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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bob John (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Micheal Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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185 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bob John!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Micheal Alvarez!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from John. Those never looked like landing.
Alvarez is looking to clinch but John is avoiding it.
Alvarez pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A shot to the liver by John. Beautiful body shot.
Alvarez moves in looking to clinch but John pushes him off.
Alvarez misses with a looping left.
Alvarez tries for a takedown but John sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Alvarez misses with a jab, cross combination.
John misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Horrible takedown by Alvarez or perhaps it was just good defense by John which made him look bad.
John throws a series of punches but Alvarez avoids them all with ease.
Alvarez tries to clinch there but John circles away.
Alvarez throws a head kick but John moves out of range.
Alvarez shoots in looking for a takedown. John tries to sprawl out of it but Alvarez keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. John manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Bob John has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Micheal Alvarez.
John tries to bum rush Alvarez with a series of wild strikes but Alvarez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
John lands a jab to Alvarez's midsection.
Alvarez dodges the punch combination from John.
Alvarez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
John misses with a few strikes there.
Alvarez shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says John as he avoids it easily.
Alvarez drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Donk. John catches Alvarez right on the button with a cross.
John swats away the attempt to clinch by Alvarez.
John stalks Alvarez and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Alvarez's face. Alvarez staggers backwards, shaken.
Alvarez doesn't manage to clinch there - John circles away.
John tries to bum rush Alvarez with a series of wild strikes but Alvarez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Alvarez shoots in and drives through. John sprawls well.
Alvarez missing with a left hand there. John was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Alvarez dives in for a single leg takedown but John sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Alvarez looks winded!
John is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Alvarez keeps control of John as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Alvarez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
John fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez tries to score a power double leg takedown but John sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Alvarez somewhat.
Alvarez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from John.
John swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
John will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
John throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Alvarez bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alvarez creates some space and throws a big elbow, but John sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Alvarez works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Alvarez lands an elbow.
Alvarez tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez working the ground and pound but John is defending the strikes.
An elbow from Alvarez crashes against the mat.
The ground and pound from Alvarez seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Alvarez working the ground and pound.
Alvarez looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
John defending against the ground and pound.
John on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if John tries to get out of the position.
Alvarez in side control, throwing shots but John defends.
John knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Alvarez on the ground.
John takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez creates some space and throws a big elbow, but John sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Alvarez throws a strike aimed at the side of John's head but John avoids it well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alvarez throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Alvarez working the head with strikes.
Alvarez trying to control the action but John is working from the bottom.
Alvarez throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alvarez misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
The strikes coming from Alvarez are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Micheal Alvarez dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
John ducks under a wild hook from Alvarez.
Alvarez wants to clinch.
Alvarez swings for the body but John moves out of range.
John fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Alvarez shoots in for a takedown but John shows good takedown defense.
John works over Alvarez's head and body with a nice combination.
Alvarez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with John, pushing him back against the cage.
Alvarez breaks the clinch.
John misses with a wild combination.
John displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Alvarez.
Alvarez instigates a clinch.
Alvarez manages to break the clinch.
Alvarez throws a sloppy head kick and John moves out of range easily.
John throws a right hand that Alvarez ducks under and follows up with a left that Alvarez also avoids with ease.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
John tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sloppy strikes from John. Those never looked like landing.
Alvarez shoots in looking for a takedown. John tries to sprawl out of it but Alvarez keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. John manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Bob John has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Micheal Alvarez.
A jab from Alvarez misses.
Alvarez wants to clinch up but John keeps it at a distance.
Sloppy strikes from Alvarez. Those never looked like landing.
John misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Alvarez shoots in but no luck this time.
Alvarez moves into the clinch.
John tries to break the clinch but Alvarez is controlling the position.
John stalling in the clinch but Alvarez improves position.
Alvarez manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
John swinging wildly here.
Alvarez shoots in for a double leg but John sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Alvarez tries to clinch up but John circles away and keeps his distance.
John throws a nice looking combination but Alvarez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Micheal Alvarez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A combination from John does no damage.
Alvarez bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alvarez tries to score with some ground and pound. John controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Alvarez tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Alvarez trying to control the action but John is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez misses with the ground and pound.
Alvarez in side control, throwing shots but John defends.
Alvarez cracks John with a big elbow.
John dodges the ground and pound from Alvarez.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez working the head with strikes.
Alvarez working the head and body with strikes.
Alvarez has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Alvarez shoots for a double leg takedown but John sprawls well. He's pushed Alvarez's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Alvarez doesn't manage to clinch there - John circles away.
Alvarez tries to clinch but John moves out of range.
Alvarez moves into range and clinches up with John.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alvarez breaks the clinch.
Alvarez shoots for a double leg takedown but John sprawls well. He's pushed Alvarez's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Bob John is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alvarez fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but John avoids it really well and circles away.
Alvarez avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Micheal Alvarez 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. This is the final round!
John misses with a two punch combination.
Sloppy strikes from John. Those never looked like landing.
John slips a jab and a cross from Alvarez.
Alvarez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Alvarez is trying hard to land a takedown here. John sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Nice sprawl there from John as Alvarez shoots in.
Alvarez avoids a punch combination nicely.
John lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by John.
Nice uppercut lands for John. That snapped Alvarez's head back.
John avoids a punch combination nicely.
Alvarez shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. John manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Alvarez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez controlling from the top position.
Alvarez throws a big elbow that misses.
Alvarez trying to control the position from guard on top but John is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Alvarez makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
John preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Alvarez throws a big right hand that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Alvarez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Alvarez lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Alvarez passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Alvarez has worked his way into a potential kimura here. John is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Alvarez yanks on the arm and John is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Alvarez.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Micheal Alvarez!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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