PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jerome Alviso (ranked 5245 p4p, 483 weight class) and Young Buck (ranked 2663 p4p, 282 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Alviso might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Pooh Man-Oakland. Buck has chosen Beat it as his entrance music. Young Buck is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Alviso
vs
Buck

178 cm
28
169 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

175 cm
21
163 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

IniTech Nutrition

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 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jerome Alviso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Young Buck!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Felipe Paraventi and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Buck missing with a left hand there. Alviso was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Alviso seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Alviso throws a nice looking combination but Buck bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Alviso takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Alviso goes for a double leg but Buck avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Buck continues to drive forward.
Buck fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Alviso has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Young Buck seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alviso throws a hook to the side of Buck's head but Buck sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Buck cracks the inside of Alviso's front leg.
Buck throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Buck enables Alviso to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Buck manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Alviso scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Alviso slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Alviso has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Check out the look on Alviso's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Alviso has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Alviso working the head with strikes.
Buck is looking to reverse the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buck on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Alviso scores with punches from side control.
Buck is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
A control attempt from Buck but he's now mounted!
Buck tries to hold on but Alviso pushes him away.
Buck really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Alviso in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Alviso landing punches.
Buck tries to reverse the position but Alviso maintains control.

Alviso goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Buck turns into him and now he's in Alviso's guard.
Buck really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Alviso. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alviso is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Buck is sitting in close to Alviso's body. Alviso has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Buck is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Buck is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Alviso.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Jerome Alviso!
Jerome Alviso bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
The defeated Young Buck had this to say: 'Shit!'.