PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Edwin Ibarra (ranked 3466 p4p, 3406 weight class) and Daniel Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Daniel Alvarez is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Ibarra
vs
Alvarez

165 cm
25
145
1 - 0 - 0

166 cm
25
145
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Edwin Ibarra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Daniel Alvarez!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Peter Branson and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Ibarra. Alvarez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Alvarez lands a jab-cross combination.
Ibarra loads up on a big right hand but Alvarez slips the punch.

Alvarez drives through and clinches with Ibarra against the cage.
Alvarez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Alvarez is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Ibarra gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Alvarez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Alvarez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ibarra goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ibarra presses Alvarez against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Alvarez.
Alvarez trying to control the position but instead, Ibarra has worked for underhooks and has pushed Alvarez into the cage.
Ibarra lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ibarra fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ibarra swings wildly with an uppercut but Alvarez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ibarra makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Alvarez takes a shot to the head.
Alvarez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ibarra throws a head punch that misses.
A short uppercut from Ibarra.
Ibarra throws a head punch that misses.
Ibarra lands with a light punch inside.
Alvarez drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ibarra gets the underhooks and prevents it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ibarra.
Ibarra throws a punch but it's blocked by Alvarez.
Alvarez stalling in the clinch.
Ibarra prevents a body shot from Alvarez.
Alvarez missing with knees to the body.
Alvarez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Alvarez trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Alvarez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ibarra avoiding damage as Alvarez throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ibarra fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ibarra tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ibarra fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Alvarez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Alvarez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ibarra avoids it.
Ibarra misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ibarra swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Alvarez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ibarra is keeping busy.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ibarra.
Ibarra working aggressively here.
Ibarra swings wildly with an uppercut but Alvarez uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Ibarra.
A hook to the body from Ibarra.
Alvarez presses Ibarra against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ibarra tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Alvarez's elbow.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Alvarez is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Ibarra has denied him.
Alvarez lands with a right to the head.
Alvarez is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Alvarez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ibarra scores with a shot to the side of Alvarez's head.
Ibarra tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Ibarra fails to land.
Ibarra misses with a punch on the inside.
Alvarez is trying to maintain a safe position but Ibarra gets an underhook and turns Alvarez into the cage.
Alvarez is trying to break the clinch but Ibarra is controlling him.
Ibarra misses with the head strike.
Ibarra struggles to land a body shot inside as Alvarez controls his hands.
A right handed body shot lands from Ibarra.
Alvarez has Ibarra pressed against the cage.
Alvarez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Alvarez.
Ibarra lands a left hand.
Ibarra pushes Alvarez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Alvarez is trying to break the clinch but Ibarra has him pressed against the cage.
Ibarra lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ibarra lands with a light punch inside.

Alvarez is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ibarra throws a punch but it's blocked by Alvarez.
Alvarez is still on wobbly legs! Can Ibarra finish him?
Ibarra lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ibarra scores with a nice hook to the head.
Alvarez is looking to break free of the clinch but Ibarra has double underhooks.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ibarra creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Alvarez blocking some punches.
Ibarra on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Alvarez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ibarra misses with the head strike.
Ibarra throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ibarra.
Alvarez is trying to force a seperation but Ibarra has the dominant position.
Alvarez missing with knees to the body.
Alvarez seems to have recovered his senses.
Ibarra lands a hook that snaps the head of Alvarez backwards.
Alvarez tries to break free but Ibarra pushes him back against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Edwin Ibarra dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ibarra takes a jab right on the kisser.

Alvarez closes the distance and pushes Ibarra back into the cage.
Ibarra swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Alvarez misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Alvarez.
Ibarra throws a head punch that misses.
Alvarez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ibarra's elbow.
Alvarez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ibarra's elbow.
Alvarez missing with knees to the body.
Alvarez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Alvarez jumps guard but Ibarra stands there with Alvarez around his waist. Alvarez gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvarez blocking some punches.
Ibarra misses with a punch on the inside.
Alvarez blocking some punches.
Ibarra lands a right hand.
Alvarez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Alvarez fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ibarra lands a left hand that snaps the head of Alvarez backwards.
Alvarez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Alvarez blocks an uppercut.
Alvarez struggles to land a body shot inside as Ibarra controls his hands.
Ibarra misses with some punches.
Alvarez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ibarra lands an uppercut.
Alvarez misses with a punch to the body.
Ibarra has a couple of punches blocked by Alvarez.
Alvarez misses with an elbow strike.
Alvarez jumps guard but Ibarra turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Alvarez taking a breather.
Alvarez is trying to pull guard but Ibarra turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Edwin Ibarra has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daniel Alvarez.
Ibarra lands with a left to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Alvarez.
Alvarez fails to pull guard.
Ibarra scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Alvarez.
Alvarez tries to work over Ibarra's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ibarra scores with an uppercut up the middle.

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!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ibarra.
Ibarra fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Alvarez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ibarra misses with some punches.
Still in the clinch, Ibarra scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ibarra lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Alvarez to his knees! Ibarra keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Edwin Ibarra!