PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alan Florian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Wilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Florian's entrance music is "Battle Without Honor Or Humanity" by Tomoyasu Hotei. A fine choice. Alexander Wilson will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Florian
vs
Wilson

178 cm
24
155 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

178 cm
21
165 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Good knees
Experienced

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alan Florian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alexander Wilson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Paulo Santos and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wilson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Florian.

Florian moves into range and clinches up with Wilson.
Florian tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Florian lands a right hand.
Florian tries a body shot but Wilson blocks it.
Florian lands an elbow inside that Wilson shrugs off.
Wilson tries to score a body lock takedown but Florian shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wilson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Florian working Wilson over with knees to the body.
Florian tries to land knees in the clinch but Wilson avoids the damage to the body.
Wilson lands a shot to the body.
Florian pushes Wilson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Florian with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Florian takes a shot to the head.
Florian tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wilson avoids it.
Florian prevents Wilson from breaking the clinch.
Florian tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Florian misses with a knee strike.
Florian misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wilson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wilson tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Florian just stands there and leans against the cage.
Florian looking to throw knees to the head but Wilson is blocking nicely.
Wilson avoiding damage as Florian throws knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Wilson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Wilson looking for a takedown.
Alan Florian has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexander Wilson.
Wilson lands a shot to the body.
Wilson throws a head punch that misses.
Wilson can't get the takedown.
Florian trying to land knees to the body.
Florian pushes off an throws an elbow but Wilson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Florian throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wilson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Florian is breathing heavily.
Wilson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
This has been an exciting period of action!

Wilson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Florian plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Florian slips a jab and a cross from Wilson.
Wilson misses with a body shot.
Wilson misses the shot to the body.
Florian takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Wilson swings for the body but Florian moves out of range.
Florian swings for the body but Wilson moves out of range.
Florian throws a head kick that misses.
Wilson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Wilson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Florian displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wilson throws out the jab.
Wilson thows a body shot but no joy.
Wilson misses with a looping right.
Wilson takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Wilson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Florian takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Florian jabs at Wilson's body.
Wilson throws a sloppy body shot
and Florian counters with a thumping low kick.
Florian uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wilson.
Wilson works the jab nicely.
Wilson moves out of range of the strikes.
A head kick misses from Florian.
Florian moves away from the strike by Wilson.
Wilson throws a lazy right hand but Florian sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Florian thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Wilson if he has to take too many more of those.
Wilson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nice defenses there by Florian.
A combination from Wilson does no damage.
Wilson punishes Florian's body with a nice straight punch.
Florian tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wilson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Alan Florian is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Florian connects with a high kick.
Florian tries to clinch up but Wilson circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Florian avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wilson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Wilson shoots in but Florian avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Florian tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wilson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Florian ducks right into an uppercut from Wilson.
Wilson throws a left and a right that both miss
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Florian moves out of range as Wilson strikes.
Wilson cracks Florian with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Wilson throws the left hand but Florian avoids the punch easily.
Wilson misses with a looping left.
Wilson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Florian instigates a clinch.
Florian creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Wilson working hard to break the clinch.
Florian scores with a knee to the head.
Florian tries to land a knee to the head but Wilson blocks with his arms.
Florian lands an elbow that stopped Wilson in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Alexander Wilson has been cut.
Wilson blocks an elbow strike from Florian.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilson has Florian pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Florian manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Florian is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wilson is defending well for now.
Florian landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wilson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Wilson is working for takedown but Florian is calmly controlling the position for now.
Florian lands a damaging elbow.

Wilson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wilson throws a combination that misses
and Florian counters with a nice kick to the body.
Wilson takes a swing at Florian's ribcage but misses.
Florian slips a jab and a cross from Wilson.
Florian works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Wilson misses with a body shot
and Florian counters with a good, hard body kick but Wilson shrugs it off.
Wilson tries for a takedown but Florian circles away easily
and Florian makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Florian fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wilson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wilson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Florian avoids the body shot from Wilson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alan Florian dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alexander Wilson's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Florian misses the jab.
Wilson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Florian counters with a thumping low kick.
Wilson misses with a wild body shot.
Wilson digs a good body shot into Florian's ribs.
Wilson just misses with a punch to the body.
Wilson looks to score with a jab to the body but Florian is just out of range.
Wilson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Florian was well out of range. Poor timing from Wilson.
Florian keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Florian tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Alexander Wilson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wilson throws a jab when Florian was well out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Florian uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wilson.
Florian slips a straight right by Wilson.
Wilson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Florian throws a sloppy head kick and Wilson moves out of range easily.
Florian with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Florian clinches with his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Florian lands a good knee to the midsection. Wilson won't want to take too many of those.
Wilson is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Wilson tries to score a body lock takedown but Florian shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Alan Florian has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexander Wilson.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Florian obliges.
Wilson is breathing heavily.
Florian connects with a knee to the head.
Florian throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wilson can't break the clinch.
Wilson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Florian obliges.
Florian with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Florian prevents a takedown attempt there.
Florian unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Florian unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wilson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Florian landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wilson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Florian crunches a lovely knee into Wilson's ribcage.
Florian landing knees to the body.
Florian tries to land a knee to the head but Wilson blocks with his arms.
Florian missing with knees to the body.
Wilson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Florian obliges.
Florian with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wilson throws a head punch that misses.
Florian is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Florian blocks a body shot from Wilson.
Florian working Wilson over with knees to the body.
A short right from Florian on the inside.
Florian misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wilson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Florian with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wilson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wilson tries for a takedown. No joy.
Florian throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wilson blocks it with crossed arms.

Wilson gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Florian regains guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wilson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wilson is working Florian over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Wilson stopping the sweep attempt from Florian.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wilson makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Wilson stopping the sweep attempt from Florian.
Wilson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Florian is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Wilson works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Wilson blocks the strikes from Florian.
Florian is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Wilson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Florian looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The fighters are battling for position here. Florian manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Wilson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Wilson stopping the sweep attempt from Florian.

Florian is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Wilson defends well.
Wilson works over Florian with some ground and pound from guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Wilson with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Florian preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Florian working for a triangle but Wilson defends it easily.

Wilson is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Wilson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Wilson preventing the sweep.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wilson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Wilson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Wilson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Florian looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alan Florian dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alexander Wilson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Florian slips a jab from Wilson.
Florian buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Wilson works Florian's body with a nice hook.
Florian tries to clinch but Wilson is having none of it.
Wilson throws a nice looking combination but Florian bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wilson lands a slapping body shot.
Wilson takes a swing at Florian's ribcage but misses.
Wilson misses with an uppercut. Florian saw that one coming.
Florian has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A shot to the body from Wilson misses
and Florian counters with a thumping low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wilson shoots and misses

and Florian counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Florian.
Wilson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wilson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wilson is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Wilson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Florian has him pressed against the cage.
Florian tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Florian lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Wilson.
Florian lands a good knee to the midsection. Wilson won't want to take too many of those.
Florian tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Florian lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Alan Florian has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson tries to work over Florian's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Florian with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Florian lands a nice shot to the body.
Wilson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wilson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right from Wilson.
Wilson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wilson changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Florian fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Alan Florian has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexander Wilson.
No joy there for Wilson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Florian throws a head kick but Wilson moves out of range.
Wilson misses with an uppercut. Florian saw that one coming.
Wilson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Wilson misses with a takedown attempt

and Florian counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Knees to the body from Florian.
Wilson has a couple of punches blocked by Florian.
Wilson wants to get back to striking at distance but Florian won't allow it.
Florian lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Wilson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wilson loads up on a big right hand but Florian slips the punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick from Florian lands but Wilson takes it in his stride.
Florian wants to clinch.
Wilson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Florian.
Wilson misses with a takedown

and Florian moves into the clinch.
Alan Florian is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Florian looking to throw knees to the head but Wilson is blocking nicely.
Wilson is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Florian is pressed up against the cage. Wilson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Florian down to the mat. Florian avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Wilson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Florian.
Florian digs a good hook to Wilson's body.
Wilson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Florian wants to clinch.
Florian steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wilson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Florian rushes Wilson and presses him up against the cage.
Wilson jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Florian walks away with a smile on his face. Wilson gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Florian doesn't manage to clinch there - Wilson circles away.
Florian throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Wilson misses the target.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Florian, right into the meat.
Florian throws a right and a left that both miss.
Florian moves in looking to clinch but Wilson pushes him off.
Wilson misses with a hook.
The crowd cheers as Wilson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Florian doesn't seem phased though.
Wilson misses with a hook to the body
and Florian counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Wilson misses with a series of wild punches.

That's four 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.
A shot to the body from Wilson misses
and Florian counters with a nice body kick.
Wilson has his takedown stuffed

and Florian counters by moving into the clinch.
Wilson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Alexander Wilson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wilson wants a takedown.
Florian blocks a body shot from Wilson.
Nice elbow from Florian.
Wilson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Wilson wants to break free but Florian has control.
Florian gets underhooks to prevent Wilson's takedown attempt.
Knees to the body from Florian.
Florian with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Florian unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wilson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A head punch on the inside from Wilson fails to land.
Wilson fails to pull guard.
Wilson misses with a body punch.
Florian landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wilson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alan Florian showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Florian, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alan Florian!