PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Fransisco Alveraz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rommel Tan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alveraz comes to the ring accompanied by Silly Shoes. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Alveraz
vs
Tan

175 cm
19
160 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

180 cm
19
182 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fransisco Alveraz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rommel Tan!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Daniel Cesar and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick by Tan misses
and Alveraz counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Alveraz clinches.
Alveraz landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tan is trying to force a seperation but Alveraz has the dominant position.
Tan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Alveraz has him pressed against the ropes.
Alveraz lands an elbow that stopped Tan in his tracks for a moment.

Tan works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Tan stops Alveraz from standing up.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alveraz preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Alveraz wants to get back to his feet but Tan is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Tan postures up in Alveraz's guard and throws a big left but Alveraz blocks it.
Alveraz is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Alveraz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Alveraz wants to stand and escape but Tan is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tan is in close to Alveraz's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Tan landing some decent shots from guard.
Tan scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Tan working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Tan postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Tan working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Alveraz's head.
Tan lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Alveraz is rocked!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Tan prevents Alveraz from getting back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tan with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Oh Alveraz is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tan scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Alveraz avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Alveraz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tan lands a couple of digs.
Alveraz wants to stand but Tan is controlling the position.
Alveraz seems to have got his legs back now.
Alveraz is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tan scoring with some ground and pound.
Tan lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Alveraz is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Tan working some strikes from top position.
Tan stands up over Alveraz, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Alveraz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tan.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Tan drops back looking for a leg! Alveraz is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Alveraz manages to kick Tan off! Tan jumps back into Alveraz's guard.
Tan is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Alveraz knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Tan on the ground.
Tan postures up and lands a big shot to Alveraz's brow.
Alveraz avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Alveraz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alveraz is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Alveraz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tan.
Tan with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Tan lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Alveraz wants to stand but Tan is controlling the position.
Tan throwing strikes but missing.
Tan chips away with some ground and pound.
Tan scoring with punches to the head and body.
Tan with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Alveraz trying to control the position here.
Tan connects with a couple of short punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alveraz is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alveraz wants to get back to his feet but Tan passes into half guard.
Alveraz on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Alveraz has hold of Tan's hands but Tan slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Tan working over Alveraz with some ground and pound. Alveraz looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Alveraz is looking to escape.
Tan drops an elbow to the side of Alveraz's head.
Tan is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Tan lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Alveraz quite badly. Alveraz pulls Tan in close trying to recover. Tan postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Alveraz on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Alveraz doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rommel Tan!