PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kostas Bleidelis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paulo Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alves has chosen A Tendencia as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Bleidelis
vs
Alves

187 cm
25
202 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

188 cm
23
221 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Kostas Bleidelis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Paulo Alves!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Andrew Berry and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alves takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Bleidelis throws a sloppy head kick and Alves moves out of range easily.
Alves tries to bum rush Bleidelis with a series of wild strikes but Bleidelis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Alves lands a jab.
Alves lands a really nice looking cross but Bleidelis seems unphased.
Bleidelis looks to land a combination but Alves avoids it well.
Alves wants to clinch.
Alves misses with a straight left.
Alves throws a right and a left that Bleidelis avoids nicely.
Alves misses with a wild body shot.
Bleidelis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Alves throws a right and a left that Bleidelis avoids nicely.
Bleidelis misses with a wild body shot.
Alves throws a combination that misses

and Bleidelis counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Alves looking to control.

Alves is looking for a triangle here but Bleidelis uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bleidelis is working Alves over with some ground and pound from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves wants to get back to his feet.

Bleidelis decides to stand back up.

Bleidelis looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Bleidelis gets to his feet. Alves looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Paulo Alves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bleidelis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alves.
Bleidelis on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Bleidelis shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Alves tries to kick Bleidelis off but Bleidelis keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Alves looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves regains full guard. Nicely done.

Alves working for a triangle but Bleidelis defends it easily.

Alves looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Alves wants to stand and escape but Bleidelis is having none of it.
Bleidelis trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bleidelis working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Alves's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Alves is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bleidelis passes Alves's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Alves trying to control here.
Bleidelis perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Bleidelis working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Alves's thigh. Alves counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Alves is striking from the bottom but Bleidelis uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Bleidelis wants to control but Alves is keeping him busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Alves has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Bleidelis is working away from the top position though.

Bleidelis gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Bleidelis has a takedown stuffed.
Bleidelis tries for a takedown but Alves sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Alves tries to keep at a distance but Bleidelis has taken the fight into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alves wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bleidelis changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Alves fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kostas Bleidelis. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Alves pushes Bleidelis up against the ropes in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kostas Bleidelis dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Bleidelis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bleidelis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bleidelis cracks a nice hook into Alves's ribs.
A jab from Alves does it's job there.
Bleidelis misses with a low kick.
Alves misses with a hook. Bleidelis ducked under it nicely.
Alves moves out of range of the body kick.
Bleidelis closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bleidelis.
Alves keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Bleidelis fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Alves throws a lazy right hand but Bleidelis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bleidelis pivots, looking for a leg kick but Alves is out of range and Bleidelis settles back down.
Bleidelis cracks a nice hook into Alves's ribs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Alves throws the left hand but Bleidelis avoids the punch easily.
Bleidelis misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kostas Bleidelis. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves throws a right and a left that Bleidelis avoids nicely.
Alves keeps the fight on the outside.
Alves avoids the head kick by Bleidelis.
Bleidelis tries to clinch up but Alves circles away and keeps his distance.
Alves takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Alves tries to clinch but Bleidelis moves out of range.
Alves throws a right and a left that Bleidelis avoids nicely.
Kostas Bleidelis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Alves scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Alves looks to land a left hand but Bleidelis moved out of range nicely.
Alves lands with a straight right. Bleidelis didn't see that one coming.
Bleidelis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Alves punishes Bleidelis's body with a nice straight punch.

Alves gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Bleidelis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Alves throws out a powerful jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bleidelis tries a low kick but Alves avoids it.
Alves thows a body shot but no joy.
A nice combination there by Alves.
Alves blocks a low kick nicely.
Bleidelis fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Alves avoids it really well and circles away.
Alves lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Alves lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Bleidelis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Alves's corner calls for a 1-2. Alves obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Alves lands a right hook to the body.
Alves tries to close the distance and clinch but Bleidelis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Alves keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bleidelis shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Alves dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alves throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bleidelis on the side of the head.
Bleidelis shoots for a double leg takedown but Alves sprawls well. He's pushed Bleidelis's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bleidelis walks into a jab.
Paulo Alves is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Alves displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Alves connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bleidelis. Bleidelis circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Alves dips to his left and cracks Bleidelis with an uppercut!
Alves misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Alves closes the distance looking to clinch
and Bleidelis counters with a nice uppercut.
Alves scores with a nice right hand.
Alves tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bleidelis misses with a straight left.
Alves scores with a nice right hand.
Bleidelis doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bleidelis shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Alves lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Alves.

Alves has managed to clinch.
Alves keeps control of Bleidelis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves working hard to break the clinch.
Alves wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bleidelis is trying to break the clinch but Alves has him pressed against the ropes.
Alves is trying to break the clinch but Bleidelis has him pressed against the ropes.

Bleidelis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Alves misses with the combination.
Bleidelis is looking to chop away at Alves's legs.
Alves tests Bleidelis's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alves circles away from the clinch attempt.
Alves scores with a nice strike.
Bleidelis misses with a head kick.
Bleidelis misses with a looping left.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alves dips to his left and cracks Bleidelis with an uppercut!
Bleidelis looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Bleidelis takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bleidelis drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Jab, jab by Alves - just one landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paulo Alves showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Bleidelis keeps the fight on the outside.
Bleidelis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alves swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Alves tries to bum rush Bleidelis with a series of wild strikes but Bleidelis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Bleidelis bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Bleidelis wants to control but Alves is keeping him busy.
Alves manages to work his way to half guard, despite Bleidelis's best efforts.
Bleidelis prevents Alves from standing back up.
Bleidelis tries to pass the half guard into mount. Alves knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Alves is trying to get back to full guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Bleidelis in particular looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bleidelis is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Alves wants to control the action here but instead Bleidelis manages to pass to full mount!
Alves is working to get back to half guard.
Alves is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Alves is trying to get to the ropes to help him get back to his feet.
Alves is working to get back to half guard.
Kostas Bleidelis overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bleidelis lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Alves keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Bleidelis trying to control but Alves is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Bleidelis is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Bleidelis trying to control but Alves is having none of it.
Bleidelis lands with some strikes.
Alves is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Alves is squirming around, avoiding Bleidelis's attempts to control the action.
Alves is trying to stand.
Bleidelis misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Bleidelis dominating with strikes here.
Alves is squirming around, avoiding Bleidelis's attempts to control the action.
Bleidelis tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bleidelis tries to push Alves's head away but Alves is holding on tight.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kostas Bleidelis showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bleidelis has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kostas Bleidelis!