PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between steven sarai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julius Cesar Alcaraz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). steven sarai has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

sarai
vs
Cesar Alcaraz

190 cm
18
182 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

178 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, steven sarai !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Julius Cesar Alcaraz!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
sarai looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Alcaraz connects with a looping right hand.
Alcaraz slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Alcaraz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice sprawl there from Alcaraz as sarai shoots in.
Alcaraz misses with a two punch combination.
Alcaraz scores with a sloppy right hand. sarai should have avoided that one.
Alcaraz throws a right and a left that sarai avoids nicely.
Alcaraz fails to land with a series of punches.
sarai tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Alcaraz swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for steven sarai . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Alcaraz lands with a hook. sarai tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Alcaraz throws a series of punches but sarai avoids them all with ease.
A combination from Alcaraz does no damage.
Alcaraz lands with a cross.
Some wild striking there from Alcaraz.
Alcaraz fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alcaraz digs a good hook to sarai 's body.
No joy there for Alcaraz, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
sarai is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Alcaraz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but sarai manages to avoid it.
Alcaraz keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Alcaraz's corner calls for a 1-2. Alcaraz obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
sarai has a takedown stuffed.
Alcaraz misses with the combination.
sarai fails with the takedown.
Alcaraz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alcaraz throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
sarai is breathing heavily.
Alcaraz scores with a hook to the body. sarai takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Alcaraz stuffs the takedown attempt from sarai . sarai gets slowly back to his feet.
sarai on the wrong end of a nice jab.
sarai ducks right into an uppercut from Alcaraz.
Alcaraz wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Alcaraz stuns sarai with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
sarai takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alcaraz connects with a right hand. sarai shakes it off.
Alcaraz fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Alcaraz lands with a nice body punch.
Alcaraz stalks sarai and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into sarai 's face. sarai staggers backwards, shaken.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
sarai shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Alcaraz as he avoids it easily.
Alcaraz cracks sarai with a right hand to the side of the head.
Alcaraz is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Alcaraz misses with the combination.
Alcaraz lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Alcaraz lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as sarai backs up against the cage.
Julius Cesar Alcaraz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Alcaraz misses with the combination.
Alcaraz lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Alcaraz.
Alcaraz lands a jab to sarai 's midsection.
Alcaraz throws a series of punches but sarai avoids them all with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alcaraz misses with a two punch combination.
Alcaraz looks to land a combination. sarai sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Alcaraz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Alcaraz scores with a jab to the head.
sarai takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Alcaraz lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Alcaraz moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Alcaraz fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alcaraz lands with a nice body punch.
Alcaraz lands with a nice body punch.
Alcaraz scores with a three punch combo!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julius Cesar Alcaraz dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Alcaraz throws a combination. sarai tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
sarai shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Alcaraz as he jumps to the side.
Alcaraz misses the shot to the body.
sarai looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
sarai fails with a takedown attempt.
Alcaraz scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Alcaraz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for sarai . He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Alcaraz lands with a nice body punch.
No joy there for Alcaraz, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Alcaraz takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Alcaraz moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Alcaraz as he connects with a hook.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alcaraz cracks sarai with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Alcaraz throws a series of punches but sarai moves out of range.
Julius Cesar Alcaraz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Alcaraz scores with a hook to the body. sarai takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Alcaraz scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
sarai takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Alcaraz swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by sarai .
Alcaraz throws a nice looking combination but sarai bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Excellent takedown into side control there by sarai .

sarai is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Alcaraz is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
sarai in side control lands a decent elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

sarai tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no sarai has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Alcaraz is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

sarai tries for a kimura but Alcaraz is defending well.
sarai wants to lay and pray for a moment but Alcaraz keeps working.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
sarai working away.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Alcaraz can do anything to dispel that myth.
Alcaraz is looking for a sweep.
sarai working away.

sarai wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Alcaraz, who protects the arm well.
Alcaraz tries to escape but sarai is in control.
sarai will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
sarai working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

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.

sarai is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Alcaraz is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Alcaraz is trying to control sarai 's posture but sarai avoids it.
sarai lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

sarai working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
sarai trying to control the action but Alcaraz is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

steven sarai dominated that second round.
That's time! sarai 's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Alcaraz lands a head shot.
sarai shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Alcaraz as he avoids it easily.
Alcaraz throws a nice looking combination but sarai bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Alcaraz's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Alcaraz duly obliges.
Alcaraz connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
sarai shoots in looking for a takedown. Alcaraz tries to sprawl out of it but sarai keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Alcaraz manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Alcaraz misses with a two punch combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alcaraz misses with a few strikes there.
Alcaraz displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Alcaraz.
sarai walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Alcaraz misses with a two punch combination.
Alcaraz works sarai 's body with a nice hook.
Alcaraz throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Alcaraz digs a good body shot into sarai 's ribs.
Alcaraz stalks sarai and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into sarai 's face. sarai staggers backwards, shaken.
sarai has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for steven sarai . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Alcaraz digs a good body shot into sarai 's ribs.
Alcaraz lands a jab to the nose.
Alcaraz moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
steven sarai is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alcaraz misses with a few strikes there.
sarai slips a jab and a cross from Alcaraz.
sarai fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Alcaraz avoids it really well and circles away.
Alcaraz throws a series of punches but sarai moves out of range.
sarai shoots in looking for a takedown. Alcaraz tries to sprawl out of it but sarai keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Alcaraz manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Alcaraz scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alcaraz misses with a series of wild punches.
Alcaraz looks to land a combination but sarai avoids it well.
Alcaraz scores with a jab to the body.
sarai closes the distance and clinches up with Alcaraz, looking for a takedown. sarai pushes Alcaraz against the cage but Alcaraz circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
sarai looks for a takedown but Alcaraz sprawls well.
Horrible takedown by sarai or perhaps it was just good defense by Alcaraz which made him look bad.
Alcaraz is working the combinations to good effect here.
Alcaraz lands a jab-cross combination.
Alcaraz connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Alcaraz lands a two punch combo.

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.
Alcaraz misses with a double jab.
sarai shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Alcaraz pinned against the cage. Alcaraz gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A decent looking cross lands there for Alcaraz.
A shot to the liver by Alcaraz. Beautiful body shot.
Alcaraz misses with a wild combination.
Alcaraz cracks sarai with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

sarai throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Alcaraz tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. sarai is in Alcaraz's guard.
sarai trying to control but Alcaraz is working from the bottom.
Alcaraz trying to keep a closed guard but sarai is proving a slippery customer.

And that's the end of the fight!
Julius Cesar Alcaraz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Alcaraz 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:29
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Julius Cesar Alcaraz!