PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lyman Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Santos
vs
Alves

186 cm
24
204 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

192 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

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 Rio de Janeiro, Lyman Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diego Alves!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Edson Gomes and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos tries for a takedown but Alves sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Santos shoots and misses
and Alves counters with a nice uppercut.
Alves misses with an uppercut.
Alves uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Santos.
Alves throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Santos.
Alves tests Santos's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Alves throws a combination. Santos tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Santos takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Alves throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Alves misses with a combination
and Santos counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Diego Alves has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice straight punches there by Alves. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Alves.
Diego Alves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alves scores with a hook to the body. Santos takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Santos wants to land a leg kick but Alves is out of range.
Alves swinging wildly here.
Alves throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Alves as Santos shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lyman Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
No joy there for Alves, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Alves keeps the fight on the outside.
Alves walks into a left hand.
Alves will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Santos shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Alves sprawls well. Alves wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Santos gets slowly back to his feet.
Alves throws a left and a right that both miss
and Santos counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Alves looks winded!
Santos looks to land a combination but Alves avoids it well.
Santos fails with a takedown attempt.
Santos drops Alves with a naaaaasty hook - Alves is in real trouble here! Santos dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lyman Santos!