PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bear Trapp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Micheal Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alvarez has chosen Doom as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Trapp
vs
Alvarez

169 cm
20
148 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

160 cm
20
145 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Big Bear Nutrition 160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Bear Trapp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Micheal Alvarez!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trapp tries to close the distance and clinch but Alvarez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Alvarez throws a wild body kick that Trapp sees coming a mile off.
Trapp tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Alvarez manages to circle out of the way.
Trapp misses with a hook to the body
and Alvarez counters with a low kick, right behind Trapp 's knee.
Trapp has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Vendetta Alliance London Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Jab from Trapp.
Trapp misses with a body shot.
And Alvarez responds with a good body kick, but Trapp manages to step out the way in time.
A clash of legs there as Trapp blocks the low kick.
Trapp lands with a cross.

It looks like Micheal Alvarez has been cut.
Trapp throws a shot from downtown. Alvarez moves away and avoids it.
Trapp throws a good cross that connects.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trapp fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Alvarez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Trapp cracks Alvarez with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Alvarez avoids the body shot from Trapp.
Alvarez was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Alvarez.
Alvarez defending well as Trapp loads up on a big left hand.
Nice shot lands for Trapp.
Alvarez slips a straight right by Trapp.
Trapp throws the left hand but Alvarez avoids the punch easily.
Alvarez's coach down at Holding Cell 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 misses with a leg kick.
Trapp is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
The crowd cheers as Trapp lands an impressive looking overhand right. Alvarez doesn't seem phased though.
Some bone on bone action there as Trapp checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

Trapp clinches up with Alvarez and pushes him back against the ropes.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Alvarez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Trapp's brow.
Alvarez stalls.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Trapp tries to land knees in the clinch but Alvarez avoids the damage to the body.
Trapp landing knees to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trapp using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Alvarez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Trapp dodges an elbow strike from Alvarez.
Alvarez is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Alvarez throws an elbow but misses.
Trapp avoids a wild elbow strike from Alvarez.
Alvarez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alvarez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Trapp lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Trapp dodges an elbow strike from Alvarez.
Trapp avoids the elbow strike from Alvarez, against the ropes.
Trapp is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Alvarez is defending well for now.
Trapp misses with a short punch on the inside.
Trapp putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Alvarez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Alvarez throws an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Alvarez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Trapp's brow.
Trapp is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Alvarez is defending well for now.
Trapp lands a hook to the side of the head.
Trapp missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trapp lands a good knee to the midsection. Alvarez won't want to take too many of those.
Trapp using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Alvarez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Trapp missing with knees to the body.
Trapp lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Trapp lands a knee to the head.
Alvarez throws an elbow but it misses.
Trapp misses with some punches.
Alvarez throws an elbow but it misses.
Alvarez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Trapp is keeping busy.
Alvarez throws an elbow that misses.
Trapp tries to land a knee to the head but Alvarez blocks with his arms.
Alvarez misses with an elbow strike.
Trapp dodges an elbow strike from Alvarez.
Alvarez prevents a body shot from Trapp.
Alvarez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Trapp blocks an elbow strike from Alvarez.
Trapp lands a body punch.
Trapp pushes Alvarez back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trapp tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Alvarez avoids it.
Trapp trying to land knees to the body.
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!
Alvarez throws an elbow but it misses.
Alvarez lands an elbow inside that Trapp shrugs off.
Trapp blocks an elbow strike from Alvarez.
Alvarez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
A shot in the inside from Trapp.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Trapp.
Trapp blocks an elbow strike.
Trapp with a knee to the head.
Alvarez throws an elbow but it misses.
Trapp scores with a nice hook to the head.
Trapp missing with knees to the body.
Trapp lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Alvarez backwards.
Alvarez pushes off an throws an elbow but Trapp leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Alvarez trying to control the position but instead, Trapp has worked for underhooks and has pushed Alvarez into the ropes.
Alvarez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bear Trapp dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Micheal Alvarez's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Alvarez takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Trapp ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Trapp tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Alvarez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Alvarez is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Alvarez takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Alvarez tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Trapp manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Alvarez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Trapp is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Alvarez can do to turn this around?
Trapp avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trapp misses with the combination.
Trapp moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromAlvarez.
Alvarez is looking to clinch.

Alvarez has managed to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trapp lands an uppercut.
Bear Trapp has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Alvarez misses with an elbow strike.
Trapp misses with a hook to the ribs.
Trapp throws a knee to the head but misses.
Trapp misses with a knee strike.
Trapp using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Trapp wants to stall.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Nice elbow from Alvarez.
Trapp is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Trapp throws a punch but it's blocked by Alvarez.
Trapp avoids the elbow strike from Alvarez, against the ropes.
Trapp with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Alvarez misses with an elbow strike.
Alvarez throws an elbow that misses.
Trapp tries to land a knee to the head but Alvarez blocks with his arms.
Trapp blocks an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trapp blocks an elbow strike from Alvarez.
Trapp avoids a wild elbow strike from Alvarez.
Alvarez avoiding damage as Trapp throws knees to the body.
Alvarez misses with an elbow strike.
Trapp avoids the elbow strike from Alvarez, against the ropes.
Trapp blocks an elbow strike from Alvarez.
Alvarez blocks a body shot from Trapp.
Alvarez throws an elbow but it misses.
Alvarez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee calls for Trapp to work.
Alvarez lands an elbow inside that Trapp shrugs off.
Alvarez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Alvarez throws an elbow that misses.
Trapp lands an uppercut.
Alvarez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Trapp using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Alvarez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Trapp with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Alvarez is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Trapp lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Alvarez managing to block the knees to the body from Trapp.
Trapp missing with knees to the body.
Alvarez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Trapp misses with a knee strike.
Trapp blocks an elbow strike from Alvarez.
Trapp connects with a nasty looking knee right to Alvarez's face.
Trapp lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Trapp missing with knees to the body.
Alvarez lands a nice elbow.
Trapp dodges an elbow strike from Alvarez.
Alvarez throws an elbow that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Alvarez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Trapp's brow.
Alvarez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Alvarez throws an elbow but it misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Trapp obliges.
Alvarez is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Trapp using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Alvarez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Trapp.
Trapp misses with a knee strike.
Trapp tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Alvarez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Trapp pushes Alvarez back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Alvarez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Trapp throws a knee to the head but misses.
Alvarez will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Trapp up against the ropes.
Trapp avoids the elbow strike from Alvarez, against the ropes.
Alvarez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Trapp landing knees to the head.
Trapp softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Trapp blocks an elbow strike from Alvarez.
Trapp avoids a wild elbow strike from Alvarez.
Alvarez pushes off an throws an elbow but Trapp leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Alvarez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bear Trapp dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Micheal Alvarez's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Trapp lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Alvarez at a distance.
Trapp cracks a nice hook into Alvarez's ribs.
Alvarez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Trapp fails to land with a series of punches.
Trapp looks to throw the jab but Alvarez is out of range.
Trapp fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Trapp closes the distance but Alvarez moves to the side
and Alvarez counters with a good, hard body kick but Trapp shrugs it off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvarez does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Trapp scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Alvarez moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Trapp throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez misses with an attempted mid kick.
Trapp blocks a leg kick.
Trapp wants to clinch up but Alvarez keeps it at a distance.
Trapp fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Alvarez manages to avoid it.
Alvarez takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Alvarez throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Alvarez throws the kick towards the body but Trapp avoids it.
Trapp lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Trapp avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
It looked like Trapp was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Alvarez.
Trapp throws a series of punches but Alvarez moves out of range.
Alvarez appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Trapp fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trapp throws a body shot but no joy.
Alvarez throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Alvarez takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Trapp stuns Alvarez with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Alvarez has closed the distance and engaged Trapp in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trapp swings wildly with an uppercut but Alvarez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trapp tries to work over Alvarez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Trapp avoids a wild elbow strike from Alvarez.
Trapp misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Alvarez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Alvarez pushes off an throws an elbow but Trapp leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Trapp lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Trapp scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trapp lands a hook that snaps the head of Alvarez backwards.
Alvarez misses with an elbow strike.
Alvarez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Alvarez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Trapp tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Alvarez avoids it.
Alvarez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Trapp tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Trapp is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Trapp lands a good knee to the midsection. Alvarez won't want to take too many of those.
Alvarez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Alvarez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Alvarez lands an elbow inside.
Trapp blocks the elbow strike.
Alvarez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Trapp lands a shoulder strike.
Trapp avoids the elbow strike from Alvarez, against the ropes.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Alvarez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Trapp's brow.
Trapp blocks an elbow strike from Alvarez.
Trapp unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez misses with an elbow strike.
Trapp goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Trapp is trying to maintain a safe position but Alvarez gets an underhook and turns Trapp into the ropes.
Alvarez takes a knee right on the jaw!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Trapp lands a body shot in the clinch.
Trapp lands a nice uppercut.
Trapp connects with a nasty looking knee right to Alvarez's face.
Trapp tries to land knees in the clinch but Alvarez avoids the damage to the body.
Trapp lands with a light punch inside.
Trapp works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Trapp lands a hook to the side of the head.
Trapp lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Trapp landing knees to the head.
Trapp struggles to land a body shot inside as Alvarez controls his hands.
Trapp with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Trapp misses with a knee strike.
Alvarez takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bear Trapp clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Micheal Alvarez's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Alvarez is looking to clinch.
Alvarez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Alvarez staying out of range there.
Nice shot lands for Trapp.
Bear Trapp seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alvarez slips a jab from Trapp.
Alvarez takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Trapp ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alvarez moves away.
Trapp misses the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvarez throws a head kick that misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Trapp.
Trapp lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Trapp misses.
Alvarez steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Trapp swats away the attempt to clinch by Alvarez.
Trapp swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Trapp swinging wildly here.
Alvarez lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Trapp lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Alvarez tries to clinch but Trapp is having none of it.
Alvarez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big left from Trapp misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Trapp.
Bear Trapp is winning the standup battle so far.
Alvarez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Trapp.
Alvarez follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Trapp misses with a body shot.
Trapp cracks a nice hook into Alvarez's ribs.
Trapp fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Alvarez looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Trapp connects with a nice looking jab.
Alvarez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
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!
Trapp with a hook.
Trapp dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trapp misses with a hook. Alvarez ducked under it nicely.
Trapp falls off balance throwing a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A good leg kick by Alvarez.
Alvarez will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Trapp getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Trapp just misses with a punch to the body.
Alvarez counters with a body kick.
Trapp keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Alvarez.
Trapp jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trapp lands a body shot.
Alvarez throws a low kick but it's checked well by Trapp.
Trapp getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Trapp tries to clinch there but Alvarez circles away.
Alvarez tries to land a front kick but Trapp steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

Trapp closes the distance and pushes Alvarez back into the ropes.
Nice elbow from Alvarez.
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!
Alvarez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Trapp as Alvarez tries to tie him up.
Trapp takes an elbow to the temple.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Trapp.
Trapp blocks the elbow strike.
Trapp lands a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bear Trapp had his way with Micheal Alvarez in that round.
The cut man is working on Micheal Alvarez's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Alvarez takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Trapp throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Alvarez on the side of the head.
Trapp misses with a body shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Trapp.
Alvarez takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Trapp tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Alvarez was well out of range. Poor timing from Trapp.

Trapp drives through and clinches with Alvarez against the ropes.
Trapp struggles to land a body shot inside as Alvarez controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvarez misses with an elbow over the top.
Alvarez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Trapp avoids a wild elbow strike from Alvarez.
Alvarez misses with an elbow strike.
Alvarez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Trapp avoids the elbow strike from Alvarez, against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trapp with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Trapp works on Alvarez's body with a couple of short punches.
Alvarez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Alvarez misses with an elbow strike.
Trapp tries a knee to the head but Alvarez blocks it.
Alvarez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Alvarez throws an elbow that misses.
Trapp misses with a knee to the head.
Trapp avoids a wild elbow strike from Alvarez.
Alvarez trying to stall but Trapp improves his position.
Trapp dodges an elbow strike from Alvarez.
Trapp missing with knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Alvarez.
Alvarez has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Trapp using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Alvarez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Alvarez throws an elbow that misses.
Trapp dodges an elbow strike from Alvarez.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Alvarez throws an elbow but misses.
Bear Trapp is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trapp avoids the elbow strike from Alvarez, against the ropes.
Trapp dodges an elbow strike from Alvarez.
Alvarez stalling.
Alvarez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Trapp just leaning against Alvarez, taking a breather.
Trapp misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Alvarez.
A short left from Trapp.
Trapp trying to stall but Alvarez improves his position.
Trapp misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Alvarez.
Alvarez throws an elbow but it misses.
Alvarez misses with an elbow over the top.
Alvarez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Trapp trying to land knees to the body.
Trapp swings wildly with an uppercut but Alvarez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trapp blocks an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez misses with an elbow over the top.
Trapp scores with a hook to the body.
Alvarez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A shot in the inside from Trapp.
Alvarez lands an elbow inside that Trapp shrugs off.
Trapp avoids a wild elbow strike from Alvarez.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Trapp is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Alvarez is defending well for now.
Trapp misses with a knee to the head.
Alvarez avoiding damage.
Trapp blocks the elbow strike.
Trapp lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trapp blocks an elbow strike.
Alvarez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Trapp misses with the head strike.
Alvarez misses with an elbow over the top.
Trapp tries a knee to the head but Alvarez blocks it.
Alvarez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Trapp missing with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Trapp.
Alvarez is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Trapp avoids the elbow strike from Alvarez, against the ropes.
Trapp blocks the elbow strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alvarez tries to stall but Trapp uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Alvarez throws an elbow but misses.
Alvarez misses with an elbow over the top.
Trapp connects with a nasty looking knee right to Alvarez's face.
Micheal Alvarez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Alvarez misses with an elbow over the top.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bear Trapp showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Trapp has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 50:45
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 50:45
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bear Trapp!
Bear Trapp decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
Micheal Alvarez was interviewed post fight and said 'His battle may be won, but the war is not over yet.'.