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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Michael Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roko Tiili (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alvarez comes to the cage accompanied by Doom. The crowd seem to be enjoying Tiili's choice of entrance music: Antti Railio - Halla ja etelätuuli. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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145 lbs
12 - 8 - 0 |
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137 lbs
14 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Alvarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roko Tiili!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Anthony Taglia and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tiili lands a jab to the nose.
Alvarez fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tiili.
Alvarez sizes up Tiili with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Tiili has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Alvarez moves away from the strike by Tiili.
Tiili throws a quick inside leg kick.
Alvarez on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Tiili throws a leg kick but Alvarez checks it.
Tiili throws a hook but Alvarez avoids it easily.
Tiili throws a body kick that misses
and Alvarez counters with an inside leg kick.
Tiili gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Alvarez throws a leg kick but Tiili moved away.
Alvarez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tiili connects with a right hand. Alvarez shakes it off.
Tiili throws a nice inside leg kick.
Alvarez misses with a straight left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tiili's head backwards.
Tiili wants to slow Alvarez down by chopping away at his legs.
Tiili lands with a kick to the ribs.
Tiili moves out of range as Alvarez throws a body kick.
Despite the aggression on Tiili's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Tiili manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Alvarez on his heels. He'll look to pass Alvarez's guard now, I'm sure.
Alvarez has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Tiili off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Michael Alvarez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Alvarez throws a front kick aimed at Tiili's knee but Tiili avoids it well.
Nice uppercut lands for Tiili. That snapped Alvarez's head back.
It looks like Michael Alvarez has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alvarez moves out of range as Tiili strikes.
It looked like Alvarez wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Tiili lands with a good body shot.
Tiili connects with an inside leg kick.
Alvarez throws a nice inside leg kick.
Tiili misses with a leg kick
letting Alvarez counter with a right hand.
Tiili scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiili throws a solid leg kick but Alvarez takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Tiili.
Alvarez throwing a counter right hand but Tiili manages to avoid it.
Roko Tiili seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tiili lands with a shot to the body.
Tiili tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Alvarez was well out of range. Poor timing from Tiili.
Alvarez moves out of range of the strikes.
Tiili misses with a wild body shot.
A low kick from Tiili misses
and Alvarez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tiili throws a nice inside leg kick.
Alvarez takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Alvarez fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Tiili fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Alvarez on the side of the head.
Alvarez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tiili throws out the jab.
Alvarez feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Tiili looks to land a body kick but Alvarez moved away.
Alvarez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tiili.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiili tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Alvarez appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Alvarez throws a jab but it's blocked by Tiili.
Tiili lands a front kick.
Tiili misses with a hook to the body
and Alvarez counters with a stiff right hand.
Tiili lands an overhand right.
Tiili misses with a kick to the body
and Alvarez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tiili connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Alvarez's hands.
Tiili takes a jab right on the kisser.
Alvarez walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Tiili checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Tiili swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Tiili motions for Alvarez to come forward. Tiili throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tiili looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tiili thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Alvarez, right into the meat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tiili looks to score with a jab to the body but Alvarez is just out of range.
Alvarez takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Tiili with a lazy takedown attempt
and Alvarez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tiili comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Tiili throws a leg kick which misses Alvarez's front leg but catches the back leg as Alvarez tries to avoid it.
A cross from Tiili lands.
Tiili lands a really nice looking cross but Alvarez seems unphased.
Alvarez walks into a jab.
Tiili lands a jab to the nose.
Alvarez is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tiili takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Alvarez looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Alvarez lands a nice looking kick to the body. Tiili takes a step back to recover.
Tiili ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alvarez moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roko Tiili dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Michael Alvarez's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Tiili keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Tiili doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Alvarez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Alvarez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Tiili moves out of range of the body kick from Alvarez.
Tiili throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Alvarez counters with a crisp one two that drops Tiili! Alvarez thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Tiili to his feet! Tiili is in big trouble!
Tiili is rocked!
Tiili works the jab nicely.
Tiili is still on wobbly legs! Can Alvarez finish him?
Tiili looks to throw a body kick
and Alvarez counters with a huge left! Tiili is in big trouble! He's backing up but Alvarez isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Tiili from any more damage. A dominating finish by Alvarez!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Alvarez!
A very excited looking Michael Alvarez made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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