PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Del Brophy (ranked 1310 p4p, 153 weight class) and Mikko Alatalo (ranked 2348 p4p, 230 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Del Brophy
vs
Alatalo

195 cm
29
250 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

202 cm
31
260 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Hot Spunk
Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

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 London, Ricardo Del Brophy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mikko Alatalo!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Viktor Lagutenko and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alatalo misses with a right hand
and Del Brophy counters with a nice body shot.
Del Brophy defending well as Alatalo loads up on a big left hand.
Del Brophy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Alatalo looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Del Brophy moves into the clinch.
Del Brophy avoids the elbow strike from Alatalo, against the cage.
Alatalo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Alatalo tries a knee to the head but Del Brophy blocks it.
Alatalo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Del Brophy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Alatalo misses with an elbow strike.
A short right from Del Brophy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alatalo throws an elbow that misses.
Del Brophy fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Del Brophy lands a shoulder strike.
Del Brophy tries to pull guard but Alatalo holds him up against the cage and eventually Del Brophy drops back down to his feet.
Del Brophy misses with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alatalo avoids a wild elbow strike from Del Brophy.

Alatalo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A big right from Alatalo misses.
Alatalo tries a low kick but Del Brophy avoids it.
Del Brophy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Alatalo moves out of range as Del Brophy throws a body kick.
Del Brophy blocks a jab.
Mikko Alatalo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alatalo misses with a leg kick.
Del Brophy appears to be looking for a big counter.
Del Brophy takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

It looks like Ricardo Del Brophy has been cut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Alatalo. Del Brophy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Alatalo misses with a leg kick.
Del Brophy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Alatalo lands a lovely overhand right.
Alatalo throws out a loose jab but Del Brophy uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alatalo lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Alatalo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Del Brophy.
Del Brophy throwing a counter right hand but Alatalo manages to avoid it.
Alatalo misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Del Brophy counters with a good, hard body kick but Alatalo shrugs it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Del Brophy misses with a body kick.
Alatalo unleashes a big counter combination but Del Brophy bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Del Brophy throws a left and a right that both miss
and Alatalo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Alatalo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Del Brophy.
Alatalo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Del Brophy can pounce on him.
Alatalo misses the shot to the body.
Del Brophy thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Alatalo if he has to take too many more of those.
Alatalo misses with a wild combination.
Alatalo misses with a left hand
and Del Brophy counters with a three punch combo that has Alatalo backing up. Alatalo nods at Del Brophy to acknowledge the strikes.
Alatalo connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Alatalo lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
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 Ricardo Del Brophy's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Alatalo throws a right hand that misses
and Del Brophy counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Alatalo throws a hook but Del Brophy avoids it easily.
Del Brophy tries to close the distance and clinch but Alatalo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Del Brophy closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Alatalo throws an overhand right that lands on Del Brophy's shoulder, as Del Brophy tries to avoid the shot.

Del Brophy clinches.
Del Brophy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Del Brophy.
Alatalo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Del Brophy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Del Brophy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

It looks like Mikko Alatalo has been cut.
Del Brophy leaning against his opponent.
Alatalo misses with an elbow over the top.
A nice left hand lands by Del Brophy.
Del Brophy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Del Brophy tries to work over Alatalo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Del Brophy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Alatalo backwards.
Alatalo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Del Brophy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Alatalo looking to slow down the pace here.
Del Brophy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Alatalo's elbow.
Del Brophy scores with a hook to the body.
Alatalo misses with an elbow strike.
Del Brophy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Alatalo's elbow.
Alatalo has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Del Brophy seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Alatalo can turn it around.
Del Brophy lands a nice shot to the body.
Del Brophy tries to pull guard but Alatalo forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Del Brophy.
Alatalo is breathing heavily.
Alatalo is trying to push Del Brophy away but Del Brophy has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Del Brophy can't find room to land a body shot as Alatalo controls the action.
Alatalo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Del Brophy blocks it with crossed arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alatalo throws an elbow but it misses.
Del Brophy swings wildly with an uppercut but Alatalo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alatalo avoiding damage as Del Brophy throws knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Del Brophy.
Del Brophy trying to land knees to the body.
Del Brophy misses with a body punch.
Alatalo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Del Brophy lands a body punch in the clinch.
Alatalo blocks a body shot from Del Brophy.
Del Brophy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Alatalo can't find room to land a body shot as Del Brophy controls the action.
Del Brophy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Del Brophy fails to pull guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Del Brophy dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Alatalo takes a kick to the side of the head.
Mikko Alatalo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A jab from Alatalo misses.
Del Brophy is looking to counter with head kicks.
Alatalo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Del Brophy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Del Brophy tries a head kick but it misses.
Ricardo Del Brophy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Alatalo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Del Brophy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Alatalo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Del Brophy.
Del Brophy connects with a leg kick. Alatalo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Alatalo looks to score with a jab to the body but Del Brophy is just out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alatalo misses with a right hand
and Del Brophy counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Alatalo thinking.
Alatalo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Alatalo delivers a nice body kick.
Alatalo keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Alatalo. Beautiful body shot.
Alatalo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Alatalo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Del Brophy.
Del Brophy half committed to a counter leg kick.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Alatalo throws a poor cross that misses
and Del Brophy counters with a nice body kick.
Alatalo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Del Brophy comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Alatalo tries to land a leg kick but Del Brophy saw it coming and moves away.
Del Brophy avoids the head kick by Alatalo.
Alatalo scores with a punch to the head.
Del Brophy throws a body punch but Alatalo moves out of range.
Alatalo throws the left hand but Del Brophy avoids the punch easily.
It looked like Del Brophy was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Alatalo misses with an uppercut. Del Brophy saw that one coming.
Del Brophy defending well as Alatalo loads up on a big left hand.
Del Brophy looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Alatalo misses with a right hand
enabling Del Brophy to counter with a crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Del Brophy scoring well with a low kick there.
Alatalo misses with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Del Brophy is looking to clinch.
Del Brophy connects with an inside leg kick.
Alatalo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Alatalo jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Alatalo dips to his left and cracks Del Brophy with an uppercut!
Del Brophy takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Del Brophy walks into a stiff left hand from Alatalo.
Alatalo lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Ricardo Del Brophy's cut is getting worse.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Del Brophy, as that shot connected.
Del Brophy slips under a jab from Alatalo.

Del Brophy fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Alatalo, pushing him back against the cage.
Del Brophy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Alatalo's elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mikko Alatalo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Alatalo has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 28:29
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mikko Alatalo!
A relieved looking Mikko Alatalo thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.