PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roberto Alvarez (ranked 4094 p4p, 4078 weight class) and Lucas Fontes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Alvarez
vs
Fontes

188 cm
24
185
1 - 0 - 0

189 cm
24
191
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roberto Alvarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lucas Fontes!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Edson Gomes and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fontes misses with a takedown attempt
and Alvarez counters with a nice uppercut.

Fontes shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Alvarez is trying to defend but Fontes finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Fontes thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Fontes is looking to take a break and control but Alvarez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Fontes works his way into side control.
Alvarez takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Fontes has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fontes throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Fontes scores with punches from side control.
Fontes looks up at the clock and then as Alvarez takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Fontes smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Alvarez knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Fontes on the ground.
Fontes looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Alvarez is avoiding damage well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fontes scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Alvarez to see if he's OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fontes is putting a hurting on Alvarez here, landing some big shots from side control.
Fontes working the ground and pound but Alvarez is defending the strikes.
The ground and pound from Fontes seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Alvarez parries the strikes from Fontes easily there. Fontes is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Alvarez to escape.
Fontes working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Fontes has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Alvarez!
Fontes landing strikes from the mount.
Fontes landing punches.
Fontes thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Fontes trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Fontes with good strikes from the mount here!
Fontes throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fontes working Alvarez over with strikes here.
Fontes lands a big elbow.
A nice elbow there by Fontes.

Alvarez is rocked!
Fontes fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Oh Alvarez is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fontes looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Alvarez covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lucas Fontes!
A victorious Lucas Fontes thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.