PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexandru Mircea (ranked 1229 p4p, 860 weight class) and Alexandria OcasioCortez (ranked 165 p4p, 120 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Mircea
vs
OcasioCortez

190 cm
37
247
21 - 13 - 0

206 cm
25
280
8 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alexandru Mircea!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alexandria OcasioCortez!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Saam Ante and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
OcasioCortez misses with an uppercut. Mircea saw that one coming.
Mircea looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
OcasioCortez looks to land a left hand but Mircea moved out of range nicely.
OcasioCortez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mircea.
Mircea with the inside leg kick.
OcasioCortez bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Alexandria OcasioCortez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mircea looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Mircea lands a front kick.

OcasioCortez rushes Mircea and presses him up against the cage.
OcasioCortez told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
OcasioCortez blocking some punches.
Mircea misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mircea tries to throw a body punch but OcasioCortez avoids it by throwing Mircea back against the cage.
OcasioCortez lands a hook that snaps the head of Mircea backwards.
Mircea blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mircea.
OcasioCortez throws an elbow but it misses.
Mircea lands a body punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mircea blocks the elbow strike.

Mircea breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mircea connects with an inside leg kick.
Mircea circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mircea bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of OcasioCortez's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mircea misses with a looping left.
OcasioCortez takes a shot to the body in his stride.
OcasioCortez defending well as Mircea loads up on a big left hand.
Mircea has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
OcasioCortez misses the jab.
Mircea swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
OcasioCortez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mircea fails to land with a series of punches.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mircea.
That kick from Mircea tenderised OcasioCortez's leg. OcasioCortez is trying to keep his angry face on.
Mircea lands the left hand.
OcasioCortez lands with a straight right. Mircea didn't see that one coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mircea thumps OcasioCortez with a low kick.
OcasioCortez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mircea misses with a hook.
OcasioCortez misses with a leg kick.
Mircea throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mircea keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
OcasioCortez wants to clinch up but Mircea keeps it at a distance.
Mircea throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
OcasioCortez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mircea swats him away and circles back towards the center.
OcasioCortez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mircea was well out of range. Poor timing from OcasioCortez.
OcasioCortez throws a hook to the side of Mircea's head but Mircea sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
OcasioCortez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mircea throws a shot from downtown. OcasioCortez moves away and avoids it.
Mircea with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mircea loads up on a big right hand but OcasioCortez slips the punch.
OcasioCortez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mircea swats him away and circles back towards the center.

OcasioCortez drives through and clinches with Mircea against the cage.
Nice elbow from OcasioCortez.

OcasioCortez breaks the clinch.
Mircea tries to land a leg kick but OcasioCortez saw it coming and moves away.
OcasioCortez works the jab nicely.
A left and a right from OcasioCortez both land. Nice combination.
OcasioCortez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mircea swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - OcasioCortez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mircea keeps the fight on the outside.
A little feinted left hand from Mircea on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

OcasioCortez moves into the clinch.

OcasioCortez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
OcasioCortez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mircea blocks a leg kick.
OcasioCortez throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mircea dodges the punch combination from OcasioCortez.
OcasioCortez takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
OcasioCortez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mircea swats him away and circles back towards the center.
OcasioCortez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mircea.
An inside leg kick lands from OcasioCortez.
Mircea throws an overhand right that lands on OcasioCortez's shoulder, as OcasioCortez tries to avoid the shot.
OcasioCortez swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
OcasioCortez checks a low kick from Mircea.
Mircea checks the leg kick.
OcasioCortez misses with a hook to the body
and Mircea counters with a body kick.
Mircea paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A telegraphed right hand from Mircea misses the target.
A nice inside leg kick there by OcasioCortez. That's going to slow Mircea down.
OcasioCortez gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
OcasioCortez tries to close the distance and clinch but Mircea swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
OcasioCortez misses with a few strikes there.
OcasioCortez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mircea.
Mircea scores with the left hand. OcasioCortez knows he should have avoided that one.
OcasioCortez fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mircea.
Mircea takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Mircea throws a body shot but no joy.
Mircea connects with a leg kick.
OcasioCortez fails to land with a series of punches.
Both fighters circling a little - Mircea finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
OcasioCortez tries a low kick but Mircea avoids it.
OcasioCortez moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
OcasioCortez moves out of range of the body kick.
OcasioCortez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mircea has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Mircea there as he acknowledges the shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mircea connects with a solid leg kick.
Mircea's corner calls for a 1-2. Mircea obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Mircea on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by OcasioCortez. OcasioCortez obviously looking to wear him down.
OcasioCortez throws an overhand right that lands on Mircea's shoulder, as Mircea tries to avoid the shot.
OcasioCortez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
OcasioCortez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mircea swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Alexandru Mircea will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Mircea looks for the body kick but OcasioCortez saw that one coming.
Mircea scores with a jab.
Mircea throws an uppercut from half a mile away. OcasioCortez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
OcasioCortez swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
OcasioCortez looks to throw the jab but Mircea is out of range.
Mircea was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
OcasioCortez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mircea is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by OcasioCortez.

OcasioCortez moves into range and clinches up with Mircea.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mircea throws an elbow but misses.
OcasioCortez has Mircea pushed against the cage.
OcasioCortez takes a shot to the head.
OcasioCortez is pushing Mircea up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Mircea with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
OcasioCortez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mircea lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of OcasioCortez backwards.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Mircea tries to land knees in the clinch but OcasioCortez avoids the damage to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by OcasioCortez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
OcasioCortez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
OcasioCortez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mircea creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through OcasioCortez's defenses.
Mircea misses with a body punch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
OcasioCortez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mircea makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Mircea.
Mircea lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
OcasioCortez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
OcasioCortez misses with an elbow strike.

Mircea's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
OcasioCortez tries to clinch but Mircea moves away
and Mircea makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
OcasioCortez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mircea sees it coming and avoids it easily.
OcasioCortez connects with a looping right hand.
Mircea lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nice defenses there by Mircea.
Mircea looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Mircea lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
OcasioCortez digs a good hook to Mircea's body.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Mircea here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
OcasioCortez looks to clinch
and Mircea connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
OcasioCortez doesn't manage to clinch there - Mircea circles away.
A slow jab from OcasioCortez misses its intended target.
OcasioCortez wants to clinch
and Mircea counters with a leg kick.
OcasioCortez scores with a decent looking hook.
Mircea scores with a crisp jab that stopped OcasioCortez in his tracks.
OcasioCortez throws a good cross that connects.
OcasioCortez throws a nice looking combination but Mircea bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
OcasioCortez moves in looking to clinch but Mircea pushes him off.
Mircea was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
OcasioCortez has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Mircea finds it's way round the side to connect with OcasioCortez's head.
OcasioCortez tries to clinch but Mircea is having none of it.
OcasioCortez takes one on the button.

OcasioCortez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mircea, pushing him back against the cage.
OcasioCortez leaning his opponent against the cage.
OcasioCortez tries to work over Mircea's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mircea lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
OcasioCortez misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mircea throws an elbow but it's blocked.
OcasioCortez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Mircea pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice body punch from Mircea.
Mircea misses with an uppercut.
Mircea slips under a jab.
OcasioCortez lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Mircea takes a jab right on the kisser.
OcasioCortez moves out of range of the body kick from Mircea.
OcasioCortez throws an off balance right hand
and Mircea makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. OcasioCortez really felt that one!
OcasioCortez throws a sloppy head kick and Mircea moves out of range easily.

OcasioCortez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Mircea gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mircea lands a body shot in the clinch.
OcasioCortez is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mircea lands a body shot in the clinch.

Mircea breaks from the clinch.
Mircea plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Mircea turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
OcasioCortez tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Mircea is able to avoid easily.
Mircea is looking to counter punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Mircea finds it's way through OcasioCortez's defenses.
OcasioCortez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mircea scores with a hook to the body. OcasioCortez takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Mircea cracks OcasioCortez with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Mircea dips to his left and cracks OcasioCortez with an uppercut!
Mircea looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mircea will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mircea scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Mircea buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mircea fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
OcasioCortez throws a predictable looking body shot
and Mircea counters with a nice body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
OcasioCortez misses with a left hand
and Mircea counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mircea bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
OcasioCortez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
OcasioCortez has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Mircea.
OcasioCortez moves to clinch but Mircea breaks away
and Mircea counters with a good low kick that OcasioCortez was not able to check.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Alexandru Mircea dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

A solid leg kick lands there for Mircea.
OcasioCortez tries to close the distance and clinch but Mircea swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mircea staying out of range there.
Mircea cracks OcasioCortez with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
OcasioCortez closes the distance and lands a one-two.
OcasioCortez tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
OcasioCortez looks to throw the jab but Mircea is out of range.
OcasioCortez throws a low kick but Mircea moves out of range easily.
OcasioCortez throws a low kick but Mircea avoids it.
Mircea throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mircea circles away from the clinch attempt.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as OcasioCortez checks a leg kick.
OcasioCortez misses with a lunging right hand
and Mircea counters with a lovely straight right hand!
OcasioCortez wants to clinch
and Mircea connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mircea lands a nice leg kick that just misses OcasioCortez's sensitive parts.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mircea looking to land some kicks to the body here.
OcasioCortez wants to slow Mircea down by chopping away at his legs.
OcasioCortez tries to clinch but Mircea is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
OcasioCortez lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Mircea takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
OcasioCortez misses the shot to the body.
OcasioCortez swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Mircea counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Mircea scores with a leg kick.
OcasioCortez looks for the body kick but Mircea saw that one coming.
Mircea moves out of range as OcasioCortez strikes.
OcasioCortez fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mircea.
OcasioCortez gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Mircea scores with a hook to the body. OcasioCortez takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
OcasioCortez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
OcasioCortez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mircea moves away.
Mircea throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A punch combination from Mircea misses.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
OcasioCortez slips under a jab.
OcasioCortez looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Mircea scores with a hook to the body. OcasioCortez takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Mircea misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Mircea.
Mircea is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that OcasioCortez can do to turn this around?
Mircea throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
OcasioCortez has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Mircea misses with a hook. OcasioCortez ducked under it nicely.
OcasioCortez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A jab from Mircea misses.
OcasioCortez tries to counter by closing the distance.
Mircea scores with a nice head shot.
Mircea scores with a kick to the midsection.
Mircea connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Mircea moves out of range as OcasioCortez strikes.
Mircea throws a shot from downtown. OcasioCortez moves away and avoids it.
OcasioCortez throws a sloppy head kick and Mircea moves out of range easily.
Mircea throws a jab when OcasioCortez was well out of range.
OcasioCortez blocks a jab.
OcasioCortez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
As OcasioCortez backs away, Mircea returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
OcasioCortez shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
OcasioCortez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mircea is looking to slow OcasioCortez down with leg kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mircea slips under a jab from OcasioCortez.
A slapping body kick lands there for Mircea.
Mircea slips a jab and a cross from OcasioCortez.
Mircea throws a good cross that connects.
OcasioCortez tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Mircea to counter with a crisp jab.
Mircea lands a slapping body shot.
Mircea getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Mircea lands a lovely overhand right.
Mircea connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between OcasioCortez's hands.
A solid leg kick lands there for OcasioCortez.
Mircea connects with a solid leg kick.
A head kick from Mircea lands but OcasioCortez takes it in his stride.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mircea smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
OcasioCortez throws an elbow but it misses.
OcasioCortez throws an elbow but it misses.
Mircea lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
OcasioCortez tries a knee to the head but Mircea blocks it.
OcasioCortez working aggressively here.

Mircea's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice body punch from Mircea.
Mircea misses with an attempted mid kick.
OcasioCortez misses the shot to the body.
Mircea ducks down and throws a hook to the body but OcasioCortez moves away.
OcasioCortez ducks under a wild hook from Mircea.
OcasioCortez swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Mircea ducks right into an uppercut from OcasioCortez.
Alexandru Mircea is winning the standup battle so far.
OcasioCortez looks to score with a jab to the body but Mircea is just out of range.
Mircea lands a lovely overhand right.
OcasioCortez is looking to clinch but Mircea is avoiding it.
OcasioCortez is looking to clinch.
Alexandria OcasioCortez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
OcasioCortez throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mircea counters with a body kick that stops OcasioCortez in his tracks momentarily.
Mircea bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Mircea throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Mircea scoring well with a low kick there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alexandru Mircea showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mircea, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexandru Mircea!
Post fight, Alexandru Mircea stared into the camera and said 'I Train So Hard To Pull The Biggest Upset In Odense MMA History And Finally Become Heavyweight Champion Of The World.'.