PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Slevin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iivana Jalo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Slevin comes to the cage accompanied by Metallica - Enter Sandman. Jalo has chosen Aino Venna - Waltz to Paris as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Slevin
vs
Jalo

200 cm
31
275 lbs
14 - 3 - 0

203 cm
30
251 lbs
28 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Mohito Fightwear
Tokyo United Fightwear

KAISER
Pitt Nutrition 160Q@$149

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tony Slevin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Iivana Jalo!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Phil Schofield and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slevin misses with a hook.
Slevin misses the shot to the body.
Slevin looks to score with a jab to the body but Jalo is just out of range.
Jalo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Slevin is looking to counter punch.
Jalo scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Slevin doesn't seem bothered though.
Jalo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jalo swings for the body but Slevin moves out of range.
Slevin staying out of range there.
Slevin looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Slevin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jalo moves away.
Iivana Jalo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jalo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Slevin moves away.
Slevin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jalo.
Slevin takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Slevin throws a good cross that connects.
Jalo throws a body punch but Slevin moves out of range.
Jalo just misses with a punch to the body.
Jalo cracks Slevin with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Slevin throws an overhand right that lands on Jalo's shoulder, as Jalo tries to avoid the shot.
Slevin looks to land a right hand but Jalo moved out of range.
Slevin walks into a stiff left hand from Jalo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jalo misses with a jab to the body
and Slevin makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Jalo really felt that one!
Jalo takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jalo lands a jab to Slevin's midsection.
Slevin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Slevin throws a right and a left that Jalo avoids nicely.
Jalo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Slevin.
Jalo is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Slevin rather than just go for the knockout.
Slevin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jalo manages to avoid it.
Slevin walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Jalo moves forwards but Slevin connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Slevin scores with a jab to the head.
Jalo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Slevin.
Jalo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Slevin manages to avoid it.
Slevin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jalo takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Jalo throws a jab when Slevin was well out of range.
Slevin connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slevin looks to throw the jab but Jalo is out of range.
Jalo fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Slevin is looking to chop away at Jalo's legs.
Slevin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jalo.
Jalo throws a body punch but Slevin moves out of range.
Jalo throws a good cross that connects.
Jalo lunges at Slevin with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Slevin's hand.
Jalo gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Jalo throws a big shot that misses.
Jalo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Slevin manages to avoid it.
Slevin misses with a wild body shot.
Jalo takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Jalo lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jalo on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Slevin misses with a head kick.
Jalo gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Slevin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jalo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jalo slips under a jab from Slevin.
Jalo swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Slevin swings away with a body shot that misses
and Jalo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jalo throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Slevin on the side of the head.
Slevin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jalo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Slevin.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jalo! But no joy.
Jalo scores with the left hand. Slevin knows he should have avoided that one.
Slevin swings for the body but Jalo moves out of range.
Jalo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Slevin avoids the body shot from Jalo.
Jalo scores with a jab. Slevin acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Slevin swings for the body but Jalo moves out of range.
Jalo moves out of range as Slevin throws a body kick.

Slevin has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Slevin lands an elbow that stopped Jalo in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Iivana Jalo has been cut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jalo.
Jalo blocks an elbow strike from Slevin.
Jalo misses with some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jalo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jalo takes an elbow to the temple.
Slevin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jalo lands a left hand.
Slevin tries to throw a body punch but Jalo avoids it by throwing Slevin back against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Slevin throws an elbow but misses.
Slevin misses with a body punch.
Jalo blocks the elbow strike.
Slevin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Slevin misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice left hand lands by Jalo.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Slevin.
A shot in the inside from Jalo.
Jalo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Slevin up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Iivana Jalo will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Iivana Jalo's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Slevin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jalo was well out of range. Poor timing from Slevin.
An inside leg kick lands from Slevin.
Jalo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Slevin.
Jalo looks to land a right hand but Slevin moved out of range.
Slevin is looking to counter punch.
Jalo walks into a left hand.
Slevin lands a nice looking body kick.
Slevin moves away from the strike by Jalo.
Some bone on bone action there as Jalo checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Jalo paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Jalo has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Jalo misses with a wild body shot.
Jalo scores with a spinning back kick!
Jalo throws a head kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Slevin feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jalo's calf.
Jalo misses with a hook. Slevin ducked under it nicely.
Slevin digs a good hook to Jalo's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Slevin closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Slevin lands with a right to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jalo blocks the elbow strike.
Jalo avoids the elbow strike from Slevin, against the cage.
Jalo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Slevin backwards.
Slevin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jalo misses with a punch on the inside.
Slevin can't find room to land a body shot as Jalo controls the action.
Slevin digs a right hand underneath Jalo's ribcage. Jalo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jalo is breathing heavily.
Jalo misses with some punches.
Slevin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jalo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Slevin's elbow.
Slevin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Slevin prevents a body shot from Jalo.
Slevin is working Jalo over against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Slevin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Slevin lands an elbow that stopped Jalo in his tracks for a moment.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Slevin throws an elbow but it misses.
Jalo can't find room to land a body shot as Slevin controls the action.
Jalo misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slevin misses with a punch to the body.
Slevin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Slevin prevents a body shot from Jalo.
Slevin lands an elbow just above Jalo 's eye.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Jalo in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Slevin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Slevin lands an elbow inside that Jalo shrugs off.
Nice elbow from Slevin.
Jalo blocks the elbow strike.
Slevin can't find room to land a body shot as Jalo controls the action.
Slevin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Slevin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jalo avoids a wild elbow strike from Slevin.
Slevin can't find room to land a body shot as Jalo controls the action.
Slevin blocking some punches.
Jalo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Slevin pushes off an throws an elbow but Jalo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jalo tries to break free but Slevin pushes him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slevin throws an elbow but it misses.
Jalo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Slevin misses with a punch to the body.
Jalo trying to stall but Slevin improves his position.
Slevin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jalo's defenses.
Jalo lands a left hand.
Jalo blocks the elbow strike.
Jalo blocks an elbow strike.
Slevin throws an elbow but it misses.
Jalo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Slevin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jalo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jalo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Slevin throws a punch but it's blocked by Jalo.
Slevin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jalo backwards.
Jalo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jalo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Slevin throws an elbow but it misses.
Tony Slevin has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slevin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Slevin cracks Jalo with a nice body shot.
Slevin pushes Jalo back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Slevin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Slevin lands an elbow inside that Jalo shrugs off.
Slevin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That has opened up Iivana Jalo's cut even more.
Slevin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Slevin presses Jalo against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Slevin lands with a right to the head.
Slevin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Slevin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Slevin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jalo struggles to land a body shot inside as Slevin controls his hands.
Slevin lands an elbow inside.
Slevin pushes Jalo back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Jalo blocks an elbow strike from Slevin.
Jalo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Slevin backwards.
Slevin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Slevin dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Iivana Jalo's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Slevin misses with a body shot.
Jalo swats away the attempt to clinch by Slevin.
Jalo swings for the body but Slevin moves out of range.
Slevin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jalo.
Jalo scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Jalo takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jalo punishes Slevin's body with a nice straight punch.
Slevin throws a front kick aimed at Jalo's knee but Jalo avoids it well.

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

Jalo 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!
Slevin darts in and lands a big hook, right on the button! Jalo's legs crumble underneath him as he falls to the canvas! The ref tackles Slevin before he gets to land any more shots to his stricken foe.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tony Slevin!
A relieved looking Tony Slevin thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.