PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Espiridion Araya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johan Falk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Falk comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bane - Ante Up kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Johan Falk has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Espiridion Araya's chin.

Araya
vs
Falk

201 cm
20
195 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

180 cm
23
174 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Espiridion Araya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Johan Falk!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Araya ducks under a wild hook from Falk.
Falk misses with a right hand
and Araya counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Araya looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nice uppercut lands for Falk. That snapped Araya's head back.
Sloppy strikes from Araya. Those never looked like landing.
Falk swinging wildly here.
Araya throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Araya really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Araya misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A punch combination from Falk misses.
Araya fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Falk pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Falk lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Falk slips a jab and a cross from Araya.
Falk throws a right hand that Araya ducks under and follows up with a left that Araya also avoids with ease.
A left and a right from Araya both land. Nice combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Falk fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Falk has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Falk misses with a two punch combination.
A head kick misses from Araya.
Araya fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Araya lands a nice looking kick to the body. Falk takes a step back to recover.
Falk misses with a body kick.
Araya bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Araya is looking to land body kicks.
Johan Falk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Falk uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Falk misses with the combination.
Araya plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like Johan Falk has been cut.
Araya connects with a solid leg kick.
Falk throws a right hand that Araya ducks under and follows up with a left that Araya also avoids with ease.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Falk misses with a series of wild punches.
Falk throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Araya takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Araya gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Araya tries to close the distance and clinch but Falk swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Falk swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Araya uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Falk.
Araya lands a body shot.
Araya lands with an overhand left.
Araya moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Araya connects with a high kick.
Araya has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Araya there as he acknowledges the shot.
Falk takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Araya misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Falk.
A right-left combo lands from Falk.
Falk throws a lazy right hand but Araya sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Falk will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Araya bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Falk's head.
Falk tries to score with a low kick but Araya moves his leg out of the way.
Araya lands a leg kick that knocks Falk off balance momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Araya.
Falk moves out of range of the body kick from Araya.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Falk.
A looping hook to the body misses from Falk. Araya does a little dance to reset his feet.
Araya throws a perfectly timed hook that sends Falk crashing down! Falk tries to stagger back to his feet but Araya just hammers him until the ref stops the fight! A confused Falk asks the ref what just happened. Poor fella.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Espiridion Araya!
Espiridion Araya seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.