PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jose Canseco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Muhamad Alli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alli has chosen De la Souls, by POS as his entrance music. Muhamad Alli will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Canseco
vs
Alli

175 cm
26
212 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

200 cm
29
214 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

[JMFC] 160!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jose Canseco !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Muhamad Alli!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Vladimir Khabensky and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Canseco throws a hook to the side of Alli's head but Alli sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Canseco scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Alli scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Alli keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Canseco moves in looking to clinch but Alli pushes him off.
Canseco misses with a left hand
and Alli counters with a right hand to the body.
Canseco dodges the punch combination from Alli.
Alli misses with a takedown attempt

and Canseco counters with a nice double leg into side control. Alli won't be happy with that.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Canseco tries to score with some ground and pound. Alli controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Canseco looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Alli is avoiding damage well.
Canseco in side control, throwing shots but Alli defends.
Alli pushes Canseco away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Canseco gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Canseco throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Canseco throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Canseco in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
The ground and pound from Canseco seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Alli avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Canseco .
Alli managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Canseco .
Canseco is looking to take a break and control but Alli is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Canseco tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Canseco misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Canseco wants to control but Alli is keeping him busy.
Canseco tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

Canseco is trying to get an arm triangle but Alli is defending well.
Alli wants to get back to his feet.
Canseco wants to control but Alli is keeping him busy.
Alli avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Canseco .

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alli is trying to buck Canseco off.
Alli defending against the ground and pound.
Alli wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Canseco tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Canseco with the ground and pound but Alli regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Alli wants to get back to his feet.
Canseco not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Canseco 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Canseco throws a strike but Alli avoids it easily and moves to full guard.

Alli kicks Canseco off and gets to his feet.
Alli doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Canseco makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Canseco misses with a body shot
and Alli counters with a two punch combo.
Alli will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Alli with a lazy takedown attempt

and Canseco counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Alli's guard now.
Jose Canseco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Muhamad Alli.
Alli keeping moving, preventing Canseco from controlling successfully.
Alli keeping full guard, as Canseco tries to pass.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Canseco dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Alli uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Canseco .
Alli has his takedown stuffed
and Canseco counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Alli is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Canseco misses with a body shot.
Canseco misses with a shot to the body
and Alli counters with a straight right hand.
Alli steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Canseco .
Canseco pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Alli shoots and misses

and Canseco counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Alli's guard now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Canseco looking to sit in guard and control but Alli gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Canseco wants to stand up but Alli is controlling him.
Alli tries to free his leg and advance position but Canseco is retaining full guard.
Canseco wants to stand but Alli is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Canseco pushes Alli off and scrambles back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Canseco stuffs the takedown attempt from Alli. Alli gets slowly back to his feet.
Jose Canseco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Muhamad Alli.
Alli fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Alli gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Canseco decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Alli's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alli avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Canseco pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Alli is keeping the position for now.
Canseco loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Canseco trying to control but Alli is working from the bottom.
Canseco throwing strikes from guard but Alli blocks nicely.
Canseco wants to pass the guard but Alli is keeping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Canseco stands up and waves to Alli to follow him.
Alli with a poor takedown

and Canseco counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Alli!
Alli is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Canseco throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Canseco is trying to control here but Alli has managed to regain half guard.
Canseco missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Alli keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jose Canseco overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Alli wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Canseco working over Alli with some ground and pound. Alli looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Canseco dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

The fight stays on the outside here - Alli looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Alli with a lazy takedown attempt

and Canseco counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Alli keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Alli blocking the ground and pound attempt from Canseco .
Canseco thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Canseco not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Alli manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Canseco takes a swing at Alli's ribcage but misses.
Alli with a lazy takedown attempt

and Canseco counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Canseco in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Canseco postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Alli wants to stand but Canseco is controlling the position.
Canseco might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Alli takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Canseco throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Canseco with a flurry of punches that miss.
Canseco wants to control from the top but Alli keeps moving.
Alli working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Canseco .
Canseco pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Alli is keeping the position for now.
Alli working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Canseco .

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Canseco trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Canseco accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Canseco trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Canseco in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Canseco stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Alli swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Canseco throws and elbow that misses. Alli uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Canseco 's guard. Nice move by Alli!
Jose Canseco is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Canseco has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Alli off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Canseco misses with a shot to the body
and Alli counters with a head kick.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Alli enables Canseco to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Alli manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Alli wants to stand up but Canseco is controlling him.
Canseco engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Canseco stops Alli from standing up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Canseco controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Canseco trying to control the position from guard on top but Alli is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Jose Canseco has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Canseco misses with an uppercut

and Alli counters with a single leg into guard. Canseco didn't expect that.
Canseco is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Alli is controlling him.
Alli sitting in guard, not really doing much.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jose Canseco showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Canseco has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jose Canseco !