PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jorge Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dylan Sober (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sober has chosen Pantera - Walk as his entrance music. Jorge Alves had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 146.1lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Alves
vs
Sober

170 cm
21
157 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

175 cm
19
155 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jorge Alves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dylan Sober!
The judges for this bout are , and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Alves closes the distance and clinches.
Alves tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Sober breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Alves tries to bum rush Sober with a series of wild strikes but Sober uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Alves tries to keep at a distance but Sober has taken the fight into the clinch.

Sober breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Alves doesn't manage to clinch there - Sober circles away.
Sober tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Alves counters by clinching up.
Sober can't break the clinch.
Sober managing to block the knees to the body from Alves.
Sober tries to break the clinch but Alves is controlling the position.
Sober tries to land a knee to the head but Alves blocks with his arms.
Sober throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Alvess head.
Alves blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sober keeps control of Alves as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
With the fighters up against the cage, Alves throws an elbow but misses.
Alves misses with a knee strike.
Alves stalling against the cage.
Sober wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Alves breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sober tries to clinch

and Alves counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Alves stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sober swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alves sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Sober's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sober trying to control from the bottom.
Sober is trying to get back to full guard.
Sober won't allow Alves to pass to mount.
Sober slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Sober has his feet on Alves's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Alves tries to clinch but Sober moves out of range.

Alves moves into the clinch successfully.

Sober manages to break the clinch.

Sober moves into the clinch successfully.
Sober misses with a punch to the body.
Alves tries to pull guard but Sober holds him up against the cage and eventually Alves drops back down to his feet.

Sober breaks the clinch.
Sober looks to clinch

and Alves counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Alves.
Alves prevents Sober from breaking the clinch.
Alves misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sober breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sober wants to clinch but Alves slips to the side

and Alves holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Alves has had enough of the clinch but Sober keeps him there for the moment.
Alves prevents a body shot from Sober.
Alves takes a knee right on the jaw!
Alves changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Sober fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Alves is breathing heavily.

Alves closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Sober to the mat! Sober manages to get full guard.
Connects with an elbow from the bottom, proving to the judges that he's still active off his back.
Sober keeping full guard, as Alves tries to pass.
Sober is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Sober is trying to control the position but Alves postures up.
Sober is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alves stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sober swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sober wants to hit a switch here but Alves passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Sober there!

Alves working for a submission but Sober is keeping him at bay.
Sober manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Sober makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Sober.
Sober striking off his back but it's not causing Alves any problems.

Alves thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Sober throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sober lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Alves!
Alves is trying desperately to improve position.
Sober is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Alves can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Alves is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Alves is bucking up trying to escape but Sober cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Sober tries to control but Alves wriggling away.
Sober lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sober with shots to the head and body - Alves looks very uncomfortable down there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jorge Alves dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Sober wants to clinch

and Alves counters with a single leg into guard. Sober didn't expect that.
Alves stopping the sweep attempt from Sober.
Sober manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Sober throwing strikes here but Alves is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Alves is looking to improve his position but Sober isn't that keen on the idea.
Sober trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Alves is looking to improve his position but Sober isn't that keen on the idea.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sober cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Alves is looking to improve his position but Sober isn't that keen on the idea.
Alves is working hard here to advance position.
BOOM! Sober connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Alves is bucking up trying to escape but Sober cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Sober prevents Alves from getting the reversal.
Sober lands a big elbow.
Alves working to try and regain half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sober cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Alves manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Sober is keen to just control but Alves is a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves wants to improve his position but Sober is controlling well.
Alves blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sober.
Sober wants to lay and pray for a moment but Alves keeps working.
Alves is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Jorge Alves overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sober trying to control from half guard but Alves is working away.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Alves circles away from the clinch attempt

and Alves counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Sober with a knee to the head.
Alves lands with a left to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sober pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jorge Alves is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Alves softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Sober pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sober wants to clinch.
Alves shoots in looking for a takedown. Sober tries to sprawl out of it but Alves keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Sober manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Sober tries to clinch up.
Sober tries to clinch but Alves moves away
and Alves counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Sober moves into the clinch successfully.

Sober breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sober wants to clinch

and Alves counters by clinching up.
Alves is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Sober pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Alves doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sober breaks the clinch.
Sober darts in trying to clinch
and Alves counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Alves circles away from the clinch attempt.

Sober has Alves up against the cage in a clinch.
Sober lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Alves is looking to break free of the clinch but Sober has double underhooks.
Alves blocks an uppercut.

Sober breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sober is looking to clinch.
Sober tries to close the distance and clinch but Alves swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dylan Sober seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Alves moves into the clinch successfully.

Sober manages to break the clinch.
Sober closes the distance but Alves moves to the side

and Alves counters by clinching up.

Sober breaks from the clinch.
Horrible takedown by Alves or perhaps it was just good defense by Sober which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jorge Alves. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sober tries to clinch up
letting Alves counter with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jorge Alves dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Alves is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Alves closes the distance and clinches.
Sober wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sober tries to land a knee to the head but Alves blocks with his arms.
Sober is looking to break free of the clinch but Alves has double underhooks.

Alves breaks the clinch.
Sober showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Alves.
Alves tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sober swivels and escapes.
Alves shoots for a double leg takedown but Sober sprawls well. He's pushed Alves's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Sober closes the distance but Alves moves to the side

and Alves counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Sober!
You get the feeling that Sober really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Sober really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Sober wants to hold on but Alves pushes him away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sober is desperately trying to improve his position but Alves has a good base and remains in mount.

Alves is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Sober is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Sober flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Alves anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Sober and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Alves slips an arm under Sober chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Alves has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Alves is squeezing on Sober like an anaconda would it's prey. Sober fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Jorge Alves!