PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Donnie Brasco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Brasco
vs
Alvarez

173 cm
20
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

171 cm
25
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Donnie Brasco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Antonio Alvarez!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alvarez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Brasco as he jumps to the side.
Brasco scores with a jab. Alvarez acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Brasco looks for a takedown but Alvarez sprawls well.

Alvarez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Alvarez goes for a takedown attempt but Brasco pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Brasco throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Alvarez throws a series of punches but Brasco avoids them all with ease.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Alvarez.
Brasco tries to buck Alvarez off but Alvarez is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez scores with a couple of short elbows.
Alvarez advances to mount.
Alvarez with the ground and pound from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Alvarez cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Alvarez tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Brasco knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Alvarez on the ground.
Let's hope that Alvarez 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 working the ground and pound effectively.
Alvarez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Brasco is bucking up trying to escape but Alvarez cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alvarez tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez with good strikes from the mount here!
Alvarez controlling from the full mount.
Brasco is bucking up trying to escape but Alvarez cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Alvarez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Brasco is in a horrible position here. Alvarez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Brasco is in a horrible position here. Alvarez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Alvarez scoring with strikes but Brasco is staying in there.
Brasco is squirming around, avoiding Alvarez's attempts to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez dominating with strikes here.
Alvarez controlling from mount.
Alvarez unloading with bombs!
Alvarez controlling the position easily from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alvarez working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Alvarez landing strikes, looking to finish!
Alvarez tries to control but Brasco wriggling away.
Brasco tries to hold on but Alvarez pushes him away.
Alvarez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Brasco hang on?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brasco is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Brasco is breathing heavily.

Alvarez is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Alvarez!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Antonio Alvarez!