PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mauri Alavaara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sonny Crockett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sonny Crockett has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Alavaara
vs
Crockett

188 cm
23
170 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

180 cm
24
179 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mauri Alavaara!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sonny Crockett!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crockett throws a head kick but Alavaara moves out of range.
Crockett takes a swing at Alavaara's ribcage but misses.
Crockett pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Alavaara throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Crockett sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Crockett lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Crockett tries to clinch up.
Crockett buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Crockett takes the fight into the clinch.

Crockett pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Crockett looks to throw the jab but Alavaara is out of range.

Crockett clinches up against the cage.
Crockett working hard to break the clinch.
Crockett dodges an elbow strike from Alavaara.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Crockett.

Crockett's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Crockett smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Crockett misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Crockett lands a big head kick that sends Alavaara tumbling to the mat! Crockett takes a step backwards and waves Alavaara back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Alavaara is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alavaara cracks Crockett with a good jab.
Oh Alavaara is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Alavaara blocks a head kick by Crockett.
Alavaara seems to have got his legs back now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crockett fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Alavaara throws out a loose jab but Crockett uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crockett swats away the attempt to clinch by Alavaara.
Crockett tries a head kick but it misses.
Crockett closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Crockett, right into the meat.
Alavaara takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Alavaara is looking to clinch.
Crockett avoids the head kick by Alavaara.
Alavaara throws a lazy right hand but Crockett sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Crockett scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Crockett is looking to clinch.
Crockett keeps the fight on the outside.
Crockett tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Crockett tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alavaara throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Alavaara tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Crockett goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crockett throws a sloppy head kick and Alavaara moves out of range easily.

Crockett lands a big head kick that sends Alavaara tumbling to the mat! Crockett takes a step backwards and waves Alavaara back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Alavaara tries to close the distance and clinch up but Crockett swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Alavaara blocks a head kick by Crockett.
Alavaara avoids the head kick by Crockett.

Crockett lands a big head kick that sends Alavaara tumbling to the mat! Crockett takes a step backwards and waves Alavaara back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Crockett keeps Alavaara at a distance using the push kick.

Crockett drops Alavaara with a beautiful combination! Alavaara stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Crockett is looking for the KO!
Crockett dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Crockett misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Crockett looks to land a combination but Alavaara avoids it well.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Alavaara crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Crockett - the referee stops the clock and Alavaara gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Crockett. Alavaara manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Crockett tries to close the distance and clinch but Alavaara swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crockett fails with an attempt to clinch.
Alavaara throws a leg kick which misses Crockett's front leg but catches the back leg as Crockett tries to avoid it.
Alavaara on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Crockett lands a body shot.
Alavaara is breathing heavily.
Alavaara fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Crockett is out of range.
Crockett misses with the combination.
A thudding body kick lands there by Crockett!
Alavaara takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Crockett connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Crockett jabs at Alavaara's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crockett fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Crockett has taken the fight to the clinch.

Crockett breaks from the clinch.
Crockett scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick from Crockett lands but Alavaara takes it in his stride.
Good leg kick by Crockett there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Crockett clinches.

Crockett breaks the clinch.

Crockett lands a big head kick that sends Alavaara tumbling to the mat! Crockett takes a step backwards and waves Alavaara back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Crockett clinches up with Alavaara and pushes him back against the cage.
Alavaara with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Crockett escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Alavaara showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Crockett.
Nice body kick from Crockett.

Crockett gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Crockett breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Crockett lands a with a good body shot.
Crockett scores with a nice body kick.
A punch combination from Crockett misses.
Both fighters circling a little - Crockett finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sonny Crockett dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Crockett lands a head kick. Alavaara smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Crockett fails in his attempt to clinch.
Crockett connects with a high kick.
Alavaara tries to close the distance and clinch but Crockett swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Crockett explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Alavaara misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Alavaara takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Crockett has Alavaara up against the cage in a clinch.
Alavaara tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Crockett breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Crockett lands a big head kick that sends Alavaara tumbling to the mat! Crockett takes a step backwards and waves Alavaara back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Sonny Crockett seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crockett lands with a right and another and another! Alavaara is in big trouble! Crockett lands again and this time it's lights out for Alavaara! A quality knockout there for Crockett.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Sonny Crockett!
Sonny Crockett is the new welterweight champion!