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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eleider Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alonso Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alonso Lee told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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179 lbs
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185 cm
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179 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Eleider Alvarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Alonso Lee!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Peter Branson and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alvarez walks into a stiff left hand from Lee.
Lee scores with a shot to the body.
Alvarez lands a nice shot to the body.
Lee lands a jab to the nose.
Lee swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Alvarez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lee throws a series of punches but Alvarez avoids them all with ease.
Nice jab there from Lee.
Alvarez on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Alvarez takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A decent looking cross lands there for Alvarez.
Alvarez lands with a shot to the body.
A jab from Lee finds it's way through Alvarez's defenses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee lands with a shot to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Alvarez darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Alvarez connects with a crisp jab.
The crowd cheers as Alvarez lands an impressive looking overhand right. Lee doesn't seem phased though.
Lee lunges at Alvarez with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Alvarez's hand.
Lee uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Alvarez.
As Alvarez backs off Lee throws a huge counter combo but Alvarez manages to avoid it all.
Alvarez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lee moves away.
Lee tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lee swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lee throws a series of punches but Alvarez moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez lands with a good body shot.
Lee throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Alvarez throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Lee on the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lee fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Alvarez is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Lee looks winded!
Alvarez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Alvarez.
Lee drops his hands momentarily and Alvarez takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Alvarez is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Lee changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Alvarez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lee manages to avoid it.
Lee let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Alvarez connects with a looping right hand.
Lee throws a big shot that misses.
Alvarez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lee.
Alvarez misses with a right hand
and Lee counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Lee ducks right into an uppercut from Alvarez.
Lee misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Alvarez.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee moves into range and connects with a jab.
Alvarez connects with a good right hand that stumbles Lee. Lee circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A shot to the liver by Alvarez. Beautiful body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alvarez swats away the attempt to clinch by Lee.
Lee closes the distance but Alvarez moves to the side
and Lee takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice uppercut there from Lee.
Alvarez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lee manages to avoid it.
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 Eleider Alvarez will probably get the nod.
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.
Lee closes the distance and clinches.
Lee lands a body shot in the clinch.
Alvarez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Alvarez avoids the body shot from Lee.
Alvarez avoids the body shot from Lee.
Lee scores with a nice head shot.
Eleider Alvarez is winning the standup battle so far.
Lee moves out of range of the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lee digs a good hook to Alvarez's body.
Alvarez takes a swing at Lee's ribcage but misses.
Alvarez defending well as Lee loads up on a big left hand.
Lee tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Alvarez was well out of range. Poor timing from Lee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee with a nice cross.
Lee stuns Alvarez with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fighters circle momentarily. Lee darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Lee staying out of range there.
Lee scores with a sloppy right hand. Alvarez should have avoided that one.
Alvarez looks to score with a jab to the body but Lee is just out of range.
Lee cracks Alvarez with a right hand to the side of the head.
Lee connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Alvarez takes a jab right on the kisser.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez thuds a left hand into Lee's body.
Lee scores with a nice right hand.
Lee scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lee lands a nice shot to the body.
Lee connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Alvarez's hands.
Alvarez misses with a two punch combination.
Alvarez swings away with a body shot that misses
and Lee counters with a nice body shot.
Lee throws a series of punches but Alvarez moves out of range.
Alvarez walks into a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Lee misses the shot to the body.
Lee connects with a crisp jab.
Lee scores with a crisp jab that stopped Alvarez in his tracks.
Lee scores with a hook to the body. Alvarez takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Lee punishes Alvarez's body with a nice straight punch.
Alvarez throws the left hand but Lee avoids the punch easily.
Lee wants to counter the offense by Alvarez and move into the clinch position.
Lee looks to score with a jab to the body but Alvarez is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch but Alvarez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A nice combination there by Lee.
Alvarez walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Lee is looking to clinch but Alvarez is avoiding it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lee misses with a body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Alvarez misses the target.
Lee throws a predictable looking body shot
and Alvarez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lee has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Alvarez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lee throws a body punch but Alvarez moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alonso Lee showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. 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.
Lee connects with a nice looking jab.
Lee misses with a jab, cross combination.
Alvarez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lee was well out of range. Poor timing from Alvarez.
Lee swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Lee dodges the punch combination from Alvarez.
Good shot there by Alvarez.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Alvarez. Lee does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lee throws a body punch but Alvarez moves out of range.
Alvarez was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
A punch combination from Lee misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Alvarez defending well as Lee loads up on a big left hand.
Lee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Alvarez manages to avoid it.
Lee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It looked like Alvarez was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Lee.
Lee moves out of range as Alvarez strikes.
Lee lands a right hook to the body.
Alvarez takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Lee throws a one two combo.
Lee misses with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lee swinging wildly here.
Alvarez swings for the body but Lee moves out of range.
Lee swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Alvarez misses with a left hand
and Lee counters with a straight right hand.
Alvarez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lee.
A little feinted left hand from Alvarez on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Alvarez connects with a good right hand that stumbles Lee. Lee circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee lands a slapping body shot.
Lee thuds his right hand into Alvarez's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Lee misses the jab.
Alvarez fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Alvarez looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Alvarez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Alvarez takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Alvarez, as that shot connected.
Lee throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lee lands a nice looking body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lee connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Alvarez scrambles back to his feet.
Alvarez throws a lazy right hand but Lee sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lee looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Alvarez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lee sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lee misses with a jab to the body
and Alvarez counters with a left and a right that stings Lee.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lee throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Alvarez appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
A big left from Alvarez misses.
Lee darts in and clinches Alvarez up against the cage.
Alvarez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alonso Lee comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Lee 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 Dirk Anderson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alonso Lee!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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