PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chrystov Aleksey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Butcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Dan Butcher enters the cage!

Aleksey
vs
Butcher

170 cm
25
185 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

194 cm
22
183 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chrystov Aleksey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dan Butcher!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Anthony Taglia and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aleksey shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Butcher lands a jab to the head.
Aleksey is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Butcher moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Butcher lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Butcher scores with a jab to the jaw.
Butcher explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aleksey throws a left and a right that both miss
and Butcher counters with an outside leg kick.
Butcher tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Aleksey slips under a jab from Butcher.
Butcher lands a lovely overhand right.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Butcher.
Aleksey throws a body punch but Butcher moves out of range.
Aleksey lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Butcher circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aleksey fails to land the takedown.
Good standup being displayed there by Butcher as he connects with a hook.
Butcher's jab looks to have found its range, popping Aleksey under the eye.
Butcher throws a hook to the side of Aleksey's head but Aleksey sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Butcher turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Butcher lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Aleksey is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Butcher throws a poor cross that misses
and Butcher takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Oh Aleksey is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Butcher has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Butcher steps into range and unloads a brutal right left combo! Aleksey is out on his feet! Butcher sets himself and nearly takes Aleksey's head off with a straight right, sending him crashing to the mat! Wow, that was nasty... but awesome! Wooo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Dan Butcher!
Our winner, Dan Butcher, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.