PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Michael Aalto (ranked 870 p4p, 979 weight class) and Destin Craven (ranked 118 p4p, 129 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Aalto
vs
Craven

177 cm
22
149
5 - 0 - 0

172 cm
21
141
6 - 1 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Great low kicks
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Michael Aalto!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Destin Craven!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Chris Dean and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Craven throws a left and a right that both miss
and Craven takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Aalto has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Craven.
Destin Craven seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Craven comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Craven moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Aalto throws a good cross that connects.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Craven lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Aalto has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Aalto and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Craven tries a head kick but it misses.
Aalto ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Aalto moves out of range of the strikes.
Craven moves out of range of the body kick.
Aalto looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Aalto avoids the head kick by Craven.
Aalto misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Craven looks to score with a jab to the body but Aalto is just out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Aalto on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Craven throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A little feinted left hand from Aalto on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Craven blocks a head kick by Aalto.
Craven looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Craven misses with a head kick.
Craven keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Aalto scoring well with a low kick there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Craven throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
An attempted straight right counter from Aalto misses the target.
Aalto lands with a straight right. Craven didn't see that one coming.
Craven bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Craven smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Aalto avoids a kick to the body.
Craven throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Aalto.
Craven looks to throw a body kick
and Aalto counters with a stiff right hand.
Craven scores with a nice right hand.
Craven throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Aalto blocks the body kick.
Aalto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Aalto misses the target.
A head kick by Craven misses
and Aalto counters with a stiff right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Craven throws a wild body kick that Aalto sees coming a mile off.
A big left from Craven misses.
Aalto moves out of range of the body kick.
Aalto ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Craven moves away.
Aalto tries to score with a low kick but Craven moves his leg out of the way.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Craven takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Craven is rocked!
Aalto lands a nice leg kick that just misses Craven's sensitive parts.
Craven is still on wobbly legs! Can Aalto finish him?
Craven lands a jab-cross combination.
Craven throws the left hand but Aalto avoids the punch easily.
Craven seems to have recovered his senses.
Craven takes one to the chin there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Aalto. Craven does a little dance to reset his feet.
Aalto avoids the body shot from Craven.
Aalto connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Aalto throws a leg kick but Craven checks it.
Craven connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Aalto connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Craven takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Aalto lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Craven misses with a body shot
and Aalto counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Craven swinging wildly here.
An attempted straight right counter from Aalto misses the target.
Craven misses with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Craven stalks Aalto and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Aalto's face. Aalto staggers backwards, shaken.
Aalto swings for the body but Craven moves out of range.
Aalto wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Aalto lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A shot to the body from Craven misses
and Aalto counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Aalto misses with a wild body shot.
Aalto is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Craven.
Aalto ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Craven throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Craven tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Aalto swivels and escapes.
Whack! Aalto lands a heavy head kick that drops Craven. The ref tackles Aalto to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Craven was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Michael Aalto!
Michael Aalto retains his featherweight title!
An out of breath Michael Aalto thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.