PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between August Mocny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Mocny
vs
Alves

185 cm
26
195 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
27
180 lbs
6 - 9 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, August Mocny!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thiago Alves!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Alves closes the distance and clinches.
Mocny on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Alves gets through Mocny's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
We've been hearing reports that Mocny has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Mocny tries to pull guard but Alves holds him up against the cage and eventually Mocny drops back down to his feet.
Alves pushes Mocny back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Alves throws a knee to the head but misses.
Alves scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Alves.
Alves lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Alves misses with a body punch.
Mocny tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Alves just stands there and leans against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Alves throws an elbow but misses.
Mocny fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for August Mocny. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Alves misses with a body punch.
Alves throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mocny tries to score a body lock takedown but Alves shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Mocny blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mocny takes an elbow to the temple.
Alves throws a head punch that misses.
Mocny takes a knee right on the jaw!
Alves tries to land knees in the clinch but Mocny avoids the damage to the body.
Alves digs a right hand underneath Mocny's ribcage. Mocny let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Mocny is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Alves is defending well for now.
Alves displaying some good clinch control by pressing Mocny up against the cage.
Alves tries to throw a body punch but Mocny avoids it by throwing Alves back against the cage.
Alves is pushing Mocny up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Mocny tries to break free but Alves pushes him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves cracks Mocny with a nice body shot.
Alves lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Alves lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Alves landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mocny tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Alves smiles and moves away.

Mocny clinches up with Alves and pushes him back against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice right hand lands inside from Alves.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Mocny avoiding damage as Alves throws knees to the body.
Mocny trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Alves.
Mocny misses with an elbow strike.
Mocny has had enough of the clinch but Alves keeps him there for the moment.
Alves looking to slow down the pace here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Mocny on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mocny blocks an elbow strike.
Alves stalling in the clinch but Mocny improves position.
Mocny tries to break free but Alves pushes him back against the cage.
A short left from Alves.
A nice right hand lands inside from Alves.
Mocny tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Alves goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mocny on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mocny's efforts to push away.
Alves lands with a light punch inside.
Mocny is looking to break free of the clinch but Alves has double underhooks.
Mocny tries to pull guard but Alves forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Alves.
Mocny tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Still in the clinch, Alves scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mocny can't break the clinch.
Alves lands a good knee to the midsection. Mocny won't want to take too many of those.
Alves stalls.
Alves lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alves tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Mocny tries to clinch but Alves is having none of it.
Alves tries to close the distance and clinch but Mocny swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Alves plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Alves tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mocny manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Alves takes the fight into the clinch.
Alves lands a damaging elbow.
Mocny tries to pull guard but Alves holds him up against the cage and eventually Mocny drops back down to his feet.
Still in the clinch, Alves scores with a nice short uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alves missing with knees to the body.
Alves misses with the head strike.
Mocny tries to pull guard but Alves forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Alves misses with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Alves.
Knees to the body from Alves.
Alves is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mocny is defending well for now.
A bit of stalling here from Mocny.
Mocny is looking to control Alves's arms but Alves gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mocny has his back to the cage.
Alves tries to land knees in the clinch but Mocny avoids the damage to the body.
Alves tries a body shot but Mocny blocks it.
Alves lands a knee to the body.
Alves has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Mocny seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Alves can turn it around.
Alves has a couple of punches blocked by Mocny.
Alves can't find room to land a body shot as Mocny controls the action.
Alves taking a breather.
Mocny is trying to pull guard but Alves turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for August Mocny. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Alves.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Mocny avoiding damage as Alves throws knees to the body.
Alves tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Alves lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Mocny is trying to trip Alves. He has hold of a leg but Alves is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Mocny persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alves wants to sweep here but Mocny controlling him for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alves seems keen to control Mocny's posture.
Alves is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Mocny is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves working a defensive guard here.
Alves manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Mocny manages to get himself to full guard.

Mocny has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Alves can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Alves really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mocny. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Mocny wants to stand and escape but Alves is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Alves trying to control but Mocny is working from the bottom.
Alves must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Mocny wants to sweep but no luck.
Mocny is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Mocny is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
August Mocny seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Alves stuffs the takedown.
The fight stays on the outside here - Alves looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mocny fails to land the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Alves showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Alves steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mocny.

Alves moves into the clinch.
Mocny is trying to pull guard but Alves turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Mocny blocks a body shot from Alves.
Mocny is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Alves is keeping busy.
Mocny tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Alves's elbow.
Alves tries to land knees in the clinch but Mocny avoids the damage to the body.
Alves struggles to land a body shot inside as Mocny controls his hands.
Mocny wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mocny blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Alves is pushing Mocny up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Alves has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Alves is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mocny is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mocny blocks a body shot from Alves.
Alves trying to land knees to the body.
Alves keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mocny's efforts to push away.
Alves tries to stall but Mocny uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Alves tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Alves tries to throw a body punch but Mocny avoids it by throwing Alves back against the cage.
Alves lands an elbow inside.
Alves throws a head punch that misses.
Alves tries to land a knee to the head but Mocny blocks with his arms.
Mocny tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Mocny wants to break the clinch but can't.

Mocny turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Mocny controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves tries to bench press Mocny off him but Mocny keeps the position.
Mocny taking a breather here.
Alves can't do much from the bottom here.
Alves is not content to let Mocny control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves is trying to get back to half guard.
Alves is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Alves takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Mocny scores with punches from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alves is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Mocny is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Alves knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Mocny looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Alves is looking to regain half guard here but Mocny keeps moving and retains side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thiago Alves comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Alves winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 26:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 26:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thiago Alves!
A less than humble Thiago Alves misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.