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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Axl Rose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Alvado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rose kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is You Could Be Mine. Alvado comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Obie Trice - Ups & Downs kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Pablo Alvado has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Axl Rose's chin.
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183 cm
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171 lbs
16 - 11 - 0 |
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180 cm
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156 lbs
47 - 21 - 1 |
BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Axl Rose! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
47 - 21 - 1, fighting out of New York, Pablo Alvado! The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Wesley Smith and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Alvado is looking to land body kicks. As Alvado looks to move away, Rose throws a big counter combo but Alvado just gets out of the way. Rose throws a leg kick but Alvado moved away. Alvado pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Pablo Alvado seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. A shot to the liver by Alvado. Beautiful body shot. Alvado lands with a hook. Rose tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head. Rose swings for the body but Alvado moves out of range.
Rose throws a leg kick but Alvado sees it coming and moves out of range. Rose throws a sloppy head kick letting Alvado counter with a right hand. Rose throws a body punch but Alvado moves out of range. Rose thuds his right hand into Alvado's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Rose takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. Rose tried to score with a low kick but Alvado checks it. A little jabbing left from Alvado on the counter but it doesn't find it's target. Rose takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Alvado looks to land a right hand but Rose moved out of range. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Rose throws a body kick despite being completely out of range and Alvado counters with an inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round. Rose scores with a nice body kick.
Rose scores with a jab. Alvado swings and misses with a shot to the body and Rose counters with a nice uppercut. Rose throws a leg kick and Alvado counters with a straight right hand. A solid leg kick lands there for Alvado.
A big right from Rose misses. A looping hook to the body misses from Alvado. Rose does a little dance to reset his feet. Alvado digs a good hook to Rose's body.
Alvado swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rose takes a kick to the side of the head. Alvado throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Alvado swings for the body but Rose moves out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. An inside leg kick from Rose misses. A big right from Alvado misses. Rose throwing a counter right hand but Alvado manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A shot to the body from Alvado misses and Rose counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Pablo Alvado has been cut. Alvado chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rose can pounce on him.
Alvado misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rose lands the left hand. Alvado connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son. Alvado has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight. Alvado just misses with a punch to the body.
Rose digs a good body shot into Alvado's ribs. Rose bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Rose misses with a body shot.
Rose throws a sloppy head kick and Alvado moves out of range easily. Alvado tries a quick counter leg kick but Rose is wise to it. A swing and a miss from Alvado. Alvado moves away from the strike by Rose. Rose misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Alvado.
Alvado lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Alvado ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rose moves away. Alvado fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Rose has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage. Alvado throws a body shot but no joy. Rose misses with an uppercut. Alvado saw that one coming. Alvado scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard. A big left from Rose misses. Alvado scoring well with a low kick there.
Alvado misses with a head kick.
Rose throws a leg kick that misses. Alvado throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body. Alvado takes a swing at Rose's ribcage but misses. Rose takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. Alvado swings for the body but Rose moves out of range.
Alvado is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Rose rather than just go for the knockout. Some wild striking there from Alvado.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Alvado throws a lazy right hand but Rose sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Rose looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger. Alvado throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Rose on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Alvado misses with a double jab.
Alvado misses with an uppercut. Rose saw that one coming. Rose misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Alvado moves out of range of the leg kick from Rose. Rose avoids the body shot from Alvado.
A big left from Rose misses. A left and a right from Alvado both land. Nice combination. Alvado throws out a loose jab but Rose uses good head movement to avoid it. Alvado misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pablo Alvado dominated that round. The cut man is working on Pablo Alvado's cut. That's time! Rose's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Alvado misses with a straight left. Rose half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range. Alvado has been the more effective fighter overall so far. Rose blocks a head kick by Alvado.
Alvado walks into a straight right hand from Rose. Alvado takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it. Alvado connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Rose momentarily.
Rose throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Alvado on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot. Alvado avoids a kick to the body.
Pablo Alvado seems to be getting the better of the standup. Rose misses with an attempted mid kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Alvado connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt. Alvado lands a front kick. Rose fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Alvado manages to avoid it. Alvado missing with a left hand there. Rose was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Alvado takes a jab right on the kisser.
That's one minute gone in the round. Nice body kick there by Alvado. Alvado drops his hands momentarily and Rose takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head. Rose scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent. Alvado ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Alvado blocks the body kick.
Rose takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Rose lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Rose on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Alvado scores with a nice right hand.
Rose throws a right hand that misses
and Alvado counters with a nice uppercut. Rose keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Alvado. Alvado scores with a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Rose blocks a jab. Axl Rose has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Rose scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard. This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Rose might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far. Alvado keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rose tries to move into range but Alvado moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand. Rose throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Alvado cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Alvado throws a nice inside leg kick. Alvado lands a body shot.
Alvado throws a lazy right hand but Rose sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Rose throws a leg kick which misses Alvado's front leg but catches the back leg as Alvado tries to avoid it. Rose with a jab. Alvado misses with a body shot.
Alvado digs a good hook to Rose's body.
Alvado clobbers Rose with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise. Alvado tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rose was well out of range. Poor timing from Alvado.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Alvado connects with a single shot there. Alvado throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rose throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Rose throws out a leg kick but Alvado moves out of range and Rose only half commits. A jab from Rose misses. Alvado let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land. The fighters circling - Alvado throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Alvado lands a nice shot that snaps Rose's head back.
Rose throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Alvado now looks to counter with a shot at the body. Alvado lands with a kick to the ribs.
Rose throws a leg kick and Alvado counters with a right hand to the body. Alvado ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent. Alvado 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. Alvado throws a jab when Rose was well out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Rose ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alvado moves away. Alvado lands with an overhand left. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Alvado fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rose manages to avoid it. Rose is looking to counter with a body kick. Rose swings away with a leg kick that misses. A low kick from Rose is predictable there and Alvado counters with a lovely straight right hand! Alvado blocks a low kick nicely. Alvado scores with a jab. Alvado dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rose. That did some damage! Rose thows a left - swing and a miss! Rose moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross. A left lands for Alvado. Pablo Alvado is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Rose throws a body kick, spinning off balance and Alvado counters with a lovely straight right hand! A nice inside leg kick there by Rose. That's going to slow Alvado down.
And that's the end of the fight! Pablo Alvado comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. Well Alvado 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight for Pablo Alvado! Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight for Pablo Alvado! Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight for Pablo Alvado!
Pablo Alvado wins by unanimous decision! Our winner, Pablo Alvado, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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