PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Junior dos Santos Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Walter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Junior dos Santos Alves has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

dos Santos Alves
vs
Walter

180 cm
23
170 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

180 cm
19
180 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good in bed

BJJ White 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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Junior dos Santos Alves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chris Walter!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walter moves in looking to clinch but dos Santos Alves pushes him off.
Walter tries to close the distance and clinch up but dos Santos Alves swats him away and circles back towards the center.
dos Santos Alves misses with a wild combination.
Walter throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and dos Santos Alves counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Walter drives through and clinches with dos Santos Alves against the cage.

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

Walter rushes dos Santos Alves and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Walter'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.
Nice body punch from Walter.
dos Santos Alves has Walter pressed against the cage, preventing Walter from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Walter breaks the clinch.
dos Santos Alves shoots in for a double leg but Walter sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Walter doesn't manage to clinch there - dos Santos Alves circles away.
Chris Walter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Walter throws a combination that misses
and dos Santos Alves counters with a straight right hand.
dos Santos Alves shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Walter pinned against the cage. Walter gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Walter gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walter doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Walter dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Walter is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Walter is trying to break the clinch but dos Santos Alves is controlling him.

Walter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
dos Santos Alves scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Walter doesn't seem bothered though.
dos Santos Alves lands a jab-cross combination.
Walter circles away from the clinch attempt.
Chris Walter is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Walter keeps the fight on the outside.
dos Santos Alves avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Walter on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
dos Santos Alves tries to clinch but Walter moves away

and Walter counters by clinching up.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
dos Santos Alves goes for a takedown in the clinch but Walter prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Junior dos Santos Alves. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walter swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Walter stalling in the clinch.

Walter breaks from the clinch.
Walter closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
dos Santos Alves shoots in for a takedown but Walter shows good takedown defense.
Walter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Walter darts in trying to clinch
and dos Santos Alves counters with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Walter throws an ugly left hook that misses
and dos Santos Alves cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Walter walks into a straight right hand from dos Santos Alves.
Walter tries to clinch up.
Walter throws a combination that misses
and dos Santos Alves counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
dos Santos Alves with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Walter looks gassed!
dos Santos Alves dives in and grabs Walter's left leg, looking for a takedown. Walter pushes down on dos Santos Alves's head and hops out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from dos Santos Alves.
Walter misses with a combination
and dos Santos Alves makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Walter walks into a jab.
dos Santos Alves wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Walter gets a clinch.

dos Santos Alves pulls guard successfully.
Walter stops dos Santos Alves from standing up.
dos Santos Alves wants to sweep but no luck.
Walter trying to control but dos Santos Alves is working from the bottom.
Walter looking to pass the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos Alves keeping moving, preventing Walter from controlling successfully.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Chris Walter wasn't active enough on the ground.
dos Santos Alves has his takedown stuffed
enabling Walter to counter with a crisp jab.
dos Santos Alves throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Walter stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
dos Santos Alves closes this distance looking for a takedown but Walter circles away.

dos Santos Alves closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Walter to the mat! Walter manages to get full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Walter controls dos Santos Alves momentarily but dos Santos Alves frees himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior dos Santos Alves dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

dos Santos Alves moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Walter swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and dos Santos Alves counters with a stiff right hand.
Walter tries to clinch but dos Santos Alves moves out of range.
Walter misses with a right hand
letting dos Santos Alves counter with a right hand.
Walter moves in looking to clinch but dos Santos Alves pushes him off.
Walter takes a shot right to the bread basket.
dos Santos Alves tries to clinch up but Walter circles away and keeps his distance.
dos Santos Alves shoots in but Walter avoids the takedown attempt easily.
dos Santos Alves scores with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
dos Santos Alves lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Walter is breathing heavily.
dos Santos Alves tries to clinch
and Walter counters with a left and a right that stings dos Santos Alves.
dos Santos Alves is looking to clinch but Walter is avoiding it.
dos Santos Alves is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
dos Santos Alves clobbers Walter with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's one minute gone in the round.
dos Santos Alves shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Walter defends it nicely.

Walter forces dos Santos Alves back against the cage and clinches.
dos Santos Alves wants to break the clinch but can't.
dos Santos Alves misses with the head strike.
Walter displaying some good clinch control by pressing dos Santos Alves up against the cage.
Walter continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Walter has dos Santos Alves pressed against the cage, preventing dos Santos Alves from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Walter avoids the elbow strike from dos Santos Alves, against the cage.
Walter cracks dos Santos Alves with a nice body shot.

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.
Walter tries a body shot but dos Santos Alves blocks it.

Walter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
dos Santos Alves shoots in for a double leg but Walter sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Junior dos Santos Alves. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Walter throws a right hand that dos Santos Alves ducks under and follows up with a left that dos Santos Alves also avoids with ease.
Walter tries to clinch but fails miserably
and dos Santos Alves counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Walter walks into a straight right hand from dos Santos Alves.
dos Santos Alves shoots for a double leg takedown but Walter sprawls well. He's pushed dos Santos Alves's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Some wild striking there from dos Santos Alves.
Walter misses with a double jab
and Walter takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
dos Santos Alves connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Walter scores with a hook.
Walter throws a poor cross that misses
and dos Santos Alves counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Walter moves in looking to clinch but dos Santos Alves pushes him off.
Walter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos Alves tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
dos Santos Alves wants to land a leg kick but Walter is out of range.
dos Santos Alves throws a good cross that connects.
Walter wants to clinch up but dos Santos Alves keeps it at a distance.
dos Santos Alves uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Walter has time to react.
dos Santos Alves scores with a jab. Walter acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Walter falls off balance throwing a combination
and Walter takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Walter is rocked!
Walter tries to clinch up but dos Santos Alves circles away and keeps his distance.
Chris Walter is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
dos Santos Alves lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Decent striking displayed by dos Santos Alves there.
Walter is still on wobbly legs! Can dos Santos Alves finish him?
Walter tries to close the distance and clinch up but dos Santos Alves swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Walter seems to have recovered his senses.

dos Santos Alves drops Walter with a left and a right! Oh, Walter is hurt - dos Santos Alves dives into side control looking to finish!

It looks like Chris Walter has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
dos Santos Alves working the head and body with strikes.
dos Santos Alves scoring with punches and elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos Alves working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

dos Santos Alves is working to tighten is grip on Walter's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Walter has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but dos Santos Alves is really squeezing tight and eventually Walter passes out! dos Santos Alves breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Junior dos Santos Alves!