PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rab Rehab (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alvarez comes to the cage accompanied by Bohemian Rapsody. Rehab has chosen saturday nights alright for fighting as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Alvarez
vs
Rehab

193 cm
32
197 lbs
23 - 14 - 0

185 cm
31
177 lbs
20 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

TWGC Champion
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Miguel Alvarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rab Rehab!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Winston Howard and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alvarez takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Rehab just misses with a punch to the body.
Alvarez connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Alvarez throws a sloppy head kick and Rehab moves out of range easily.
A punch combination from Alvarez misses.
Alvarez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rehab blocks a head kick by Alvarez.
Rehab misses with a looping right.
Alvarez keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Alvarez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Alvarez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Rehab shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Rehab showed some decent athleticism there.

Rehab is working for a submission of some sort.
Rehab prevents Alvarez from standing back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rehab has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Rehab looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Rehab working away from the top, dropping strikes.
You get the feeling that Alvarez really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Alvarez keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rehab pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

It looks like Miguel Alvarez has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alvarez keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Alvarez sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Rehab is looking to take a break and control but Alvarez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Rehab trying to pass the guard but Alvarez defending well.
Rehab has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Rehab missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez wants to get back to his feet.
Rehab wants to pass to mount but Alvarez is defending the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rehab winds up and cracks Alvarez with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Rehab is nestled in close to Alvarez, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Alvarez is looking to improve his position.
Alvarez is looking to escape.
Rehab lands strikes from half guard.

Alvarez looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Rehab working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Rehab throwing shots but Alvarez is blocking nicely.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Rehab passes the guard and advances to mount!
Alvarez in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Alvarez is rocked!

Miguel Alvarez's cut is getting worse.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rehab postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Alvarez badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Rehab around the waist but Rehab pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Rehab is the winner by TKO! Rehab jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rab Rehab!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Rab Rehab waved his t-shirt featuring GTI - 1337 sponsors VERSUS's logo in front of the cameras.