PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ottaa Koppia (ranked 1721 p4p, 1425 weight class) and Vai Crackudo (ranked 267 p4p, 213 weight class). Crackudo has chosen VAI CRACUDO as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Koppia
vs
Crackudo

183 cm
25
189
3 - 1 - 0

187 cm
25
185
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Island Xtreme Clothing
CHURCH OF ZOIDBERG WAREHOUSE

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ottaa Koppia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Vai Crackudo!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Peter Branson and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crackudo throws a looping overhand right but Koppia ducks down to avoid it.
Crackudo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Koppia sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Koppia feints a jab promting Crackudo to slip. Koppia then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Crackudo slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

It looks like Vai Crackudo has been cut.
Crackudo misses with a left hand
and Koppia makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Crackudo looks to throw the jab but Koppia is out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Koppia misses the target.
Crackudo misses with a right hand
and Crackudo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Crackudo misses with a body shot.
Crackudo misses the jab.
Koppia blocks a jab.
Crackudo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Koppia lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crackudo closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Crackudo misses with a straight right.
Koppia moves away from the strike by Crackudo.
Crackudo has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Koppia misses with a hook
and Crackudo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Crackudo throws a looping overhand right but Koppia ducks down to avoid it.
Crackudo throws a jab when Koppia was well out of range.
Vai Crackudo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crackudo misses with a right hand
and Koppia cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Koppia misses with an uppercut. Crackudo saw that one coming.
A little jabbing left from Crackudo on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Crackudo throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Koppia counters with a stiff right hand.

That has opened up Vai Crackudo's cut even more.
Crackudo scores with a jab to the body.
Koppia has been working on his boxing with his coaches at SMASH Training in the buildup to the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crackudo throws an overhand right that lands on Koppia's shoulder, as Koppia tries to avoid the shot.
Crackudo misses with a few strikes there.
Koppia swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Crackudo misses with a left hand
and Koppia counters with a left to the body.
Crackudo misses with a few strikes there.
Crackudo misses with an uppercut
and Koppia cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Crackudo misses with a hook
letting Koppia counter with a right hand.
Crackudo jabs at Koppia's body.
A left lands for Koppia.
Crackudo misses with a right hand
and Koppia counters with a stiff right hand.
Crackudo throws an off balance right hand
and Koppia counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Crackudo thinking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crackudo throws a poor cross that misses
letting Koppia counter with a right hand.
Crackudo throws a left and a right that both miss
and Crackudo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

The cut above Vai Crackudo's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Crackudo works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Sloppy strikes from Crackudo. Those never looked like landing.
Koppia avoids a punch combination nicely.
Koppia drops his hands momentarily and Crackudo takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Koppia steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Crackudo.
Crackudo connects with a right that clearly hurt Koppia. He's backed up against the cage with nowhere to go as Crackudo proceeds to tee off with vicious combinations till Koppia collapses and taps out under the pressure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vai Crackudo!
Vai Crackudo 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.