PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Akoni Sekibo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Akoni Sekibo has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Sekibo
vs
Alvarez

170 cm
20
140 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

171 cm
26
145 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Akoni Sekibo!
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, Antonio Alvarez!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alvarez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Alvarez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Alvarez doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Sekibo moves into the clinch.
Alvarez tries for a takedown but Sekibo manages to get underhooks.
Akoni Sekibo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antonio Alvarez.
Sekibo lands a shoulder strike.
Sekibo pushes Alvarez back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sekibo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sekibo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Alvarez looks winded!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sekibo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sekibo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sekibo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Alvarez backwards.
Sekibo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sekibo lands with a right to the head.

Alvarez is rocked!
Sekibo presses Alvarez against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sekibo lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sekibo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sekibo lands a body shot.
Sekibo scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Alvarez doesn't seem bothered though.
Alvarez takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
You can follow us on Twitter at...Ooooooh Alvarez got wobbled bad by a big combination! Sekibo presses forward with punches and knees until Alvarez stumbles to the ground! The ref watches Alvarez closely before deciding to step in and end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Akoni Sekibo!
A relieved looking Akoni Sekibo thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.