PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tomas Blanca (ranked 5317 p4p, 494 weight class) and Vlade Shieko (ranked 5085 p4p, 488 weight class). Tomas Blanca had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 158.0lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Vlade Shieko will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Blanca
vs
Shieko

164 cm
25
169 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

176 cm
20
160 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tomas Blanca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vlade Shieko!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Atkins and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blanca swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Blanca ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A nice combination there by Shieko.

Blanca gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Blanca pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Blanca clinches.
Blanca swings wildly with an uppercut but Shieko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shieko looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Shieko breaks from the clinch.
Blanca swings for the body but Shieko moves out of range.
A left and a right from Blanca both land. Nice combination.
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!
Nice body punch from Blanca.
Blanca slips a jab and a cross from Shieko.
Blanca scores with a jab. Shieko acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Shieko shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Blanca has taken the fight to the clinch.

Blanca's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shieko ducks under a wild hook from Blanca.
A jab from Shieko finds it's way through Blanca's defenses.
Blanca throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blanca fails with an attempt to clinch.
A little jabbing left from Shieko on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Blanca swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Shieko lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Shieko misses with a kick to the body.
Blanca fails with an attempt to clinch.
Shieko misses with a few strikes there.
Shieko ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Blanca throws a shot from downtown. Shieko moves away and avoids it.
Blanca misses the shot to the body.

Shieko tries to keep at a distance but Blanca has taken the fight into the clinch.

Blanca's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Shieko bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blanca fails to land with a series of punches.
Shieko slips under a jab.
Blanca tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Shieko manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Shieko breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tomas Blanca seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shieko throws a series of punches but Blanca moves out of range.
Blanca throws a jab but it's blocked by Shieko.
Shieko is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Blanca looks to throw the jab but Shieko is out of range.
Shieko showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Blanca.
Shieko swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The fight stays on the outside here - Blanca looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Blanca with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blanca scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Blanca scores with a body shot.
A combination from Shieko does no damage.

Blanca takes the fight into the clinch.

Blanca manages to break the clinch.
Blanca throws out a loose jab but Shieko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blanca fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
As Blanca backs off Shieko throws a huge counter combo but Blanca manages to avoid it all.
Blanca misses with a wild body shot.
Shieko throws a lazy head kick
and Blanca counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Blanca slips a jab and a cross from Shieko.
Shieko cracks a nice hook into Blanca's ribs.
Shieko scores with the left hand. Blanca knows he should have avoided that one.
Shieko keeps the fight on the outside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blanca jabs at Shieko's body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blanca misses with a body shot.
Shieko misses with a few strikes there.
Blanca lands a nice looking body shot.
Blanca tries to clinch but Shieko moves away
and Shieko cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Blanca stuns Shieko with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Shieko swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
As Shieko looks to move away, Blanca throws a big counter combo but Shieko just gets out of the way.
Shieko throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Blanca on the side of the head.
Blanca tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Shieko counters with a stiff right hand.
Blanca lands a slapping body shot.
Shieko lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blanca. Shieko does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shieko throws out a counter right but Blanca avoids it with no problem.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tomas Blanca dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Blanca throws a shot to the body.
Blanca throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shieko has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Shieko looks for the body kick but Blanca saw that one coming.
Blanca throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blanca swings away with a body shot that misses

and Shieko counters with a crisp one two that drops Blanca! Shieko thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Blanca to his feet! Blanca is in big trouble!

Blanca is rocked!
Blanca misses with the combination.
Oh Blanca is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Shieko is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Shieko rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Blanca moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Shieko steps into range and unloads a brutal right left combo! Blanca is out on his feet! Shieko sets himself and nearly takes Blanca's head off with a straight right, sending him crashing to the mat! Wow, that was nasty... but awesome! Wooo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Vlade Shieko!