PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dante Bicchiere (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renato Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alves has chosen Ultimate Victory as his entrance music. Renato Alves is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Bicchiere
vs
Alves

182 cm
21
169 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

175 cm
24
180 lbs
16 - 11 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dante Bicchiere !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Renato Alves!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Felipe Paraventi and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bicchiere tries to clinch but Alves is having none of it.
Bicchiere misses with the combination.
Alves misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Alves has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
No joy there for Bicchiere , who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bicchiere fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Alves has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Alves looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bicchiere is fending him off so far but Alves persists. Nope, Bicchiere circles away and we're back to standing.
Bicchiere throws a low kick but Alves avoids it.
Bicchiere tries for a takedown but Alves circles away easily

and Alves counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Alves.
Alves stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bicchiere swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bicchiere throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Bicchiere keeping moving, preventing Alves from controlling successfully.
Alves postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bicchiere looking to hit a scissor sweep but Alves is one step ahead there.
Alves trying to control but Bicchiere is working from the bottom.

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.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Renato Alves.
Alves misses with a hook.
Bicchiere lands a nice hook to Alves's body. Alves takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A punch combination from Alves misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bicchiere .
Bicchiere shoots in looking for a takedown. Alves tries to sprawl out of it but Bicchiere keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Alves manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Alves missing with a left hand there. Bicchiere was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bicchiere throws a leg kick but Alves checks it.
Alves shoots in for a takedown but Bicchiere shows good takedown defense.
Bicchiere lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Alves circles away quickly and effectively.
Bicchiere fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Alves looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Alves clinches up against the cage.
Alves is trying to maintain a safe position but Bicchiere gets an underhook and turns Alves into the cage.
Alves is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Bicchiere gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Dante Bicchiere has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Renato Alves.

Bicchiere lands a takedown into guard.
Bicchiere loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Alves throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Alves looking for a sweep. Not yet Alves, not yet.
Alves looks gassed!
Bicchiere is looking to stand up but Alves won't let him.
Alves is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Alves seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bicchiere does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Alves is working for a submission of some sort.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Alves is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Bicchiere doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Alves.
Alves is thwarting Bicchiere 's attempts to control the position.
Bicchiere is trying to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Dante Bicchiere will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

No luck with that takedown attempt from Bicchiere .
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Bicchiere !
Alves throws an overhand right that lands on Bicchiere 's shoulder, as Bicchiere tries to avoid the shot.
Alves stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Alves wants it to stay on the feet.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Bicchiere enables Alves to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Bicchiere manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Alves preventing the sweep.
Alves passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Alves looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Bicchiere is avoiding damage well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bicchiere is trying to improve his position.
Alves wants to control but Bicchiere is keeping him busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Alves looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Alves is staying tight to Bicchiere 's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Alves is trying to ground and pound but Bicchiere uses the momentary lack of control by Alves to regain half guard.
Bicchiere is looking to escape.

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.

Bicchiere looking for submissions off his back.
Alves passes to side control.
Alves wants to control but Bicchiere is keeping him busy.

Alves thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alves working away.
Bicchiere is trying to escape the position but Alves is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bicchiere is looking for a sweep.
Bicchiere is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

Alves is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Bicchiere knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Alves is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Bicchiere knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Alves tries to move to mount but Bicchiere blocks the move with his legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Bicchiere is looking to reverse the position.
Alves with the ground and pound but Bicchiere regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Bicchiere avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Alves.
Alves is trying to control. Bicchiere wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Bicchiere tries to get to full guard but Alves has control of the leg.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Alves wants to take a breather but Bicchiere is having none of it.
Bicchiere works his way to full guard. Good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Renato Alves showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Bicchiere misses with a shot to the body

and Alves counters with a nice double leg into side control. Bicchiere won't be happy with that.
You can see the frustration on Bicchiere 's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Bicchiere is trying to improve his position.

Alves looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Alves tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Alves has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Alves is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Bicchiere is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bicchiere gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Alves prevents Bicchiere from getting the reversal.
Alves punching from mount but Bicchiere doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Alves tries to control but Bicchiere wriggling away.
Alves throwing strikes here but Bicchiere is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Alves takes Bicchiere 's back. Could be looking for a rear naked choke here - either way, Bicchiere is in trouble.
Bicchiere trying to control the hands but Alves won't let him.

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.
Bicchiere staying busy and making it hard for Alves to control.

Alves looking for the choke from the back.

Alves is persistently looking for the submission but Bicchiere is defending it well.

Alves has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Bicchiere breaks Alves's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bicchiere is one step ahead there.
Renato Alves has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bicchiere wants to control from the top but Alves keeps moving.
Bicchiere pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Alves is keeping the position for now.
Alves bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bicchiere 's guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bicchiere is on top in guard.
Bicchiere trying to control but Alves is working from the bottom.
Alves controls Bicchiere momentarily but Bicchiere frees himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Bicchiere with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bicchiere prevents Alves from getting back to his feet.

Bicchiere decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Bicchiere connects with a solid leg kick.
Dante Bicchiere seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bicchiere ducks under a wild hook from Alves.
Bicchiere fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dante Bicchiere is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Alves gets a takedown into half guard.

Alves is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Bicchiere defends it well.

Bicchiere looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Renato Alves comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Alves has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 28:30
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 28:29

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