PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Floyd Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pedro Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Thompson
vs
Alvarez

180 cm
25
216 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

190 cm
26
217 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Bad Man Clothing

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Floyd Thompson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pedro Alvarez !
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson throws a series of punches but Alvarez moves out of range.

Alvarez looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Thompson!
Thompson struggling a bit here.
Alvarez in side control lands a decent elbow.

Alvarez decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Thompson is trying hard to land a takedown here. Alvarez sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Alvarez doesn't manage to clinch there - Thompson circles away.
Alvarez fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Thompson scoring well with a low kick there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alvarez darts in looking for a takedown but Thompson gets double underhooks and turns Alvarez into the cage.
Alvarez 's coach down at was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Alvarez 's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.

Alvarez pulls Thompson into guard.
Thompson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Thompson trying to control the position from guard on top but Alvarez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Alvarez has a closed guard, preventing Thompson from standing up.
Alvarez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Thompson lands a couple of elbows.

Alvarez pushes a forearm under Thompson's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Thompson is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Pedro Alvarez !
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Pedro Alvarez made sure he mentioned Bad Man Clothing , along with how happy he was to win his fight.