PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Travis Alvarado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carl Calista (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carl Calista has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Alvarado
vs
Calista

168 cm
24
279 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
250 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Travis Alvarado!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Carl Calista!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Eddie Farnsworth and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Calista misses with a head kick.
Alvarado is looking for a counter combo.
Calista fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Alvarado is looking for a counter combo.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Calista is defended easily by Alvarado.
Carl Calista seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Calista slaps away a takedown attempt from Alvarado, before circling back to the center of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Calista fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Travis Alvarado has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carl Calista.
Calista throws a low kick but Alvarado avoids it.
Calista misses with a takedown attempt

so Alvarado counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarado throws an elbow that misses. Calista uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Alvarado's guard. Nice move by Calista!

Calista advances to half guard.
Alvarado tries to kick Calista off but Calista keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Calista missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Alvarado throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Calista is trying to control the action in half guard but Alvarado is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Calista perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Alvarado is trying to stand back up but Calista is controlling him
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Calista blocks the strikes from Alvarado.
Alvarado is trying to stand back up but Calista is controlling him

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarado moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Calista trying to control the position from guard on top but Alvarado is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Calista wants to stand but Alvarado is controlling his posture from full guard.
Alvarado keeping moving, preventing Calista from controlling successfully.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Alvarado shoots in but no luck this time.
A low kick from Calista is predictable there

and Alvarado counters by clinching up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calista is defending well against a takedown attempt.

Alvarado manages to pull guard.
Alvarado wants to stand up but Calista is controlling him.
Calista slips nicely into half guard.
Calista passes to side control.

Calista goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Alvarado rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Calista's guard! Nice work there by Alvarado!
Alvarado throws a strike but Calista rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarado wants to stand and escape but Calista is having none of it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Calista accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Alvarado might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Calista trying to control the position from guard on top but Alvarado is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Calista is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Calista must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Calista is stalling in the full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Calista wants to stand and escape but instead Alvarado has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

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

That was a close round but I would say that Travis Alvarado will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Alvarado slaps away a takedown attempt from Calista, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Calista tries to clinch there but Alvarado circles away.
Travis Alvarado is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Alvarado throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Calista's waist but Calista gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Alvarado off to one side.
Calista shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Alvarado defends it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Calista walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Alvarado checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Calista closes the distance and clinches up with Alvarado, looking for a takedown. Calista pushes Alvarado against the cage but Alvarado circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Travis Alvarado has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carl Calista.

Alvarado looking to score a takedown here. Calista is defending well but Alvarado drives through and ends up in Calista's guard.

Calista is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calista has momentary wrist control but Alvarado slips an elbow through the middle.

Calista is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Calista looking to hit a scissor sweep but Alvarado is one step ahead there.
Alvarado stands up over Calista, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Calista utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Alvarado keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Calista's head.
Alvarado pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Calista is keeping the position for now.
Alvarado is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Calista can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Calista is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Alvarado throws a big right hand that misses.
Alvarado stands up over Calista, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Calista uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Alvarado defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Calista.
Calista is breathing heavily.
Alvarado misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Calista throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Alvarado's waist but Alvarado gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Calista off to one side.

Alvarado drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarado missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Alvarado chips away with some ground and pound.
Alvarado postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Alvarado's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Alvarado has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Alvarado drops back looking for a leg! Calista is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Calista manages to kick Alvarado off! Alvarado jumps back into Calista's guard.
Alvarado postures up in Calista's guard and throws a big left but Calista blocks it.
Calista is trying to hold Alvarado in close to prevent damage but Alvarado has managed to pass into half guard.
Alvarado lands strikes from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Calista has hold of Alvarado's hands but Alvarado slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Alvarado is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Calista has managed to free his arm - good work.
Calista keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Calista is looking to control Alvarado's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Calista avoid being mounted?
Alvarado not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Alvarado throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Alvarado not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Travis Alvarado dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Alvarado fails with a takedown attempt.
Alvarado has a takedown stuffed.
A decent looking cross lands there for Calista.

It looks like Travis Alvarado has been cut.
Calista tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Alvarado defends well and Calista ends up having to push Alvarado into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvarado avoids a punch combination nicely.
Calista shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Alvarado but Alvarado pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Alvarado scores with a takedown into Calista's guard.
Alvarado has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Calista is proving hard to escape from.
Alvarado throws a big right hand that misses.
Calista wants to stand up but Alvarado is controlling him.
Alvarado could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Alvarado working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Calista wants to sweep but no luck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarado is looking to stand up but Calista won't let him.
Calista is trying to control the position but Alvarado postures up.
Alvarado with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Alvarado stands up and waves to Calista to follow him.
Calista throws a nice looking combination but Alvarado bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Calista takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Calista displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Calista shoots in but Alvarado avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Travis Alvarado has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carl Calista.
Calista tries to close the distance and clinch but Alvarado swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Alvarado closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Calista quickly recovers to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarado thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Calista's head.
Alvarado wants to stand up but Calista has a hold of him and won't allow it.

Calista looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Alvarado seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

Alvarado is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Calista wants to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Alvarado looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Alvarado is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Calista defends it well.
Calista is looking to control Alvarado's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Calista avoid being mounted?
Carl Calista has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Travis Alvarado is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Alvarado perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Travis Alvarado showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Alvarado, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Travis Alvarado!