PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Alivero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Enrique Morales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alivero comes into the arena with One Winged Angel - Nobuo Uematsu blaring out of the sound system. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Alivero
vs
Morales

186 cm
20
190 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

190 cm
26
194 lbs
9 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Alivero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Enrique Morales!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Matheus Silva and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alivero tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morales paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Alivero lands with a nice body punch.

Morales closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Alivero to the mat! Alivero manages to get full guard.
Alivero keeping full guard, as Morales tries to pass.

Morales drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Morales jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Alivero is trying to keep Morales in close.
Alivero wants to sweep here but Morales controlling him for the moment.

Alivero escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Morales gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Alivero not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Morales drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Morales jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Alivero trying to keep a closed guard but Morales is proving a slippery customer.

Morales is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Alivero is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Alivero has escaped and now he's on top!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alivero won't allow Morales to sweep him here.
Alivero postures up in Morales's guard and throws a big left but Morales blocks it.

Morales is looking for a triangle but Alivero pushes his legs off easily.
Morales is trying to control the position but Alivero postures up.

Alivero drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Morales manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Alivero has Morales in his guard.
Morales wants to control from the top but Alivero keeps moving.

Morales is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Alivero escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Morales gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Morales sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Alivero's guard.

Morales seems to be looking for submissions.
Morales trying to control from Alivero's half guard. Alivero has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Alivero keeping moving, preventing Morales from controlling successfully.

Morales is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Alivero keeping full guard, as Morales tries to pass.
Alivero wants to stand and escape but Morales is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alivero manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Morales manages to get himself to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morales avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Alivero keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Morales's head.
Alivero preventing the sweep.
Alivero is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Alivero works over Morales with some ground and pound from guard.
Alivero is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Alivero throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Morales works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Alivero throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Morales works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Alivero lands a couple of elbows.
Morales wants to sweep but no luck.
Alivero chips away with some ground and pound.
Alivero scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Morales is on top in guard.

Morales avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Alivero is keeping the position for now.
Morales passes Alivero's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Morales is looking for a kimura but Alivero is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Morales to get the leverage.
Alivero wants to get back to his feet.
Alivero manages to get to full guard.

Morales thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Alivero is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Morales is controlling him.
Morales won't allow Alivero to sweep him here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Alivero dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Nice shot by Alivero.
Alivero moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Morales blocks a jab.
Alivero misses with a double jab.
Morales fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Alivero avoids it really well and circles away.
Alivero throws a shot from downtown. Morales moves away and avoids it.
Morales shoots in looking for a takedown. Alivero tries to sprawl out of it but Morales keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Alivero manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Alivero tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Morales fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Alivero avoids it really well and circles away.
Antonio Alivero has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Enrique Morales.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales fails to land the takedown.
Alivero pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Morales fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Alivero avoids it really well and circles away.
Antonio Alivero is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morales tries for a takedown but Alivero sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Alivero moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Alivero throws a hook to the side of Morales's head but Morales sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Alivero scores with a hook.
The crowd cheers as Alivero lands an impressive looking overhand right. Morales doesn't seem phased though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Morales darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Alivero is controlling Morales's trapped leg to prevent Morales from advancing to side control.
Alivero manages to get to full guard.

Alivero manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Alivero dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alivero looks to throw the jab but Morales is out of range.
Morales gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Alivero throws a big shot that misses.
Alivero tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales slips under a jab.
Alivero throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Morales stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

Morales shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Morales is breathing heavily.

Morales looking for a guillotine from mount but Alivero is having none of it.
Alivero slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Alivero regains full guard. Nicely done.
Alivero tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Morales prevents Alivero from getting back to his feet.
Alivero trying to control the position here.

Morales drops back, looking for a kneebar! Alivero looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Alivero looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Alivero!
Morales is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales tries to improve position but can't.
Morales manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Alivero is looking to take a break and control but Morales is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Alivero missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Alivero winds up and cracks Morales with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Alivero with the ground and pound but Morales uses the opportunity to regain guard.

Alivero gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alivero thows a left - swing and a miss!
Antonio Alivero seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Alivero tries to sprawl but Morales drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Alivero is looking to improve his position.
Alivero is trying to stand back up but Morales is controlling him
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Alivero dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Morales takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Alivero misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Alivero displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Morales.
A jab from Alivero misses.
Alivero throws a right and a left that Morales avoids nicely.
Alivero bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Morales's head.
Alivero tries to clinch there but Morales circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alivero misses with an uppercut.
Jab from Alivero.
Alivero waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Morales.
A swing and a miss from Alivero.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales slips a jab from Alivero.
Morales shoots in looking for a takedown. Alivero tries to sprawl out of it but Morales keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Alivero manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Morales steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Alivero.
A looping hook to the body misses from Alivero. Morales does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morales fails with a takedown attempt.
Antonio Alivero has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Enrique Morales.
Alivero throws a jab when Morales was well out of range.
Alivero is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Alivero throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Alivero throws a jab when Morales was well out of range.
Alivero scores with a sloppy right hand. Morales should have avoided that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Morales ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Alivero ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Alivero misses with a hook.
Alivero misses the shot to the body.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Morales.
Morales takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Morales shoots in and gets a takedown into Alivero's guard.

Morales postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Alivero is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Morales, into his guard.
Morales takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Alivero cracks Morales with a solid left hand.
Alivero wants to pass the guard but Morales is keeping the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales looking to hit a scissor sweep but Alivero is one step ahead there.
Alivero lands a couple of digs.
Morales keeping moving, preventing Alivero from controlling successfully.
Alivero wants to stand but Morales has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Alivero postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Alivero missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Morales not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Alivero trying to control the position from guard on top but Morales is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Alivero throwing strikes from guard but Morales blocks nicely.
Alivero postures up and lands a big shot to Morales's brow.
Alivero has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales is trying to keep Alivero in close.
Morales keeping moving, preventing Alivero from controlling successfully.
Alivero throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Morales wants to sweep here but Alivero controlling him for the moment.
Morales trying to keep a closed guard but Alivero is proving a slippery customer.
Enrique Morales has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morales is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Alivero regains full guard. Nicely done.
Alivero wants to sweep here but Morales controlling him for the moment.
Morales missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Antonio Alivero showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Alivero 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Antonio Alivero!