PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kong Po (ranked 24105 p4p, 6171 weight class) and Christian Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alvarez has chosen Body Snatchers as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Po
vs
Alvarez

174 cm
18
145
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
140
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Next Gen Sports

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kong Po !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Christian Alvarez!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Ryoma Takatsuka and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Alvarez feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Alvarez showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

Alvarez drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Alvarez jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvarez is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Po 's guard.
Alvarez trying to control the pace.
Alvarez drops an elbow to the side of Po 's head.
Po on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Po tries to get out of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Alvarez content to control rather than advance.
Alvarez seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Christian Alvarez!
A less than humble Christian Alvarez misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.