PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Judas Sinned (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Sinned
vs
Alves

180 cm
22
195 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

175 cm
25
180 lbs
4 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Judas Sinned!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thiago Alves!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sinned throws a body kick that misses
and Alves counters with an inside leg kick.
Sinned misses with a wild combination.
Sinned throws a jab when Alves was well out of range.
Sinned delivers a nice body kick.
Alves tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sinned swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sinned tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Alves was well out of range. Poor timing from Sinned.
Sinned lands with an uppercut that bounces Alves off the cage and back into range.
Alves showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sinned.
Alves tries to clinch but Sinned moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Alves clinches up against the cage.
Alves working aggressively here.
Sinned 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.
Alves tries to work over Sinned's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Alves missing with knees to the body.
Alves effectively controlling the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Judas Sinned has been cut.
Alves has a couple of punches blocked by Sinned.
Alves keeps control of Sinned as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sinned avoiding damage as Alves throws knees to the body.
Alves looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sinned tries to break the clinch but Alves is controlling the position.
Alves lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Alves lands an elbow inside.
Sinned is trying to break the clinch but Alves is controlling him.
Sinned blocks a body shot from Alves.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Alves unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sinned lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Alves looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Alves.
Alves tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sinned takes an elbow to the forehead.

Judas Sinned's cut is getting worse.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sinned is trying to force a seperation but Alves has the dominant position.

Sinned pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sinned lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Alves throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Alves ducks under a wild hook from Sinned.
Alves moves in looking to clinch but Sinned pushes him off.
Sinned is looking to counter with a body kick.
Sinned jabs Alves right on the nose. Alves blinks but takes it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Sinned misses
and Alves counters with a series of strikes. Sinned will be more careful next time no doubt.
Sinned lands a glancing blow to the side of Alves's head.
Sinned dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Alves. That did some damage!
A telegraphed right hand from Sinned misses the target.
Sinned connects with a good right hand that stumbles Alves. Alves circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Sinned misses with a looping right.
Alves tries to close the distance and clinch but Sinned swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Alves tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sinned paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sinned throwing a counter right hand but Alves manages to avoid it.
Alves tries to clinch but Sinned moves out of range.
Alves feints and then cracks Sinned's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sinned down.
Nice defenses there by Alves.
Alves throws a counter combo.
Sinned jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sinned misses with a right hand
and Alves counters with a good low kick that Sinned was not able to check.
Sinned tries to land a body kick
and Alves makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
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!
Sinned is looking to score with low kicks.
Alves gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Sinned goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Alves tries to clinch but Sinned is having none of it.
Sinned throws a jab but it's blocked by Alves.
Sinned stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Sinned throws a solid leg kick but Alves takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sinned.

Alves has Sinned up against the cage in a clinch.
Alves misses with a punch on the inside.
Sinned is trying to break the clinch but Alves is controlling him.
Alves lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Alves has a couple of punches blocked by Sinned.
Sinned takes a knee to the side of the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Alves dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Judas Sinned's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Sinned throws the kick towards the body but Alves avoids it.
Sinned misses with a hook.
Sinned throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Alves moves out of range of the body kick.
Sinned scores with a punch to the head.
Sinned keeps the fight on the outside.
Sinned half committed to a counter leg kick.

Alves has managed to clinch.
Sinned wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sinned has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Alves misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sinned prevents a body shot from Alves.
Alves lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Alves unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sinned lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Alves struggles to land a body shot inside as Sinned controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinned wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Alves unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Alves throws a punch but it's blocked by Sinned.
Alves misses with a knee to the head.
Alves throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sinned has had enough of the clinch but Alves keeps him there for the moment.
Sinned wants to break free but Alves has control.
Sinned wants to get back to striking at distance but Alves won't allow it.
Thiago Alves seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Alves tries to land knees in the clinch but Sinned avoids the damage to the body.
Sinned is looking to break free of the clinch but Alves has double underhooks.
Alves has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Alves leaning his opponent against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Alves keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sinned's efforts to push away.
Sinned working hard to break the clinch.
Alves comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Alves misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Alves missing with knees to the body.
Alves wants to stall.
Alves taking a breather.
Alves seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Sinned's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sinned is trying to force a seperation but Alves has the dominant position.
Sinned on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Alves lands with a right to the head.
Alves creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sinned's defenses.
Alves looking to slow down the pace here.
Alves tries to land knees in the clinch but Sinned avoids the damage to the body.
Alves lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sinned is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sinned.
Sinned is trying to push Alves away but Alves has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sinned tries to break free but Alves pushes him back against the cage.
Sinned letting Alves take a breather here.
Alves misses with a hook to the ribs.
Alves has Sinned pressed against the cage.
Alves using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sinned is trying to break the clinch but Alves has him pressed against the cage.
Sinned blocks an elbow strike from Alves.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Alves showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Judas Sinned's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Sinned walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Alves checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sinned.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Alves.
Alves gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Alves tries to clinch but Sinned moves out of range.
Judas Sinned is winning the standup battle so far.
Sinned blocks a low kick nicely.
Sinned chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Alves can pounce on him.
Alves lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sinned scores with a jab to the jaw.
Sinned will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Despite the aggression on Alves's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Alves slips under a jab from Sinned.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sinned missing with a left hand there. Alves was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sinned with a jab.
Alves slips under a jab.
Sinned throws a low kick but Alves avoids it.
Alves tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Alves drives through and clinches with Sinned against the cage.
Sinned blocks an uppercut.
Alves tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sinned is trying to push Alves away but Alves has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Alves missing with knees to the body.
Alves is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sinned wants to break free but Alves has control.
Alves misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sinned.
A left hand lands to the body for Alves.
Alves pressing his opponent against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sinned blocks the elbow strike.
Alves misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sinned.
Alves tries to work over Sinned's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Alves lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sinned blocks a body shot from Alves.
Alves swings wildly with an uppercut but Sinned uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alves keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sinned's efforts to push away.
Alves lands a left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinned blocks an elbow strike.
Alves lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Sinned's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sinned tries to break the clinch but Alves is controlling the position.
Alves looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Alves lands an elbow inside that Sinned shrugs off.
Alves landing knees to the body.
Sinned tries to circle away but Alves has him pinned against the cage.
Alves swings wildly with an uppercut but Sinned uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alves lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sinned backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sinned has had enough of the clinch but Alves keeps him there for the moment.
Sinned takes a shot to the head.
Sinned wants to break the clinch but can't.
Alves stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Sinned's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Alves keeps control of Sinned as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Alves struggles to land a body shot inside as Sinned controls his hands.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Alves's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Judas Sinned has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Thiago Alves is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Alves receives a warning from the referee for stalling.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thiago Alves comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Alves winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thiago Alves!
A less than humble Thiago Alves misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.