PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Alvarez (ranked 1582 p4p, 216 weight class) and Joe Walcott (ranked 1919 p4p, 250 weight class). Walcott has chosen The Way Of The Fist as his entrance music. 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?

Alvarez
vs
Walcott

187 cm
33
218 lbs
19 - 13 - 0

187 cm
34
204 lbs
18 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Pit Bull Development

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Aaron Alvarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Walcott!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Wesley Smith and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alvarez lunges at Walcott with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Walcott's hand.
Alvarez connects with a solid leg kick.
Walcott throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Alvarez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Alvarez misses with an attempted mid kick.
Alvarez moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromWalcott.
Walcott misses with a jab, cross combination.
It appears Alvarez was looking to counter with a kick there.
Walcott tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Alvarez takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Walcott takes a swing at Alvarez's ribcage but misses.
Alvarez is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvarez throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Walcott on the side of the head.
Alvarez throws a head kick but Walcott moves out of range.
Alvarez checks the leg kick.
Alvarez is looking to counter punch.

Walcott has closed the distance and engaged Alvarez in a clinch.
Alvarez leaning his opponent against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walcott lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Walcott pushes off an throws an elbow but Alvarez leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The referee calls for Walcott to work.
Alvarez tries a body shot but Walcott blocks it.
Walcott misses with a hook from the clinch.

Alvarez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Alvarez lands a right hook to the body.
Alvarez misses with a kick to the body.
Alvarez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Alvarez quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Walcott takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Walcott looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Alvarez jabs at Walcott's body.

Walcott moves into the clinch successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez misses with a punch to the body.

Alvarez manages to break the clinch.
Alvarez throws a looping overhand right but Walcott ducks down to avoid it.
A nice side step and Walcott releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Alvarez thows a leg kick but Walcott checks it
and Alvarez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

It looks like Aaron Alvarez has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Walcott tests Alvarez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Walcott throws a head kick 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.
Alvarez throws a sloppy head kick
and Walcott counters with a left to the body.
Walcott jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Walcott delivers a nice body kick.
Alvarez lands a slapping body shot.
Alvarez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Alvarez throws a shot from downtown. Walcott moves away and avoids it.
Walcott throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Alvarez.
Alvarez just misses with a punch to the body.
Walcott moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Walcott misses with a body kick.
Alvarez lands with a shot to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Walcott.
Walcott throws a hook but Alvarez avoids it easily.
Alvarez appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Walcott fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Alvarez manages to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Alvarez. Walcott does a little dance to reset his feet.
Alvarez throws a leg kick that misses.
Walcott is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Alvarez is looking to wear down Walcott with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Walcott scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Alvarez throws a low kick but it's checked well by Walcott.
Alvarez lands the left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good work by Alvarez as he checks the leg kick.
Walcott throws a hook but Alvarez avoids it easily.
Alvarez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Walcott misses with a straight left.
Walcott takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like Joe Walcott has been cut.
The fighters circling - Alvarez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Alvarez throws a hook to the side of Walcott's head but Walcott sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Walcott darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Walcott takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Walcott tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Walcott checks a leg kick.
Walcott throws a quick inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Joe Walcott will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

Alvarez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Walcott tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Walcott moves away from the strike by Alvarez.
Aaron Alvarez is winning the standup battle so far.
Walcott scores with a spinning back kick!
A bone on bone clash there as Alvarez blocks the leg kick.
Alvarez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Walcott.
Alvarez takes a swing at Walcott's ribcage but misses.
Walcott looks for the body kick but Alvarez saw that one coming.
Alvarez connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walcott misses with a kick to the body.
Walcott throws a sloppy head kick and Alvarez moves out of range easily.

Walcott clinches with his opponent.
Walcott tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez has a couple of punches blocked by Walcott.
Alvarez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Walcott tries to work over Alvarez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Walcott misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Alvarez misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Walcott.
Walcott tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Walcott digs a right hand underneath Alvarez's ribcage. Alvarez let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Walcott misses with a hook to the ribs.
Alvarez lands a left hand.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Walcott.
Walcott struggles to land a body shot inside as Alvarez controls his hands.
Walcott has Alvarez pressed against the cage, preventing Alvarez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Walcott throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Alvarezs head.
Alvarez has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Alvarez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Walcott digs a right hand into Alvarez's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Alvarez's gas tank.
Alvarez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Alvarez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Walcott's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez misses with some punches.
Walcott taking a breather.
Walcott taking a breather.
Walcott misses with a body punch.
Walcott blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Walcott throws a head punch that misses.
Alvarez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Walcott throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Walcott lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Alvarez takes a shot to the head.
Walcott controlling the action here for a moment.
Alvarez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Walcott misses with a body punch.
Alvarez avoiding damage as Walcott throws knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Alvarez.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez is working Walcott over against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Walcott.
Walcott scores with a shoulder strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Walcott.

Alvarez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Walcott throws a looping overhand right but Alvarez ducks down to avoid it.
Alvarez appears to be looking for a big counter.
Alvarez tries to land a front kick but Walcott steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Walcott wants to counter with a clinch but Alvarez pushes him away.
Alvarez swings for the body but Walcott moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Walcott.
Alvarez seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Alvarez throws a sloppy head kick and Walcott moves out of range easily.
Alvarez jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Walcott has managed to clinch.
Walcott has Alvarez pressed against the cage, preventing Alvarez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Alvarez.
Joe Walcott seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Alvarez lands with a left to the head.
Alvarez working hard to break the clinch.

Alvarez breaks from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alvarez throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Walcott blocks a head kick by Alvarez.

Walcott fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Alvarez, pushing him back against the cage.

Alvarez manages to break the clinch.
Alvarez jabs Walcott to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Walcott keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Walcott. Alvarez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Walcott steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Alvarez.
Walcott lands a front kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Joe Walcott will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Walcott looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Walcott slips under a jab.
Alvarez on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Walcott avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Walcott blocks a head kick by Alvarez.
Walcott stuns Alvarez with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Walcott just misses with a punch to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Alvarez, right into the meat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvarez misses with a double jab.
Walcott throws a shot from downtown. Alvarez moves away and avoids it.
Alvarez looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
The fighters circling - Walcott throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Alvarez feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Alvarez throws a head kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez throws a head kick that misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Walcott.
Alvarez tries to score with a low kick but Walcott moves his leg out of the way.
Walcott flicks out a counter leg kick but Alvarez steps away.
Walcott moves out of range of the body kick.
Alvarez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Walcott's head backwards.
Alvarez moves out of range as Walcott strikes.
Alvarez moves out of range of the leg kick from Walcott.
A looping hook to the body misses from Alvarez. Walcott does a little dance to reset his feet.
Walcott throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Walcott jabs Alvarez right on the nose. Alvarez blinks but takes it well.
Walcott wants to clinch up but Alvarez keeps it at a distance.
A little feinted left hand from Alvarez on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Alvarez misses the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
As Walcott backs away, Alvarez returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Walcott ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alvarez moves away.
Walcott lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Alvarez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Walcott was well out of range. Poor timing from Alvarez.
Alvarez lands a two punch combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Alvarez, as that shot connected.
Alvarez blocks a head kick by Walcott.
Alvarez tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Alvarez misses with a wild body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Alvarez.
A looping hook to the body misses from Walcott. Alvarez does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez misses with a looping right.
Walcott looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Walcott connects with a leg kick. Alvarez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A left lands for Alvarez.
Alvarez scores with a jab to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Alvarez. Those never looked like landing.
Alvarez finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Walcott jabs at Alvarez's body.
Alvarez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Walcott.
Walcott throws a body punch but Alvarez moves out of range.
Walcott connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Walcott connects with a nice looking jab.
Walcott misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walcott checks a leg kick.
Walcott throws out a loose jab but Alvarez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Walcott.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alvarez works Walcott's body with a nice hook.
Alvarez lands a right hook to the body.
Alvarez scores with a hook to the body. Walcott takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A head kick misses from Walcott.
It appears Alvarez was looking to counter with a kick there.
Alvarez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Alvarez moves out of range of the strikes.
Walcott pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Aaron Alvarez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Alvarez looks to land a combination but Walcott avoids it well.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Aaron Alvarez.
I think Walcott has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a draw!