PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gancho Ganevski (ranked 2714 p4p, 6023 weight class) and Toth Orion (ranked 331 p4p, 560 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Ganevski
vs
Orion

185 cm
20
183
1 - 1 - 1

194 cm
20
195
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gancho Ganevski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Toth Orion!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Ben Hemmingworth and Ron Honeybunn.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Orion throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Ganevski counter with a right hand.

Ganevski gets a clinch.

Ganevski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ganevski misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Orion swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Orion darts in and clinches Ganevski up against the cage.
Ganevski can't find room to land a body shot as Orion controls the action.

Ganevski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Ganevski closes the distance and clinches.
Orion is trying to break the clinch but Ganevski has him pressed against the cage.
Orion is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ganevski trying to stall but Orion improves his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Orion being controlled against the cage.

Ganevski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ganevski tries to clinch but Orion moves out of range.
Ganevski has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Elite Underground Training Facility in the buildup to the fight.
Toth Orion seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ganevski throws a combination. Orion tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Good work by Ganevski as he checks the leg kick.
Ganevski tries to clinch up but Orion circles away and keeps his distance.
Orion throws a hook to the side of Ganevski's head but Ganevski sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Orion has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ganevski misses with a body punch.
Ganevski tries to throw a body punch but Orion avoids it by throwing Ganevski back against the cage.
Ganevski tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Orion just stands there and leans against the cage.
Ganevski misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ganevski misses with a punch to the body.

Ganevski manages to pull guard.
Orion stops Ganevski from standing up.
Orion is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Ganevski is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Orion is controlling him.
Orion lands a couple of digs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orion is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Orion postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Orion avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Orion stops Ganevski from standing up.
Orion is stalling in the full guard.
Orion with a nice head shot there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orion connects with a couple of short punches.
Orion's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Orion lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Orion stands and steps away. Ganevski gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Ganevski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Orion's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ganevski under the eye.
Orion avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ganevski slips under a jab from Orion.
Orion looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Ganevski has managed to clinch.
Ganevski drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ganevski wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Orion has him pressed against the cage.
Ganevski can't find room to land a body shot as Orion controls the action.
Ganevski fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gancho Ganevski. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ganevski misses with a punch to the body.
Orion is trying to break the clinch but Ganevski is controlling him.
Ganevski is trying to pull guard but Orion has him pressed against the cage.
Ganevski prevents Orion from breaking the clinch.
Ganevski misses with a punch to the body.

Ganevski breaks the clinch.
Orion throws an overhand right that lands on Ganevski's shoulder, as Ganevski tries to avoid the shot.
Orion throws a shot from downtown. Ganevski moves away and avoids it.
Ganevski is looking to clinch.
Ganevski is looking to clinch but Orion is avoiding it.
Ganevski avoids the head kick by Orion.
Ganevski tries to close the distance and clinch up but Orion swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Orion misses with a hook.
An attempted straight right counter from Ganevski misses the target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Orion throws a hook but Ganevski avoids it easily.
Orion throws a body shot but no joy.
Orion looks to land a right hand but Ganevski moved out of range.
Orion throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Toth Orion will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Ganevski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Orion paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Orion looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ganevski fails with an attempt to clinch.
A head kick misses from Orion.
Nice jab there from Orion.
Orion ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ganevski moves away.

Ganevski clinches up with Orion and pushes him back against the cage.
Ganevski doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ganevski lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Orion backwards.
Ganevski stalls.
Ganevski tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Ganevski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ganevski tries to clinch up.
Orion throws a hook but Ganevski blocks it.
Ganevski tries to close the distance and clinch up but Orion swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Ganevski clinches up against the cage.
Ganevski misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ganevski struggles to land a body shot inside as Orion controls his hands.
Ganevski misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Orion.
Orion is trying to break free.

Ganevski breaks from the clinch.
Orion throws a leg kick but Ganevski moved away.
Ganevski looks to land a combination but Orion avoids it well.
Ganevski moves in looking to clinch but Orion pushes him off.
Orion keeps the fight on the outside.
Ganevski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Orion fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Orion swats away the attempt to clinch by Ganevski.
Ganevski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Orion throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Ganevski wants to clinch up but Orion keeps it at a distance.
Ganevski is looking to clinch.
Orion misses with a body shot.
Ganevski wants to clinch.
Orion throws a counter combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orion darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Ganevski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Orion paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Orion throws out a loose jab but Ganevski uses good head movement to avoid it.
It looked like Ganevski was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
A head kick misses from Orion.
Ganevski tries to clinch up but Orion circles away and keeps his distance.
Ganevski is looking to clinch but Orion is avoiding it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Orion.
Orion misses with a hook. Ganevski ducked under it nicely.
As Orion looks to move away, Ganevski throws a big counter combo but Orion just gets out of the way.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ganevski fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ganevski tries to clinch there but Orion circles away.
Ganevski throws a right hand that Orion ducks under and follows up with a left that Orion also avoids with ease.
Ganevski tries to clinch there but Orion circles away.
Ganevski wants to clinch.
Ganevski slips under a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orion avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Ganevski clinches up against the cage.
Ganevski has Orion pressed against the cage, preventing Orion from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ganevski looking to slow down the pace here.
Orion effectively controlling the action here.
Ganevski tries to work over Orion's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ganevski tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Orion's elbow.
Ganevski prevents a body shot from Orion.
Ganevski is struggling to control the position.
Ganevski lands a right hand.
Ganevski taking a breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ganevski misses with a hook to the ribs.

Ganevski breaks the clinch.
Ganevski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Orion connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ganevski's hands.
Ganevski tries to clinch up but Orion circles away and keeps his distance.
Orion misses with an uppercut. Ganevski saw that one coming.
Orion throws a lazy head kick
and Ganevski counters with a two punch combo.
Orion misses with a wild combination.
Ganevski misses with a two punch combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A combination from Orion does no damage.
Orion misses with a wild combination.
Orion misses the jab.
Orion looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ganevski tries to clinch there but Orion circles away.
A swing and a miss from Orion.
Ganevski moves in looking to clinch but Orion pushes him off.
Despite the aggression on Orion's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Toth Orion showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Orion misses with a head kick.
Ganevski steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Orion. That one must have hurt.
Ganevski tries to bum rush Orion with a series of wild strikes but Orion uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Orion pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Orion throws a low kick but Ganevski moves out of range easily.
Ganevski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ganevski moves out of range as Orion strikes.
Orion throws a jab but it's blocked by Ganevski.
Ganevski throws a one two combo.
Ganevski wants to clinch.
Ganevski tries to clinch up but Orion circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ganevski fails in his attempt to clinch.
Orion with the counter takedown but Ganevski avoids it easily.
Ganevski misses with a series of wild punches.
Orion scores with the left hand. Ganevski knows he should have avoided that one.
A punch combination from Ganevski misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ganevski tries to close the distance and clinch but Orion swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ganevski is looking to clinch but Orion is avoiding it.
Ganevski fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ganevski fails in his attempt to clinch.

Orion moves into range and clinches up with Ganevski.
Ganevski tries to stall but Orion uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Orion has Ganevski pressed against the cage.

Orion breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Toth Orion seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ganevski fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ganevski ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ganevski wants to clinch up but Orion keeps it at a distance.
Ganevski is looking to clinch.
Nice shot lands for Orion.
Ganevski fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ganevski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Orion paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ganevski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Orion paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ganevski tries to clinch there but Orion circles away.
Ganevski is looking to clinch.
Orion doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Ganevski tries to close the distance and clinch up but Orion swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ganevski moves out of range of the strikes.
Ganevski wants to clinch.
Gancho Ganevski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Orion has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ganevski moves out of range of the strikes.
Ganevski doesn't manage to clinch there - Orion circles away.
A swing and a miss from Orion.
Ganevski wants to clinch up but Orion keeps it at a distance.

Orion clinches up with Ganevski and pushes him back against the cage.

Ganevski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Orion throws an overhand right that lands on Ganevski's shoulder, as Ganevski tries to avoid the shot.
Ganevski tries to clinch but Orion is having none of it.
Ganevski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Orion throws the left hand but Ganevski avoids the punch easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ganevski fails in his attempt to clinch.
Orion feints the counter takedown.
Ganevski tries to clinch up but Orion circles away and keeps his distance.
Ganevski tries to clinch but Orion is having none of it.
Ganevski tries to clinch but Orion moves out of range.
Orion circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ganevski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ganevski is looking to clinch but Orion is avoiding it.
Ganevski tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Orion manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ganevski connects with a nice looking jab.
Ganevski tries to close the distance and clinch but Orion swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Orion throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ganevski sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ganevski takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Orion throws the left hand but Ganevski avoids the punch easily.
Ganevski fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ganevski takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Orion scores with a hook.

Ganevski is rocked!
A nice inside leg kick there by Orion. That's going to slow Ganevski down.
Oh Ganevski is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Orion is stalking Ganevski. Ganevski circles to his left. Keeps circling left. Bam! Straight right from Orion, and it's lights out! Ganevski really payed the price for that rookie mistake.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Toth Orion!