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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Alvarez (ranked 848 p4p, 127 weight class) and Vince Neil (ranked 853 p4p, 129 weight class). Neil has chosen Wild Side as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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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
23 - 14 - 2, fighting out of New York, Aaron Alvarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 6 - 1, fighting out of New York, Vince Neil!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Stewart Dunkirk and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Neil misses with a looping left.
Neil misses with an uppercut
and Alvarez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Alvarez takes the fight into the clinch.
Alvarez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Alvarez.
Neil misses with the head strike.
Alvarez swings wildly with an uppercut but Neil uses good head movement to avoid it.
Neil throws a punch but it's blocked by Alvarez.
Alvarez has Neil pushed against the cage.
Neil breaks the clinch.
Alvarez misses with a double jab
and Neil finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Alvarez lands with an uppercut that bounces Neil off the cage and back into range.
Neil just misses with a punch to the body.
Neil pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Alvarez loads up on a big right hand but Neil slips the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Neil ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alvarez moves away.
Alvarez is looking to slow Neil down with leg kicks.
Neil misses the body punch
letting Alvarez counter with a right hand.
Neil throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Alvarez counter with a right hand.
Alvarez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Neil.
A quick step to the side and Alvarez tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Neil throws a body kick that misses
and Alvarez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Alvarez misses with a low kick.
Alvarez blocks a head kick by Neil.
As Neil tries to get set, Alvarez tries to push him back and clinch up but Neil manages to avoid the attempt.
Alvarez defending well as Neil loads up on a big left hand.
As Neil tries to get set, Alvarez tries to push him back and clinch up but Neil manages to avoid the attempt.
Neil misses with a looping left.
Alvarez appears to be looking for a big counter.
Neil pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Alvarez lands a head shot.
Neil throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Alvarez to counter with a crisp jab.
Neil circles away from the clinch attempt
and Neil counters with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alvarez misses with a straight left.
Alvarez looks to land a right hand but Neil moved out of range.
Neil let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Alvarez takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Vince Neil seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alvarez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Alvarez works Neil's body with a nice hook.
Neil throws a big shot that misses.
Alvarez tries to counter by clinching up but Neil breaks away and moves out of range.
Neil circles away from the clinch attempt.
Neil connects with a body shot that sends Alvarez's belly button to the back.
Neil looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Alvarez jabs Neil to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A nice leg kick lands there from Neil.
Nice body kick from Alvarez.
Alvarez blocks a head kick by Neil.
Alvarez lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Neil lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Alvarez or not.
Alvarez is working Neil over against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Alvarez fails to land.
Neil throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Alvarez lands a shot to the body.
Alvarez working aggressively here.
Alvarez misses with some punches.
Alvarez has Neil pressed against the cage, preventing Neil from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Alvarez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
I was talking to Alvarez's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Neil struggles to land a body shot inside as Alvarez controls his hands.
Neil is trying to break free.
Neil breaks the clinch.
Neil throws a sloppy head kick and Alvarez moves out of range easily.
Alvarez throwing a counter right hand but Neil manages to avoid it.
Neil tries to score with a low kick but Alvarez moves his leg out of the way.
Alvarez slips under a jab.
A jab from Neil finds it's way through Alvarez's defenses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez clinches up with Neil and pushes him back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Alvarez.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Neil wants to break the clinch but can't.
Alvarez is pushing Neil up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Alvarez just leaning against Neil, taking a breather.
Neil tries to throw a body punch but Alvarez avoids it by throwing Neil back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Alvarez.
Alvarez pushes Neil back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Neil lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Neil working aggressively here.
Neil breaks the clinch.
Alvarez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A good leg kick by Neil.
Neil tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Neil tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Alvarez throwing a counter right hand but Neil manages to avoid it.
Neil showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Alvarez.
Neil looks like he wants to counter punch here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aaron Alvarez dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Alvarez throws a push kick but Neil slaps the foot to one side.
Neil throws a sloppy head kick and Alvarez moves out of range easily.
Alvarez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Neil manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Neil misses with a hook.
Alvarez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A head kick by Neil misses
and Alvarez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Alvarez closes the distance and pushes Neil back into the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Neil.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Neil.
Neil tries to circle away but Alvarez has him pinned against the cage.
Alvarez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Neil blocks an uppercut.
Alvarez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Still in the clinch, Alvarez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Alvarez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Alvarez throws a punch but it's blocked by Neil.
Neil pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alvarez connects with a leg kick. Neil looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Neil throws a nice looking combination but Alvarez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Neil misses with a jab to the body
and Alvarez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Aaron Alvarez is winning the standup battle so far.
Alvarez throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Neil's head.
Neil misses with an uppercut. Alvarez saw that one coming.
Nice straight punches there by Alvarez. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Alvarez.
Alvarez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Neil throws a head kick but Alvarez moves out of range.
Alvarez connects with a solid leg kick.
Neil tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Alvarez has closed the distance and engaged Neil in a clinch.
Neil misses with some punches.
Neil escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Alvarez lands a nice hook to Neil's body. Neil takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Alvarez needs to keep his hands up - Neil had a free shot at his head there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alvarez moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neil lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Alvarez cracks Neil with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Alvarez misses with a double jab
and Neil counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Alvarez throws a sloppy head kick and Neil moves out of range easily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Alvarez.
Neil punishes Alvarez's body with a nice straight punch.
Alvarez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Neil lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Neil lands with a left to the head.
It looks like Aaron Alvarez has been cut.
Alvarez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Neil can do to turn this around?
Neil lands a left hand.
Neil breaks from the clinch.
Alvarez drops his hands momentarily and Neil takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Neil connects with an inside leg kick.
Neil jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Neil.
That kick from Alvarez tenderised Neil's leg. Neil is trying to keep his angry face on.
Neil tests Alvarez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Alvarez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Neil misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Alvarez.
Alvarez looks to land a combination but Neil avoids it well.
Alvarez punishes Neil's body with a nice straight punch.
Neil checks a leg kick.
Alvarez looks to land a combination but Neil avoids it well.
Alvarez walks forward, straight into a front kick from Neil.
Neil looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Neil tries a head kick but it misses.
Alvarez loads up on a big right hand but Neil slips the punch.
Neil missing with a left hand there. Alvarez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez throws a series of punches but Neil avoids them all with ease.
Neil looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Neil misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Neil connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alvarez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A frustrated look appears on Neil's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Neil looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Neil blocks a body shot from Alvarez.
Neil escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Neil takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Alvarez moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Alvarez slips under a jab from Neil.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Neil takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Neil throws a leg kick which misses Alvarez's front leg but catches the back leg as Alvarez tries to avoid it.
Neil staying out of range there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Aaron Alvarez will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Aaron Alvarez's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Neil takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Alvarez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A punch combination from Alvarez misses.
Neil jabs Alvarez to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Neil misses with a straight left.
Alvarez lands with a shot to the body.
Alvarez avoids the head kick by Neil.
Alvarez looks to land a combination but Neil avoids it well.
Alvarez lands a right hook to the body.
Alvarez closes the distance and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Neil goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Neil is trying to push Alvarez away but Alvarez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Alvarez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Neil doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Alvarez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Neil lands with a right to the head.
Neil prevents a body shot from Alvarez.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Alvarez prevents Neil from breaking the clinch.
Alvarez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Alvarez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Neil scores with a shot to the side of Alvarez's head.
Alvarez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Alvarez stalling in the clinch.
A short right from Alvarez.
Alvarez effectively controlling the action here.
Alvarez misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Alvarez fails to land.
Neil scores with a shoulder strike.
Neil working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Aaron Alvarez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Neil.
Alvarez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Neils head.
Alvarez struggles to land a body shot inside as Neil controls his hands.
Vince Neil has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neil blocking some punches.
Alvarez lands a body punch in the clinch.
Alvarez works on Neil's body with a couple of short punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alvarez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Alvarez throws a head punch that misses.
Neil's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Neil connects with a jab.
Neil dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Neil moves out of range of the body kick from Alvarez.
Alvarez walks into a jab.
Alvarez lands with a nice body punch.
Alvarez lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Alvarez throws a hook to the side of Neil's head but Neil sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Alvarez.
Alvarez throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez misses with a series of wild punches.
Neil throws out a counter right but Alvarez avoids it with no problem.
Neil looks to score with a jab to the body but Alvarez is just out of range.
Alvarez wants to clinch but Neil slips to the side
and Neil makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Neil misses with a hook.
Neil throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Alvarez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Neil swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Alvarez counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Neil misses with a lunging right hand
and Alvarez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Alvarez cracks Neil with a right hand to the side of the head.
Neil scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Neil throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Neil uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Alvarez.
Alvarez throws a body punch but Neil moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Alvarez.
Alvarez throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Alvarez lands a jab to the nose.
Alvarez fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Neil has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Neil throws a shot from downtown. Alvarez moves away and avoids it.
Alvarez tries to clinch
and Neil counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Neil misses with a lunging right hand
and Alvarez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
No joy there for Neil, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Neil takes a swing at Alvarez's ribcage but misses.
Alvarez takes the fight into the clinch.
Neil blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Neil lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Alvarez backwards.
Aaron Alvarez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Neil wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that's the end of the fight!
Aaron Alvarez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Alvarez has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aaron Alvarez!
Aaron Alvarez gave a mention to Zenith Nutrition (160q/$200) in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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