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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Xantos Aremis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlo Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aremis comes to the cage accompanied by Infected Mushroom - Merlin. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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179 lbs
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
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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
23 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Xantos Aremis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Carlo Alvarez!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Alec Ball and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aremis throws a left and a right that both miss
and Alvarez makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Aremis lands with a hook. Alvarez tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Alvarez takes a swing at Aremis's ribcage but misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Aremis misses its target.
Aremis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Alvarez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Aremis scores with the left hand. Alvarez knows he should have avoided that one.
Alvarez thuds his shin into the meat of Aremis's side.
Alvarez gets a takedown into half guard.
Alvarez sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Aremis defending well though.
Alvarez throwing shots but Aremis is blocking nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alvarez is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Alvarez tries to pass to full mount but Aremis defends it.
Aremis blocking the ground and pound attempt from Alvarez.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aremis is doing well to control the position and prevent Alvarez from advancing to side control.
Aremis is not content to let Alvarez control the position.
Alvarez not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Aremis trying to control but Alvarez postures up.
Alvarez is trying to control. Aremis wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Alvarez works his way into side control.
Aremis is not content to let Alvarez control the position.
Alvarez throws a strike aimed at the side of Aremis's head but Aremis avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Alvarez is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Aremis's shoulder. That is not cool.
Aremis wants to control but Alvarez postures up.
Alvarez misses with the ground and pound.
Alvarez tries to advance to mount but Aremis denies him.
Alvarez throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Alvarez has knee on belly and moves into mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Aremis avoids a series of strikes thrown by Alvarez.
Alvarez throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Alvarez cracks Aremis with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Alvarez wants to control but instead Aremis manages to regain half guard.
Aremis avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Alvarez.
Aremis moves into full guard.
Alvarez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Aremis is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Alvarez wants to control from the top but Aremis keeps moving.
Alvarez landing with the ground and pound.
Alvarez trying to move into half guard but instead Aremis has managed to sweep!
Alvarez managing to control the position.
Aremis throwing strikes from guard but Alvarez blocks nicely.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Alvarez holds on and takes a little breather.
Our spies down at at House of 1000 Corpses inform us that Alvarez has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aremis trying to control the position from guard on top but Alvarez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Aremis with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Aremis has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Alvarez looking for a sweep. Not yet Alvarez, not yet.
We've been hearing good reports from Aremis's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Aremis accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Alvarez holds on and takes a little breather.
Aremis tries to free his leg and advance position but Alvarez is retaining full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Alvarez controlling the position.
Aremis cracks Alvarez with a solid left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlo Alvarez dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Aremis lands a nice shot to the body.
Alvarez throws a push kick but Aremis slaps the foot to one side.
Alvarez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Aremis with a nice cross.
Aremis is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Alvarez's half guard.
Alvarez avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Aremis.
Alvarez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Aremis not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Aremis seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Alvarez is trying to get back to full guard.
Aremis with the ground and pound but Alvarez uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Aremis lands a couple of elbows.
Aremis postures up in Alvarez's guard and throws a big left but Alvarez blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aremis scoring with some ground and pound.
Aremis works over Alvarez with some ground and pound from guard.
Aremis throws a big elbow that misses.
Aremis working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Alvarez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Aremis is one step ahead there.
Aremis controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Aremis missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Aremis postures up in Alvarez's guard and throws a big left but Alvarez blocks it.
Alvarez is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Alvarez bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Aremis's guard.
Alvarez is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Xantos Aremis overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Alvarez trying to control the position from guard on top but Aremis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Aremis is keeping the position for now.
Alvarez preventing the sweep.
Alvarez landing with the ground and pound.
Alvarez postures up.
Aremis wants to sweep but no luck.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez looking to pass the guard.
Aremis manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Alvarez manages to get himself to full guard.
Alvarez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Alvarez pulls Aremis in close to prevent any damage.
Aremis throwing strikes but missing.
Alvarez controlling Aremis's posture.
Aremis stopping the sweep attempt from Alvarez.
Alvarez bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Aremis's guard.
Alvarez being controlled here momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Aremis is on top in guard.
Alvarez is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Alvarez has Aremis pulled in close to control his posture.
Aremis is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Aremis postures up in Alvarez's guard and throws a big left but Alvarez blocks it.
Alvarez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Aremis trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Aremis won't allow Alvarez to sweep him here.
Alvarez controls Aremis momentarily but Aremis frees himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Xantos Aremis dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Aremis throws the left hand but Alvarez avoids the punch easily.
Aremis looks to land a right hand but Alvarez moved out of range.
Alvarez looks to land a left hand but Aremis moved out of range nicely.
Aremis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Alvarez.
Aremis bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Alvarez on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Alvarez gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Alvarez tries to roll over but Aremis keeps him under control.
Aremis lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvarez blocking the ground and pound attempt from Aremis.
Aremis 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.
Alvarez is trying to get back to full guard.
Alvarez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aremis prevents Alvarez from improving his position.
Aremis missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Alvarez manages to get to full guard.
Aremis throws a big elbow that misses.
Aremis wants to control from the top but Alvarez keeps moving.
Aremis connects with a couple of short punches.
Alvarez wants to sweep here but Aremis controlling him for the moment.
Aremis is looking to work some ground and pound but Alvarez has wrist control.
Aremis postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aremis advances to half guard.
Aremis thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Alvarez's head.
Aremis thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Alvarez's head.
Alvarez moves into full guard.
Alvarez is controlling Aremis's posture.
Aremis trying to control the position from guard on top but Alvarez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Alvarez trying to control the position here.
Alvarez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Alvarez pulls Aremis in close to prevent any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aremis throwing strikes but missing.
Aremis in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Alvarez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Aremis with a flurry of punches that miss.
Aremis not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Alvarez misses with a hook. Aremis ducked under it nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Aremis misses the target.
Aremis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Alvarez is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Alvarez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Aremis misses with a straight left.
A swing and a miss from Aremis.
Alvarez scores with the left hand. Aremis knows he should have avoided that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aremis lands a jab-cross combination.
Alvarez scoring well with a low kick there.
Alvarez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Alvarez throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Aremis's waist but Aremis gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Alvarez off to one side.
Aremis misses with a straight left.
Alvarez swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Aremis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Alvarez can do to turn this around?
Aremis takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alvarez tests Aremis's chin there with a solid looking shot.
It looks like Xantos Aremis has been cut.
Alvarez moves away from the strike by Aremis.
Aremis is looking to clinch but Alvarez is avoiding it.
Aremis takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Aremis lands a body shot.
Aremis moves out of range as Alvarez strikes.
Alvarez lands the left hand.
Aremis throws out a powerful jab.
Aremis feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Alvarezs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Aremis moves out of range as Alvarez throws a body kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Xantos Aremis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Aremis 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Xantos Aremis!
During a confident post fight interview, Xantos Aremis thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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