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by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary
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Event:
OFC 257: Ingram vs Rockin
Date: Feb 11, 2017 |
#R1##TD2#
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 throws a big right hand that misses.
Alvarez trying to control but Hero is working from the bottom.
Hero throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Alvarez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hero's head.
Alvarez preventing the sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hero trying to strike off his back.
Alvarez wants to pass the guard but Hero is keeping the position.
Hero throws a couple of heel strikes.
Hero throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Hero throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Hero throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Alvarez wants to control from the top but Hero keeps moving.
Alvarez postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvarez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Alvarez postures up in Hero's guard and throws a big left but Hero blocks it.
Hero throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Alvarez advances position into side control!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alvarez lands some shots froms side control.#T1#
Hero is being controlled here.
Hero is looking to regain half guard here but Alvarez keeps moving and retains side control. #SUB2#
Alvarez thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Alvarez looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hero throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Alvarez gets to mount! Hero was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Alvarez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hero?
Alvarez unloading with bombs!
Hero tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hero is working hard here to advance position.
Alvarez is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Hero is looking to get to half guard.
Alvarez trying to control but Hero is having none of it.
Hero in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head. #ROC2#
Hero is rocked!#T2#
Alvarez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Oh Hero is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alvarez drops a big elbow. That's hurt Hero! More shots from Alvarez and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alex Alvarez!
After winning the bout, Alex Alvarez thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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