PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Junior dos Santos Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phillipe Nover (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

dos Santos Alves
vs
Nover

180 cm
24
170 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

175 cm
24
175 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 4 - 3 - 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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Phillipe Nover!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Sano and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
dos Santos Alves lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Nover staying out of range there.
Junior dos Santos Alves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
dos Santos Alves throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nover throws a series of punches but dos Santos Alves avoids them all with ease.
Nover looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nover throws a left and a right that both miss

and dos Santos Alves counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by dos Santos Alves.

Nover has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but dos Santos Alves regains guard immediately.
dos Santos Alves is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Nover is controlling him.
Nover missing there with some ground and pound from the 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!
dos Santos Alves wants to stand and escape but Nover is having none of it.
Nover is looking to work some ground and pound but dos Santos Alves has wrist control.
Nover throwing strikes but missing.
dos Santos Alves avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
dos Santos Alves is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nover throws a strike but dos Santos Alves rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Nover keeping moving, preventing dos Santos Alves from controlling successfully.
dos Santos Alves wants to pass the guard but Nover is keeping the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Nover can do anything to dispel that myth.
dos Santos Alves is working hard here to advance position.
dos Santos Alves in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos Alves throwing strikes but missing.
Nover working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from dos Santos Alves.

dos Santos Alves drops back looking for a leg! Nover is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Nover manages to kick dos Santos Alves off! dos Santos Alves jumps back into Nover's guard.

dos Santos Alves thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nover wants to stand and escape but dos Santos Alves is having none of it.
dos Santos Alves trying to control the position from guard on top but Nover is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nover wants to get back to his feet but dos Santos Alves is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
dos Santos Alves lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
dos Santos Alves trying to control the position from guard on top but Nover is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos Alves with a flurry of punches that miss.
dos Santos Alves wants to control from the top but Nover keeps moving.
dos Santos Alves tries to free his leg and advance position but Nover is retaining full guard.
dos Santos Alves not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Nover is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and dos Santos Alves dives into side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

dos Santos Alves thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior dos Santos Alves dominated that round.
That's time! dos Santos Alves's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Nover slips under a jab from dos Santos Alves.
Sloppy strikes from Nover. Those never looked like landing.
A jab from dos Santos Alves misses.
dos Santos Alves swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nover stuffs the takedown attempt from dos Santos Alves. dos Santos Alves gets slowly back to his feet.
Nover punishes dos Santos Alves's body with a nice straight punch.
Nover displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Phillipe Nover is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
dos Santos Alves tries to clinch up.
Nover works dos Santos Alves's body with a nice hook.
dos Santos Alves feints a jab promting Nover to slip. dos Santos Alves then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Nover slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
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!
Nover throws a combination but it was largely blocked by dos Santos Alves.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nover lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nover staying out of range there.
dos Santos Alves tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Nover manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nover throws a combination but it was largely blocked by dos Santos Alves.
dos Santos Alves throws a series of punches but Nover avoids them all with ease.
dos Santos Alves keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
dos Santos Alves has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Nover misses the shot to the body.
dos Santos Alves throws an off balance right hand
and Nover counters with a lovely straight right hand!
dos Santos Alves wants to clinch up but Nover keeps it at a distance.
Nover throws a series of punches but dos Santos Alves avoids them all with ease.
The fight stays on the outside here - dos Santos Alves looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nover throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos Alves throws a series of punches but Nover avoids them all with ease.
dos Santos Alves cracks Nover with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
dos Santos Alves takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sloppy strikes from Nover. Those never looked like landing.
Sloppy strikes from Nover. Those never looked like landing.
Nover takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
dos Santos Alves swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Nover.
Nover lands a two punch combo.
dos Santos Alves lands with a nice combination. Nover backs away looking to recover.
dos Santos Alves connects with a good right hand that stumbles Nover. Nover circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
dos Santos Alves wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nover ducks under a wild hook from dos Santos Alves.
A jab from dos Santos Alves misses.
Nover throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and dos Santos Alves counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Junior dos Santos Alves is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nover throws a combination but it was largely blocked by dos Santos Alves.
Nover throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nover is breathing heavily.
Nover takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
dos Santos Alves throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Nover stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nover misses with a series of wild punches.
dos Santos Alves tries to clinch but Nover is having none of it.
dos Santos Alves wants to clinch up but Nover keeps it at a distance.
Nover throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
dos Santos Alves tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Nover manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
dos Santos Alves throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Some wild striking there from Nover.
Nover takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos Alves is looking to clinch but Nover is avoiding it.
Nice shot lands for dos Santos Alves.
dos Santos Alves tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good shot there by Nover.
Nover misses with a jab, cross combination.
dos Santos Alves swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
dos Santos Alves misses with a two punch combination.
Nover misses with a few strikes there.
dos Santos Alves paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
dos Santos Alves swings and misses with a hook to the body.
dos Santos Alves fails in his attempt to clinch.
dos Santos Alves misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Nover counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nover lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Junior dos Santos Alves will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Nover connects with the punch.
Nover circles away from the clinch attempt.
dos Santos Alves avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nover ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
dos Santos Alves tries to move into range but Nover moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nover goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Nover throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jab from Nover.
Nover throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Good exchange - dos Santos Alves coming out on top.
Nover swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nover lands a straight punch to the body, keeping dos Santos Alves at a distance.
dos Santos Alves staying out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nover rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but dos Santos Alves moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nover takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
dos Santos Alves tries to clinch up but Nover circles away and keeps his distance.
Nover slips a jab from dos Santos Alves.
Nover swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by dos Santos Alves.
Nover misses with a wild combination.
dos Santos Alves wants to clinch.
Nover misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
dos Santos Alves tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nover was well out of range. Poor timing from dos Santos Alves.
dos Santos Alves sizes up Nover with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

dos Santos Alves moves into range and clinches up with Nover.
Nover is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. dos Santos Alves is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nover tries to pull guard but dos Santos Alves holds him up against the cage and eventually Nover drops back down to his feet.
Nover tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. dos Santos Alves smiles and moves away.
dos Santos Alves comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
dos Santos Alves looks to land a combination but Nover avoids it well.
Nover with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
dos Santos Alves misses with a low kick.
Nover throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck dos Santos Alves on the side of the head.
dos Santos Alves swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nover counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nover scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
dos Santos Alves tries to clinch but Nover moves away
and Nover counters with a left and a right that stings dos Santos Alves.
Nover moves out of range as dos Santos Alves strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nover fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
dos Santos Alves tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nover swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nover looks to land a combination. dos Santos Alves sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
dos Santos Alves throws a low kick but Nover moves out of range easily.
dos Santos Alves tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nover swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nover works over dos Santos Alves's head and body with a nice combination.
dos Santos Alves misses with a double jab.
dos Santos Alves keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nover.
dos Santos Alves fails in his attempt to clinch.
dos Santos Alves connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nover throws a right and a left that both miss.
dos Santos Alves fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Nover looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
dos Santos Alves misses with a two punch combination.
Phillipe Nover has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Junior dos Santos Alves is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nover takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
dos Santos Alves feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Novers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
dos Santos Alves uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nover.
Nover with a jab.
dos Santos Alves uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nover.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nover gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
dos Santos Alves tries to close the distance and clinch but Nover swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nover swinging wildly here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
dos Santos Alves looks to score with a jab to the body but Nover is just out of range.
Nover ducks down and throws a hook to the body but dos Santos Alves moves away.
Some wild striking there from dos Santos Alves.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Phillipe Nover.
Well dos Santos Alves 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Junior dos Santos Alves!