PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Felipe Ferreira-Alves (ranked 2880 p4p, 2246 weight class) and Joe Gatsby (ranked 368 p4p, 291 weight class). Ferreira-Alves comes to the cage accompanied by The Mountain - Jucifer. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ferreira-Alves
vs
Gatsby

186 cm
31
174
9 - 8 - 1

178 cm
44
167
25 - 9 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 9 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Felipe Ferreira-Alves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joe Gatsby!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Hugh Johnson and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ferreira-Alves darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Gatsby looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Gatsby trying to control here.
We've been hearing that Ferreira-Alves has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Gatsby is not content to let Ferreira-Alves control the position.
Nice strikes from Ferreira-Alves there.
Ground and pound from Ferreira-Alves.
Gatsby trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
The referee warns Gatsby that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Ferreira-Alves postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Gatsby looks a forlorn figure.
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!
Ferreira-Alves with the ground and pound from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ferreira-Alves landing strikes from the mount.
Gatsby taking shots to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferreira-Alves with good strikes from the mount here!
Ferreira-Alves with shots to the head and body - Gatsby looks very uncomfortable down there.
Gatsby controls the position.
Gatsby is squirming around, avoiding Ferreira-Alves's attempts to control the action.
Gatsby wants to hold on but Ferreira-Alves pushes him away.
Gatsby manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Gatsby is refusing to be controlled, as Ferreira-Alves sits in half guard.
Gatsby is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ferreira-Alves looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Gatsby with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Gatsby wants to improve his position but Ferreira-Alves is controlling well.
Ferreira-Alves is nestled in close to Gatsby, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira-Alves is thwarting Gatsby's attempts to control the position.

Ferreira-Alves looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Ferreira-Alves trying to control the action but Gatsby is working from the bottom.
Ferreira-Alves working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Gatsby makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Gatsby.
Gatsby is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gatsby working for a triangle but Ferreira-Alves defends it easily.
Ferreira-Alves connects with a couple of short punches.
Ferreira-Alves lands a couple of elbows.
Ferreira-Alves won't allow Gatsby to sweep him here.

Gatsby looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Ferreira-Alves working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ferreira-Alves's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Gatsby keeping moving, preventing Ferreira-Alves from controlling successfully.
Gatsby is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Ferreira-Alves scoring with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira-Alves wants to control from the top but Gatsby keeps moving.
Ferreira-Alves lands a couple of digs.
Ferreira-Alves passes Gatsby's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Ferreira-Alves working the head and body with strikes.
Ferreira-Alves looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ground and pound from Ferreira-Alves.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Gatsby wants to get back to full guard.
Gatsby trying to hold on to Ferreira-Alves's head to control him but Ferreira-Alves postures up.
Ferreira-Alves slows the pace down in half guard.

Gatsby looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Ferreira-Alves is looking to take a break and control but Gatsby is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Felipe Ferreira-Alves dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Ferreira-Alves leaves Gatsby with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Ferreira-Alves drops down looking for a counter takedown but Gatsby sprawls and moves away.
Ferreira-Alves swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Gatsby counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Ferreira-Alves 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.

Ferreira-Alves working for a triangle but Gatsby defends it easily.

Ferreira-Alves escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Gatsby gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Ferreira-Alves working for a triangle but Gatsby defends it easily.
Ferreira-Alves keeping moving, preventing Gatsby from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gatsby looking to pass the guard.
Ferreira-Alves bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Gatsby's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferreira-Alves working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Gatsby's head.
Ferreira-Alves trying to control the position from guard on top but Gatsby is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ferreira-Alves lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Felipe Ferreira-Alves overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ferreira-Alves lands a couple of elbows.
Ferreira-Alves wants to control from the top but Gatsby keeps moving.
Ferreira-Alves lands a couple of digs.
Ferreira-Alves passes Gatsby's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Ferreira-Alves is thwarting Gatsby's attempts to control the position.
Gatsby makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Gatsby.
Ferreira-Alves scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira-Alves trying to control the position from guard on top but Gatsby is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Gatsby has his foot on Ferreira-Alves's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Ferreira-Alves works his way back into a safe position though.
Ferreira-Alves working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Gatsby throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Ferreira-Alves is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ferreira-Alves stands up over Gatsby, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Gatsby is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Ferreira-Alves working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Gatsby's head.
Ferreira-Alves trying to control but Gatsby is working from the bottom.
Ferreira-Alves postures up and lands a big shot to Gatsby's brow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gatsby is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Ferreira-Alves defends well.
Ferreira-Alves lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Ferreira-Alves is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gatsby can do to turn this around?
Ferreira-Alves landing some decent shots from guard.
Ferreira-Alves working some strikes from top position.
Ferreira-Alves postures up and lands a big shot to Gatsby's brow.
Ferreira-Alves working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Ferreira-Alves is in close to Gatsby's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Ferreira-Alves stands up over Gatsby, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Ferreira-Alves landing with the ground and pound.
Ferreira-Alves trying to control but Gatsby is working from the bottom.
Ferreira-Alves pushes down on Gatsby's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira-Alves seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Gatsby does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Still in half guard, Ferreira-Alves seems content to control.
Ferreira-Alves is keen to just control but Gatsby is a slippery customer.
Gatsby trying to control from the bottom.
Ferreira-Alves is trying to control. Gatsby wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Ferreira-Alves lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ferreira-Alves trying to control from half guard but Gatsby is working away.
Ferreira-Alves prevents Gatsby from improving his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ferreira-Alves slips a nice elbow through Gatsby's hands, connecting with Gatsby's forehead.
Gatsby won't allow Ferreira-Alves to pass to mount.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Felipe Ferreira-Alves dominated that second round.
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!

Ferreira-Alves scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gatsby doesn't seem bothered though.
A leg kick checked by Gatsby.
And Gatsby tries to counter it with a takedown but Ferreira-Alves pushes his down on his head and steps out.

Ferreira-Alves closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Ferreira-Alves looks up at the clock and then as Gatsby takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Ferreira-Alves smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Gatsby tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Check out the look on Ferreira-Alves's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Gatsby taking punishment in the form of punches.
Gatsby taking punishment in the form of punches.

Ferreira-Alves tries for a kimura but Gatsby is defending well.
Gatsby is looking to regain half guard here but Ferreira-Alves keeps moving and retains side control.
Ferreira-Alves is chipping away with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gatsby is looking for a sweep.
Gatsby is not content to let Ferreira-Alves control the position.
Ferreira-Alves working the head with strikes.
Gatsby gets back to half guard.
Ferreira-Alves lands with a punch from half guard.
Ferreira-Alves drops an elbow to the side of Gatsby's head.
Ferreira-Alves wants to take a breather but Gatsby is having none of it.

Ferreira-Alves is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Gatsby is just riding it out for now. Ferreira-Alves eventually gives up the hold.
Ferreira-Alves trying to control the action but Gatsby is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira-Alves takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ferreira-Alves is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Ferreira-Alves lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ferreira-Alves is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Ferreira-Alves is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Gatsby has hold of Ferreira-Alves's hands but Ferreira-Alves slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Gatsby is trying to get back to full guard.
Ferreira-Alves trying to control the action but Gatsby is working from the bottom.
Joe Gatsby has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gatsby won't allow Ferreira-Alves to pass to mount.
Gatsby is positioning himself well to prevent Ferreira-Alves advancing to mount.
Ferreira-Alves scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Gatsby looking for submissions off his back.
Ferreira-Alves wants to pass to mount but Gatsby is defending the position.

Ferreira-Alves maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Gatsby could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Ferreira-Alves has cracked it and Gatsby is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Ferreira-Alves!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Felipe Ferreira-Alves!
Felipe Ferreira-Alves seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.