PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Slade Wilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexy Innokenti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Innokenti has chosen Russian National Anthem as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Wilson
vs
Innokenti

189 cm
19
214 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

189 cm
19
205 lbs
1 - 2 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Heavy handed

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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Slade Wilson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Alexy Innokenti!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Hirohito Nitta and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Innokenti walks into a stiff left hand from Wilson.

It looks like Alexy Innokenti has been cut.
Innokenti tries a head kick but it misses.
Wilson is looking to counter the offense by Innokenti and move into the clinch.
Innokenti throws a good cross that connects.
Innokenti slips a jab from Wilson.
Innokenti loads up on a big right hand but Wilson slips the punch.
We've been told by Wilson's head coaches at Tōshi that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Wilson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Innokenti.
Wilson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Wilson throws a body shot but no joy.
Innokenti let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Innokenti rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Wilson to counter with a crisp jab.
Wilson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Innokenti manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wilson lands with a hook. Innokenti tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nice uppercut lands for Innokenti. That snapped Wilson's head back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Innokenti throws a right hand that misses
and Wilson counters with a straight right hand.
Innokenti tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wilson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A big left from Wilson misses.
Good standup being displayed there by Wilson as he connects with a hook.
Innokenti scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Innokenti thows a left - swing and a miss!
Innokenti feints and then cracks Wilson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Wilson down.
Innokenti lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Innokenti fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Wilson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Innokenti thows a left - swing and a miss!
Innokenti uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A jab from Wilson misses.
Jab from Wilson.
Wilson lands a nice shot that snaps Innokenti's head back.
Innokenti scores with a sloppy right hand. Wilson should have avoided that one.
Innokenti throws a body punch but Wilson moves out of range.
Wilson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Innokenti lands a lovely overhand right.

Innokenti moves into the clinch.
Innokenti misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Innokenti.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wilson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wilson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Innokenti blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Wilson.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Innokenti.
Wilson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Innokenti blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wilson misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilson swings wildly with an uppercut but Innokenti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Innokenti misses with the head strike.
Innokenti doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Innokenti throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Innokenti swings wildly with an uppercut but Wilson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Innokenti tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wilson's elbow.
A hook to the body from Wilson.
Wilson lands with a short shot to the head.
Wilson scores with a shot to the side of Innokenti's head.
Innokenti blocks an uppercut.
Wilson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wilson.
A shot in the inside from Wilson.
Innokenti doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wilson blocks an uppercut.
Innokenti has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Wilson seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Innokenti can turn it around.
Innokenti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Innokenti blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Innokenti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Innokenti throws a punch but it's blocked by Wilson.
Innokenti blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wilson blocking some punches.
Still in the clinch, Wilson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wilson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Innokenti misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Innokenti.
Wilson lands a left hand.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wilson.
Innokenti goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wilson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wilson blocking some punches.
Innokenti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wilson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Innokenti tries to work over Wilson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wilson working aggressively here.
Innokenti blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wilson.
Innokenti is leaning against Wilson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Innokenti misses with a punch on the inside.
Innokenti swings wildly with an uppercut but Wilson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Innokenti blocks an uppercut.
Innokenti scores with a shoulder strike.
Wilson misses with some punches.
Wilson blocks an uppercut.
Wilson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Innokenti misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wilson blocking some punches.
Wilson misses with the head strike.
Wilson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Innokenti is keeping busy.
Innokenti's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Innokenti blocking some punches.
Wilson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Innokenti blocks an uppercut.
Innokenti blocks an uppercut.
Innokenti scores with a shot to the side of Wilson's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Slade Wilson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alexy Innokenti's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Innokenti clinches up against the cage.
Innokenti misses with a hook from the clinch.
Slade Wilson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Innokenti creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wilson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wilson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Innokenti.
Innokenti misses with a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Wilson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wilson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wilson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Innokenti.
Wilson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Innokenti has him pressed against the cage.
Innokenti can't find room to land a body shot as Wilson controls the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Innokenti working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wilson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Innokenti's elbow.
Innokenti blocking some punches.
Innokenti lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Wilson is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice body punch from Innokenti - that landed with a thud.
Oh Wilson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Innokenti blocks an uppercut.
Innokenti lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Wilson to his knees! Innokenti keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexy Innokenti!
In his post fight interview, Alexy Innokenti started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.