PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Giuseppe Maldini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gun Slinga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maldini comes into the arena with Just one cornetto blaring out of the sound system. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Maldini
vs
Slinga

210 cm
33
275 lbs
26 - 17 - 1

194 cm
36
256 lbs
44 - 23 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 17 - 1, fighting out of London, Giuseppe Maldini!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 44 - 23 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gun Slinga!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Stewart Dunkirk and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Slinga closes the distance and clinches.

Maldini breaks the clinch.

Slinga forces Maldini back against the cage and clinches.
Maldini swings wildly with an uppercut but Slinga uses good head movement to avoid it.
Slinga working aggressively here.
Slinga fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Maldini prevents a body shot from Slinga.
Maldini is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Slinga swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Slinga lands an uppercut.
Maldini working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right from Slinga on the inside.
Maldini tries to throw a body punch but Slinga avoids it by throwing Maldini back against the cage.
Slinga lands a right hand that snaps the head of Maldini backwards.
Maldini lands a body punch.
Maldini is trying to break the clinch but Slinga has him pressed against the cage.
Slinga throws a head punch that misses.
Slinga lands a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maldini tries to work over Slinga's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Slinga has a couple of punches blocked by Maldini.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Slinga on the inside.
Slinga tries a body shot but Maldini blocks it.
Maldini is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Maldini working aggressively here.
Slinga works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Maldini misses with a hook from the clinch.
Maldini throws a punch but it's blocked by Slinga.

Maldini breaks the clinch.
Slinga throws a good cross that connects.
Slinga moves out of range of the body kick from Maldini.
Maldini fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Slinga tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Maldini manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Maldini is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Slinga.
Slinga with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Slinga slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Slinga thuds his shin into the meat of Maldini's side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slinga scores with a crisp jab that stopped Maldini in his tracks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Slinga with a jab.
Slinga fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Maldini looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Maldini tries to clinch
and Slinga counters with a leg kick.
Slinga tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Maldini manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Slinga lands a high kick!
Slinga tries to land a front kick but Maldini steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Maldini swings for the body but Slinga moves out of range.
Maldini misses with a jab, cross combination.
Slinga lands with a straight right. Maldini didn't see that one coming.
Slinga lands with a nice body kick.
Maldini wants to slow Slinga down by chopping away at his legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slinga scores with a hook.
Maldini throws a right hand that misses
and Slinga connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Slinga scores with a shot to the body.
Maldini blocks the body kick.
Maldini takes a kick to the side of the head.
Maldini lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Slinga circles away quickly and effectively.
Maldini swings for the body but Slinga moves out of range.
Slinga scores with a punch to the head.
Slinga swings for the body but Maldini moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Maldini.
Maldini was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Maldini lands a front kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slinga misses with a right hand

and Maldini counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Maldini.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maldini misses with a body punch.
Slinga lands a body shot in the clinch.
Slinga swings wildly with an uppercut but Maldini uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maldini lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Slinga backwards.

It looks like Gun Slinga has been cut.
Slinga stalling the fight.
Slinga blocks a body shot from Maldini.
Slinga goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Maldini can't find room to land a body shot as Slinga controls the action.
Maldini tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Slinga's elbow.
Slinga misses with a hook from the clinch.
Slinga struggles to land a body shot inside as Maldini controls his hands.
Maldini tries to throw a body punch but Slinga avoids it by throwing Maldini back against the cage.
Maldini can't find room to land a body shot as Slinga controls the action.
Maldini tries a body shot but Slinga blocks it.
Slinga working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Slinga lands a body punch.
Maldini misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gun Slinga dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gun Slinga's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Nice defenses there by Maldini.
Slinga throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Slinga scores with a body shot.
Maldini avoids the body shot from Slinga.
Slinga throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Slinga takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Maldini misses with a low kick.
Maldini avoids a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Slinga moves out of range of the strikes.
Slinga throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Maldini half committed to a counter leg kick.
Slinga moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Maldini takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slinga throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Slinga lands a nice looking kick to the body. Maldini takes a step back to recover.
Slinga lands with a good body shot.
Slinga misses with an uppercut.
Gun Slinga seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Slinga scores with a jab to the body.
Maldini lands a nice looking body shot.
Slinga cracks Maldini with a right hand to the side of the head.
Slinga throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Maldini looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Slinga scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Slinga has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Slinga throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slinga swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Maldini is looking to counter punch.
Maldini misses with a few strikes there.
Slinga 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.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Slinga misses with a body shot.
Slinga goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
It looked like Maldini wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Gun Slinga seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick misses from Slinga.
Slinga thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Maldini if he has to take too many more of those.
Slinga tries to clinch up.
Slinga throws a front kick aimed at Maldini's knee but Maldini avoids it well.
Slinga throws a sloppy head kick and Maldini moves out of range easily.
Maldini tries to counter by clinching up but Slinga breaks away and moves out of range.
Slinga connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Maldini misses with a looping left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slinga avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice straight punches there by Slinga. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Slinga.
Slinga wants to clinch up but Maldini keeps it at a distance.
Maldini moves out of range of the body kick from Slinga.
Slinga lands a head kick. Maldini smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Maldini on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Slinga lands with a shot to the body.
Slinga throws a body punch but Maldini moves out of range.

Slinga closes the distance and clinches.
Maldini lands a shot to the body.
Slinga blocks a body shot from Maldini.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Maldini pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Slinga's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Maldini connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Slinga scrambles back to his feet.
Slinga throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Maldini.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd cheers as Maldini lands an impressive looking overhand right. Slinga doesn't seem phased though.

Slinga closes the distance and clinches.
Slinga misses with a hook to the ribs.

Maldini's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Slinga fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Slinga misses with a kick to the body
and Maldini counters with a slapping leg kick.
Slinga misses with a kick to the body.
Slinga pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Maldini misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Slinga.
Slinga appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gun Slinga showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Gun Slinga's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Maldini throws a low kick but it's checked well by Slinga.
Nice body punch from Slinga.
Slinga is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Slinga looks to land a combination but Maldini avoids it well.
Slinga keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Maldini misses the shot to the body.

Maldini drives through and clinches with Slinga against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Slinga misses with a punch to the body.
Maldini doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Slinga throws a punch but it's blocked by Maldini.
Nice body punch from Maldini.
Slinga takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Maldini makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Maldini working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slinga swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Slinga lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Maldini misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Maldini.
A right hand to the body from Slinga.
A short left from Slinga.
Maldini swings wildly with an uppercut but Slinga uses good head movement to avoid it.
Slinga misses with a hook from the clinch.
Slinga misses with a body punch.
Slinga lands a hook that snaps the head of Maldini backwards.
Slinga lands a hook to the side of the head.
Slinga misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Good body shot from Slinga.
Slinga presses Maldini against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Slinga creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Slinga - that landed with a thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slinga lands an uppercut.
Slinga throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Slinga lands a right hand that snaps the head of Maldini backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Slinga working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Slinga takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Maldini will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Slinga misses with a punch to the body.
Slinga lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Maldini backwards.
Maldini tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Slinga's elbow.
Maldini takes a shot to the head.
Slinga leaning his opponent against the cage.
Maldini misses with some punches.
Slinga lands a shoulder strike.
Slinga lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right from Slinga.
Slinga is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Maldini is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slinga misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Slinga.
Slinga lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Maldini is trying to break free.
Slinga lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Maldini has a couple of punches blocked by Slinga.
Slinga prevents Maldini from breaking the clinch.
Slinga doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Slinga goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Slinga misses with a punch to the body.
Gun Slinga seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Maldini misses with a hook from the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Maldini.

Maldini pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Slinga swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Maldini throws a right hand that Slinga ducks under and follows up with a left that Slinga also avoids with ease.

Slinga clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slinga swings wildly with an uppercut but Maldini uses good head movement to avoid it.
Slinga blocks a body shot from Maldini.
Maldini lands with a right to the head.
Maldini misses with a body punch.
Maldini tries to break free but Slinga pushes him back against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Maldini.
Maldini doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Maldini takes a shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maldini misses with a hook to the ribs.
Slinga taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Maldini's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A slapping body kick lands there for Slinga.
Slinga plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Maldini with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Slinga to score with a decent uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gun Slinga really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gun Slinga's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Slinga walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Maldini checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Maldini looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Slinga lands a body shot.

Maldini clinches with his opponent.
Slinga blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Slinga lands a hook to the side of the head.
Slinga working aggressively here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Maldini as Slinga tries to tie him up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Maldini.
Maldini is looking to control Slinga's arms but Slinga gets an underhook and turns him. Now Maldini has his back to the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Slinga pressing his opponent against the cage.
Maldini misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Slinga misses with the head strike.
Slinga tries to work over Maldini's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slinga takes a shot to the head.
Maldini wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Maldini tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Maldini lands a right hand that snaps the head of Slinga backwards.
Slinga lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Maldini or not.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Slinga.
Maldini can't find room to land a body shot as Slinga controls the action.
Maldini tries to throw a body punch but Slinga avoids it by throwing Maldini back against the cage.
Maldini prevents a body shot from Slinga.
Maldini struggles to land a body shot inside as Slinga controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Slinga.
Maldini tries to throw a body punch but Slinga avoids it by throwing Maldini back against the cage.
Slinga misses with a short punch on the inside.
Slinga trying to control the position but instead, Maldini has worked for underhooks and has pushed Slinga into the cage.
A short body shot lands from Maldini as the two fighters clinch.
Slinga is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Maldini tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slinga displaying some good clinch control by pressing Maldini up against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Slinga misses with a short punch on the inside.
Slinga misses with a body punch.
Slinga works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Slinga throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Maldinis head.
Maldini tries a body shot but Slinga blocks it.
Maldini misses with a short punch on the inside.
Maldini tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Slinga blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Maldini on the inside.
Maldini working aggressively here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maldini's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Slinga lands a nice shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Slinga.
Slinga trying to control the position but instead, Maldini has worked for underhooks and has pushed Slinga into the cage.
Maldini working aggressively here.
Slinga makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Slinga misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Slinga.
Nice body punch from Maldini.
Slinga can't find room to land a body shot as Maldini controls the action.
A right hook to the body lands for Maldini.

Maldini pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A swing and a miss from Slinga.
The fight stays on the outside here - Maldini looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maldini uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Slinga.
Slinga fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Maldini manages to avoid it.
Slinga moves to clinch but Maldini breaks away
letting Maldini counter with a right hand.
Slinga lands a slapping body shot.
Slinga throws the kick towards the body but Maldini avoids it.
As Slinga backs away, Maldini returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Maldini swings for the body but Slinga moves out of range.
Maldini missing with a left hand there. Slinga was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A nice side step and Slinga releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Slinga checks the leg kick nicely there.
Slinga is looking to slow Maldini down with leg kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Gun Slinga will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Gun Slinga's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Slinga misses with a left hand
and Maldini counters with a slapping leg kick.
Maldini lands with a right hand.
Slinga thows a left - swing and a miss!
An attempted straight right counter from Maldini misses the target.
Maldini takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Maldini takes one on the button.
Maldini jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Maldini instigates a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Slinga misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Maldini lands a body punch.
Slinga goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Maldini fails to land.
A short uppercut from Maldini.
Maldini goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maldini tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Maldini breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Maldini ducks under a wild hook from Slinga.
Slinga throws a push kick but Maldini slaps the foot to one side.
It looked like Maldini was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Slinga.
The fight stays on the outside here - Slinga looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Maldini throws a low kick but it's checked well by Slinga.
A slapping leg kick lands for Slinga.
Slinga tries a head kick but it misses.
Maldini looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Slinga connects with a body shot.
Slinga throws a half hearted mid kick.
Slinga keeps Maldini at a distance using the push kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slinga avoids the body shot from Maldini.
It's a brutal combination of punches from Maldini! Slinga is backing up but he can't get away as Maldini lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Slinga and ends the fight. Great knockout.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Giuseppe Maldini!
Giuseppe Maldini is the new super heavyweight champion!
After winning the bout, Giuseppe Maldini thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.