PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Meng Rao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Alvarez might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Bone Crusher - I Never Scared. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Alvarez
vs
Rao

180 cm
22
178 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

183 cm
22
178 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

Good wrestler
Brawler
Likes ground

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Miguel Alvarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Meng Rao!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alvarez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rao dodges the punch combination from Alvarez.
Rao misses the shot to the body.
Rao misses with a head kick.
Alvarez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A jab from Rao misses.
Alvarez tries to bum rush Rao with a series of wild strikes but Rao uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Rao scores a takedown into full mount!

Alvarez is rocked!
Alvarez is trying to escape the mount.
Oh Alvarez is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rao controlling the position easily from mount.
Alvarez seems to have got his legs back now.
Alvarez tries to reverse the position but Rao maintains control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rao takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Alvarez defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Rao.
Alvarez tries to lock up and control but Rao gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Rao takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Let's hope that Rao has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Alvarez wants to hold on but Rao pushes him away.
Rao controlling from mount.
Alvarez is desperately trying to improve his position but Rao has a good base and remains in mount.

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.
Alvarez has given up his back here.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Rao.
Rao has good solid back control here.
Alvarez looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Alvarez wants to escape the position.
Alvarez is breathing heavily.
Alvarez looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Rao controlling well, preventing Alvarez from escaping the position.
Rao controlling from the back.
Alvarez rolls, trying to escape but Rao keeps control of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rao looking for the choke from the back.
Alvarez is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Alvarez tries to roll but Rao sticks to his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rao controlling from the back.

Rao working for a choke but Alvarez is defending well.
Rao biding his time, controlling Alvarez.

Despite being in the dominant position, Meng Rao just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Rao showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Alvarez.

That's four 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.
Alvarez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Alvarez gets caught flat footed, as Rao shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Rao controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Alvarez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Rao won't allow Alvarez to get back to his feet.
Rao controls from within his opponent's guard.
Alvarez bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Rao's guard.

Alvarez is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Alvarez is looking to stand up but Rao won't let him.
Rao working a defensive guard here.
Alvarez looking to sit in guard and control but Rao gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Alvarez manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Meng Rao dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Some wild striking there from Alvarez.
Alvarez throws a series of punches but Rao moves out of range.
Alvarez tries for a takedown but Rao circles away easily

and Rao counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Rao stopping the sweep attempt from Alvarez.

Alvarez throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Rao stopping the sweep attempt from Alvarez.
Rao controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Alvarez utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rao sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Alvarez's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rao is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Rao passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Alvarez!
Rao controlling the position easily from mount.

Rao working for a guillotine from mount but Alvarez is in no mood to give up.
Alvarez is trying to reverse the position but instead Rao has taken his back - oops!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rao controlling from the back.
Alvarez is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Alvarez is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.

Despite being in the dominant position, Meng Rao just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Alvarez misses with a double jab.
Rao misses with a series of wild punches.
Miguel Alvarez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Alvarez!
Nice uppercut lands for Alvarez. That snapped Rao's head back.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Alvarez!

Rao is rocked!
Alvarez lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and Rao falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Miguel Alvarez!