PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cleon Wright (ranked 1909 p4p, 1338 weight class) and Alphonzo Mirage (ranked 241 p4p, 176 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Wright
vs
Mirage

195 cm
44
209
35 - 22 - 0

191 cm
39
212
32 - 21 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Heavy handed

SMESH Nutrition 160Q
Carnage Clothing

Conviction

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 35 - 22 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Cleon Wright!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alphonzo Mirage!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Shimada and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mirage scores with a punch to the head.

It looks like Cleon Wright has been cut.
Mirage swings widly with a right hand
and Wright counters with a right hand to the body.
Wright turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Mirage misses the jab.
Mirage works Wright's body with a nice hook.
Mirage swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mirage slips under a jab from Wright.
Mirage on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Mirage looks to land a body kick but Wright moved away.
Wright appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Wright swings for the body but Mirage moves out of range.
Mirage turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Mirage lands a nice shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mirage is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wright.
Mirage lands with a right hand.
Danga de danga de dang - Wright scores with a four punch combination!
Wright misses with an uppercut.
Mirage misses with a right hand
and Wright counters with a low kick, right behind Mirage 's knee.
Mirage takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mirage moves away from the strike by Wright.
Wright on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright lands with a good body shot.
Mirage keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Mirage swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mirage throws a wild body kick that Wright sees coming a mile off.
Wright tries a low kick but Mirage avoids it.
Mirage swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Mirage keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Wright scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mirage doesn't seem bothered though.
Mirage lands a really nice looking cross but Wright seems unphased.
Wright takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wright misses with a low kick.
Wright lands a jab.
Mirage misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mirage throws a body shot but no joy.
Mirage looks to land a right hand but Wright moved out of range.
Wright changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Mirage keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Mirage uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Wright has time to react.

Cleon Wright's cut is getting worse.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mirage scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Wright doesn't seem bothered though.
Wright throws a low kick but Mirage moves out of range easily.
Mirage misses with a straight right.
Mirage scores with a jab to the jaw.
Wright slips a straight right by Mirage.
Wright keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mirage.
Mirage with a nice cross.
Wright walks into a stiff left hand from Mirage.

Cleon Wright's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Wright tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Mirage defends well and Wright ends up having to push Mirage into the ropes where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Mirage works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Wright working aggressively here.
Wright swings wildly with an uppercut but Mirage uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wright misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mirage prevents a body shot from Wright.
Mirage blocking some punches.
Mirage lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mirage lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mirage misses with a body punch.
Wright tries to work over Mirage's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wright tries a body shot but Mirage blocks it.
Mirage struggles to land a body shot inside as Wright controls his hands.
Mirage scores with a hook to the body.
Wright working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mirage struggles to land a body shot inside as Wright controls his hands.
Wright misses with a punch to the body.
Wright lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mirage misses with a body punch.
Mirage makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wright misses with a punch to the body.
Wright misses with the head strike.
Mirage gets through Wright's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mirage is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Wright is keeping busy.
Mirage lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Still in the clinch, Mirage scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mirage is trying to stall.
Mirage's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mirage lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Wright or not.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mirage lands a right hand that snaps the head of Wright backwards.
Wright throws a head punch that misses.
Wright throws a head punch that misses.
Wright lands a shot to the body.
Mirage fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wright lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nice body punch from Mirage - that landed with a thud.
Wright is breathing heavily.
Mirage lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mirage lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mirage struggles to land a body shot inside as Wright controls his hands.
Mirage throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Wrights head.
Mirage lands with a right to the head.
A short right from Mirage.
Mirage lands a right hand that snaps the head of Wright backwards.
Wright tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch on the inside from Wright fails to land.

Mirage's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mirage throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wright looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Mirage scores with a kick to the midsection.
Wright tries to move into range but Mirage moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Alphonzo Mirage dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cleon Wright's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Mirage throws the kick towards the body but Wright avoids it.
Wright misses with a wild body shot.
A leg kick checked by Mirage.
Wright takes a swing at Mirage's ribcage but misses.
Mirage blocks a head kick by Wright.
Mirage cracks a nice hook into Wright's ribs.
Mirage scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Alphonzo Mirage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Mirage cracks Wright with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Mirage has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Wright to stand back up!

Wright 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 moves out of range of the body kick from Wright.

Mirage drops Wright with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Wright looks back up at him and smiles so Mirage waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Oh Wright is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Jeez, Cleon Wright's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Mirage chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Wright is aggressively charging in as Mirage backs up avoiding any damage. Mirage tosses out a jab and Wright runs right into it face first! Wright is out cold! Mirage dropped down on all fours and is barking in Wright's face like a pit bull in celebration until the ref was finally able to pull him away!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Alphonzo Mirage!
An out of breath Alphonzo Mirage thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.