoid it.
Alvarez throws a combination. Page tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alvarez loads up on a big right hand but Page slips the punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez swings for the body but Page moves out of range.
Page checks a leg kick.
Alvarez stalks Page and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Page's face. Page staggers backwards, shaken.
Page avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Alvarez throws the left hand but Page avoids the punch easily.
Alvarez misses with a straight left.
Page is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Alvarez rather than just go for the knockout.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Page, as that shot connected.
Page comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Page misses with a two punch combination.
Alvarez swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Alvarez on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Page steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Alvarez.
Page takes a swing at Alvarez's ribcage but misses.
Alvarez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Page was well out of range. Poor timing from Alvarez.
Alvarez on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Alvarez throws a body shot but no joy.
Page slips a straight right by Alvarez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Page throws a series of punches but Alvarez moves out of range.
Page misses with a low kick as Alvarez jumps back.
Alvarez throwing a counter right hand but Page manages to avoid it.
Alvarez misses with a low kick.
Page swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Page scores with a hook to the body. Alvarez takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Page throws a leg kick but Alvarez sees it coming and moves out of range.
Alvarez fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Page misses with a jab, cross combination.
Page misses with a hook
and Alvarez counters with a one-two to the body.
Alvarez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Page.
Page misses with a shot to the body
and Alvarez counters with a straight right hand.
Alvarez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Page moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Page ducks right into an uppercut from Alvarez.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alvarez connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Alvarez cracks a nice hook into Page's ribs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Page loads up on a big right hand but Alvarez slips the punch.
Alvarez appears to be looking for a big counter.
Page throws a front kick aimed at Alvarez's knee but Alvarez avoids it well.
It looked like Alvarez wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Alvarez catches Page with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Alvarez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Page.
Page throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Alvarez counters with a nice uppercut.
Alvarez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Page.
Page throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Page tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Page throws an overhand right that lands on Alvarez's shoulder, as Alvarez tries to avoid the shot.
Page throws a series of punches but Alvarez moves out of range.
Nice cross by Page.
Page has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Page loads up on a big right hand but Alvarez slips the punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Page misses with a wild body shot.
Alvarez misses with a straight right.
Page takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Alvarez is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Eddie Alvarez dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Alvarez connects with a body shot that sends Page's belly button to the back.
Alvarez misses with a double jab.
Page looks like he wants to counter punch here.
No joy there for Page, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nice shot by Alvarez.
Page looks to score with a jab to the body but Alvarez is just out of range.
It looked like Alvarez was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Page.
Page throws a big shot that misses.
Page on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Alvarez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Page cracks Alvarez with a good jab.
Page misses with a low kick.
Alvarez throws a one two combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Page misses with a hook
enabling Alvarez to counter with a crisp jab.
Page misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Alvarez.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Page 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 loads up on a big right hand but Page slips the punch.
Page is looking for the big counter here.
Page swinging wildly here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Page lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Alvarez at a distance.
Alvarez swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Page to counter with a crisp jab.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Page checks a leg kick.
Page tries to move into range but Alvarez moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Page fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Alvarez on the side of the head.
Page misses with a straight right.
Eddie Alvarez is winning the standup battle so far.
Alvarez needs to keep his hands up - Page had a free shot at his head there.
Page waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Alvarez.
Alvarez throws a hook but Page blocks it.
Alvarez moves out of range of the strikes.
A quick step to the side and Alvarez tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Page misses the jab.
Alvarez misses with a looping left.
Alvarez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Page lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Page bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Alvarez's head backwards.
Michael Page is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Alvarez throws a right hand that misses
and Page counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Page throws a series of punches but Alvarez moves out of range.
Alvarez throws a body punch but Page moves out of range.
Page throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Page takes a swing at Alvarez's ribcage but misses.
Page swings for the body but Alvarez moves out of range.
Alvarez connects with a body shot that sends Page's belly button to the back.
Page ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Page slips under a jab.
Page throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Alvarez.
Alvarez is looking to counter punch.
A big right from Page misses.
Page checks a leg kick.
Alvarez throws a head kick but Page moves out of range.
Alvarez listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Alvarez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Alvarez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Page doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Alvarez fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Page on the side of the head.
Page connects with the punch.
A clash of legs there as Page blocks the low kick.
Page misses with a wild body shot.
Page misses with a two punch combination.
Page ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alvarez moves away.
Alvarez avoids the body shot from Page.
Alvarez throws a big shot that misses.
A low kick from Alvarez is predictable there
and Page counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Alvarez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Alvarez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Page's jab looks to have found its range, popping Alvarez under the eye.
Alvarez misses with a two punch combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Page.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alvarez misses with a looping left.
Alvarez lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Alvarez misses the jab.
Alvarez misses with a hook. Page ducked under it nicely.
Page's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Alvarez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Page scrambles back to his feet.
Alvarez lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Alvarez with a jab.
Alvarez takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Page throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Page lands a jab to the head.
Page avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Page swings for the body but Alvarez moves out of range.
Page has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Alvarez throws a jab when Page was well out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Eddie Alvarez will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Sloppy strikes from Page. Those never looked like landing.
Page throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Alvarez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Alvarez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Page counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Page misses with a double jab.
Page throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Alvarez is looking to counter punch.
Alvarez lands a slapping body shot.
Page takes a swing at Alvarez's ribcage but misses.
Nice defenses there by Page.
Alvarez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Page.
Alvarez's corner calls for a 1-2. Alvarez obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Page moves out of range as Alvarez strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvarez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Page.
Alvarez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Page.
Alvarez ducks under a wild hook from Page.
Page tries to bum rush Alvarez with a series of wild strikes but Alvarez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez moves out of range of the strikes.
Alvarez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Page sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Alvarez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Alvarez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Page throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Alvarez stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The fighters circling - Page throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Page throws a lazy right hand but Alvarez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Alvarez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Page takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Page uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alvarez.
Page throws a body shot but no joy.
Alvarez closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Alvarez misses the shot to the body.
Page uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Alvarez.
Page throws a hook to the side of Alvarez's head but Alvarez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Alvarez appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez throws a low kick but Page avoids it.
Good exchange - Alvarez coming out on top.
Alvarez misses the jab.
Some wild striking there from Alvarez.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alvarez throws an overhand right that lands on Page's shoulder, as Page tries to avoid the shot.
Page fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Alvarez checks it well.
Page scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Alvarez is looking to chop away at Page's legs.
Alvarez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Page punishes Alvarez's body with a nice straight punch.
A big right from Page misses.
Alvarez was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Alvarez lands a lovely overhand right.
Alvarez avoids the body shot from Page.
Alvarez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Page moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Page takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Alvarez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Page throws a big shot that misses.
Alvarez throws a series of strikes that have Page backpedaling.
Alvarez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Alvarez throws a poor cross that misses
and Page connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Alvarez blocks a jab.
Alvarez takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Page clobbers Alvarez with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Alvarez slips a jab and a cross from Page.
A big left from Page misses.
Alvarez misses the shot to the body.
Alvarez fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
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!
Alvarez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez fails to land with a series of punches.
Page staying out of range there.
A leg kick checked by Page.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Page checks a leg kick.
Page misses with a hook. Alvarez ducked under it nicely.
Page connects with a jab.
Left hook, right uppercut from Page.
Michael Page has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Alvarez slips a jab from Page.
Alvarez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Page has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Page there as he acknowledges the shot.
Alvarez slips a jab and a cross from Page.
Page ducks under a wild hook from Alvarez.
Page throws a body shot but no joy.
Alvarez went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Eddie Alvarez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Oooooh!!! Page has knocked Alvarez down with a huge combo! Page steps away and waves a wobbly Alvarez back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Alvarez is rocked!
And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Page comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Alvarez has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 29:29
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:29
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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