PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Corey Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rabbit Usavich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alves comes to the cage accompanied by Shadows fall - Still I Rise. Rabbit Usavich has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Alves
vs
Usavich

175 cm
21
170 lbs
3 - 10 - 0

182 cm
19
183 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Corey Alves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rabbit Usavich!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yuuki Gou and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alves tries for a takedown but Usavich circles away easily
and Usavich counters with a stiff right hand.
Usavich misses with an uppercut.
Alves misses with a takedown attempt
and Usavich counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Alves throws a shot from downtown. Usavich moves away and avoids it.
Alves fails with the takedown

and Usavich counters with a shoot takedown. Alves fights it but they end up in guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Corey Alves. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Usavich chips away with some ground and pound.
Usavich trying to control but Alves is working from the bottom.
Usavich stays in close to Alves's body and controls the position.
Alves looking to hit a scissor sweep but Usavich is one step ahead there.
Alves bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Usavich's guard.
Alves stops Usavich from standing up.
Usavich manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Alves manages to get himself to full guard.
Usavich not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Usavich content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Usavich wants to control from the top but Alves keeps moving.
Alves tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Usavich missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Usavich stops Alves from standing up.
Alves keeping moving, preventing Usavich from controlling successfully.
Alves is breathing heavily.

Rabbit Usavich has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.

Usavich closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Usavich scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Usavich takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Usavich is trying to control the action in half guard but Alves is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Usavich keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Alves is trying to get back to full guard.
Usavich lands with a punch from half guard.

Usavich is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Alves is just riding it out for now. Usavich eventually gives up the hold.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Usavich connects with a nice short shot to Alves's temple.
Usavich drops an elbow to the side of Alves's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alves is staying active underneath Usavich, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Usavich drops an elbow to the side of Alves's head.

Alves is rocked!
Usavich lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Alves quite badly. Alves pulls Usavich in close trying to recover. Usavich postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Alves on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Alves doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rabbit Usavich!