PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Crash Holly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Holly's entrance music is Slow Death. A fine choice. Alvarez has chosen I Stand Alone as his entrance music. 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.

Holly
vs
Alvarez

175 cm
24
163 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

178 cm
25
162 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Crash Holly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rodrigo Alvarez!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holly misses with a left hand
and Alvarez counters with a straight right hand.
Alvarez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Holly looks to score with a jab to the body but Alvarez is just out of range.

Holly gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Holly breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Alvarez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Holly.
Holly takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Holly.
Alvarez pushes Holly away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Holly gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez trying to remain calm as Holly controls from the top position.
Holly has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

Crash Holly has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Holly swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Alvarez counters with a left to the body.
Alvarez misses with a wild body shot.
Alvarez works Holly's body with a nice hook.
Holly misses with an uppercut
and Alvarez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Alvarez lands an overhand right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Holly misses with a lunging right hand
and Alvarez counters with a stiff right hand.
Holly misses with an uppercut.
Holly misses with a combination
enabling Alvarez to counter with a crisp jab.
Holly misses with a jab to the body
and Alvarez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Alvarez throws a hook to the side of Holly's head but Holly sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rodrigo Alvarez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Holly takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Holly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alvarez.
Alvarez throws a combination. Holly tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Alvarez!
Alvarez misses with a straight right.
Alvarez jabs Holly right on the nose. Holly blinks but takes it well.
Alvarez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Holly was well out of range. Poor timing from Alvarez.
Alvarez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holly misses the body punch
and Alvarez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Alvarez is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Holly had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Alvarez ducks under a wild hook from Holly.
Holly takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Holly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Alvarez lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Alvarez slips under a jab from Holly.
Alvarez connects with a good right hand that stumbles Holly. Holly circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Alvarez connects with a right hand. Holly shakes it off.
Nice body punch from Alvarez.
Alvarez scores with a hook to the body. Holly takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Holly takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Alvarez swings widly with a right hand

and Holly counters with a single leg into guard. Alvarez didn't expect that.
Alvarez wants to stand and escape but Holly is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Alvarez misses with a two punch combination.
Alvarez throws a sloppy body shot

and Holly counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Holly trying to control the pace.
Holly wants to pass the guard but Alvarez is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Crash Holly will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Holly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Holly closes the distance and clinches.

Holly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice shot by Alvarez.
Alvarez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Holly.
Alvarez sizes up Holly with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Alvarez moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Holly moves away from the strike by Alvarez.
Alvarez catches Holly with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Holly wants to clinch.
Holly misses with an uppercut
and Alvarez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Holly's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Holly duly obliges.

It looks like Rodrigo Alvarez has been cut.
Alvarez throws a right and a left that Holly avoids nicely.
Alvarez checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez takes one to the chin there.
Alvarez misses with a right hand
letting Holly counter with a right hand.
Alvarez connects with a single shot there.

Holly closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Holly pushes Alvarez back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Holly working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Holly manages to break the clinch.
Rodrigo Alvarez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alvarez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Holly.
Holly misses with a double jab
and Alvarez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Holly slips a jab and a cross from Alvarez.
Holly connects with a single shot there.
Holly misses with a hook
and Alvarez makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Holly throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Alvarez to counter with a crisp jab.

Holly closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holly is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Alvarez's shoulder. That is not cool.
Alvarez wants to get back to his feet.
Holly is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Alvarez tries to escape but Holly is in control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez being controlled for a moment.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

Crash Holly has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Alvarez scores with a nice right hand.
Holly digs a good body shot into Alvarez's ribs.
Alvarez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Holly.
Alvarez throws a looping overhand right but Holly ducks down to avoid it.
Alvarez doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Alvarez lands with an uppercut that bounces Holly off the cage and back into rage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holly closes this distance looking for a takedown but Alvarez circles away.
Alvarez lands a jab to Holly's midsection.
Holly moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Holly moves into range and clinches up with Alvarez.
Alvarez has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Holly is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Alvarez is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Good body shot from Holly.
Alvarez looking to slow down the pace here.
Holly digs a right hand into Alvarez's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Alvarez's gas tank.
Alvarez is breathing heavily.

Holly pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Holly misses with a combination
and Alvarez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Alvarez misses with a straight left.
Holly blocks a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Crash Holly dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rodrigo Alvarez's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Alvarez connects with the punch.
Alvarez takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Holly tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alvarez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Holly throws out a loose jab but Alvarez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Holly misses with a wild body shot.
Nice body punch from Alvarez.
Alvarez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Holly's head backwards.
Holly throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Alvarez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sloppy strikes from Holly. Those never looked like landing.
Holly misses with a double jab.
Alvarez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Holly's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Alvarez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Holly scrambles back to his feet.
Holly takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Alvarez clobbers Holly with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Rodrigo Alvarez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Holly swings widly with a right hand
and Alvarez counters with a three punch combo that has Holly backing up. Holly nods at Alvarez to acknowledge the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez throws a nice looking combination but Holly bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Alvarez takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Alvarez scores with a shot to the body.
Alvarez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Alvarez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Holly.
Alvarez stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Holly looks to land a combination but Alvarez avoids it well.
Alvarez throws a body punch but Holly moves out of range.
Alvarez scores with a jab to the jaw.
Alvarez throws a good cross that connects.
Jab by Alvarez.
Holly lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Holly looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Alvarez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Holly.
Alvarez stuffs the takedown attempt from Holly. Holly gets slowly back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez thows a body shot but no joy.
Alvarez throws out a loose jab but Holly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alvarez clobbers Holly with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Alvarez throws a looping overhand right but Holly ducks down to avoid it.
Alvarez throws a body punch but Holly moves out of range.
Alvarez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Holly looks to score with a jab to the body but Alvarez is just out of range.
Holly avoids the body shot from Alvarez.
A swing and a miss from Holly.
Alvarez misses with a hook.
Holly tries to close the distance and clinch but Alvarez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Holly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alvarez moves away.
Rodrigo Alvarez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Crash Holly is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Holly tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Alvarez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Alvarez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Holly changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Alvarez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Alvarez connects with a good right hand that stumbles Holly. Holly circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Alvarez misses with a right hand

and Holly counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Alvarez's guard now.
Holly is pushing down on Alvarez's leg trying to pass to half guard. Alvarez is fighting to maintain full guard but Holly has managed to sneak the leg through.
Alvarez is trying to stand back up but Holly is controlling him

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Holly is looking to advance position but Alvarez won't allow it.
Holly seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

And that's the end of the fight!
Crash Holly showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Holly, 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Crash Holly!