PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marco Alvado (ranked 302 p4p, 49 weight class) and Johannes Tulikoura (ranked 574 p4p, 77 weight class). Alvado comes to the cage accompanied by Ichense Dub. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Alvado
vs
Tulikoura

183 cm
30
171 lbs
15 - 8 - 1

175 cm
28
172 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Marco Alvado!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Johannes Tulikoura!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alvado avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tulikoura has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Alvado moves away from the strike by Tulikoura.
Nice straight punches there by Alvado. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Alvado.
Alvado fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tulikoura.
Tulikoura ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alvado moves away.
Alvado throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Tulikoura looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Tulikoura connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Tulikoura changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Tulikoura takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Tulikoura clinches with his opponent.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Alvado.
Alvado fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Alvado lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tulikoura backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alvado blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Alvado misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tulikoura tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tulikoura lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Alvado misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tulikoura.
Alvado doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Alvado tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tulikoura's elbow.
Alvado can't find room to land a body shot as Tulikoura controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Tulikoura fails to land.
Tulikoura jumps guard but Alvado turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Tulikoura lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Alvado misses with a hook from the clinch.
Alvado tries to work over Tulikoura's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Alvado scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tulikoura's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Alvado scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tulikoura fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Tulikoura gets control of Alvado's arms and successfully pulls guard. Tulikoura will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Tulikoura is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Tulikoura not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Alvado pushing down on Tulikoura's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvado is controlling the pace.
Tulikoura is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Alvado content to control rather than advance.
Tulikoura is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Alvado scores with a couple of nice shots.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alvado content to control rather than advance.
Tulikoura tries to get to full guard but Alvado has control of the leg.
Alvado sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tulikoura wants to get back to full guard.
Alvado controlling the action here.

Tulikoura actively working from the bottom here.
Alvado is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Tulikoura is looking to control Alvado's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Tulikoura avoid being mounted?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Alvado content to control rather than advance.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Alvado is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Tulikoura delivers a nice body kick.
Alvado swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tulikoura has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Alvado.
Alvado slips a straight right by Tulikoura.
Tulikoura takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Alvado blocks a jab.
Alvado jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Tulikoura works the jab nicely.
Tulikoura works over Alvado's head and body with a nice combination.
Alvado drops his hands momentarily and Tulikoura takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Tulikoura swings widly with a right hand
and Alvado counters with a nice body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Johannes Tulikoura will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Tulikoura throws a jab but it's blocked by Alvado.
Tulikoura swings widly with a right hand
and Alvado counters with a nice body kick.
Tulikoura keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Tulikoura ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alvado moves away.
Alvado looks to throw a body kick
and Tulikoura counters with a nice uppercut.
Tulikoura throws an off balance right hand
and Tulikoura takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Alvado misses with a body shot.
Tulikoura takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Alvado throws the kick towards the body but Tulikoura avoids it.
Tulikoura misses with a looping right.
The fighters circling - Tulikoura throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Alvado lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tulikoura avoids a kick to the body.
Alvado scores with a hook to the body. Tulikoura takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Tulikoura uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Alvado.
Tulikoura throws a fast counter high kick but Alvado manages to duck under it in time.
Tulikoura throws a good cross that connects.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tulikoura pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tulikoura misses with a hook. Alvado ducked under it nicely.
Alvado misses with a hook.
Alvado throws a wild body kick that Tulikoura sees coming a mile off.
Tulikoura throws a good cross that connects.
Alvado buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tulikoura throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tulikoura throws a right and a left that both miss.
Alvado takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Alvado throws a body punch but Tulikoura moves out of range.
Alvado takes one on the button.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tulikoura. Alvado does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tulikoura lands with a good body shot.
Tulikoura throws a sloppy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Tulikoura throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Alvado.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alvado throws a hook to the side of Tulikoura's head but Tulikoura sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tulikoura looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Tulikoura throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvado lands with a right hand.
Tulikoura with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Alvado to score with a decent uppercut.
Nice shot by Alvado.
Jab, jab by Tulikoura - just one landing.
Tulikoura misses with a series of wild punches.
Tulikoura misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Alvado.
Alvado scoring well with a low kick there.
Johannes Tulikoura seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Alvado cracks Tulikoura with an open hand slap.
Tulikoura goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jab, jab by Alvado - just one landing.
Alvado looks to score with a jab to the body but Tulikoura is just out of range.
Alvado staying out of range there.
Tulikoura throws a nice looking combination but Alvado bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Alvado lands the left hand.
Tulikoura 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.
Tulikoura thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tulikoura keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tulikoura sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Tulikoura looks to land a right hand but Alvado moved out of range.
Alvado throws a low kick but Tulikoura avoids it.
Tulikoura follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Alvado throws a good cross that connects.
Tulikoura moves out of range as Alvado strikes.
Tulikoura missing with a left hand there. Alvado was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tulikoura comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Alvado fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tulikoura has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Alvado throws a push kick but Tulikoura slaps the foot to one side.
Alvado blocks the body kick.
Tulikoura throws a hook to the side of Alvado's head but Alvado sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Alvado feints and then cracks Tulikoura's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tulikoura down.
Tulikoura takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A swing and a miss from Tulikoura.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tulikoura throws a leg kick but Alvado checks it.
Alvado throws a chopping leg kick but Tulikoura manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Alvado lands a nice shot that snaps Tulikoura's head back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alvado misses with a leg kick.
Alvado misses with a hook.
Tulikoura with a hook.
Alvado tries to move into range but Tulikoura moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Alvado misses with a low kick as Tulikoura jumps back.
Alvado throws a lazy right hand but Tulikoura sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Alvado swings for the body but Tulikoura moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tulikoura! But no joy.
Alvado scores with a nice strike.
Tulikoura's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Tulikoura throws a poor cross that misses

and Alvado counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alvado is leaning against Tulikoura and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Tulikoura tries to work over Alvado's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tulikoura prevents a body shot from Alvado.

Tulikoura breaks the clinch.
Alvado throws out a leg kick but Tulikoura moves out of range and Alvado only half commits.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Marco Alvado will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Alvado connects with a body shot that sends Tulikoura's belly button to the back.
Tulikoura ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nice defenses there by Tulikoura.
Alvado swings for the body but Tulikoura moves out of range.
Tulikoura fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tulikoura is looking to chop away at Alvado's legs.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tulikoura blocks a body shot from Alvado.
Tulikoura scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Alvado lands an uppercut.
Tulikoura misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvado gets through Tulikoura's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Tulikoura breaks the clinch.
Alvado digs a good body shot into Tulikoura's ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alvado fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tulikoura manages to avoid it.
Tulikoura rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Alvado moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Alvado connects with a single shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tulikoura throws out a loose jab but Alvado uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jab by Alvado.
Alvado throws a low kick but Tulikoura moves out of range easily.
Alvado throws a front kick that sends Tulikoura stumbling back into the cage.
Alvado avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Alvado swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Tulikoura fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Alvado throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Alvado explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Alvado moves out of range as Tulikoura strikes.
Alvado takes a swing at Tulikoura's ribcage but misses.
Tulikoura fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Alvado lands a nice looking body shot.
Both fighters circling a little - Tulikoura finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Alvado scores with a push kick.
Tulikoura has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Alvado.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alvado thumps Tulikoura with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvado throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Tulikoura's head.
Alvado connects with an inside leg kick.
Tulikoura fails to land with a series of punches.
Alvado displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tulikoura throws out the jab.
Alvado slips a jab from Tulikoura.
Alvado lands with a hook. Tulikoura tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Tulikoura looks to land a combination. Alvado sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Tulikoura has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Alvado.
Tulikoura scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Tulikoura swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Tulikoura throws a right and a left that Alvado avoids nicely.
Alvado misses with a low kick.
Alvado fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tulikoura manages to avoid it.
A cross from Alvado lands.
Left hook, right uppercut from Tulikoura.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Tulikoura crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Alvado - the referee stops the clock and Tulikoura gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Alvado. Tulikoura manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Alvado lands the left hand.
Alvado is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Alvado lands a front kick.
Tulikoura uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alvado.
A telegraphed right hand from Tulikoura misses the target.
Alvado lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Tulikoura throws a hook but Alvado blocks it.
Tulikoura uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alvado.
A nice leg kick lands there from Alvado.
Tulikoura lands with a good body shot.
Tulikoura loads up on a big right hand but Alvado slips the punch.
Alvado on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Tulikoura misses with a wild body shot.
Alvado looks for the body kick but Tulikoura saw that one coming.
Tulikoura chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Alvado can pounce on him.
Tulikoura tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tulikoura throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tulikoura punishes Alvado's body with a nice straight punch.
Tulikoura tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Alvado throwing a counter right hand but Tulikoura manages to avoid it.
Tulikoura takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Tulikoura waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Alvado.
Tulikoura scores with a spinning back kick!
A jab from Tulikoura misses.
A head kick misses from Tulikoura.
Alvado throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Alvado swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Alvado looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Good shot there by Tulikoura.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tulikoura uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alvado.
Alvado on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Tulikoura checks a low kick from Alvado.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Marco Alvado.
Well Alvado has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!