PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Guilherme Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Brandao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alves's entrance music is Guerreiro by Curumin. A fine choice. Guilherme Alves had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 156.1lbs, 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. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Alves
vs
Brandao

169 cm
40
171 lbs
34 - 23 - 0

180 cm
33
166 lbs
12 - 11 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Spartan Nutrition 160Q with Proof

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 34 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Guilherme Alves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Diego Brandao!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Bruno Hogan and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alves walks into a stiff left hand from Brandao.

Brandao pushes Alves up against the cage in a clinch.
Alves tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brandao's elbow.

Brandao pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Alves lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Brandao has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Brandao and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Brandao throws a nice outside leg kick.
Brandao throws a lazy right hand but Alves sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Alves throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brandao lands a nice looking body kick.
Alves throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Alves. That's going to slow Brandao down.
A solid body kick from Brandao.
Brandao moves out of range of the leg kick from Alves.
Alves is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Alves lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brandao tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Alves paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brandao lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Alves takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Brandao checks a leg kick.
Brandao scores with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves scores with a punch to the head.
Brandao throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Brandao lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Brandao pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Alves misses with a head kick.
Brandao moves out of range of the body kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Alves.
Brandao fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nice cross by Brandao.
Alves looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Brandao lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
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!
Brandao throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Alves stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Brandao tries a head kick but it misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Alves lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Brandao has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Brandao and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brandao moves out of range of the body kick.
Alves closes the distance but Brandao moves to the side
and Brandao counters with a series of strikes. Alves will be more careful next time no doubt.
Brandao scores with a kick to the body.
Brandao scores with a spinning back kick!
Alves scores with a hook to the body. Brandao takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Brandao tries to clinch up but Alves circles away and keeps his distance.
Alves misses with a hook.
Alves misses with a looping left.
A jab from Alves does it's job there.
Diego Brandao seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brandao moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Brandao misses with a low kick.
Alves swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Alves misses with a wild body shot.
Brandao is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Alves is looking to score with low kicks.

Brandao forces Alves back against the cage and clinches.
Brandao lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Alves or not.
Brandao lands with a left to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brandao scores with a nice hook to the head.
Alves tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brandao avoids it.
Alves can't find room to land a body shot as Brandao controls the action.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

Brandao breaks from the clinch.
Alves throws a leg kick but Brandao moved away.
Donk. Brandao catches Alves right on the button with a cross.
Brandao connects with a body shot that sends Alves's belly button to the back.
A good leg kick by Brandao.
Alves throws a body punch but Brandao moves out of range.
Alves on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Brandao scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Alves doesn't seem bothered though.
Alves throws the kick towards the body but Brandao avoids it.

Brandao darts in and clinches Alves up against the cage.
Alves trying to control the position but instead, Brandao has worked for underhooks and has pushed Alves into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brandao prevents the takedown attempt.
Brandao is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Brandao lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brandao tries a body shot but Alves blocks it.
Alves misses with a body punch.
Brandao slows down the pace here.
Alves slowing the pace effectively.
Brandao misses with some punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brandao blocks an elbow strike.
Alves doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brandao throws a punch but it's blocked by Alves.
Alves pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Brandao dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Alves takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Alves moves out of range of the body kick.
Alves looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Brandao has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Brandao tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Alves was well out of range. Poor timing from Brandao.
Nice body punch from Alves.
Nice defenses there by Brandao.
Brandao has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Brandao checks a leg kick.
Alves just misses with a punch to the body.
Alves is looking to wear down Brandao with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Brandao lands a nice leg kick that just misses Alves's sensitive parts.
Brandao tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brandao ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Alves misses with a body shot.

Brandao clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alves struggles to land a body shot inside as Brandao controls his hands.
Brandao slowing the pace effectively.

Alves manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Brandao has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Alves is proving hard to escape from.

Alves has his foot on Brandao's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Brandao works his way back into a safe position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brandao is looking to work some ground and pound but Alves has wrist control.
Alves keeping full guard, as Brandao tries to pass.
Brandao wanted to stand there but Alves had control of the position.

Alves working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Brandao has passed into half guard!
Brandao tries to stand and escape but Alves is controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Brandao stands up out of the half guard.
Alves tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Brandao tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A solid leg kick lands there for Brandao.
Brandao thumps Alves with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brandao misses with a body kick.
Brandao lands with a kick to the temple. Alves shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Brandao scores with a head kick. Alves tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Brandao chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Alves throws a nice inside leg kick.
Brandao tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Alves decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Brandao's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Brandao kicks Alves off and gets to his feet.
Brandao gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Alves counters by moving into the clinch.

Brandao pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Brandao lands a head kick!
Brandao is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Brandao misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Alves.
Brandao takes a kick to the side of the head.
Alves misses with a low kick as Brandao jumps back.
Alves throws a push kick but Brandao slaps the foot to one side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Brandao scores with a nice body kick.
Brandao lands with a thumping leg kick.
Alves shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Alves scores with a nice head shot.
Brandao tries to move into range but Alves moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Good work by Alves as he checks the leg kick.
Alves changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Brandao scores with the left hand. Alves knows he should have avoided that one.
Alves misses with an uppercut. Brandao saw that one coming.
Alves tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brandao was well out of range. Poor timing from Alves.
Brandao throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A shot to the liver by Alves. Beautiful body shot.
Brandao throws a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brandao uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alves.
Alves is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Brandao lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Alves is looking to land body kicks.
Alves tries to close the distance and clinch but Brandao swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Brandao.
Brandao moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Donk. Brandao catches Alves right on the button with a cross.
A leg kick checked by Brandao.
Brandao wants to clinch.
A head kick from Brandao lands but Alves takes it in his stride.
Brandao swinging wildly here.
Alves just misses with a punch to the body.
Alves swats away the attempt to clinch by Brandao.

Brandao clinches up with Alves and pushes him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Brandao showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Brandao keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Alves moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromBrandao.
Alves throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Brandao gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Alves throws an elbow that misses.
Alves lands a body shot in the clinch.

Brandao escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Alves tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Brandao manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Alves on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Alves slips a straight right by Brandao.
Alves looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Brandao tries to clinch up.
A slapping leg kick lands for Brandao.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alves avoids the head kick by Brandao.
Alves looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A low kick from Alves is predictable there
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Brandao takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Brandao fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brandao throws a quick inside leg kick.
Diego Brandao is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Alves fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Brandao to the ground. Alves is now in Brandao's guard.

Brandao has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Alves is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
The referee is keeping an eye on Alves - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Alves makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Brandao misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brandao misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brandao tries to work over Alves's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Alves misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brandao on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Alves can't find room to land a body shot as Brandao controls the action.
Alves is trying to pull guard but Brandao has him pressed against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alves misses with an elbow over the top.
Alves tries to work over Brandao's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Alves tries a body shot but Brandao blocks it.
Guilherme Alves has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brandao tries to stall but Alves uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Alves blocks an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Alves creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Alves.
Alves misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brandao wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Alves has him pressed against the cage.
Alves goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Alves throws an elbow that misses.
Brandao scores with a nice hook to the head.
Brandao lands a nice shot to the body.

Brandao breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brandao lands a nice hook to Alves's body. Alves takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Brandao misses with a body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Alves.
Brandao tries to clinch but Alves moves out of range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Alves tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brandao's elbow.
Alves lands an elbow just above Brandao 's eye.
Brandao wants to break free but Alves has control.
Brandao misses with a punch on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Alves as Brandao tries to tie him up.
A body shot lands from Brandao.
Alves gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Alves misses with a punch to the body.
Brandao misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brandao misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brandao blocks a body shot from Alves.
Brandao is trying to force a seperation but Alves has the dominant position.
Diego Brandao is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Alves tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brandao's elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Alves.
Alves is trying to pull guard but Brandao has him pressed against the cage.
Brandao digs a right hand underneath Alves's ribcage. Alves let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Diego Brandao seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Alves throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Brandao lands an uppercut.

Brandao breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Brandao scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Brandao lands a nice looking kick to the body. Alves takes a step back to recover.
A head kick misses from Brandao.
Alves misses with a body shot.
Brandao throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Alves.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brandao lands a nice shot to the body.
Alves lands a body shot.
Alves blocks a head kick by Brandao.
Brandao takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Alves takes a swing at Brandao's ribcage but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Diego Brandao comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Brandao has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Ben Watson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Diego Brandao!
Diego Brandao really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Spartan Nutrition 160Q with Proof logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.