PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anton Ilmarinen (ranked 166 p4p, 338 weight class) and Pelosi Davito (ranked 23 p4p, 46 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ilmarinen
vs
Davito

186 cm
30
198
13 - 3 - 0

190 cm
23
193
12 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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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 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anton Ilmarinen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pelosi Davito!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Steve Smith and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Davito.
Davito looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Davito just misses with a punch to the body.
Davito connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

It looks like Anton Ilmarinen has been cut.
Nice defenses there by Davito.

Ilmarinen moves into the clinch.
Ilmarinen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Davito is trying to break free.
Davito looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Ilmarinen gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Davito regains guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ilmarinen in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ilmarinen throwing strikes from guard but Davito blocks nicely.
Ilmarinen passes Davito's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davito won't allow Ilmarinen to pass to mount.
Ilmarinen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Ilmarinen content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Davito regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Ilmarinen.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ilmarinen is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Ilmarinen wants to control from the top but Davito keeps moving.
Davito controls Ilmarinen momentarily but Ilmarinen frees himself.
Ilmarinen throws a big elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ilmarinen with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Ilmarinen postures up and lands a big shot to Davito's brow.
Ilmarinen with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ilmarinen scoring with some ground and pound.
Ilmarinen trying to control but Davito is working from the bottom.
Ilmarinen throws a big elbow that misses.
Ilmarinen stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Davito swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Ilmarinen connects with a couple of short punches.
Ilmarinen seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ilmarinen accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Davito can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ilmarinen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ilmarinen scoring with some ground and pound.
Davito is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Ilmarinen postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Ilmarinen scoring with punches to the head and body.
Ilmarinen forces his way into half guard.
Davito is not content to let Ilmarinen control the position.
Davito is trying to maintain the position but Ilmarinen is very close to passing his half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ilmarinen not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ilmarinen is looking to take a break and control but Davito is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Davito tries to get to full guard but Ilmarinen has control of the leg.
Ilmarinen takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ilmarinen working the head and body with strikes.
Ilmarinen trying to control the action but Davito is working from the bottom.
Davito is trying to stand.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ilmarinen lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Anton Ilmarinen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Anton Ilmarinen's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Ilmarinen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Davito.
Davito let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Ilmarinen throws a looping overhand right but Davito ducks down to avoid it.
A jab from Ilmarinen finds it's way through Davito's defenses.
Ilmarinen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Davito can pounce on him.
Anton Ilmarinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davito uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ilmarinen.
Davito misses with a series of wild punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Ilmarinen is defended easily by Davito.
Davito looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davito throws a series of punches but Ilmarinen avoids them all with ease.
Davito throws a hook but Ilmarinen blocks it.
Ilmarinen tries to clinch but Davito is having none of it.
Ilmarinen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Davito can do to turn this around?
Ilmarinen has a takedown stuffed.
Davito throws out a counter right but Ilmarinen avoids it with no problem.
Ilmarinen darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Davito throws an overhand right that lands on Ilmarinen's shoulder, as Ilmarinen tries to avoid the shot.
Davito throws a jab but it's blocked by Ilmarinen.
Pelosi Davito is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ilmarinen lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Ilmarinen has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Davito clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ilmarinen controls the action.
Ilmarinen is hanging on to Davito's back as he tries to escape.
Davito prevents Ilmarinen from getting a body triangle.
Davito covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Ilmarinen struggling to keep hold of the position.
Ilmarinen gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.

Davito is rocked!
Ilmarinen missing with punches from the back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ilmarinen lands shots to the head and Davito turtles up! The ref has seen enough and stops the fight! This one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anton Ilmarinen!
Anton Ilmarinen retains his middleweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Anton Ilmarinen thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.