PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jose Alcano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Wilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Alcano might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Three Stars & A Sun. Alexander Wilson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Alcano
vs
Wilson

179 cm
22
163 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

178 cm
19
165 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

Poweful takedowns
Brawler
Powerful

Blueprint Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jose Alcano!
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, Alexander Wilson!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Emerson Jorge and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wilson keeps the fight on the outside.
Wilson fails with the takedown.
Wilson circles away from the clinch attempt.

Alcano gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Wilson sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Alcano's guard.
Wilson stops Alcano from getting back to his feet.
Wilson moves nicely into side control.
Wilson postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
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.
Wilson in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Wilson scoring with punches from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson working the strikes but Alcano uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Wilson wants to pass to mount but Alcano is defending the position.
Wilson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Wilson is pressing down on Alcano's thigh, looking to free his foot. Alcano is holding on for now.
Wilson works his way into side control.
Alcano is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Alcano takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
The ground and pound from Wilson seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

Wilson tries for a kimura but Alcano is defending well.
Alcano is trying to buck Wilson off.
Wilson fails to land a wild elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Alcano is trying to get back to his feet.
Wilson with the ground and pound but Alcano regains half guard under the barage of strikes.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Alcano tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wilson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Wilson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Alcano is looking to clinch.
An inside leg kick from Alcano misses.
Alcano keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wilson.
Wilson lands a jab to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilson swats away the attempt to clinch by Alcano.
Wilson shoots in and drives through. Alcano sprawls well.
Alcano wants to clinch up but Wilson keeps it at a distance.
Alcano moves out of range as Wilson strikes.
Wilson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Alcano. Alcano circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Wilson with a jab.
Alcano uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wilson.
Wilson misses the jab.
Alcano fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wilson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wilson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Alcano tries to avoid it but Wilson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Alcano to the ground. Alcano escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Jose Alcano has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexander Wilson.
Wilson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Wilson gets the takedown into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Wilson dominated that round.
That's time! Alcano's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Wilson throws a looping overhand right but Alcano ducks down to avoid it.
Wilson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Wilson scores a takedown into full mount!
Wilson looking to finish with strikes here!
Wilson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Wilson landing strikes from the mount and Alcano is in trouble!
Wilson with a couple of short strikes.
Alcano can't escape the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Wilson.
Wilson postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Alcano looks a forlorn figure.
Alcano squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Wilson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Alcano hang on?
Wilson landing punches.
Alcano avoids a series of strikes thrown by Wilson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilson unloading with bombs!
Wilson with a couple of short strikes.
Alcano avoids a series of strikes thrown by Wilson.
Alcano is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wilson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Alcano can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Wilson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Alcano is trying to stand up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson with shots to the head and body - Alcano looks very uncomfortable down there.
Wilson looking to finish Alcano with some ground and pound. This is bad for Alcano!
Wilson breaks from Alcano's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Alcano is rocked!
Wilson raining down shots from the mount!
Oh Alcano is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wilson working Alcano over with strikes here.
Wilson with good strikes from the mount here!
Alcano seems to have got his legs back now.
Wilson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Alcano?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilson lands a nice shot to the head.
Alexander Wilson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Wilson is landing with some decent strikes but Alcano is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Wilson lands a big shot to the head and Alcano winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Alexander Wilson!