PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jose Alvaro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maximus Decimus Meridius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maximus Decimus Meridius acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Alvaro
vs
Decimus Meridius

193 cm
31
199 lbs
18 - 7 - 0

182 cm
27
200 lbs
16 - 10 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

King of Clothes

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 18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jose Alvaro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Maximus Decimus Meridius!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Glass and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Decimus Meridius takes one to the side of the head.
Decimus Meridius gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Alvaro.

Decimus Meridius closes the distance and clinches.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Decimus Meridius misses with a body punch.
Decimus Meridius stalling the fight.
Alvaro lands a hook that snaps the head of Decimus Meridius backwards.
Alvaro throws a punch but it's blocked by Decimus Meridius.
Alvaro tries a body shot but Decimus Meridius blocks it.
Decimus Meridius lands a nice uppercut.
Alvaro has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Decimus Meridius can't find room to land a body shot as Alvaro controls the action.
Decimus Meridius slows down the pace here.
Alvaro effectively controlling the action here.
Decimus Meridius looking to slow down the pace here.
Alvaro misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Alvaro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Decimus Meridius throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Alvaro misses with a wild body shot.

Alvaro clinches up against the cage.
Alvaro throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Decimus Meridius stalling in the clinch but Alvaro improves position.
Decimus Meridius swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Alvaro on the inside.
Decimus Meridius tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Alvaro lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right from Decimus Meridius on the inside.
Alvaro can't find room to land a body shot as Decimus Meridius controls the action.
A short body shot lands from Alvaro as the two fighters clinch.
Alvaro lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Alvaro tries a body shot but Decimus Meridius blocks it.
Decimus Meridius misses with the head strike.

Alvaro breaks from the clinch.
Alvaro delivers a nice body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alvaro dodges the punch combination from Decimus Meridius.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvaro throws a good cross that connects.
Alvaro lands with a thumping leg kick.
Decimus Meridius misses with a combination
and Alvaro counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

It looks like Maximus Decimus Meridius has been cut.
Alvaro connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Decimus Meridius misses with a series of wild punches.
Alvaro swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Decimus Meridius misses with a head kick.
Alvaro misses with a body kick.
Decimus Meridius scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Decimus Meridius moves into the clinch successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Decimus Meridius fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Alvaro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Alvaro misses with some punches.
Decimus Meridius misses with a body punch.
Alvaro blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Decimus Meridius can't find room to land a body shot as Alvaro controls the action.
A nice right hand lands inside from Decimus Meridius.
Decimus Meridius takes a shot to the head.
Alvaro lands a body punch in the clinch.
Alvaro lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Decimus Meridius tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Alvaro tries to throw a body punch but Decimus Meridius avoids it by throwing Alvaro back against the cage.
A body shot lands from Alvaro.
Decimus Meridius scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Alvaro blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Alvaro swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Decimus Meridius looking to stall.
Alvaro avoiding damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Alvaro.
Decimus Meridius misses with the head strike.
Decimus Meridius wants to stall.
Decimus Meridius tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Alvaro works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Decimus Meridius is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Alvaro breaks the clinch.
Jose Alvaro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alvaro throws a leg kick that is checked
and Decimus Meridius counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Decimus Meridius is looking to clinch.
Decimus Meridius keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Decimus Meridius throws a head kick but Alvaro moves out of range.

Alvaro takes the fight into the clinch.
Alvaro blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Alvaro dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Maximus Decimus Meridius's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Decimus Meridius goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Decimus Meridius checks a low kick from Alvaro.
Decimus Meridius walks forward, straight into a front kick from Alvaro.
Alvaro pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Decimus Meridius throws a counter combo.
Decimus Meridius uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Alvaro.
Jose Alvaro is winning the standup battle so far.
Decimus Meridius just misses with a punch to the body.
Alvaro connects with a good right hand that stumbles Decimus Meridius. Decimus Meridius circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Alvaro with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Alvaro with a nice cross.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvaro throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Alvaro throws a lazy uppercut
and Decimus Meridius counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice defenses there by Decimus Meridius.
A little jabbing left from Decimus Meridius on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A big right from Decimus Meridius misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Alvaro finds it's way through Decimus Meridius's defenses.
Decimus Meridius scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Alvaro fakes the leg kick and cracks Decimus Meridius in the body.
Decimus Meridius tries to clinch up.
Decimus Meridius ducks under a wild hook from Alvaro.
Decimus Meridius unleashes a big counter combination but Alvaro bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Alvaro scores with a nice head shot.
Alvaro looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Alvaro scores with a push kick.
Alvaro lands with a kick to the ribs.
Alvaro is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A jab from Alvaro finds it's way through Decimus Meridius's defenses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alvaro tries to clinch up but Decimus Meridius circles away and keeps his distance.
Decimus Meridius misses with a lunging right hand
and Alvaro counters with a low kick, right behind Decimus Meridius 's knee.
Alvaro misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvaro dips to his left and cracks Decimus Meridius with an uppercut!
Maximus Decimus Meridius is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Decimus Meridius has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Alvaro finds it's way round the side to connect with Decimus Meridius's head.
Decimus Meridius walks forward, straight into a front kick from Alvaro.
Alvaro avoids the head kick by Decimus Meridius.
Decimus Meridius takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Alvaro scores with a body shot.
Decimus Meridius tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Alvaro manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Decimus Meridius fails with an attempt to clinch.
Alvaro throws an off balance right hand
and Decimus Meridius counters with a nice uppercut.
Alvaro lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Decimus Meridius ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Decimus Meridius has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Alvaro.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvaro jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Alvaro throws a hook to the side of Decimus Meridius's head but Decimus Meridius sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A big right from Decimus Meridius misses.
Decimus Meridius takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Alvaro throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Decimus Meridius is looking to chop away at Alvaro's legs.
Decimus Meridius throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Alvaro.
And Alvaro counters with a quick kick to the body but Decimus Meridius blocks it.
Alvaro scores with a crisp jab that stopped Decimus Meridius in his tracks.
A cross from Alvaro lands.

Decimus Meridius is rocked!
Alvaro scores with a hook.
Decimus Meridius is still on wobbly legs! Can Alvaro finish him?

Alvaro moves into the clinch.
Jose Alvaro has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Alvaro.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Decimus Meridius lands a hook to the side of the head.
Alvaro is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Decimus Meridius can do to turn this around?
A right hook to the body lands for Alvaro.
Good body shot from Alvaro.
Decimus Meridius is breathing heavily.
Alvaro lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Alvaro pushes Decimus Meridius against the cage. Alvaro is working some dirty boxing. Alvaro pushes off with a quick right hook! Decimus Meridius goes down! Decimus Meridius tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Alvaro moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jose Alvaro!
Jose Alvaro was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.