PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Danny Spadafora (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bj Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Spadafora
vs
Alves

179 cm
25
164 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

176 cm
21
158 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Danny Spadafora!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bj Alves!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Steve Montenegro and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spadafora throws a right hand that Alves ducks under and follows up with a left that Alves also avoids with ease.
Spadafora tries to clinch there but Alves circles away.
Alves showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Spadafora.
Spadafora tries a head kick but it misses.
Spadafora tries to bum rush Alves with a series of wild strikes but Alves uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Spadafora will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Spadafora doesn't manage to clinch there - Alves circles away.
Spadafora looks to land a combination but Alves avoids it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed right hand from Alves misses the target.
Spadafora misses with a wild combination.
Spadafora moves in looking to clinch but Alves pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spadafora tries to clinch up but Alves circles away and keeps his distance.
Alves avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Spadafora is looking to clinch but Alves is avoiding it.
Spadafora tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alves swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Spadafora throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Spadafora tries to clinch there but Alves circles away.
Spadafora fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Alves keeps the fight on the outside.
Alves circles away from the clinch attempt.
Alves circles away from the clinch attempt.
Spadafora throws a right and a left that Alves avoids nicely.
Spadafora fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Spadafora tries to clinch up but Alves circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Alves keeps the fight on the outside.
Spadafora moves in looking to clinch but Alves pushes him off.
Alves misses the jab.
Spadafora misses with a two punch combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Spadafora looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Spadafora misses with a double jab.
Alves throws a jab when Spadafora was well out of range.
Spadafora lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Alves backs up against the cage.
Alves has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Spadafora is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Spadafora tries to clinch up but Alves circles away and keeps his distance.
Spadafora slips under a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Spadafora, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Spadafora moves in looking to clinch but Alves pushes him off.
Spadafora tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Alves misses with an uppercut. Spadafora saw that one coming.
Spadafora sizes up Alves with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Spadafora tries to clinch but Alves is having none of it.
Spadafora tries to clinch but Alves is having none of it.
Spadafora tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Alves throws a jab but it's blocked by Spadafora.
Spadafora looks to land a combination. Alves sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Spadafora fails in his attempt to clinch.
Spadafora fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Spadafora misses with a jab, cross combination.
Spadafora is looking to clinch but Alves is avoiding it.
Alves keeps the fight on the outside.
Spadafora doesn't manage to clinch there - Alves circles away.
Alves circles away from the clinch attempt.
Spadafora tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Spadafora tries to close the distance and clinch but Alves swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Spadafora swinging wildly here.
Spadafora moves out of range of the strikes.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Spadafora is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Spadafora throws a right and a left that both miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Spadafora dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Spadafora keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Alves.
Spadafora misses with a double jab.
Alves dodges the punch combination from Spadafora.
Spadafora throws a series of punches but Alves moves out of range.
Danny Spadafora seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Spadafora tries to clinch but Alves moves out of range.
Spadafora walks into a straight right hand from Alves.
Alves misses with a straight right.
The fight stays on the outside here - Spadafora looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Spadafora looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Spadafora tries to clinch there but Alves circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Spadafora.
Alves might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Spadafora wants to clinch.
Spadafora slips under a jab from Alves.
Spadafora is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Spadafora throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Spadafora looks to land a combination but Alves avoids it well.
Spadafora throws a series of punches but Alves avoids them all with ease.
Spadafora misses with a jab, cross combination.
Danny Spadafora is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Spadafora tries to clinch there but Alves circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Spadafora tries to clinch there but Alves circles away.
Spadafora scores with a nice strike.
Spadafora tries to clinch but Alves is having none of it.
Spadafora throws a series of punches but Alves moves out of range.
Spadafora tries to clinch but Alves is having none of it.
No joy there for Spadafora, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Spadafora tries to bum rush Alves with a series of wild strikes but Alves uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Spadafora is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Alves slips a jab and a cross from Spadafora.
A combination from Spadafora does no damage.
Spadafora rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Alves moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Spadafora.
A punch combination from Spadafora misses.
Spadafora tries to close the distance and clinch but Alves swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Spadafora moves into the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Spadafora lands a right hand.

That's four 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.
Spadafora stalling in the clinch.
Alves tries to circle away but Spadafora has him pinned against the cage.
Spadafora has Alves pressed against the cage, preventing Alves from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Alves breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Spadafora staying out of range there.
Spadafora ducks under a wild hook from Alves.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Spadafora wants to clinch up but Alves keeps it at a distance.
Spadafora tries to clinch up but Alves circles away and keeps his distance.
Spadafora wants to clinch up but Alves keeps it at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Spadafora dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Spadafora wants to clinch.
Alves avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Alves throws the left hand but Spadafora avoids the punch easily.
Alves takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Alves circles away from the clinch attempt.
Spadafora lands a jab.
Spadafora is looking to clinch but Alves is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spadafora throws a one two combo.
Spadafora misses with a double jab.
Spadafora rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Alves moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spadafora throws a series of punches but Alves avoids them all with ease.
Spadafora tries to clinch there but Alves circles away.
Spadafora lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Spadafora looks to land a combination but Alves avoids it well.
Spadafora tries to clinch up.
Alves avoids a punch combination nicely.
A punch combination from Spadafora misses.
Spadafora tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Alves paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Spadafora throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Spadafora tries to clinch but Alves moves out of range.
Spadafora moves in looking to clinch but Alves pushes him off.
Danny Spadafora is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Spadafora doesn't manage to clinch there - Alves circles away.
Alves misses with an uppercut. Spadafora saw that one coming.
Spadafora tries to clinch up.
Spadafora misses with a jab, cross combination.
Alves dodges the punch combination from Spadafora.
Spadafora fails with an attempt to clinch.
Spadafora tries to bum rush Alves with a series of wild strikes but Alves uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Alves circles away from the clinch attempt.
Spadafora misses with a jab, cross combination.
Alves dodges the punch combination from Spadafora.
Spadafora looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Spadafora, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Spadafora will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Spadafora tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alves swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Spadafora tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alves swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Spadafora looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Spadafora looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Spadafora bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Spadafora misses with a two punch combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Alves jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Spadafora swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Spadafora fails with an attempt to clinch.
Spadafora will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Spadafora throws a series of punches but Alves avoids them all with ease.
Spadafora will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Spadafora stalks Alves and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Alves's face. Alves staggers backwards, shaken.
Spadafora tries to clinch there but Alves circles away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Spadafora will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Spadafora fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

And that's the end of the fight!
Danny Spadafora showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Spadafora 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Danny Spadafora!