PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Willis Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Boykin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Alves
vs
Boykin

165 cm
21
175 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

180 cm
20
185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Willis Alves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Randy Boykin!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Bruno Lombardi and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A chopping leg kick lands by Boykin.
Alves fails with an attempt to clinch.
Crunch! Boykin slams his shin into Alves's torso.

Alves clinches with his opponent.
Boykin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Boykin struggles to land a body shot inside as Alves controls his hands.
Boykin tries to work over Alves's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Boykin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Boykin is trying to maintain a safe position but Alves gets an underhook and turns Boykin into the cage.

Alves pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Boykin connects with a leg kick. Alves looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Alves tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Alves keeps the fight on the outside.
Alves tries to clinch but Boykin moves out of range.

Alves rushes Boykin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Alves wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Boykin has him pressed against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Boykin as the two fighters clinch.
Boykin is trying to stall.
Boykin has a couple of punches blocked by Alves.
Boykin trying to control the position but instead, Alves has worked for underhooks and has pushed Boykin into the cage.
Alves's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boykin misses with the head strike.
A bit of stalling here from Boykin.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Boykin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Boykin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Alves blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Alves is trying to push Boykin away but Boykin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Boykin can't find room to land a body shot as Alves controls the action.
Alves works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Alves pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Boykin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Alves tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Boykin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Boykin throws a leg kick but Alves sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Alves looks to score with a jab to the body but Boykin is just out of range.

Alves clinches up against the cage.
Alves has had enough of the clinch but Boykin keeps him there for the moment.
Boykin working aggressively here.
Alves wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Alves wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Boykin misses with a hook from the clinch.

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.
Boykin lands with a left to the head.
Alves has had enough of the clinch but Boykin keeps him there for the moment.
Boykin goes for a takedown in the clinch but Alves prevents it.
Boykin misses with a body punch.
Boykin looking to stall.
Boykin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Alves's elbow.
Boykin misses with the head strike.
Boykin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Alves blocking some punches.
Alves managing to block the knees to the body from Boykin.
Boykin cracks Alves with a nice body shot.
Boykin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Boykin misses with a body punch.
Alves cracks Boykin with a nice body shot.
Alves blocks the elbow strike.
Boykin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Boykin fails to land.
Boykin misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boykin being controlled against the cage.
Boykin swings wildly with an uppercut but Alves uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alves is looking to break free of the clinch but Boykin has double underhooks.
Boykin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Alves breaks from the clinch.
Boykin throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Alves.

Alves scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The referee asks Alves politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Alves prefers to stall for the moment though.
Alves looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Boykin is avoiding damage well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves takes a little break here. Boykin wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Alves's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Willis Alves.
Alves tries to close the distance and clinch but Boykin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Randy Boykin will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Boykin throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Alves's head.

Alves gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Alves stalling the fight.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Alves as Boykin tries to tie him up.
Boykin struggles to land a body shot inside as Alves controls his hands.
Boykin has Alves pressed against the cage, preventing Alves from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Alves blocks a body shot from Boykin.
Boykin working aggressively here.
Alves is trying to force a seperation but Boykin has the dominant position.
Boykin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Alves has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Alves just leaning against Boykin, taking a breather.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Boykin.
Alves blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Alves's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Boykin misses with an uppercut
and Alves counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Boykin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Boykin connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Alves fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Boykin.
Boykin letting Alves take a breather here.
Alves blocking some punches.

Alves breaks from the clinch.
Boykin swats away the attempt to clinch by Alves.

Alves throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Boykin was covering up waiting for the punch and Alves finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Alves trying to control but Boykin is working from the bottom.
Alves controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Boykin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Alves.
Boykin preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Alves is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Alves working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves chips away with some ground and pound.
Alves is working Boykin over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Alves throwing strikes but missing.
Alves slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Boykin is being controlled here.
Alves throws a strike aimed at the side of Boykin's head but Boykin avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves lands a decent elbow from side control.
Alves taking a breather here.
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.
Alves advances nicely into full mount.
Boykin is breathing heavily.
Alves looking to control and managing it successfully.
Alves has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Boykin's face.
Alves is landing with some decent strikes but Boykin is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Willis Alves dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Alves is looking to clinch.

Alves fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Boykin, pushing him back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Alves.
Alves is trying to break the clinch but Boykin is controlling him.
Alves is trying to force a seperation but Boykin has the dominant position.

Alves pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Horrible takedown by Alves or perhaps it was just good defense by Boykin which made him look bad.

Alves closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Boykin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Boykin on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Alves manages to break the clinch.
Alves sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Alves lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Alves closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Boykin misses with a body punch.
Boykin misses with a punch on the inside.
Boykin misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Boykin.

Alves breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves doesn't manage to clinch there - Boykin circles away.

Alves closes the distance and pushes Boykin back into the cage.
Boykin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Alves avoiding damage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Alves for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Boykin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Alves blocks it with crossed arms.
Nice body punch from Alves - that landed with a thud.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Alves.
Alves avoiding damage as Boykin throws knees to the body.
Boykin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Boykin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Alves is looking to break free of the clinch but Boykin has double underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Boykin.
Boykin is trying to stall.
Alves tries to break the clinch but Boykin is controlling the position.

Alves breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Boykin lands a nice looking body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Alves looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Boykin lands a glancing blow to the side of Alves's head.

Boykin has closed the distance and engaged Alves in a clinch.
Alves is trying to break the clinch but Boykin has him pressed against the cage.

Alves breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Boykin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alves.
Alves tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Boykin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Boykin throws a body kick that misses.

Alves has closed the distance and engaged Boykin in a clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Alves wants to break the clinch but can't.

Alves breaks the clinch.
Alves fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Boykin on the side of the head.

Alves closes the distance and clinches.
Boykin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Boykin swings wildly with an uppercut but Alves uses good head movement to avoid it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Boykin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boykin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Alves wants to break free but Boykin has control.
Boykin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Alves working hard to break the clinch.
Boykin throws a punch but it's blocked by Alves.
Boykin pushes Alves back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Boykin changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Alves fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Alves wants to clinch up but Boykin keeps it at a distance.
Alves tries to clinch up.

Alves takes the fight into the clinch.
Boykin tries to throw a body punch but Alves avoids it by throwing Boykin back against the cage.
Boykin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Boykin content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Alves breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Alves tries to close the distance and clinch but Boykin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boykin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alves swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Boykin gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Alves to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Alves advances to half guard.
Alves performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alves takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

And that's the end of the fight!
Willis Alves showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Alves 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:28
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 29:28

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