PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between manny sosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chaz Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). manny sosa could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Chaz Alves's chin.

sosa
vs
Alves

196 cm
22
176 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

179 cm
22
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Prefers ground

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, manny sosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chaz Alves!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Wesley Smith and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
sosa shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Alves as he jumps to the side.
Alves throws a front kick that sends sosa stumbling back into the cage.
Alves throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
sosa fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Alves misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Alves.
Nice sprawl there from Alves as sosa shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for manny sosa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
sosa misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Nice takedown defense from Alves. No joy for sosa on that attempt.
sosa really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Alves closes the distance and clinches.

Alves breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
sosa closes the distance and clinches up with Alves, looking for a takedown. sosa pushes Alves against the cage but Alves circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
sosa is breathing heavily.
Alves lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Nice takedown defense from Alves. No joy for sosa on that attempt.
Alves throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Alves stuffs the takedown attempt from sosa. sosa gets slowly back to his feet.

Alves closes the distance and clinches.
Alves unloads a knee to the mid-section. sosa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Alves pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Alves clinches up against the cage.
Alves crunches a lovely knee into sosa's ribcage.
Alves wants to get back to striking at distance but sosa won't allow it.

Alves manages to break the clinch.

Alves clinches up with sosa and pushes him back against the cage.
sosa is working for takedown but Alves is calmly controlling the position for now.
Alves connects with a knee to the head.

Alves breaks the clinch.
Alves throws a quick inside leg kick.

Alves has taken the fight to the clinch.
sosa goes for a takedown attempt but Alves pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Alves clinches up with sosa and pushes him back against the cage.

Alves breaks from the clinch.
Alves lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
manny sosa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Alves fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with sosa, pushing him back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Alves.

Alves breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Alves scores with a push kick.
Alves lands a two punch combo.

Alves rushes sosa and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Alves breaks from the clinch.

Alves clinches with his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alves is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Alves comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Alves breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Alves lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Alves drives through and clinches with sosa against the cage.
Alves is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Alves unloads a knee to the mid-section. sosa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
sosa wants a takedown.
Alves lands a nice elbow.

Alves escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Alves closes the distance and clinches.
Alves unloads a knee to the mid-section. sosa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Alves with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Alves pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Alves moves into the clinch successfully.
sosa goes for a takedown attempt but Alves pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Alves closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves stops a takedown attempt from sosa.
Alves landing knees to the body.
Alves lands a nice elbow.

Alves breaks the clinch.
Alves throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Alves clinches up against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Alves.

Alves escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
sosa looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Alves rushes sosa and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Knees to the body from Alves.
Alves unloads a knee to the mid-section. sosa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
sosa takes a knee right on the jaw!
sosa prevents Alves from breaking the clinch.

Alves pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Alves scores with a three punch combo!

Alves has taken the fight to the clinch.
Alves stops a takedown attempt from sosa.
Alves lands an elbow just above sosa 's eye.
A knee to the head by Alves.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
sosa has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Alves avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Alves connects with a knee to the head.

Alves breaks the clinch.
A head kick from Alves lands but sosa takes it in his stride.

Alves drives through and clinches with sosa against the cage.
Alves is looking to break free of the clinch but sosa has double underhooks.

Alves breaks the clinch.
sosa misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Alves scores with a leg kick.

Alves closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
sosa drops down looking for an ankle pick but Alves pulls his leg out and moves away.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for sosa. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Alves lets loose with a powerful body kick. sosa will feel that in the morning.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
sosa takes a head kick and keeps coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Alves moves into the clinch.
Alves lands a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chaz Alves dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Alves rushes sosa and presses him up against the cage.
Alves landing knees to the body.
sosa takes an elbow to the temple.
sosa has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Alves avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Alves scores a nice knee to the body.
Alves lands an elbow just above sosa 's eye.
Alves unloads a knee to the mid-section. sosa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Alves unloads a knee to the mid-section. sosa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Alves gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from sosa.

Alves escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
sosa will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for manny sosa. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Alves gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Alves manages to break the clinch.
sosa shoots in for a double leg but Alves sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Alves gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A knee to the head by Alves.

Alves breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Alves rushes sosa and presses him up against the cage.

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

Alves forces sosa back against the cage and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves connects with a knee to the head.
Alves landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Alves lands an elbow that stopped sosa in his tracks for a moment.

Alves pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Alves displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
sosa fails with a takedown attempt.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Alves clinches up against the cage.
Alves lands an elbow just above sosa 's eye.
Alves lands a knee to the body.
Alves has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Alves has had enough of the clinch but sosa keeps him there for the moment.
sosa tries for a takedown. No joy.
Alves lands an elbow inside that sosa shrugs off.

Alves breaks the clinch.

Alves has sosa up against the cage in a clinch.

Alves escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Alves doesn't manage to clinch there - sosa circles away.

Alves darts in and clinches sosa up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
sosa changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Alves fights it off and pushes away nicely.
A decent looking cross lands there for Alves.
Alves connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
sosa is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Alves.
sosa shoots for a double leg takedown but Alves sprawls well. He's pushed sosa's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Alves clinches up against the cage.
Chaz Alves seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Alves manages to break the clinch.
sosa closes this distance looking for a takedown but Alves circles away.

Alves gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
sosa goes for a takedown in the clinch but Alves prevents it.

Alves breaks from the clinch.
sosa throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Alves's waist but Alves gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing sosa off to one side.
Alves throws a quick head kick that skims the top of sosa's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Alves closes the distance and clinches.
Alves wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but sosa has him pressed against the cage.
sosa changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Alves fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Alves scores with a one two! sosa had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Alves gets a clinch.
sosa takes a knee right on the jaw!
Alves is looking to break free of the clinch but sosa has double underhooks.
sosa drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Alves pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Alves lands a nice leg kick that just misses sosa's sensitive parts.
sosa fails with the takedown.
sosa looks for a takedown but Alves sprawls well.

Alves clinches up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves landing knees to the body.
sosa is trying to drag Alves to the mat but Alves just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

Alves manages to break the clinch.
Chaz Alves is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Left hook, right uppercut from Alves.
sosa has a takedown stuffed.
Alves throws a nice inside leg kick.
Alves lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Alves lands with a nice combination. sosa backs away looking to recover.
sosa has a takedown stuffed.
Alves connects with a high kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Alves has managed to clinch.

Alves manages to break the clinch.

Alves moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chaz Alves showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Alves fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with sosa, pushing him back against the cage.
sosa has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Alves is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
sosa takes an elbow to the forehead.
Alves lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Alves manages to break the clinch.
sosa shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Alves but Alves pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Alves scores with a three punch combo!

Alves forces sosa back against the cage and clinches.
sosa is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Alves pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for manny sosa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
sosa changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Alves fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Alves lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
sosa takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Alves scores with a one two! sosa had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Alves lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Alves pushes sosa up against the cage in a clinch.
sosa prevents Alves from breaking the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves unloads a knee to the mid-section. sosa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Alves manages to break the clinch.

Alves clinches with his opponent.
sosa goes for a takedown attempt but Alves pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Alves thuds his shin into the meat of sosa's side.
Chaz Alves seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Alves drives through and clinches with sosa against the cage.
sosa is trying to drag Alves to the mat but Alves just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Alves creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through sosa's defenses.
Alves connects with a nasty looking knee right to sosa's face.
Alves is pressed up against the cage. sosa has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Alves down to the mat. Alves avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Alves lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as sosa backs up against the cage.

Alves fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with sosa, pushing him back against the cage.

Alves breaks the clinch.

Alves gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Alves using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Alves unloads a knee to the mid-section. sosa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
sosa is trying to drag Alves to the mat but Alves just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Nice elbow from Alves.
Alves landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

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

Alves clinches with his opponent.
sosa drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Alves gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Alves breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
sosa takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
sosa shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Alves but Alves pushes him off and we're back to square one.
manny sosa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Alves has managed to clinch.
Alves wants to get back to striking at distance but sosa won't allow it.

Alves breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Alves is looking to slow sosa down with leg kicks.
Alves lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
sosa closes this distance looking for a takedown but Alves circles away.
Alves is working the combinations to good effect here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
sosa fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
sosa takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

Alves closes the distance and clinches.
sosa takes a knee right on the jaw!
sosa changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Alves fights it off and pushes away nicely.
sosa takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Alves forces sosa back against the cage and clinches.
sosa is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
sosa keeps control of Alves as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
sosa changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Alves fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Alves keeps sosa at a distance using the push kick.
A right-left combo lands from Alves.
Alves scores with a kick to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves stuffs the takedown.
sosa shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Alves but Alves pushes him off and we're back to square one.
sosa takes a head kick and keeps coming.
sosa fails with a takedown attempt.

Alves closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Alves manages to break the clinch.
sosa fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
sosa has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Alves finds it's way round the side to connect with sosa's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Alves fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with sosa, pushing him back against the cage.
Alves scores a nice knee to the body.

Alves breaks from the clinch.
manny sosa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chaz Alves is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Alves throws a quick inside leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chaz Alves comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Alves has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 24:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 24:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 24:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chaz Alves!