PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luis Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bambooo Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alvarez comes to the cage accompanied by immortal sin. Bambooo Man is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Alvarez
vs
Man

186 cm
22
202 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

200 cm
24
215 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

Gilop®
Gilop®

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Luis Alvarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bambooo Man!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alvarez fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Man avoids it really well and circles away.
Alvarez doesn't manage to clinch there - Man circles away.
Alvarez doesn't manage to clinch there - Man circles away.
Alvarez thumps Man with a low kick.
Alvarez is looking to clinch but Man is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Man stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Man wants it to stay on the feet.
Alvarez with a poor takedown

and Man counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luis Alvarez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Man seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man advances position into side control!
Alvarez is not content to let Man control the position.
Man working away.
Alvarez manages to get back to half guard.
Man is trying to control the action in half guard but Alvarez is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Alvarez is trying to get back to full guard.
Alvarez moves into full guard.
Man won't allow Alvarez to sweep him here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man trying to control the position from guard on top but Alvarez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Man pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Alvarez is keeping the position for now.
Man slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Alvarez tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.

Man tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Man has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Alvarez gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man controlling his opponent.
Man tries to control but Alvarez wriggling away.
Man lands a big elbow.
Man prevents Alvarez from getting the reversal.
The referee warns Alvarez that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Man jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Alvarez manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Man working away.
Man scoring with punches from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez defending against the ground and pound.
Alvarez might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Alvarez tries to bench press Man off him but Man keeps the position.

Man is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Alvarez knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Man in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Alvarez is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Alvarez sneaks back into half guard.
Alvarez is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Man fails with the takedown
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Alvarez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Man was well out of range. Poor timing from Alvarez.
Alvarez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Alvarez just misses with a punch to the body.
Man shoots and misses

and Alvarez counters with a nice double leg into side control. Man won't be happy with that.
Alvarez misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Alvarez throwing strikes but Man manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Alvarez is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Alvarez is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Man pulls his head out easily.
Alvarez slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Man working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Man stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Alvarez swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Man is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Alvarez is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Man pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Alvarez is keeping the position for now.
Man pushing down on Alvarez's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

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.
Man tries to pass the half guard into mount. Alvarez knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Man has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Alvarez defend it? Man steps over the head and cranks it - Alvarez is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Man!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Bambooo Man!