PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mikko Alatalo (ranked 1994 p4p, 211 weight class) and Yuri Boyka (ranked 2263 p4p, 229 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Boyka's choice of entrance music: Norman - Fury. Mikko Alatalo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Alatalo
vs
Boyka

202 cm
28
260 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

202 cm
29
240 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mikko Alatalo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Yuri Boyka!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Bruno Lombardi and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boyka moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

It looks like Mikko Alatalo has been cut.
Boyka tries for a takedown but Alatalo sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Alatalo throws a shot to the body.
Alatalo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Alatalo throws a head kick that Boyka semi-blocks.
Alatalo lands a right hook to the body.
Alatalo slips a straight right by Boyka.

Alatalo gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alatalo pulls Boyka in close to his closed guard and prevents Boyka from doing any damage or advancing position.

Boyka postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Alatalo is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Boyka, into his guard.

Boyka working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Alatalo.
Alatalo working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Boyka's head.
Alatalo sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Boyka's guard.
Alatalo tries to stand but his arm is trapped.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alatalo is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Boyka regains full guard. Nicely done.
Boyka can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Alatalo controls the pace.
Alatalo has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Boyka is proving hard to escape from.
Boyka is pulling down on Alatalo's head. It's preventing any offense from Alatalo, at least for the moment.
Alatalo scoring with punches to the head and body.
Alatalo landing some decent shots from guard.
Alatalo postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Alatalo won't allow Boyka to sweep him here.
Boyka seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Boyka is trying to control the position but Alatalo postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boyka has Alatalo pulled in close to control his posture.
Alatalo wants to control from the top but Boyka keeps moving.
Alatalo throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Boyka works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Alatalo's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Boyka not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Alatalo throwing strikes from guard but Boyka blocks nicely.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Boyka tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Boyka wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Alatalo wants to control from the top but Boyka keeps moving.
Boyka has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Boyka is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Boyka avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alatalo won't allow Boyka to sweep him here.
Alatalo trying to control but Boyka is working from the bottom.
Boyka has Alatalo pulled in close to control his posture.
Alatalo throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Boyka works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Boyka is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Alatalo distracts Boyka with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alatalo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Alatalo working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Boyka's head.
Alatalo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Boyka controlling the position.
Alatalo wants to control from the top but Boyka keeps moving.
Alatalo connects with a couple of short punches.
Boyka wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Alatalo tries to free his leg and advance position but Boyka is retaining full guard.
Boyka wants to sweep here but Alatalo controlling him for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alatalo pushes down on Boyka's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Alatalo looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Alatalo has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Alatalo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Alatalo working Boyka over with strikes.

Boyka is rocked!
Alatalo sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Boyka defending well though.
Alatalo not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Boyka moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Boyka working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Alatalo.
Alatalo won't allow Boyka to sweep him here.

Alatalo drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Alatalo jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Boyka wants to sweep here but Alatalo controlling him for the moment.
Alatalo is working Boyka over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Boyka working a defensive guard here.
Alatalo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikko Alatalo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mikko Alatalo's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Jab, jab by Alatalo - just one landing.
Boyka takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The fighters circling - Boyka throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice shot by Alatalo.
Boyka is still on wobbly legs! Can Alatalo finish him?
Alatalo fakes the body blow, causing Boyka to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Boyka goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mikko Alatalo!
An out of breath Mikko Alatalo thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.