PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Micah Magnum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Davi Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Magnum
vs
Alves

173 cm
28
150 lbs
16 - 10 - 1

167 cm
30
149 lbs
24 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Micah Magnum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Davi Alves!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Steve Smith and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Magnum defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Alves.
A jab from Magnum misses.
Magnum swats away the attempt to clinch by Alves.
Magnum throws a quick inside leg kick.
Alves throws a push kick but Magnum slaps the foot to one side.
A clash of legs there as Alves blocks the low kick.
A good leg kick by Alves.
Magnum throws a leg kick
and Alves connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Micah Magnum seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alves scores with a head kick.
A big right from Alves misses.
Magnum ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Alves connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Magnum tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Alves blocks a leg kick.
Magnum misses with a leg kick
and Alves counters with a nice kick to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Magnum lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Alves has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Alves and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Magnum is looking to clinch but Alves is avoiding it.

Alves fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Magnum, pushing him back against the cage.
Magnum tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Alves avoids it.
Magnum misses with a knee to the head.
Magnum looking to throw knees to the head but Alves is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magnum tries to land knees in the clinch but Alves avoids the damage to the body.
Magnum blocks a body shot from Alves.
Magnum misses with a knee to the head.
Alves managing to block the knees to the body from Magnum.
Alves lands a left hand that snaps the head of Magnum backwards.

Alves's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Alves shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Magnum feints a jab promting Alves to slip. Magnum then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Alves slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Alves checks a low kick from Magnum.
Magnum takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Magnum keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Alves lands a jab to Magnum's midsection.
Magnum throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Alves with a hook.
Alves throws a nice outside leg kick.
Alves moves out of range of the leg kick from Magnum.
Magnum tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Alves was well out of range. Poor timing from Magnum.
Magnum throws a low kick but it's checked well by Alves.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Alves misses with a wild body shot.
Alves scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Magnum doesn't seem bothered though.
Magnum will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Magnum throws a leg kick but Alves moved away.
Micah Magnum is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Alves fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Magnum manages to avoid it.
Alves keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Magnum tries to clinch up
and Alves connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Alves lands with an uppercut that bounces Magnum off the cage and back into range.
Alves swats away the attempt to clinch by Magnum.
Alves throws a nice outside leg kick.
Magnum ducks under a wild hook from Alves.

Magnum darts in and clinches Alves up against the cage.
Magnum misses with a knee strike.
Magnum misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Alves.
Magnum managing to block the knees to the body from Alves.
Alves throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves managing to block the knees to the body from Magnum.
Alves on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Magnum using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Magnum misses with a knee strike.
Alves misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Alves misses with a hook to the ribs.
Magnum with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Alves cracks Magnum with a nice body shot.
Magnum prevents the takedown attempt.
Micah Magnum has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Davi Alves.
Magnum tries a knee to the head but Alves blocks it.
Good body shot from Alves.
Alves managing to block the knees to the body from Magnum.
Magnum with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Magnum landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Magnum tries to land a knee to the head but Alves blocks with his arms.
Alves blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Magnum is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alves managing to block the knees to the body from Magnum.
Magnum tries a knee to the head but Alves blocks it.
Magnum tries to land a knee to the head but Alves blocks with his arms.
A hook to the body from Alves.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Magnum throws a knee to the head but misses.

Alves pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Alves digs a good body shot into Magnum's ribs.

Alves takes the fight into the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Alves.
Magnum misses with a knee to the head.
Magnum takes a shot to the head.
Alves tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Magnum's elbow.
Magnum with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Magnum prevents a takedown attempt there.
Alves on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Alves avoiding damage as Magnum throws knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Magnum tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Magnum with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Alves is trying to push Magnum away but Magnum has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Alves throws a head punch that misses.
Magnum blocks a body shot from Alves.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Davi Alves will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Alves fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Magnum has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A jab from Alves misses.
Davi Alves seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Alves dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Magnum tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alves swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Alves scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Alves fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Alves lands with a straight right. Magnum didn't see that one coming.
Magnum tries to close the distance and clinch but Alves swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Magnum tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Alves paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Alves is looking to clinch.
Magnum is looking to clinch.
Magnum throws a leg kick
and Alves counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Magnum connects with a crisp jab.

Alves looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Magnum is refusing to be controlled, as Alves sits in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Alves is looking for a kimura here.
Alves wants to free his trapped foot but Magnum is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Magnum looks like he's trying to stand up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Magnum keeping control of the position.

Alves is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Magnum sees it coming and defends easily.
Magnum is looking to improve his position.
Alves is nestled in close to Magnum, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves stalling away here and it's allowed Magnum to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Alves throwing strikes from guard but Magnum blocks nicely.
Alves throws a strike but Magnum rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Alves working for submissions but it's allowed Magnum to get to half guard.
Alves keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Alves looking for a sweep. Not yet Alves, not yet.
Alves is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Alves looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Alves looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Davi Alves showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Magnum misses with a body punch
and Alves counters with a nice uppercut.
Alves misses with a wild body shot.
Magnum throws a leg kick but Alves checks it.
Magnum moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Alves misses with a takedown attempt - Magnum sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Magnum comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Magnum tries to close the distance and clinch but Alves swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Magnum is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A low kick from Magnum is predictable there

and Alves counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Alves.
Alves tries to land knees in the clinch but Magnum avoids the damage to the body.
Magnum with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Magnum is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Alves is defending well for now.
Alves avoiding damage as Magnum throws knees to the body.
Magnum throws a knee to the head but misses.
Alves tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Alves fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Magnum missing with knees to the body.
Alves lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magnum looking to throw knees to the head but Alves is blocking nicely.
Magnum tries to land a knee to the head but Alves blocks with his arms.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Magnum misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Alves.
Magnum trying to land knees to the body.
Alves drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Magnum with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Alves tries to work over Magnum's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Magnum misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Alves.
Alves tries to break free but Magnum pushes him back against the cage.
Magnum tries to land a knee to the head but Alves blocks with his arms.
Alves managing to block the knees to the body from Magnum.
Alves lands a hook that snaps the head of Magnum backwards.
Nice body punch from Alves - that landed with a thud.
A right hand to the body from Alves.
Alves throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Magnums head.
Magnum blocks an elbow strike from Alves.
Alves tries to circle away but Magnum has him pinned against the cage.
Alves avoiding damage as Magnum throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magnum throws a knee to the head but misses.
Alves scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Alves on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Alves.
Magnum looking to throw knees to the head but Alves is blocking nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Magnum tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Alves breaks from the clinch.
Alves lands a slapping body shot.
A left and a right from Alves both land. Nice combination.
Alves circles away from the clinch attempt.
Davi Alves is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Alves listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Good leg kick by Alves there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Alves scores with the left hand. Magnum knows he should have avoided that one.
Magnum tries to clinch up
and Alves counters with a straight right hand.
Alves ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Magnum moves away.
Magnum is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magnum takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Alves avoids the body shot from Magnum.
Magnum just misses with a punch to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Magnum misses the target.
Magnum chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Alves can pounce on him.
Magnum throws a looping overhand right but Alves ducks down to avoid it.
Alves throws a head kick that misses.
Magnum throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Magnum darts in trying to clinch
and Alves counters with a big head kick but Magnum shrugs it off.
Alves lands with a thumping leg kick.
Alves moves away from the strike by Magnum.
Magnum tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Alves manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Magnum misses with a looping left.
Alves connects with a solid leg kick.
Magnum takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magnum takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Magnum takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Alves connects with a leg kick. Magnum looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Magnum is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Alves avoids the body shot from Magnum.
Magnum tries to close the distance and clinch but Alves swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Alves misses with a head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Magnum bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Magnum clinches up against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Magnum.
Magnum misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Magnum trying to land knees to the body.
Alves managing to block the knees to the body from Magnum.
Magnum tries to land knees in the clinch but Alves avoids the damage to the body.
Micah Magnum has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Magnum is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Magnum using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Alves has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Alves managing to block the knees to the body from Magnum.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Davi Alves.
I've got Alves winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Davi Alves!
A relieved looking Davi Alves thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.