PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Whitney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michael Alves has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Whitney
vs
Alves

165 cm
24
151 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thomas Whitney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Michael Alves!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Emerson Jorge and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Alves misses.
Whitney throws a big counter combination but Alves scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Thomas Whitney seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Whitney is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Alves swats away the attempt to clinch by Whitney.
Whitney throws a body kick despite being completely out of range

and Alves counters with a shoot takedown. Whitney fights it but they end up in guard.
Whitney is wriggling around but Alves manages to pass to half guard.

Whitney tries to roll over but Alves keeps him under control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Well, if Alves is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitney is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Whitney is kicking away at Alves from the bottom - trying to push off and stand up. Alves grabs hold of a leg and drops back for a heel hook! The two fighters roll across the mat, with Whitney trying to push Alves off... Whitney taps! He's tapped! This one is all over! A throwback to the old Pancrase there with an infrequently seen submission hold! Nice work.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Heel Hook). Michael Alves!