PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between George Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hakeen Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Washington
vs
Alvarez

190 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

181 cm
21
205 lbs
3 - 1 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

MayheM sportswear
Conquer

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, George Washington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Hakeen Alvarez!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Chris Edwards and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Alvarez. Those never looked like landing.
Washington tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Alvarez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Washington tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Alvarez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Washington is looking to clinch.
Washington tries to clinch up.
Alvarez connects with a crisp jab.
Alvarez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Alvarez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Washington tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Alvarez scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Some wild striking there from Alvarez.
Alvarez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Washington walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Washington takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body punch from Alvarez.
Washington tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Alvarez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Washington tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Alvarez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Alvarez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Washington takes one on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez misses with a series of wild punches.
Washington is looking to clinch but Alvarez is avoiding it.
Washington tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Alvarez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Washington fails with an attempt to clinch.
Alvarez is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Washington tries to clinch there but Alvarez circles away.
A countering left hand to the body from Alvarez misses.
Alvarez throws a series of punches but Washington avoids them all with ease.
Alvarez looks to land a combination but Washington avoids it well.
Alvarez connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Washington takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Alvarez throws a head kick that misses.
As Alvarez looks to move away, Washington throws a big counter combo bu Alvarez just gets out of the way.
Alvarez looks to land a combination but Washington avoids it well.
Alvarez tries to bum rush Washington with a series of wild strikes but Washington uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Alvarez throws a series of punches but Washington moves out of range.
Washington tries to clinch up.
Washington tries to clinch but Alvarez is having none of it.
Alvarez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The fight stays on the outside here - Washington looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alvarez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Washington circles away quickly and effectively.
Washington is looking to clinch but Alvarez is avoiding it.
Alvarez lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Alvarez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Washington momentarily.
Alvarez throws a right and a left that Washington avoids nicely.
Alvarez throws a right and a left that Washington avoids nicely.
Washington wants to clinch.
Alvarez lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Alvarez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Washington slips a jab and a cross from Alvarez.
Hakeen Alvarez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alvarez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Washington fails in his attempt to clinch.
Alvarez looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Washington is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
No joy there for Alvarez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Washington fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Washington tries to clinch up but Alvarez circles away and keeps his distance.
Alvarez punishes Washington's body with a nice straight punch.
Alvarez looks for the body kick but Washington saw that one coming.
A cross from Alvarez lands.
Alvarez throws a right hand that Washington ducks under and follows up with a left that Washington also avoids with ease.
Alvarez scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Alvarez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Alvarez is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Alvarez tries to bum rush Washington with a series of wild strikes but Washington uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Some wild striking there from Alvarez.
Alvarez throws a low kick but Washington moves out of range easily.
No joy there for Alvarez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Washington moves in looking to clinch but Alvarez pushes him off.
A telegraphed right hand from Alvarez misses the target.
Alvarez feints a jab promting Washington to slip. Alvarez then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Washington slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Washington tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Alvarez lands a head shot.
Alvarez throws a series of punches but Washington avoids them all with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Alvarez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Washington is looking for a counter combo.
Alvarez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Alvarez looks winded!
Washington tries to clinch but Alvarez moves out of range.
Alvarez lands with a hook. Washington tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Alvarez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Alvarez lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Alvarez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Alvarez scores with a three punch combo!
Alvarez misses with a few strikes there.
Alvarez pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Alvarez throws a series of strikes that have Washington backpedaling.
Washington tries to clinch but Alvarez moves out of range.
Washington tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alvarez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jab, jab by Alvarez - just one landing.
Alvarez is working the combinations to good effect here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alvarez misses with a double jab.
Alvarez fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Washington tries to close the distance and clinch but Alvarez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Washington is looking to clinch.
Washington tries to close the distance and clinch but Alvarez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A little jabbing left from Alvarez on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hakeen Alvarez dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Alvarez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Washington tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Alvarez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Alvarez misses with a few strikes there.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Alvarez throws a series of strikes that have Washington backpedaling.
The fight stays on the outside here - Washington looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
George Washington is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Alvarez keeps the fight on the outside.
Alvarez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Washington tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Alvarez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A little jabbing left from Alvarez on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Alvarez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Washington closes the distance and pushes Alvarez back into the cage.
Washington looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Alvarez is trying to break free.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvarez stalling in the clinch but Washington improves position.
Washington 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.

Alvarez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington tries to clinch but Alvarez moves out of range.
Washington is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Alvarez misses with a wild combination.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Washington is looking to clinch.
Washington tries to clinch but Alvarez is having none of it.
Washington wants to clinch up but Alvarez keeps it at a distance.
Alvarez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
No joy there for Alvarez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
As Alvarez looks to move away, Washington throws a big counter combo bu Alvarez just gets out of the way.
Nice body punch from Alvarez.
Alvarez looks to land a combination but Washington avoids it well.
Washington tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alvarez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Washington tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alvarez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Alvarez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Washington tries to clinch up but Alvarez circles away and keeps his distance.
Alvarez moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Alvarez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Washington.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Washington tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Alvarez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Washington fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alvarez throws a nice looking combination but Washington bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Alvarez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Alvarez swats away the attempt to clinch by Washington.
Washington tries to clinch there but Alvarez circles away.
Alvarez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Alvarez looks to land a combination but Washington avoids it well.
A nice combination there by Alvarez.
Alvarez is breathing heavily.
A combination from Alvarez does no damage.
Alvarez circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Washington looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Alvarez keeps the fight on the outside.
Washington tries to close the distance and clinch but Alvarez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Alvarez lunges at Washington with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Washington's hand.
Washington walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Alvarez.
Washington tries to clinch but Alvarez moves out of range.
A left and a right from Alvarez both land. Nice combination.
Alvarez moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Washington is looking to clinch.
Washington doesn't manage to clinch there - Alvarez circles away.
Alvarez throws a combination. Washington tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Alvarez throws a series of punches but Washington avoids them all with ease.
Washington tries to close the distance and clinch but Alvarez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Washington moves in looking to clinch but Alvarez pushes him off.
Washington tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Washington fails in his attempt to clinch.
Alvarez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alvarez misses with a two punch combination.
Alvarez misses with a looping right.
The fight stays on the outside here - Washington looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Washington tries to clinch there but Alvarez circles away.
Washington avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hakeen Alvarez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sloppy strikes from Alvarez. Those never looked like landing.
Washington lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Washington avoids a punch combination nicely.
Washington tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Alvarez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Alvarez is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Washington tries to close the distance and clinch but Alvarez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
As Washington backs off Alvarez throws a huge counter combo but Washington manages to avoid it all.
Washington is looking to clinch but Alvarez is avoiding it.
Alvarez let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Washington tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alvarez swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Alvarez drops Washington with a beautiful combination! Washington stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Alvarez is looking for the KO!

Washington is rocked!
Washington tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Alvarez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Washington tries to clinch up.
A jab from Alvarez finds it's way through Washington's defenses.
Oh Washington is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Washington wants to clinch up but Alvarez keeps it at a distance.
Washington moves in looking to clinch but Alvarez pushes him off.
Alvarez scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alvarez connects with a nice cross there... Washington is looking wobbly and Alvarez recognises it - he's rushed in and lands two more brutal shots that send Washington to the canvas, out cold! A brutal finish to the fight - Alvarez jumps onto the cage to celebrate with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Hakeen Alvarez!