PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Luco Zade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matias Alderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alderson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Dark moon High tide kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Zade
vs
Alderson

177 cm
27
168 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

170 cm
28
168 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Luco Zade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Matias Alderson!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Viktor Lagutenko and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alderson shoots in but Zade avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Alderson moves in looking to clinch but Zade pushes him off.
Alderson moves in looking to clinch but Zade pushes him off.
Alderson tries a head kick but it misses.
Alderson misses with a combination
and Zade counters with a one-two to the body.
Zade wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Zade throws the left hand but Alderson avoids the punch easily.
Zade swats away the attempt to clinch by Alderson.
Alderson fails with a takedown attempt.
Alderson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alderson throws a leg kick that is checked
and Alderson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Zade closes this distance looking for a takedown but Alderson circles away.
Zade lands a right hook to the body.
Zade slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Zade misses with a takedown attempt - Alderson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Alderson lands with a kick to the temple. Zade shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Alderson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Zade sprawls well. Zade wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Alderson gets slowly back to his feet.
Luco Zade has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matias Alderson.
Alderson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Zade paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Alderson fails with the takedown
and Zade counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice sprawl there from Zade as Alderson shoots in.
Alderson dives in and grabs Zade's left leg, looking for a takedown. Zade pushes down on Alderson's head and hops out.
Zade looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Alderson looks to throw the jab but Zade is out of range.
Alderson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Zade rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Alderson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alderson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Zade's waist but Zade gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Alderson off to one side.
Alderson fails with a takedown attempt.

Alderson shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Zade wants to get back to his feet.
Alderson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zade tries to roll over but Alderson keeps him under control.
Alderson thows a huge punch but Zade dodges it nicely.
Zade is not content to let Alderson control the position.
Zade is looking to escape.

Alderson is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Zade has managed to free his arm - good work.
Zade is not content to let Alderson control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matias Alderson 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.

Zade lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Matias Alderson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Alderson closes the distance and clinches up with Zade, looking for a takedown. Alderson pushes Zade against the ropes but Zade circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Alderson is looking to clinch but Zade is avoiding it.
Zade fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Alderson is out of range.
Alderson tries to clinch but Zade is having none of it.
Zade scores with a jab. Alderson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A head kick misses from Alderson.
Zade throws a jab but it's blocked by Alderson.
Zade throws a leg kick but Alderson moved away.

Alderson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Zade!
Zade squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alderson wants to control the pace but Zade is squirming around nicely.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Zade is looking to improve his position but Alderson isn't that keen on the idea.
Zade wants to control but Alderson is having none of it.
Alderson lands a nice shot to the head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Poor strikes thrown by Alderson there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Alderson looking to finish with strikes here!
Zade is working to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zade wants to get back to his feet.
Alderson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Zade can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Alderson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zade squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Alderson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Alderson won't let Zade get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Alderson is landing with some decent strikes but Zade is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Alderson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Zade is looking to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alderson wants to control the pace but Zade is squirming around nicely.
Zade is looking to get to half guard.
Matias Alderson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Zade wants to get back to his feet.
Alderson with good strikes from the mount here!
The referee warns Zade that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Alderson cracks Zade with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Zade blocking the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alderson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alderson lands with some strikes.
Alderson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Alderson landing strikes from the mount.

Zade is rocked!
Zade takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Oh Zade is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Alderson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Alderson drops a big elbow. That's hurt Zade! More shots from Alderson and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matias Alderson!