PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Done (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rodrigo Alves has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Alves
vs
Done

183 cm
26
180 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

190 cm
22
178 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rodrigo Alves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Alexander Done!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Alves instigates a clinch.
Done is trying to break the clinch but Alves has him pressed against the cage.
Done wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Done has had enough of the clinch but Alves keeps him there for the moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Alves obliges.
Done with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Alves breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Done closes this distance looking for a takedown but Alves circles away.
Done closes the distance looking to clinch

and Alves counters by clinching up.
Alves lands an elbow inside.
Done takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Alexander Done has been cut.
Done tries a knee to the head but Alves blocks it.
Alves keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Done's efforts to push away.
Alves lands a knee to the head.
Done wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Alves has him pressed against the cage.

Alves manages to break the clinch.
Alves pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Alves pushes Done up against the cage in a clinch.

Alves breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Done swats away the attempt to clinch by Alves.
Done shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Alves as he avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Alves has taken the fight to the clinch.

Alves manages to break the clinch.
Done tries to clinch but Alves moves out of range.
Done shoots in for a takedown but Alves shows good takedown defense.
Rodrigo Alves has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexander Done.

Alves has managed to clinch.
Done looking to throw knees to the head but Alves is blocking nicely.
Done throws a knee to the head but misses.

Alves breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Done scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Done looks gassed!

Done is looking for a kimura but Alves is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Done to get the leverage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alves wants to get back to his feet.
Done throwing shots but Alves is blocking nicely.
Alves is trying to stand back up but Done is controlling him

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Done not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Done throws a strike but Alves avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Done must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Done throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Alves pushes Done off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Done dives in and grabs Alves's left leg, looking for a takedown. Alves pushes down on Done's head and hops out.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Done tries to break free but Alves pushes him back against the cage.
Alves scores with a shot to the side of Done's head.
Done working hard to break the clinch.

Alves breaks the clinch.

Alves clinches up with Done and pushes him back against the cage.
Done is trying to break the clinch but Alves has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves blocking some punches.
Done using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Alves has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Alves breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Alves fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Done, pushing him back against the cage.
Done managing to block the knees to the body from Alves.
Done misses with a punch on the inside.
Done tries to land a knee to the head but Alves blocks with his arms.
Alves lands a damaging elbow.
Done throws a punch but it's blocked by Alves.

Alves manages to break the clinch.
Done circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rodrigo Alves is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A head kick from Alves lands but Done takes it in his stride.
Done tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Alves counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Alves displaying some good clinch control by pressing Done up against the cage.

Alves breaks the clinch.
Done shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Alves pinned against the cage. Alves gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Done tries to keep at a distance but Alves has taken the fight into the clinch.
Alves connects with a nasty looking knee right to Done's face.

Alves breaks from the clinch.

Alves gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Done misses with the head strike.

Alves escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Alves pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Done shoots and misses

and Alves counters by moving into the clinch.
Alves tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Done avoids it.
Done has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Alves with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Alves breaks from the clinch.
Done wants to clinch

and Alves counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Alves.
Done trying to stall but Alves improves his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rodrigo Alves dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alexander Done's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Done connects with a high kick.
Alves leaves Done with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Done takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Alves plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Done keeps the fight on the outside.
Alves tries a head kick but it misses.

Alves has taken the fight to the clinch.
Alves missing with knees to the body.
Done throws a punch but it's blocked by Alves.
Done using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Alves has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Alves tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Alves lands a left hand.

Alves's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Alves has taken the fight to the clinch.
Done looking to throw knees to the head but Alves is blocking nicely.
Alves lands a good knee to the midsection. Done won't want to take too many of those.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alves tries to land a knee to the head but Done blocks with his arms.
Alves scores with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Done creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Done pushes off an throws an elbow but Alves leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Done is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Alves is keeping busy.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Alves creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Done takes a knee right on the jaw!
Done takes a shot to the head.
A knee to the head by Alves.
Done wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Done throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Alves blocks it with crossed arms.
Done tries to break free but Alves pushes him back against the cage.
Done misses with a knee strike.
Alves is stalling here.

Alves manages to break the clinch.
Alves connects with a high kick.

That has opened up Alexander Done's cut even more.
Done misses with a takedown attempt
and Alves counters with a nice body kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Done looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Alves lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Done on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

Done gets a clinch.

Alves breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Done with a poor takedown
and Alves counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Rodrigo Alves has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexander Done.
A slapping leg kick lands for Alves.
Alves lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Done tries to clinch there but Alves circles away.
Done wants to clinch up but Alves keeps it at a distance.
Alves tries to bum rush Done with a series of wild strikes but Done uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Done drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Done is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Alves is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Done is trying to get an arm triangle but Alves is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves is pushing Done's head away, looking to escape. Done manages to hold on to the position though.
Alves trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Done misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Done prevents Alves from escaping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Done is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Alves knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Alves wants to get back to his feet but Done drags him back down.

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

Done tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rodrigo Alves dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alexander Done's cut.
That's time! Alves's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Alves keeps Done at a distance using the push kick.
Done clinches but Alves breaks the clinch
and Alves counters with a slapping leg kick.
Alves stuffs the takedown attempt from Done. Done gets slowly back to his feet.

Alves forces Done back against the cage and clinches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Done tries to land a knee to the head but Alves blocks with his arms.
Alves keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Done's efforts to push away.
Done with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Done takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Done taking a breather.

Alves breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Alves throws a head kick that misses.
Done tries to clinch up

and Alves counters by clinching up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Done pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Alves throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

Done gets tackled into the cage by Alves. Alves maintains the clinch.
Done using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Alves has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Done working aggressively here.
Alves blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Done tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Alves manages to break the clinch.
Alves tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Done manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Alves looks to land a combination but Done avoids it well.
Rodrigo Alves is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Alves lands with a nice body kick.

Alves fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Done, pushing him back against the cage.

Alves escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rodrigo Alves is winning the standup battle so far.
Horrible takedown by Done or perhaps it was just good defense by Alves which made him look bad.
Alves cracks Done with a good jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Done dodges the punch combination from Alves.
Nice sprawl there from Alves as Done shoots in.
Rodrigo Alves has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexander Done.
Alves closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Done shoots in but no luck this time.
Done takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The fight stays on the outside here - Alves looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Done looks for a takedown but Alves sprawls well.

Alves has Done up against the cage in a clinch.
Alves avoids a wild elbow strike from Done.
Done wants to get back to striking at distance but Alves won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Alves manages to break the clinch.
Done with a poor takedown

and Alves moves into the clinch.

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

Done tries to keep at a distance but Alves has taken the fight into the clinch.

Alves breaks the clinch.
Done is looking to clinch.
Done fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Alves avoids it really well and circles away.
Alves lands a nice hook to Done's body. Done takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Alves tries to close the distance and clinch but Done swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Alves shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

Alves closes the distance and clinches.
Alves throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Done's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Done throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Alves's waist but Alves gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Done off to one side.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Done takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Horrible takedown by Done or perhaps it was just good defense by Alves which made him look bad.
Done chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Alves can pounce on him.
Alves lands a jab-cross combination.
Alves lands a jab-cross combination.
Alves wants to clinch.
Alves tries to clinch up.
Alexander Done has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Alves is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Alves is looking to clinch but Done is avoiding it.
Rodrigo Alves is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Done on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Alves. Alves obviously looking to wear him down.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rodrigo 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:26

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