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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Wood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Demian Alva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alva is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Viking Death march-billy talent. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jeff Wood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Demian Alva!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Colin Fray and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alva lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Wood keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Alva.
Wood ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Wood shoots in but no luck this time.
Alva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Alva misses with a head kick.
Alva walks into a straight right hand from Wood.
Wood ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wood lands a jab to the head.
Alva throws a lazy head kick
and Wood counters with a nice leg kick.
Wood swinging wildly here.
Wood throws a right and a left that both miss.
Alva throws a series of punches but Wood avoids them all with ease.
Wood lands a nice shot that snaps Alva's head back.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alva misses with a jab, cross combination.
Alva swings away with a leg kick that misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Wood.
Wood works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A right-left combo lands from Wood.
Alva throws a sloppy head kick and Wood moves out of range easily.
Wood lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Wood looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sloppy strikes from Wood. Those never looked like landing.
Wood bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Alva's head backwards.
Wood jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Wood lands with a nice combination. Alva backs away looking to recover.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wood lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Alva circles away quickly and effectively.
Wood scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Wood lands with a hook. Alva tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A left and a right from Wood both land. Nice combination.
Alva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wood.
Wood rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Alva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Alva tries to bum rush Wood with a series of wild strikes but Wood uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Wood.
Alva throws a right hand that Wood ducks under and follows up with a left that Wood also avoids with ease.
Alva lands with a straight right. Wood didn't see that one coming.
Alva throws a sloppy head kick and Wood moves out of range easily.
Wood moves into range and connects with a jab.
Wood feints a jab promting Alva to slip. Wood then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Alva slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Wood connects with a single shot there.
Wood is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Alva dodges the punch combination from Wood.
Wood is working the combinations to good effect here.
Wood lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Demian Alva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wood feints a jab promting Alva to slip. Wood then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Alva slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Wood ducks under a wild hook from Alva.
Alva throws out a loose jab but Wood uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wood misses with a double jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood cracks Alva with an open hand slap.
Alva fails to land with a series of punches.
Alva looks winded!
Wood feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Alvas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Alva throws a lazy right hand but Wood sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wood is looking to clinch but Alva is avoiding it.
Alva misses with a double jab
and Wood counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Wood lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Wood scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Wood misses with a series of wild punches.
Alva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wood uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Alva.
Alva throws the left hand but Wood avoids the punch easily.
Wood tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Alva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A left and a right from Wood both land. Nice combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Danga de danga de dang - Wood scores with a four punch combination!
Wood swinging wildly here.
Nice cross by Wood.
Alva takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Danga de danga de dang - Wood scores with a four punch combination!
A combination from Alva does no damage.
Wood scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Alva is rocked!
Wood throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Wood, right into the meat.
Wood throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Alva is still on wobbly legs! Can Wood finish him?
Wood misses with a series of wild punches.
Wood lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Alva seems to have recovered his senses.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Wood slips a straight right by Alva.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Wood, as that shot connected.
Wood scores with a hook.
Wood shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Alva pinned against the ropes. Alva gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Wood connects with a leg kick. Alva looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Wood wants to clinch up but Alva keeps it at a distance.
An inside leg kick lands from Wood.
Good standup being displayed there by Wood as he connects with a hook.
Wood throws a right hand that Alva ducks under and follows up with a left that Alva also avoids with ease.
Alva throws a right and a left that Wood avoids nicely.
Wood throws a series of strikes that have Alva backpedaling.
Alva takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Alva throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Wood thuds his right hand into Alva's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wood lands a two punch combo.
Wood misses with the combination.
Wood lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Wood misses with a double jab.
Wood lands with a right hand.
Both fighters circling a little - Wood finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Wood closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Wood misses with a two punch combination.
Wood rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Alva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wood tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Alva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wood pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Alva back to the ropes. Wood follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Wood shoots in for a takedown but Alva shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jeff Wood. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sloppy strikes from Wood. Those never looked like landing.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Alva misses with a double jab.
Wood misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wood pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Alva back to the ropes. Wood follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Wood will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Alva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
No joy there for Wood, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wood fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wood tries to clinch up but Alva circles away and keeps his distance.
Wood moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Wood ducks under a wild hook from Alva.
Wood lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Alva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wood.
Alva misses with a few strikes there.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Wood works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Alva tries to move into range but Wood moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Wood tries to bum rush Alva with a series of wild strikes but Alva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Alva walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
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!
Sloppy strikes from Wood. Those never looked like landing.
Left hook, right uppercut from Wood.
Wood swinging wildly here.
A combination from Wood does no damage.
Alva throws a right hand that Wood ducks under and follows up with a left that Wood also avoids with ease.
Alva with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Wood to score with a decent uppercut.
Wood with a nice cross.
Alva misses the shot to the body.
Wood goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Wood throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A jab from Wood does it's job there.
Wood uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Good leg kick by Wood there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Alva takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Alva drops his hands momentarily and Wood takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Wood slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A combination from Wood does no damage.
Wood lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Wood cracks the inside of Alva's front leg.
Alva throws a left and a right that both miss
and Alva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wood scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Alva swings for the body but Wood moves out of range.
Alva takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jeff Wood dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Wood jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Wood throws a nice head kick!
Wood will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wood rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Alva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A punch combination from Alva misses.
Alva takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A combination from Alva does no damage.
Alva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wood circles away quickly and effectively.
Alva tries a head kick but it misses.
Alva throws a series of punches but Wood moves out of range.
Wood ducks under a wild hook from Alva.
Wood tries to clinch up.
Jeff Wood is winning the standup battle so far.
Alva is breathing heavily.
Alva with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Wood to score with a decent uppercut.
Wood tries to bum rush Alva with a series of wild strikes but Alva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Alva misses with a kick to the body.
Jeff Wood is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood tries to bum rush Alva with a series of wild strikes but Alva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wood stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Wood getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Alva on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Alva throws a head kick that misses.
Wood lands a two punch combo.
Wood moves out of range of the body kick from Alva.
Wood closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Wood tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Alva avoids it.
Alva can't break the clinch.
Alva managing to block the knees to the body from Wood.
Wood is looking to control Alva's arms but Alva gets an underhook and turns him. Now Wood has his back to the ropes.
Alva is trying to break the clinch but Wood is controlling him.
Wood missing with knees to the body.
Wood tries to score a body lock takedown but Alva shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood wants a takedown but no success here.
Alva breaks from the clinch.
Alva on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Wood throws a right and a left that Alva avoids nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alva closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A combination from Wood does no damage.
Wood falls off balance throwing a combination
and Alva counters with a stiff right hand.
Jab from Wood.
Wood fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Alva throws a hook but Wood avoids it easily.
Alva looks to land a left hand but Wood moved out of range nicely.
Wood tries to bum rush Alva with a series of wild strikes but Alva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wood throws a hook but Alva avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alva drops his hands momentarily and Wood takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Alva misses with a double jab.
Alva shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Danga de danga de dang - Wood scores with a four punch combination!
Alva takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Alva has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Wood scores with a punch to the head.
Alva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Alva misses with a few strikes there.
Wood defending well as Alva loads up on a big left hand.
Wood takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Wood looks to land a combination. Alva sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A combination from Alva does no damage.
Alva closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Alva has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Alva there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood throws a combination. Alva tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Wood lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Alva circles away quickly and effectively.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wood has his takedown stuffed
and Alva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jeff Wood. That's going to take a lot out of him.
No luck for Wood with that takedown attempt.
A clash of legs there as Wood blocks the low kick.
Alva gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Alva throws a head kick that misses.
Wood misses with a wild combination.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Wood!
Wood scores with a jab to the jaw.
Alva stuffs the takedown.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Alva falls off balance throwing a combination
and Wood counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Alva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Alva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Wood. Those never looked like landing.
Wood tries to bum rush Alva with a series of wild strikes but Alva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wood lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Alva backs up against the ropes.
Wood rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Alva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wood misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wood moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Wood rushes Alva and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Alva's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Wood breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Alva throws a shot from downtown. Wood moves away and avoids it.
Sloppy strikes from Wood. Those never looked like landing.
Wood showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Alva.
Wood scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Wood lands a two punch combo.
Wood displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Wood shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Alva counters with a right hand 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!
Alva tries to bum rush Wood with a series of wild strikes but Wood uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Alva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wood lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Alva has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Wood looks to land a combination but Alva avoids it well.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Alva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Alva drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Alva takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Wood.
A right-left combo lands from Wood.
Wood lands with a right hand.
Alva needs to keep his hands up - Wood had a free shot at his head there.
Alva misses with a shot to the body
and Alva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wood rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Alva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wood tries to bum rush Alva with a series of wild strikes but Alva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wood fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wood swinging wildly here.
Alva throws a series of punches but Wood avoids them all with ease.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Wood with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wood with a nice cross.
Wood is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Alva can do to turn this around?
A left and a right from Wood both land. Nice combination.
Wood looks to land a combination but Alva avoids it well.
Wood lands with an overhand left.
Wood looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alva smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Alva throws a series of punches but Wood avoids them all with ease.
Wood takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Wood works over Alva's head and body with a nice combination.
Wood lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Wood throws a right hand that Alva ducks under and follows up with a left that Alva also avoids with ease.
Alva takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Wood scores with a jab to the jaw.
Wood moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Alva tries to bum rush Wood with a series of wild strikes but Wood uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Alva walks into a straight right hand from Wood.
Wood fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Alva's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Wood lands a lovely overhand right.
Jab by Wood.
Wood scores with a sloppy right hand. Alva should have avoided that one.
Wood moves out of range of the body kick.
Demian Alva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Wood.
Wood closes the distance and clinches up with Alva, looking for a takedown. Wood pushes Alva against the ropes but Alva circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wood lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Wood lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Wood.
Jeff Wood is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wood lands a jab-cross combination.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jeff Wood showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Wood 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 Roger Salmon scores the fight for Jeff Wood!
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight for Jeff Wood!
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight for Jeff Wood!
Jeff Wood wins by unanimous decision!
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