PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jussi Murikka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Alverez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murikka comes to the cage accompanied by Rock'n'Rolla. Alverez comes into a darkened arena with his song building. ALL DAY kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Murikka
vs
Alverez

170 cm
26
164 lbs
19 - 7 - 0

172 cm
28
164 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jussi Murikka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mike Alverez!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Konstantin Menshow and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alverez stuffs the takedown attempt from Murikka. Murikka gets slowly back to his feet.
Alverez looks to score with a jab to the body but Murikka is just out of range.
Murikka throws a sloppy head kick and Alverez moves out of range easily.
Alverez throws a body punch but Murikka moves out of range.
Murikka thumps Alverez with a low kick.
Murikka lands a nice leg kick that just misses Alverez's sensitive parts.
An inside leg kick from Murikka misses.
Alverez shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Murikka swinging wildly here.
Murikka looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Murikka cracks Alverez with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Nice body punch from Murikka.
Alverez tries to clinch up.
Murikka moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alverez throws a hook but Murikka avoids it easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Murikka. That's going to slow Alverez down.
Alverez closes this distance looking for a takedown but Murikka circles away.
Murikka tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Alverez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Murikka looks to throw the jab but Alverez is out of range.
Alverez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Murikka scores with a nice right hand.
Murikka misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Murikka lands a leg kick that knocks Alverez off balance momentarily.
Alverez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Murikka counters with a leg kick.
Alverez shoots in for a takedown but Murikka shows good takedown defense.
Jussi Murikka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Alverez.
Alverez slips a straight right by Murikka.
Murikka turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alverez misses with a body shot.
Murikka moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Alverez misses with an uppercut
and Murikka counters with a good, hard body kick but Alverez shrugs it off.
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!
Murikka takes a swing at Alverez's ribcage but misses.
Murikka feints and then cracks Alverez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Alverez down.
Murikka misses with a leg kick.
Murikka connects with a solid leg kick.
Alverez dodges the punch combination from Murikka.
Alverez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Alverez looks to throw the jab but Murikka is out of range.
Murikka lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Murikka throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Alverez is trying desperately to land a takedown but Murikka is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Alverez.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alverez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Alverez misses with the combination.
Murikka scores with a spinning back kick!
Murikka is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Murikka scores with a spinning back kick!
Murikka keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Alverez.
Alverez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Murikka circles away quickly and effectively.
Alverez swats away the attempt to clinch by Murikka.
Alverez shoots for a double leg takedown but Murikka sprawls well. He's pushed Alverez's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Murikka keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murikka loads up on a big right hand but Alverez slips the punch.
Alverez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Alverez tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murikka walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Alverez checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Murikka throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Murikka is looking to score with low kicks.

Murikka gets a takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Murikka has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Alverez is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Murikka controlling the pace for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Murikka putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jussi Murikka dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Alverez misses with a body shot.
Murikka finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Alverez thows a body shot but no joy.
Murikka throws a hook but Alverez blocks it.
Alverez thows a body shot but no joy.
Mike Alverez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murikka dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Murikka scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Alverez closes this distance looking for a takedown but Murikka circles away.
Alverez connects with a single shot there.
Alverez misses the body punch
and Murikka counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Alverez is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Murikka swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murikka throws a sloppy head kick and Alverez moves out of range easily.
A jab lands there for Alverez.
Alverez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murikka.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alverez tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Murikka swivels and escapes.
Murikka doesn't manage to clinch there - Alverez circles away.
Sloppy strikes from Alverez. Those never looked like landing.
Murikka throws an overhand right that lands on Alverez's shoulder, as Alverez tries to avoid the shot.
Alverez is looking to clinch.
Alverez walks into a straight right hand from Murikka.
A thudding body kick lands there by Murikka!
Murikka slips a jab and a cross from Alverez.
Murikka has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Murikka there as he acknowledges the shot.
Murikka connects with a leg kick. Alverez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Murikka connects with a solid leg kick.
Murikka turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Alverez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murikka throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Murikka moves away from the strike by Alverez.
Alverez throws a series of punches but Murikka moves out of range.
Murikka tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Alverez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murikka fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Alverez throws a body punch but Murikka moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Murikka.
Alverez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Alverez displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Murikka.
Alverez moves out of range of the body kick from Murikka.
Murikka connects with a leg kick. Alverez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Alverez thows a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alverez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Murikka pinned against the cage. Murikka gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jussi Murikka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Alverez.
Murikka tries to score a power double leg takedown but Alverez sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Murikka somewhat.

Murikka clinches up with Alverez and pushes him back against the cage.
Murikka lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Alverez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Alverez throws a head punch that misses.
Alverez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Murikka working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Alverez is working for takedown but Murikka is calmly controlling the position for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murikka prevents a body shot from Alverez.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Alverez.
Alverez tries to score a body lock takedown but Murikka shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
With the fighters up against the cage, Murikka throws an elbow but misses.

Alverez gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Murikka is trying is best to control the position here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alverez is thwarting Murikka's attempts to control the position.
Murikka keeps control of the position for the meantime.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Murikka is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jussi Murikka dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Alverez misses with a body shot.
Alverez swings away with a body shot that misses
and Murikka counters with a nice kick to the body.
Murikka scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Alverez doesn't seem bothered though.
Murikka connects with an inside leg kick.
Murikka scoring well with a low kick there.
Murikka looks to score with a jab to the body but Alverez is just out of range.
Alverez gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Murikka counters with a two punch combo.

Alverez is rocked!
Murikka is throwing punches like he's double parked. Oh my word! Huge right hand from Murikka shuts the power down on Alverez. Lights out, game over! Murikka is your winner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Jussi Murikka!