PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Milton Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ric Austin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Alves
vs
Austin

202 cm
23
277 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

221 cm
19
265 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Dangerous GnP
Counter striker
Determined

Mundo Green - World Verde

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Milton Alves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ric Austin!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Luis Engracia and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Alves gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Alves drags the fight down to the ground.
Austin throws and elbow that misses. Alves uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Austin's guard. Nice move by Alves!
Alves distracts Austin with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Alves accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Alves wants to pass the guard but Austin is keeping the position.
Austin has momentary wrist control but Alves slips an elbow through the middle.
Austin wants to sweep but no luck.
Alves looking to pass the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Alves drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Alves jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Alves lands a couple of elbows.
Austin lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Alves!
Austin working Alves over with strikes here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Alves sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Alves manages to get to full guard.
Austin thows a big elbow that misses.
Austin cracks Alves with a solid left hand.

Alves is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Austin defends well.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Alves striking from the bottom.
Alves is breathing heavily.
Alves lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Austin!
Austin gets back to half guard.
Alves has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves thows a huge punch but Austin dodges it nicely.
Austin tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Austin is trying to get back to full guard.
Austin regains full guard. Nicely done.
Alves lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Alves stopping the sweep attempt from Austin.
Austin is striking from the bottom but Alves uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
Alves prevents Austin from improving his position.
Austin is in trouble now - Alves has advanced to mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Austin really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Alves unloading with bombs!
Alves landing strikes from the mount.
Alves with shots to the head and body - Austin looks very uncomfortable down there.
Austin sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Austin blocking the ground and pound attempt from Alves.
Austin keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Austin avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Alves.
Austin wants to get back to full guard.
Austin manages to get to full guard.
Austin lands some strikes from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Austin trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Alves stopping the sweep attempt from Austin.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Alves will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Austin with a poor takedown

and Alves counters by moving into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Austin is working for takedown but Alves is calmly controlling the position for now.
Austin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Austin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Austin swings wildly with an uppercut but Alves uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Milton Alves dominated that round.
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.

Alves shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Austin manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Alves forces his way into half guard.
Austin has a hand on Alves's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Alves takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
BOOM! Alves connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Alves tries to control but Austin wriggling away.
Alves with shots to the head and body - Austin looks very uncomfortable down there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Alves blocks Austin's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Milton Alves overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Austin can't escape the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves with shots to the head and body - Austin looks very uncomfortable down there.
Alves is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Austin can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Austin tries to reverse the position but Alves maintains control.
Alves scoring with strikes but Austin is staying in there.
Austin is desperately trying to improve his position but Alves has a good base and remains in mount.
Austin is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Alves fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Austin can't escape the position.
Alves lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Austin hang on?
Austin taking shots to the head.
The referee warns Austin that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's two 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.
Austin is desperately trying to improve his position but Alves has a good base and remains in mount.
Alves blocks Austin's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Austin is working to get back to half guard.

Alves has control of Austin's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Austin regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Austin is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Alves is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Austin can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Alves in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Alves blocks Austin's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Alves prevents Austin from getting the reversal.
Poor strikes thrown by Alves there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Austin is desperately trying to improve his position but Alves has a good base and remains in mount.
Alves working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Alves with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Austin in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Alves thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Austin regains half guard.
Alves not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Austin is looking to improve his position.
Austin lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Alves lands a nice short elbow.
Austin misses with some strikes from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Alves is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Austin tries to get to full guard but Alves has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Milton Alves dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Austin keeps the fight on the outside.
Alves lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Austin circles away quickly and effectively.
Austin gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Alves decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Austin's guard.
Alves connects with a couple of short punches.
Alves advances to half guard.
Austin has hold of Alves's hands but Alves slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Alves prevents Austin from improving his position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Alves landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves working the head and body with strikes.
Austin blocking the ground and pound attempt from Alves.
Austin slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Alves wants to control from the top but Austin keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Austin trying to strike off his back.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Austin throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Austin misses with a takedown attempt

and Alves counters with a shoot takedown. Austin fights it but they end up in guard.
Alves landing some decent shots from guard.
Alves won't allow Austin to sweep him here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Alves thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Austin wants to sweep here but Alves controlling him for the moment.
Austin wants to hit a switch here but Alves passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Austin there!

Alves looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Austin manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Alves blocks the strikes from Austin.
Alves scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Austin manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Austin wants to sweep here but Alves controlling him for the moment.
Alves wants to control from the top but Austin keeps moving.
Austin tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Alves trying to control the position from guard on top but Austin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Alves stopping the sweep attempt from Austin.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Alves tries to clinch up but Austin circles away and keeps his distance.

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.
Austin misses with a takedown

so Alves counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Milton Alves has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ric Austin.
Alves won't allow Austin to sweep him here.
Alves is in close to Austin's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Austin looking to hit a scissor sweep but Alves is one step ahead there.

Alves thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Milton Alves is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Alves might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Alves wants to control from the top but Austin keeps moving.
Ric Austin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Alves lands a couple of digs.

And that's the end of the fight!
Milton Alves showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Alves, 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Milton Alves!