PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Egidijus Valavicius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Blow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Egidijus Valavicius has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Valavicius
vs
Blow

185 cm
18
186 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Excellent MT
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Egidijus Valavicius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joe Blow!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Trevor Gratis and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blow misses with a two punch combination.
Blow throws a right and a left that both miss.
Blow has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Valavicius is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Joe Blow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blow throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Valavicius throws a nice inside leg kick.
Valavicius stuffs the takedown.
Blow moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
No luck for Blow with that takedown attempt.
Valavicius looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Valavicius paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Valavicius checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Valavicius looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Blow moves in looking to clinch but Valavicius pushes him off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valavicius swings for the body but Blow moves out of range.
Blow throws a leg kick that misses.
Blow tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
We've been told by Valavicius's head coaches at Slaughterhouse MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Valavicius scoring well with a low kick there.
Blow tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Valavicius paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Valavicius takes a kick to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valavicius scoring well with a low kick there.
Valavicius misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Valavicius blocks a leg kick.
Blow throws a chopping leg kick but Valavicius manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Blow throws a low kick but Valavicius avoids it.
Valavicius blocks a leg kick.
Valavicius throws a big counter combination but Blow scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Blow swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Blow misses with a low kick.
Blow throws a sloppy head kick
and Valavicius counters with a body kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Valavicius.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Blow lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Valavicius has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Valavicius and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Blow is looking to score with low kicks.
Blow tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A combination from Valavicius does no damage.
Blow looks to land a left hand but Valavicius moved out of range nicely.
Valavicius scores with a head kick. Blow tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

Blow is rocked!
Blow pivots, looking for a leg kick but Valavicius is out of range and Blow settles back down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blow ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Valavicius moves away.
Valavicius throws a nice outside leg kick.
Blow lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Valavicius keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Valavicius looks to land a body kick but Blow moved away.
Valavicius lands with a nice body kick.
Valavicius thuds his shin into the meat of Blow's side.
Blow on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Valavicius looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Valavicius scores with a sloppy right hand. Blow should have avoided that one.
Valavicius checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Valavicius fakes the leg kick and cracks Blow in the body.
Valavicius lands a leg kick that knocks Blow off balance momentarily.
A head kick misses from Valavicius.
Blow misses with a low kick.
Blow goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Valavicius is looking for a counter combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Blow is predictable there
and Valavicius connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Blow is still on wobbly legs! Can Valavicius finish him?
Valavicius lands with a thumping leg kick.
Egidijus Valavicius is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Blow misses with a low kick as Valavicius jumps back.
Blow tries to land a leg kick but Valavicius saw it coming and moves away.
Blow seems to have recovered his senses.
Blow throws a head kick that misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Valavicius. That's going to slow Blow down.
Good work by Valavicius as he checks the leg kick.
Valavicius throws a push kick but Blow slaps the foot to one side.

Valavicius gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Blow stops Valavicius from standing up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Blow accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Blow wants to pass the guard but Valavicius is keeping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blow controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Blow is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Blow looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Egidijus Valavicius dominated that round.
That's time! Valavicius's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Valavicius takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Valavicius scores with a nice body kick.
Egidijus Valavicius is winning the standup battle so far.
Valavicius throws a half hearted mid kick.
A little jabbing left from Blow on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Blow misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Valavicius is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Blow can do to turn this around?
Blow misses with a lunging right hand
and Valavicius connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Valavicius is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Valavicius drops Blow with a naaaaasty hook - Blow is in real trouble here! Valavicius dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Egidijus Valavicius!
A relieved looking Egidijus Valavicius thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.