PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Leonardo Florentino Ernesto Alvarez (ranked 3795 p4p, 415 weight class) and Olympia Unchained (ranked 3542 p4p, 385 weight class). Unchained has chosen Murphy Lee (feat. King Jacob & Prentiss Church) - Stomp (Explicit) as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Olympia Unchained enters the cage!

Florentino Ernesto Alvarez
vs
Unchained

180 cm
44
166 lbs
30 - 15 - 1

177 cm
39
176 lbs
17 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Arcticus University: London
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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 30 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leonardo Florentino Ernesto Alvarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Olympia Unchained!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Alvarez finds it's way through Unchained's defenses.
Alvarez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Unchained throws a body shot but no joy.
Alvarez half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
A left lands for Alvarez.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Unchained enables Alvarez to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Unchained manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Unchained looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alvarez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Unchained works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Unchained is trying to keep Alvarez in close.
Alvarez being controlled here momentarily.
Unchained working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Alvarez.
Alvarez postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Unchained is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Unchained working a defensive guard here.

Unchained is working an open guard so Alvarez takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Unchained throws a low kick but Alvarez avoids it.

Alvarez shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Unchained napping and manages to drive through into side control!

Alvarez wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Unchained, who protects the arm well.
Unchained is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Alvarez passes the guard and advances to mount!
Unchained is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Alvarez controlling his opponent.
Unchained wants to control but Alvarez is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Unchained?
Alvarez has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Unchained's face.
Unchained tries to hold on but Alvarez postures up.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alvarez prevents Unchained from getting the reversal.
Alvarez lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Unchained takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Unchained really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Unchained tries to lock up and control but Alvarez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Unchained is in a horrible position here. Alvarez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Alvarez is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Unchained can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Unchained tries to hold on but Alvarez pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Unchained is looking to improve his position but Alvarez isn't that keen on the idea.
Unchained tries to hold on but Alvarez pushes him away.
Unchained tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Unchained is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Alvarez avoids the attempt from Unchained to control.
Unchained is trying to escape the mount.
Unchained wants to hold on but Alvarez pushes him away.
Unchained is desperately trying to improve his position but Alvarez has a good base and remains in mount.
Unchained wants to hold on but Alvarez pushes him away.
Alvarez cracks Unchained with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Alvarez is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Unchained's face.

Alvarez is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Unchained has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Unchained tries to hold on but Alvarez pushes him away.
Alvarez is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Unchained regains half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Unchained controlling the position for now.
Unchained manages to get to full guard.
Unchained working a defensive guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leonardo Florentino Ernesto Alvarez dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Unchained looks to land a right hand but Alvarez moved out of range.
Unchained misses with a low kick.
Alvarez half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.

Alvarez closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Unchained's guard.
Unchained is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Alvarez being controlled here momentarily.
Alvarez is looking to stand up but Unchained won't let him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Unchained pulls Alvarez in close to prevent any damage.
Alvarez preventing the sweep.
Unchained is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez stopping the sweep attempt from Unchained.
Alvarez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Unchained's head.
Unchained is pulling down on Alvarez's head. It's preventing any offense from Alvarez, at least for the moment.
Alvarez connects with a couple of short punches.
Unchained throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Unchained looking to hit a scissor sweep but Alvarez is one step ahead there.
Unchained is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Unchained might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Alvarez haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Alvarez preventing the sweep.
Alvarez postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Unchained wants to sweep but no luck.
Alvarez trying to control but Unchained is working from the bottom.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Unchained lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Unchained.
Alvarez steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Unchained. That one must have hurt.
Alvarez fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Alvarez slips under a jab from Unchained.
Unchained is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Alvarez.
Alvarez dives in and grabs Unchained's left leg, looking for a takedown. Unchained pushes down on Alvarez's head and hops out.

Alvarez feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Alvarez is in close to Unchained's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Unchained trying to control the position here.
Unchained is continuing to stall.
Alvarez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Unchained can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Unchained tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Unchained lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Unchained pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Alvarez is keeping the position for now.
Alvarez is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Unchained avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Unchained engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Unchained trying to control the position from guard on top but Alvarez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Unchained stands over his opponent and dives in with a flying punch! Alvarez throws up his legs and catches Unchained in a triangle! Oh this looks tight! Unchained tries to escape but he's forced to tap! Wow, fantastic work there by Alvarez! That came out of nowhere!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Leonardo Florentino Ernesto Alvarez!
Leonardo Florentino Ernesto Alvarez seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.