PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Freddy Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Vegata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alves kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Trik Turner - Friends and Family. Freddy Alves has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Alves
vs
Vegata

168 cm
22
169 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

175 cm
23
165 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Fast

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Freddy Alves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Vegata!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Edson Gomes and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vegata misses the shot to the body.
Alves misses with a wild body shot.
Alves slips a straight right by Vegata.
Alves will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice jab there from Vegata.
Alves pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Vegata lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A jab from Vegata finds it's way through Alves's defenses.
Vegata comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Vegata thuds a left hand into Alves's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves throws a hook to the side of Vegata's head but Vegata sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vegata slips a jab from Alves.
Vegata swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Some wild striking there from Vegata.
Vegata ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alves moves away.
Vegata scores with a decent looking hook.
Vegata ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Vegata staying out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves punishes Vegata's body with a nice straight punch.
Vegata takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A jab from Vegata finds it's way through Alves's defenses.
Vegata misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Alves.
Vegata throws a shot from downtown. Alves moves away and avoids it.
Vegata misses with a series of wild punches.
Alves closes the distance and clinches up with Vegata, looking for a takedown. Alves pushes Vegata against the cage but Vegata circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Vegata rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Alves counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like Antonio Vegata has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Vegata misses its intended target.
Alves throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vegata.

Vegata throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Alves tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Vegata is in Alves's guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Vegata is pushing down on Alves's leg trying to pass to half guard. Alves is fighting to maintain full guard but Vegata has managed to sneak the leg through.
Vegata moves nicely into side control.

Vegata tries for a kimura but Alves is defending well.
You can see the frustration on Alves's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Vegata thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Vegata is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Alves is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Vegata tries for a kimura but Alves is defending well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Vegata tries for a kimura but Alves is defending well.
Alves tries to get back to half guard but can't.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vegata advances to full mount.
Alves is trying to escape the mount.

Vegata is working for a guillotine from mount but Alves frees his head quite easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Vegata dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Antonio Vegata's cut.
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.

Vegata displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Alves throws out the jab.
Vegata ducks under a wild hook from Alves.
Jab, jab by Vegata - just one landing.
Vegata uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Alves has time to react.
Vegata thuds a left hand into Alves's body.
Vegata throws an off balance right hand
and Alves counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A big left from Vegata misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves wants to clinch up but Vegata keeps it at a distance.
Vegata throws out a powerful jab.
Alves avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Alves has a takedown stuffed.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Alves.
Vegata throws a series of punches but Alves avoids them all with ease.
Alves takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vegata swinging wildly here.
Vegata fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Alves avoids it really well and circles away.
Alves tries to clinch but Vegata is having none of it.
Alves loads up on a big right hand but Vegata slips the punch.
Vegata misses with a body shot.
Alves throws an off balance right hand
enabling Vegata to counter with a crisp jab.
Antonio Vegata is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Vegata.
Vegata darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Vegata fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Vegata cracks Alves with a good jab.
Alves swings widly with a right hand
and Vegata counters with a one-two to the body.
Alves slips under a jab.
Vegata avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Vegata there.
Alves throws a right and a left that Vegata avoids nicely.
Vegata shoots in looking for a takedown but Alves manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Vegata's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Freddy Alves has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antonio Vegata.
Alves misses with an uppercut.

Vegata scores with a takedown into Alves's guard.
Vegata advances position into side control!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Vegata thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alves trying to remain calm as Vegata controls from the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Vegata showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Antonio Vegata's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Alves just misses with a punch to the body.
Vegata thuds a left hand into Alves's body.

Vegata shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Vegata wants to work for an arm triangle but Alves is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Vegata seems to be working for a kimura but Alves defends the submission attempt.

Vegata is working for a submission of some sort.
Alves tries to get to full guard but Vegata has control of the leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vegata is looking to take a break and control but Alves is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Vegata is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Alves trying to control but Vegata postures up.
Vegata trying to control from Alves's half guard. Alves has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Vegata advances to half guard.
Vegata blocks the strikes from Alves.
Alves is looking to control Vegata's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Alves avoid being mounted?
Vegata prevents Alves from improving his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Vegata is looking for a kimura but Alves is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Vegata to get the leverage.

Vegata is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Alves has managed to free his arm - good work.
Antonio Vegata has got the better of the ground game so far.
Alves wants to improve his position but Vegata is controlling well.

Alves manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice defenses there by Vegata.
No luck for Vegata with that takedown attempt.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Vegata.
Freddy Alves has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Alves knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Vegata on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Vegata is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Alves is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Vegata is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Alves knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Vegata tries for a kimura but Alves is defending well.
Alves tries to bench press Vegata off him but Vegata keeps the position.
Vegata looking to control but instead Alves has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Alves tries to roll over but Vegata keeps him under control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Vegata's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Vegata's back!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vegata avoids the strikes from Alves.
Alves throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Alves lands a shot to the head.

Alves goes for a risky armbar from back mount and it's not paid off. Vegata escapes and is now in half guard on top.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Vegata is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

And that's the end of the fight!
Antonio Vegata comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Vegata has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30

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