PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dennis Tretow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kendall Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tretow comes to the cage accompanied by Days of Thunder. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Tretow
vs
Alves

178 cm
20
139 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

182 cm
24
138 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dennis Tretow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kendall Alves!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alves takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tretow looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tretow tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tretow swinging wilding here.
Tretow misses with a low kick.
Tretow throws a quick inside leg kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Alves.
Tretow misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Alves.
Tretow scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Alves changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Tretow looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Alves thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Alves wants to control but Tretow is keeping him busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Alves wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Tretow, who protects the arm well.
You can see the frustration on Tretow's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Tretow looks to move to half guard but instead Alves has passed into mount! Damn!
Tretow tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Alves controlling from the full mount.
Tretow is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Tretow squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

Alves is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Tretow is surviving well by controlling Alves's body position as best he can.
Tretow is in all sorts of trouble here.
Alves trying to control but Tretow is having none of it.
Alves sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Alves manages to capitalize on a mistake by Tretow to take his back!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves is looking to control Tretow but Tretow is wriggling around and keeping busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tretow tries to break free.
Alves has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Tretow's body.

Alves is persistently looking for the submission but Tretow is defending it well.
Tretow is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Tretow tries to escape but Alves has the hooks in and won't let him break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tretow has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.

Alves has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for Tretow! Can he survive? No! He's out! Alves gets to his feet and celebrates with his cornermen. He looks absolutely delighted. In the post fight interviews he takes time to thank his parents and everyone who has believed in him from the start. How sweet.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Kendall Alves!