PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chad Silva Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hakeen Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chad Silva Gracie had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Silva Gracie
vs
Alvarez

180 cm
19
215 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

181 cm
21
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chad Silva Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Hakeen Alvarez!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Richard Clark and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alvarez looks to land a combination but Silva Gracie avoids it well.
Alvarez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Alvarez just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromSilva Gracie.
Alvarez lands a jab to the nose.
Alvarez throws out a powerful jab.
Alvarez misses with a body shot.
Silva Gracie appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Alvarez misses with a two punch combination.
Silva Gracie appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Alvarez misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva Gracie seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Alvarez feints a jab promting Silva Gracie to slip. Alvarez then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Silva Gracie slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Silva Gracie moves out of range as Alvarez strikes.
Alvarez misses with a double jab.
Silva Gracie attempts a counter takedown but Alvarez avoids it well and moves away.
Silva Gracie has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alvarez misses with a combination
and Silva Gracie counters with a head kick. That will keep Alvarez thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Some wild striking there from Alvarez.
Alvarez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Alvarez!
Alvarez fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Silva Gracie on the side of the head.
Silva Gracie looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hakeen Alvarez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Alvarez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Alvarez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva Gracie slips a jab and a cross from Alvarez.
Alvarez lands with a hook. Silva Gracie tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hakeen Alvarez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva Gracie takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Silva Gracie looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Alvarez has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Alvarez looks to land a right hand but Silva Gracie moved out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Silva Gracie is rocked!
Silva Gracie is sent reeling backwards by a solid uppercut. He barely regains his balance and Alvarez moves in for the kill throwing a continuous barrage of punches that force the ref to step in.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hakeen Alvarez!