PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Sauve (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Sauve
vs
Alves

185 cm
19
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Pump-o-Max Nutritions

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kyle Sauve!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thiago Alves!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Tiny Johnson and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sauve wants to clinch.
Sauve tries to clinch up but Alves circles away and keeps his distance.
Alves buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Alves throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sauve tries to clinch there but Alves circles away.
Alves throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kyle Sauve seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alves swinging wilding here.
Alves fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Sauve is out of range.
Sauve blocks a low kick nicely.
Alves swats away the attempt to clinch by Sauve.
Sauve tries to clinch but Alves moves out of range.
Alves keeps the fight on the outside.
Alves is looking to score with low kicks.
Sauve throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sauve checks a low kick from Alves.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sauve.
Alves swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Sauve counters with a single leg into guard. Alves didn't expect that.
Alves keeping moving, preventing Sauve from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sauve drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Alves dives on top into guard.

Alves drops back looking for a leg! Sauve is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Sauve manages to kick Alves off! Alves jumps back into Sauve's guard.

Sauve has an active guard here but Alves has managed to pass into half guard.
Alves is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Alves looks gassed!

Alves decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
A head kick from Sauve lands but Alves takes it in his stride.
Sauve connects with a high kick.
Sauve moves in looking to clinch but Alves pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sauve showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Alves.
Sauve lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Sauve moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Thiago Alves is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sauve shoots in looking for a takedown. Alves tries to sprawl out of it but Sauve keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Alves manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Sauve fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sauve throws a head kick but Alves moves out of range.
Alves throws a leg kick

and Sauve counters by clinching up.
Sauve tries a knee to the head but Alves blocks it.

Alves escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sauve checks a low kick from Alves.
Alves swats away the attempt to clinch by Sauve.
Nice body kick from Sauve.
Alves rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sauve moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sauve throws a right hand that Alves ducks under and follows up with a left that Alves also avoids with ease.
Sauve blocks a leg kick.
Sauve blocks a low kick nicely.
Alves circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sauve tries a head kick but it misses.
Sauve tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Alves avoids the head kick by Sauve.
Sauve throws a push kick but Alves slaps the foot to one side.
Alves swats away the attempt to clinch by Sauve.
Alves throws a right and a left that Sauve avoids nicely.
Sauve throws a head kick but Alves moves out of range.
Sauve showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Alves.
A clash of legs there as Sauve blocks the low kick.
Sauve swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Alves avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Alves takes a kick to the side of the head.
Alves avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sauve wants to clinch up but Alves keeps it at a distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sauve connects with a nasty looking knee right to Alves's face.
Alves throws an elbow that misses.
Sauve lands a knee to the head.
Sauve keeps control of Alves as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sauve unloads a knee to the mid-section. Alves lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sauve wants to stall.
Alves can't break the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Alves fails to land.
Alves goes for a takedown attempt but Sauve pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Sauve goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Alves avoids the head kick by Sauve.
Alves falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sauve counters with a head kick.
Sauve is looking to clinch.
Sauve wants to clinch.
Sauve tries to clinch there but Alves circles away.
Sauve dodges the punch combination from Alves.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sauve scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Alves throws a leg kick
and Sauve counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Alves connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Alves scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyle Sauve dominated that round.
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.

Sauve throws a sloppy head kick and Alves moves out of range easily.
Sauve keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Alves throws a leg kick but Sauve sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Alves cracks the inside of Sauve's front leg.
Sauve on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Alves. Alves obviously looking to wear him down.
Alves thows a leg kick but Sauve checks it
and Sauve counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Alves throws a combination that misses
and Sauve counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Alves is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Sauve tries to close the distance and clinch but Alves swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Alves in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Alves tries to bum rush Sauve with a series of wild strikes but Sauve uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A low kick from Alves is predictable there
and Sauve counters with a big head kick but Alves shrugs it off.
Sauve is looking to clinch.
Alves buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sauve checks a leg kick.
Sauve tries to clinch but Alves moves out of range.
Alves on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Sauve moves in looking to clinch but Alves pushes him off.
A low kick from Alves is predictable there
and Sauve finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Alves misses with a combination

and Sauve counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Sauve.

Alves manages to break the clinch.
Sauve is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sauve checks a low kick from Alves.
Alves throws a combination. Sauve tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Sauve tries to clinch up.

Sauve clinches with his opponent.
Alves wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sauve stalling.
Alves swings wildly with an uppercut but Sauve uses good head movement to avoid it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sauve lands a knee to the body.
Alves trying to stall but Sauve improves his position.
Sauve scores with a knee to the head.

Alves breaks the clinch.
Alves keeps the fight on the outside.
Kyle Sauve is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sauve fails with a takedown attempt.
Alves misses with a jab, cross combination.
Alves avoids a punch combination nicely.
Alves avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sauve misses with a series of wild punches.
Alves misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sauve tries a head kick but it misses.
Sauve tries to clinch up but Alves circles away and keeps his distance.
Sauve stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Alves.
A head kick from Sauve lands but Alves takes it in his stride.

Sauve clinches up against the cage.
Sauve really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Alves changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Sauve fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Sauve moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Sauve tries to clinch but Alves moves out of range.
Sauve fails with the takedown.
A clash of legs there as Sauve blocks the low kick.
Sauve is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Alves manages to break the clinch.
Alves pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sauve is out of range and Alves settles back down.
Sauve plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Sauve tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves avoids the head kick by Sauve.
A left and a right from Alves both land. Nice combination.
Sauve throws a nice inside leg kick.
Alves misses with a double jab
and Sauve counters with a head kick. That will keep Alves thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
An inside leg kick lands from Alves.
Alves falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sauve counters with a big head kick but Alves shrugs it off.

Sauve pushes Alves up against the cage in a clinch.
Sauve is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Alves is keeping busy.
Alves has Sauve pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Sauve manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Sauve gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Alves.
Kyle Sauve has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thiago Alves.
A bit of stalling here from Sauve.
Alves connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sauve's face.

Sauve is rocked!
Alves lands with a light punch inside.
Oh Sauve is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Alves breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A solid leg kick lands there for Alves.
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!
Alves misses with a wild combination.
A big right followed by a crushing left from Alves knocks Sauve out cold! Ouch - that one's going to be featured in highlight reels for years to come!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Thiago Alves!