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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Warley Alvez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andres Uray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alvez comes to the cage accompanied by POP. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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196 lbs
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190 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Warley Alvez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andres Uray!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Daniel Cesar and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Uray takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Uray misses with a double jab.
Uray swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Alvez takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Alvez moves in looking to clinch but Uray pushes him off.
Uray steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Alvez.
Alvez moves into the clinch.
A short uppercut from Uray.
Uray pushes Alvez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Alvez manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Uray wants to get up but he can't break Alvez's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Alvez bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Uray's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Uray has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Alvez is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Uray.
Uray tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Uray is trying to escape the position but Alvez is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Uray is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Alvez is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Alvez throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Alvez controlling from the full mount.
Alvez throwing strikes here but Uray is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Alvez looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Uray avoids a series of strikes thrown by Alvez.
Uray is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvez landing strikes from the mount.
Alvez is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Alvez wants to control the pace but Uray is squirming around nicely.
Alvez controlling from the full mount.
Uray tries to lock up and control but Alvez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Uray defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Alvez.
Alvez stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Uray misses.
Sloppy strikes from Uray. Those never looked like landing.
Andres Uray seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Uray throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Alvez counters with a leg kick.
Uray looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Alvez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Uray manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Uray falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Alvez to counter with a crisp jab.
Alvez is looking to clinch but Uray is avoiding it.
Uray misses with a two punch combination.
Alvez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Uray looks winded!
Uray misses with a combination
and Alvez counters with a three punch combo that has Uray backing up. Uray nods at Alvez to acknowledge the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Uray swings for the body but Alvez moves out of range.
Alvez looks to land a combination but Uray avoids it well.
Andres Uray is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Uray misses with a series of wild punches.
Alvez moves into the clinch successfully.
Alvez ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Alvez no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Uray is fighting to break Alvez's control of his arms but Alvez is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Alvez has a closed guard, preventing Uray from standing up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Warley Alvez dominated that round.
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.
Uray throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Alvez.
Uray misses with a series of wild punches.
Uray falls off balance throwing a combination
and Alvez counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Andres Uray seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Uray swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Alvez counters with a nice uppercut.
It looks like Andres Uray has been cut.
Uray tries to bum rush Alvez with a series of wild strikes but Alvez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
We've been informed that Uray has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Alvez on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Alvez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Uray manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Alvez avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Uray ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Alvez is looking to clinch.
Uray misses with a double jab
and Alvez counters with a series of strikes. Uray will be more careful next time no doubt.
Uray is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Uray swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Warley Alvez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Uray throws a series of punches but Alvez moves out of range.
Alvez wants to clinch.
Alvez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Uray paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Uray throws a right hand that Alvez ducks under and follows up with a left that Alvez also avoids with ease.
Uray swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Uray scores with a one two! Alvez had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Uray looks to land a combination but Alvez avoids it well.
Uray throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Alvez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Alvez is trying to pull guard but Uray turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Alvez tries to pull guard but Uray holds him up against the cage and eventually Alvez drops back down to his feet.
Uray misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Uray lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Alvez backwards.
Uray's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Uray falls off balance throwing a combination
and Alvez counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Alvez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Uray manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Uray fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Uray moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Uray throws a left and a right that both miss
and Alvez counters with a good, hard body kick but Uray shrugs it off.
Alvez doesn't manage to clinch there - Uray circles away.
Uray feints the counter takedown.
Uray falls off balance throwing a combination
and Uray takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Alvez moves into the clinch.
Alvez manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Alvez looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Uray wants to get up but he can't break Alvez's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Alvez is pulling down on Uray's head to control his posture.
Uray wanted to stand there but Alvez had control of the position.
Uray is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Alvez controlling Uray's posture.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Uray wants to stand and escape but instead Alvez has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Uray keeping moving, preventing Alvez from controlling successfully.
Uray looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Alvez passes into side control.
Uray is looking for a sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Andres Uray will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Andres Uray's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Alvez shoots in for a double leg but Uray sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Uray misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Alvez appears to be looking for a big counter.
Uray looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Uray throws a left and a right that both miss
and Alvez counters with a three punch combo that has Uray backing up. Uray nods at Alvez to acknowledge the strikes.
Alvez lands a nice shot that snaps Uray's head back.
Alvez doesn't manage to clinch there - Uray circles away.
Uray misses with a double jab
and Alvez counters with a leg kick.
Uray lands a jab-cross combination.
Uray falls off balance throwing a combination
and Uray takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Alvez is looking to clinch.
Uray misses with a combination
and Alvez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Alvez shoots for a takedown but Uray saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Uray misses.
Uray takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Alvez cracks Uray with an open hand slap.
Uray misses with a combination
and Alvez counters with a crisp one two that drops Uray! Alvez thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Uray to his feet! Uray is in big trouble!
Uray is rocked!
Alvez tries to clinch but Uray is having none of it.
Uray is still on wobbly legs! Can Alvez finish him?
Alvez shoots for a double leg takedown but Uray sprawls well. He's pushed Alvez's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
It looks like Alvez has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Warley Alvez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Alvez closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Uray did well to prevent Alvez getting side control.
Uray scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Alvez manages to mount him!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alvez controlling from mount.
Uray tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alvez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Uray seems to have recovered his senses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Uray tries to hold on but Alvez pushes him away.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Uray can do anything to dispel that myth.
Alvez lands a heavy elbow.
Alvez landing shots from mount.
Alvez trying to control but Uray is having none of it.
Uray avoids a series of strikes thrown by Alvez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvez prevents Uray from getting the reversal.
Uray is still trying to improve position.
Alvez avoids the attempt from Uray to control.
Alvez landing strikes from the mount.
Alvez landing strikes from the mount and Uray is in trouble!
Alvez with the ground and pound from mount.
Alvez connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Uray can't escape the position.
Alvez 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvez is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Uray can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Uray is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Alvez controlling the pace for now.
Uray tries to hold on but Alvez pushes him away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Warley Alvez showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Alvez has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Warley Alvez!
Warley Alvez was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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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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