PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Do (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Do
vs
Alves

178 cm
27
180 lbs
12 - 4 - 2

180 cm
32
181 lbs
15 - 19 - 1

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Bruce Do!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Thiago Alves !
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Shimada and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alves lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Do circles away quickly and effectively.
Alves misses the jab.
Do displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Alves throws out the jab.
Alves misses with an uppercut.

Do moves into the clinch.
Alves on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Do lands a body punch.
Alves is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Alves takes an elbow to the temple.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Do just misses with a elbow thrown towards Alves 's brow.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Do obliges.
Do with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Do throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Alves blocks it with crossed arms.
Do lands an elbow inside.
Do tries a knee to the head but Alves blocks it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Do with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Do throws a knee to the head but misses.
Do scores a nice knee to the body.
Alves looks winded!
Alves misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Do.
A nice right hand lands inside from Do.
Do misses with an elbow over the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Do with a knee to the head.
Alves is trying to break free.
Alves tries to stall but Do uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Do lands with a left to the head.
Good body shot from Do.
Do crunches a lovely knee into Alves 's ribcage.
Do landing knees to the head.
Do landing knees to the head.
Do crunches a lovely knee into Alves 's ribcage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Do digs a right hand into Alves 's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Alves 's gas tank.
A knee to the head by Do.
Do throws a knee to the head but misses.
Alves takes a knee right on the jaw!
Do connects with a nasty looking knee right to Alves 's face.
Do misses with a knee strike.
Do with a knee to the head.
Do crunches a lovely knee into Alves 's ribcage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Do landing knees to the head.
Do with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Do scores a nice knee to the body.
Alves takes a knee right on the jaw!
Do blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Do landing knees to the head.
Alves looking to throw knees to the head but Do is blocking nicely.
Do misses with a knee strike.
Do throws a knee to the head but misses.
Alves tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Alves tries to land a knee to the head but Do blocks with his arms.
Do working Alves over with knees to the body.
Alves tries to work over Do's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short body shot lands from Do as the two fighters clinch.
A short left from Alves .
Alves misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Alves or not.
Do landing knees to the head.
Do throws an elbow but it misses.
Do misses with an elbow strike.
Do misses with an elbow strike.
Alves trying to stall but Do improves his position.
Do is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Do working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Alves creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Do obliges.
Alves swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Alves is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Do lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Do working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Alves struggles to land a body shot inside as Do controls his hands.
Do tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Do misses with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alves can't find room to land a body shot as Do controls the action.
Do blocks an elbow strike.
Alves throws a knee to the head but misses.
Do crunches a lovely knee into Alves 's ribcage.
Do lands a body punch.
A right hook to the body lands for Do.
Do lands with a light punch inside.
Do lands a knee to the body.
Do lands with a short shot to the head.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Alves takes a knee right on the jaw!
Do utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Do lands a body punch.
Do landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Do lands an elbow just above Alves 's eye.
Do lands a body shot.
Do scores with a knee to the head.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Do scores with a knee to the head.
Alves tries a body shot but Do blocks it.
Do landing knees to the body.
Do lands a knee to the head.
Do lands a nice elbow.
Do works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Do throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Do landing knees to the body.
Do scores with a knee to the head.
Do lands a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Do lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Do works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A right hook to the body lands for Do.
A nice right hand lands inside from Do.
Do scores a nice knee to the body.
Do has Alves pressed against the ropes, preventing Alves from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Do using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Alves has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Do takes a knee right on the jaw!
Do pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Do using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Do lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Good body shot from Do.
Do lands with a light punch inside.
Alves takes a shot to the head.
A knee to the head by Do.
A knee to the head by Do.
Do lands a knee to the head.
Alves is looking to control Do's arms but Do gets an underhook and turns him. Now Alves has his back to the ropes.
Do lands with a right to the head.
Do misses with a knee to the head.
Alves is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Do is defending well for now.
Do landing knees to the body.
Do scores with a shot to the side of Alves 's head.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Do landing knees to the head.
Do crunches a lovely knee into Alves 's ribcage.
Alves wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nice body punch from Do - that landed with a thud.
Do scores with a knee to the head.
Do lands a left hand that snaps the head of Alves backwards.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Do.
Do tries to land a knee to the head but Alves blocks with his arms.
A right hook to the body lands for Do.
Do is working Alves over against the ropes.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Alves takes an elbow to the forehead.
Do creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Alves 's defenses.
Alves looking to throw knees to the head but Do is blocking nicely.
A knee to the head by Do.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Do lands a nice knee to the body.
Do scores a nice knee to the body.
Do lands a right hand that snaps the head of Alves backwards.
Do pushes Alves back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Alves takes a knee to the side of the body.
Do lands a damaging elbow.
Do scores with a knee to the head.
Do tries to land a knee to the head but Alves blocks with his arms.
Alves effectively controlling the action here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Do.
Do connects with a nasty looking knee right to Alves 's face.
Alves is trying to maintain a safe position but Do gets an underhook and turns Alves into the ropes.
Alves tries to break free but Do pushes him back against the ropes.
Do throws a knee to the head but misses.
Do looking to throw knees to the head but Alves is blocking nicely.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Alves goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Alves missing with knees to the body.
Do doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Alves tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Do's elbow.
Alves misses with a body punch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Do obliges.
Alves trying to control the position but instead, Do has worked for underhooks and has pushed Alves into the ropes.
Alves is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Alves blocks the elbow strike.
Do connects with a nasty looking knee right to Alves 's face.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Alves is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Alves is trying to break free.
Do is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Do prevents a body shot from Alves .
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Do dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Nice cross by Do.
Alves tries to clinch there but Do circles away.
Alves throws a lazy right hand but Do sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Do moves into the clinch.
Bruce Do has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Do lands a nice knee to the body.
Do misses with a knee strike.
Do lands with a short shot to the head.
Do tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Do avoiding damage as Alves throws knees to the body.
Alves stalls.
Alves is looking to control Do's arms but Do gets an underhook and turns him. Now Alves has his back to the ropes.
Do lands a nice knee to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Do.
Alves is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Do is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Do misses with a knee to the head.
Do lands an elbow inside.
Do scores with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Do.
Do lands a nice knee to the body.
A short body shot lands from Do as the two fighters clinch.
Do lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Do is leaning against Alves and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Alves is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Do using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Do lands a body punch in the clinch.
Do lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Alves or not.
Nice elbow from Do.
Do lands a nice elbow.
Do scores a nice knee to the body.
Do lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves takes a knee right on the jaw!
Alves takes an elbow to the temple.
Alves dodges an elbow strike from Do.
Do tries a knee to the head but Alves blocks it.
Do connects with a nasty looking knee right to Alves 's face.
A hook to the body from Do.
Do connects with a knee to the head.
Do scores with a knee to the head.
Alves tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Do's elbow.
Do tries to work over Alves 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Alves throws a knee to the head but misses.
Do looking to throw knees to the head but Alves is blocking nicely.
Alves is trying to break the clinch but Do is controlling him.
Do looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Do landing knees to the head.

Alves breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Alves lands an impressive looking overhand right. Do doesn't seem phased though.
Do throws a lazy right hand but Alves sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Alves slips a jab and a cross from Do.
Alves with a nice cross.
Do has a takedown stuffed.
Do avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Alves throws a right and a left that both miss.
Alves checks a leg kick.

Do gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Alves throws a knee to the head but misses.
Do lands an elbow inside that Alves shrugs off.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Do just misses with a elbow thrown towards Alves 's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves takes a knee to the side of the body.
Do blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Alves on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Alves wants to take the fight to the mat but Do manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Alves tries to break free but Do pushes him back against the ropes.
Do 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.
Do pushes Alves back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Do on the inside.
Do misses with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Do lands a knee to the body.
Alves trying to control the position but instead, Do has worked for underhooks and has pushed Alves into the ropes.
Do crunches a lovely knee into Alves 's ribcage.
Alves can't get the takedown.
Do digs a right hand into Alves 's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Alves 's gas tank.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Do lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Alves is trying to stall.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Do obliges.
Do with a knee to the head.
Do is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Alves can do to turn this around?
Alves struggles to land a body shot inside as Do controls his hands.
Do lands a knee to the body.
Do putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Alves in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Do putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Alves in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Do gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Alves trying to stall but Do improves his position.
Knees to the body from Do.
Do with a knee to the head.
Alves takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Do creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Alves 's defenses.

Alves manages to break the clinch.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Do throws a head kick that misses.
Thiago Alves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alves missing with a left hand there. Do was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Alves just misses with a punch to the body.
Do dodges the punch combination from Alves .
Do with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Alves on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Do. Do obviously looking to wear him down.
Alves misses with a few strikes there.
Do feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Alves s jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Do missing with a left hand there. Alves was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Do fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Alves on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Do dodges the punch combination from Alves .
Thiago Alves has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Do defending well as Alves loads up on a big left hand.
Nice shot by Do.
Alves throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Alves takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Alves looks for a takedown but Do sprawls well.
Bruce Do has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thiago Alves .
Alves misses with a two punch combination.
Alves on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Alves takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Alves misses with a looping right.

Do shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Alves 's guard.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Do with a flurry of punches that miss.
Do landing with the ground and pound.
Alves trying to control the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Do lands a couple of elbows.
Bruce Do is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Do landing with the ground and pound.
Alves pulls Do in close to his closed guard and prevents Do from doing any damage or advancing position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Do's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Do is in close to Alves 's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Do preventing the sweep.
Alves looking to control.
Alves looking to hit a scissor sweep but Do is one step ahead there.
Alves utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Alves wants to sweep here but Do controlling him for the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Alves tries to strike from the bottom.
Alves throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bruce Do showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Do has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 20:18
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 20:18
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 20:18

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Do!
Bruce Do very nearly forgot to thank [CBK] LEGAL HIGHS « ONI ↑ 5x160Q amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.