PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tapio Valo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stephen Lesley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tapio Valo has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Valo
vs
Lesley

187 cm
25
190 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

187 cm
25
190 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tapio Valo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Stephen Lesley!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Santiago Holmes and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valo has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Valo there as he acknowledges the shot.
Lesley has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Valo throws a body shot but no joy.
Valo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Valo misses with a looping right.
Valo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lesley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lesley looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Valo tries to clinch but Lesley moves out of range.
Lesley is looking to slow Valo down with leg kicks.

Lesley gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Valo is trying to stall.
Lesley scores with a shot to the side of Valo's head.
Lesley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Valo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lesley backwards.
Valo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A bit of stalling here from Valo.
Lesley tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Valo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Valo swings wildly with an uppercut but Lesley uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Valo lands an uppercut.
Lesley blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesley scores with a shot to the side of Valo's head.
Lesley misses with the head strike.
Lesley tries to throw a body punch but Valo avoids it by throwing Lesley back against the cage.
Lesley lands with a left to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lesley.
Lesley controlling the action here for a moment.
Valo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lesley.
Lesley lands a hook to the side of the head.
Valo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Valo blocks an uppercut.
Lesley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lesley pushes Valo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Valo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lesley tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lesley goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Valo is trying to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lesley working aggressively here.
Lesley misses with a punch on the inside.
Lesley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Valo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lesley being controlled against the cage.
Lesley lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Stalling in the clinch from Lesley.
Valo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lesley is leaning against Valo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Lesley fails to land.
Valo definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Valo working aggressively here.
Lesley looking to slow down the pace here.
A shot in the inside from Valo.
Lesley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Valo's elbow.
Valo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lesley backwards.
Lesley lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lesley digs a right hand underneath Valo's ribcage. Valo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Valo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Valo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lesley blocks a low kick nicely.
Valo scores with a sloppy right hand. Lesley should have avoided that one.

Lesley rushes Valo and presses him up against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Lesley.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A hook to the body from Lesley.
Stalling in the clinch from Valo.
A short body shot lands from Valo as the two fighters clinch.

Lesley breaks the clinch.
Lesley doesn't manage to clinch there - Valo circles away.
Tapio Valo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lesley avoids the body shot from Valo.
Lesley slips under a jab from Valo.
Valo blocks a head kick by Lesley.
Nice uppercut lands for Lesley. That snapped Valo's head back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valo connects with a looping right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lesley closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Lesley is rocked!
Valo lands an uppercut, right on the button! Lesley tumbles backwards into the cage, staring vacantly into space! He's got no idea where he is, who he is or what day it is... Poor guy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tapio Valo!
Tapio Valo retains his middleweight title!
Our winner, Tapio Valo, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.