PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Boxer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benjo Alejandro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boxer comes to the cage accompanied by Hammerfall - Last Man Standing. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Boxer
vs
Alejandro

185 cm
27
190 lbs
13 - 15 - 0

179 cm
25
205 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mike Boxer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Benjo Alejandro!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Felipe Paraventi and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boxer lands a really nice looking cross but Alejandro seems unphased.
Mike Boxer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boxer is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Alejandro swings away with a body shot that misses
and Boxer counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Alejandro thinking.
Alejandro on the wrong end of a nice jab.

It looks like Benjo Alejandro has been cut.
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!
Alejandro scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Alejandro tests Boxer's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Boxer lands a left and a right that send Alejandro crashing to the mat, dazed. Boxer thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Alejandro is rocked!
Alejandro misses with a low kick.
Boxer ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Boxer drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

Boxer drops Alejandro with a beautiful combination! Alejandro stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Boxer is looking for the KO!
Alejandro is still on wobbly legs! Can Boxer finish him?
Boxer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Boxer lands a jab to Alejandro's midsection.
Alejandro seems to have recovered his senses.
Nice shot lands for Boxer.

Boxer lands a big right hand that sends Alejandro crashing to the mat! Boxer stays standing though and waves Alejandro back to his feet!
Boxer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Alejandro steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Boxer.
Boxer missing with a left hand there. Alejandro was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Alejandro staying out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alejandro tries to bum rush Boxer with a series of wild strikes but Boxer uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Alejandro looks to land a right hand but Boxer moved out of range.
Mike Boxer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Boxer misses with a hook.
Boxer misses with a wild combination.
Boxer scores with a nice strike.
Boxer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Boxer misses with the combination.
Boxer throws a shot from downtown. Alejandro moves away and avoids it.
Boxer throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Boxer throws a body punch but Alejandro moves out of range.
Boxer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alejandro moves away.
Boxer misses with a double jab.

Alejandro fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Boxer to the ground. Alejandro is now in Boxer's guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Alejandro postures up in Boxer's guard and throws a big left but Boxer blocks it.
Boxer keeping moving, preventing Alejandro from controlling successfully.
Boxer knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Alejandro on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alejandro tries to free his leg and advance position but Boxer is retaining full guard.
Alejandro throws a strike but Boxer rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Boxer preventing the sweep.
Alejandro throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Boxer won't allow Alejandro to sweep him here.
Alejandro lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Boxer!
Boxer wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Alejandro.
Alejandro throwing strikes here but Boxer is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Alejandro looking to ground and pound but Boxer is blocking nicely.
Boxer is bucking up trying to escape but Alejandro cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Alejandro cracks Boxer with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Alejandro goes for an armbar but Boxer turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Boxer.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alejandro trying to strike off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alejandro looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Boxer puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Boxer prevents Alejandro from improving his position.
Alejandro is trying to maintain the position but Boxer is very close to passing his half guard.
Alejandro is trying to get back to full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Alejandro looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Boxer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Benjo Alejandro's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Boxer throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Alejandro sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - Alejandro throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Boxer dips to his left and cracks Alejandro with an uppercut!
Boxer throws a lazy uppercut

and Alejandro counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Alejandro.
Alejandro trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alejandro is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Alejandro throwing strikes but missing.
Boxer keeping moving, preventing Alejandro from controlling successfully.
Boxer preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alejandro with a flurry of punches that miss.
Alejandro is looking to work some ground and pound but Boxer has wrist control.
Alejandro stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Boxer swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Benjo Alejandro has got the better of the ground game so far.
Alejandro throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Boxer works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Alejandro stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Boxer swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Alejandro working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Alejandro pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Boxer is keeping the position for now.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Alejandro accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boxer keeping full guard, as Alejandro tries to pass.
Alejandro passes Boxer's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Alejandro is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Boxer!
Alejandro postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Boxer looks a forlorn figure.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alejandro unloads with some shots from mount but Boxer bucks and avoids them well.
A big strike lands for Alejandro! That's really hurt Boxer and he's turned his back - Alejandro keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Alejandro jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Benjo Alejandro!
An out of breath Benjo Alejandro thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Mike Boxer spoke after the fight, saying 'famoous, talented boxer which want be world champion in mma.'.