PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kaspars Petrovs (ranked 1239 p4p, 182 weight class) and Alphonzo Mirage (ranked 1915 p4p, 278 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Petrovs
vs
Mirage

180 cm
22
210 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

191 cm
21
212 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

IniTech Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kaspars Petrovs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alphonzo Mirage!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Paul Gruel and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mirage takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Mirage takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Petrovs throws a right hand that misses
and Mirage counters with a leg kick.

Mirage takes the fight into the clinch.
Petrovs lands with a right to the head.
Mirage lands a nice uppercut.

Mirage breaks the clinch.
Petrovs throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Petrovs bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Mirage's head backwards.
Mirage uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Petrovs.
Mirage on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mirage lands with a good body shot.
Petrovs misses with an uppercut
and Mirage counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Petrovs works Mirage's body with a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrovs is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

It looks like Kaspars Petrovs has been cut.
Petrovs has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Nice defenses there by Mirage.
A nice side step and Mirage releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Mirage lands with a kick to the temple. Petrovs shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Mirage slips under a jab.
Petrovs lands with a nice body punch.
Mirage is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Petrovs throws a right hand that misses
and Mirage counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kaspars Petrovs seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mirage will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Mirage defending well as Petrovs loads up on a big left hand.
Petrovs keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mirage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrovs pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Petrovs scores with the left hand. Mirage knows he should have avoided that one.
Mirage wants to slow Petrovs down by chopping away at his legs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mirage missing with a left hand there. Petrovs was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mirage blocks a jab.
Mirage appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Mirage misses with a looping left.
Petrovs missing with a left hand there. Mirage was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mirage moves out of range of the strikes.
Petrovs throws a poor cross that misses
and Mirage counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Petrovs misses with a looping right.
Mirage slips a straight right by Petrovs.
Mirage looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrovs waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mirage.
Petrovs takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Petrovs scores with a punch to the head.
Mirage misses with a body shot.
Petrovs looks to throw the jab but Mirage is out of range.
Mirage throws out a counter right but Petrovs avoids it with no problem.
Donk. Petrovs catches Mirage right on the button with a cross.
Mirage lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Mirage tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Petrovs was well out of range. Poor timing from Mirage.
Mirage dodges the punch combination from Petrovs.
Mirage appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Mirage looks for the body kick but Petrovs saw that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mirage takes a jab right on the kisser.
Mirage moves away from the strike by Petrovs.
Mirage uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Petrovs.
A decent looking cross lands there for Petrovs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A shot to the liver by Mirage. Beautiful body shot.
A jab from Petrovs misses.
Petrovs rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mirage counters with a straight right hand.
Mirage looks to throw a body kick
enabling Petrovs to counter with a crisp jab.
A swing and a miss from Petrovs.
Mirage misses with a wild body shot.
Mirage lands a nice looking body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Kaspars Petrovs will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kaspars Petrovs's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Mirage scores with a hook to the body. Petrovs takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kaspars Petrovs is winning the standup battle so far.
Mirage lands a front kick.
A swing and a miss from Mirage.
Petrovs swings widly with a right hand
and Mirage finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Petrovs looks to land a right hand but Mirage moved out of range.

Mirage lands a big uppercut and Petrovs crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Petrovs looks OK. Mirage waves Petrovs back to his feet!

Petrovs is rocked!
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!
Mirage lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Petrovs falls backwards - clearly groggy! Mirage dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alphonzo Mirage!
Alphonzo Mirage was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.