PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Stan Bickens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Saul Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alvarez has chosen Survivor - 'Burning Heart' as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bickens
vs
Alvarez

175 cm
26
163 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

175 cm
20
163 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Wolfpack Threadz

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 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Stan Bickens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Saul Alvarez!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Paul Aken and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A lazy left from Alvarez finds it's target.
Bickens fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Alvarez manages to avoid it.
Alvarez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Alvarez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bickens.
Alvarez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bickens takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bickens misses with a left hand
and Alvarez counters with an outside leg kick.
Bickens throws a hook but Alvarez blocks it.
Alvarez works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Bickens closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bickens. Alvarez does a little dance to reset his feet.
An inside leg kick lands from Alvarez.
Bickens looks to score with a jab to the body but Alvarez is just out of range.
Bickens throws a sloppy body shot
and Alvarez counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Bickens is looking to wear down Alvarez with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Alvarez works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Bickens thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez throws a right hand that Bickens ducks under and follows up with a left that Bickens also avoids with ease.
Alvarez avoids the body shot from Bickens.
Bickens throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A telegraphed right hand from Bickens misses the target.
Bickens misses the body punch
and Alvarez counters with a thumping low kick.
Nice shot by Alvarez.
Bickens swings for the body but Alvarez moves out of range.
Bickens swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Bickens takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez lands a jab to the head.
Alvarez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Alvarez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Left hook, right uppercut from Alvarez.
Bickens misses with a straight left.
Alvarez connects with a right hand. Bickens shakes it off.
A telegraphed right hand from Bickens misses the target.
Bickens takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Some wild striking there from Alvarez.
Bickens throws a jab when Alvarez was well out of range.
Alvarez lands a head shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alvarez moves away from the strike by Bickens.
Bickens misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Alvarez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Saul Alvarez 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.

Bickens throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice uppercut there from Alvarez.
Alvarez avoids the body shot from Bickens.
A shot to the body from Bickens misses
and Alvarez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Bickens throws a hook but Alvarez blocks it.
Bickens misses with a looping right.
Bickens throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bickens avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bickens.
Bickens takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bickens misses the body punch
and Alvarez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Alvarez clobbers Bickens with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A big left from Bickens misses.
Bickens just misses with a punch to the body.
Bickens walks into a left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bickens. Alvarez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bickens misses with a body punch
and Alvarez counters with a straight right hand.
Alvarez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bickens on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Bickens swings for the body but Alvarez moves out of range.
Bickens missing with a left hand there. Alvarez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bickens swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bickens moves forwards but Alvarez connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Bickens looks to score with a jab to the body but Alvarez is just out of range.
Alvarez scores with a punch to the head.
Alvarez bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bickens misses with a hook.
Alvarez stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Alvarez uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bickens has time to react.
Alvarez misses with a series of wild punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bickens takes a swing at Alvarez's ribcage but misses.
Bickens throws a jab but it's blocked by Alvarez.
Bickens looks to land a left hand but Alvarez moved out of range nicely.
Bickens misses the shot to the body.
Bickens rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Alvarez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bickens rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Alvarez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Saul Alvarez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Alvarez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bickens throws a sloppy body shot
and Alvarez counters with a good low kick that Bickens was not able to check.
Bickens misses the jab.
Bickens has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Bickens walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bickens throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Alvarez scores with a hook to the body. Bickens takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bickens misses with a hook.
Bickens throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bickens looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez cracks Bickens with an open hand slap.
Alvarez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bickens throws out the jab.
Bickens throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Bickens takes a swing at Alvarez's ribcage but misses.
Alvarez moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bickens. Alvarez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bickens swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Alvarez counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bickens looks to throw the jab but Alvarez is out of range.
Bickens is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bickens looks to throw the jab but Alvarez is out of range.
Alvarez sizes up Bickens with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Alvarez dips to his left and cracks Bickens with an uppercut!
Alvarez cracks Bickens with a right hand to the side of the head.
Bickens misses with a lunging right hand
and Alvarez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alvarez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Saul Alvarez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Alvarez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bickens.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez defending well as Bickens loads up on a big left hand.
Alvarez scores with a nice right hand.
Good leg kick by Alvarez there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A slow jab from Bickens misses its intended target.
Alvarez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bickens takes one to the side of the head.
Bickens swings widly with a right hand
enabling Alvarez to counter with a crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez throws a one two combo.

It looks like Stan Bickens has been cut.
A good leg kick by Alvarez.
Bickens fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Alvarez manages to avoid it.
Bickens swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Alvarez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bickens throws a jab but it's blocked by Alvarez.
Saul Alvarez is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Alvarez slips under a jab from Bickens.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alvarez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bickens looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

And that's the end of the fight!
Saul Alvarez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Alvarez 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Saul Alvarez!
A very excited looking Saul Alvarez made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.