PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between JD Dykstra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dykstra comes to the cage accompanied by Welcome to the jungle. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Dykstra
vs
Alves

182 cm
18
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
181 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, JD Dykstra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Thiago Alves !
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Winston Howard and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dykstra pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Dykstra clinches up with Alves and pushes him back against the cage.
A hook to the body from Alves .
Alves lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dykstra or not.
Alves misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dykstra.
Alves lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dykstra or not.
Dykstra is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alves lands with a light punch inside.
Alves working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Alves digs a right hand underneath Dykstra's ribcage. Dykstra let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Alves lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dykstra takes an elbow to the forehead.
Alves lands an elbow that stopped Dykstra in his tracks for a moment.
Alves landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Alves leaning against his opponent.
Dykstra's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Alves lands with a short shot to the head.
Alves missing with knees to the body.
Alves scores with a nice hook to the head.
Alves throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A right handed body shot lands from Alves .
Alves has Dykstra pushed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dykstra's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Alves stalling against the cage.
Alves lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Dykstra.
Nice body punch from Alves .
Alves lands a body shot in the clinch.
Alves lands a body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Alves creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alves lands a hook to the side of the head.
Alves presses Dykstra against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Alves throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A hook to the body from Alves .
Alves misses with a knee strike.
Alves lands a left hand.
A short right from Alves .
Alves lands an elbow inside.

It looks like JD Dykstra has been cut.
Alves tries a knee to the head but Dykstra blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dykstra takes an elbow to the forehead.
A short right from Alves .
Alves lands an elbow inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Alves .
Alves softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Alves prevents the takedown attempt.
Alves lands an elbow just above Dykstra 's eye.
Alves lands a hook that snaps the head of Dykstra backwards.
Dykstra takes an elbow to the temple.
Alves dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Alves landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Alves with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Alves misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dykstra.
A left hand lands to the body for Alves .
A short left from Alves .
Alves lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dykstra backwards.
Alves slowing the pace effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves lands a body punch in the clinch.
Alves effectively controlling the action here.
Alves throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Alves lands a body punch.
Alves misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dykstra.
Alves pushes Dykstra back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Alves unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dykstra lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dykstra blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short uppercut from Alves .
Alves lands with a left to the head.
Good body shot from Alves .
Come on Alves - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Alves pushes Dykstra back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Alves crunches a lovely knee into Dykstra's ribcage.
Dykstra's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves lands with a left to the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Alves .
Alves lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dykstra backwards.
Alves misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dykstra.
Alves content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Alves lands a body shot.
Alves lands a nice uppercut.
Alves leaning his opponent against the cage.
Alves lands a body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Alves comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Alves cracks Dykstra with a nice body shot.
Alves pushes Dykstra back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Alves working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Alves dominated that round.
The cut man is working on JD Dykstra's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Alves cracks Dykstra with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Dykstra falls to his knees and Alves doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thiago Alves !