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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Savion Alvarado (ranked 3110 p4p, 5353 weight class) and Greg McDonald (ranked 243 p4p, 332 weight class). Alvarado comes to the cage accompanied by Watch The World Burn. On his way into the cage it seems that Savion Alvarado has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Savion Alvarado seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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175 cm 21 157 2 - 4 - 0 |
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175 cm 21 156 0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt Solid Muay Thai Experienced |
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BJJ Blue Belt Excellent boxer Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Savion Alvarado! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Greg McDonald! The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Alan Glass and Chris Downing.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Alvarado closes this distance looking for a takedown but McDonald circles away. McDonald dips to his left and cracks Alvarado with an uppercut! McDonald scores with a body shot.
McDonald wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. McDonald swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Alvarado shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has McDonald pinned against the cage. McDonald gets the underhooks and manages to circle away. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. McDonald lands an overhand right. Alvarado looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Jab from McDonald. Alvarado tries to close the distance and clinch up but McDonald swats him away and circles back towards the center. McDonald looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. McDonald is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot. Alvarado throws out a loose jab but McDonald uses good head movement to avoid it. Alvarado tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Alvarado tries to clinch but McDonald moves out of range. McDonald throws out a counter right but Alvarado avoids it with no problem. Both fighters circling a little - Alvarado finishes the exchange with a kick to the body. A head kick misses from Alvarado. McDonald takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Alvarado wants to clinch up but McDonald keeps it at a distance.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. McDonald ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Alvarado clinches up against the cage. Alvarado wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Alvarado breaks from the clinch.
McDonald moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Alvarado ducks right into an uppercut from McDonald.
Alvarado clinches up against the cage. Alvarado has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate. McDonald prevents Alvarado from breaking the clinch. McDonald trying to control the position but instead, Alvarado has worked for underhooks and has pushed McDonald into the cage.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. McDonald prevents a body shot from Alvarado. Alvarado blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nice body punch from Alvarado - that landed with a thud.
Alvarado misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Alvarado. Alvarado has a couple of punches blocked by McDonald.
McDonald looking to stall.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Alvarado doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Alvarado manages to break the clinch.
McDonald changes levels and scores with a jab to the body. Alvarado misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McDonald.
McDonald looks like he wants to counter punch here. McDonald displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Alvarado. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Savion Alvarado. That's going to take a lot out of him. McDonald throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Alvarado on the side of the head. Alvarado throws a head kick that misses. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Greg McDonald dominated that round. That's time! Back to the action!
McDonald stuffs the takedown attempt from Alvarado. Alvarado gets slowly back to his feet. Alvarado throws a sloppy head kick and McDonald moves out of range easily. McDonald swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made. McDonald swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Alvarado tries to clinch up but McDonald circles away and keeps his distance. Alvarado looks to throw a body kick and McDonald cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Alvarado closes the distance but McDonald moves to the side and McDonald counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvarado moves into range and clinches up with McDonald. McDonald is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Alvarado wants to break the clinch but can't.
Alvarado wants to get back to striking at distance but McDonald won't allow it.
Alvarado letting McDonald take a breather here.
Alvarado's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. McDonald has been the more effective fighter overall so far. McDonald connects with a jab. This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by McDonald.
Alvarado clinches with his opponent.
Alvarado works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Alvarado breaks the clinch.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. McDonald scores with a jab. Alvarado acknowledges it with a nod of the head. McDonald lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Alvarado circles away quickly and effectively. Alvarado tries to counter by moving into the clinch but McDonald manages to circle out of the way. Alvarado tries a head kick but it misses.
A slow jab from Alvarado misses its intended target. Greg McDonald seems to be getting the better of the standup. McDonald cracks Alvarado with a good jab. Alvarado with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling McDonald to score with a decent uppercut. This has been an exciting period of action! Alvarado thumps McDonald with a low kick. Alvarado on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Alvarado instigates a clinch.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. McDonald blocks a body shot from Alvarado. Alvarado can't find room to land a body shot as McDonald controls the action.
McDonald pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Alvarado tries for a takedown but McDonald circles away easily and McDonald counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. McDonald throws a body shot but no joy. McDonald throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Alvarado is looking to score with low kicks. McDonald now looks to counter with a shot at the body. McDonald throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McDonald leaves Alvarado with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt. McDonald appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Savion Alvarado. That's going to take a lot out of him.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. McDonald digs a good body shot into Alvarado's ribs. McDonald lands with a right hand. McDonald changes levels and scores with a jab to the body. McDonald's corner calls for a 1-2. McDonald obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range. McDonald catches Alvarado with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
 Alvarado is rocked! 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! McDonald thuds his right hand into Alvarado's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters. Oh Alvarado is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! McDonald lands an uppercut, right on the button! Alvarado tumbles backwards into the cage, staring vacantly into space! He's got no idea where he is, who he is or what day it is... Poor guy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Greg McDonald! The defeated Savion Alvarado had this to say: 'Putain...'.
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