PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vitali Klitschko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oleg Sladkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sladkov is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Rich Boy - Boy Looka Here . Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Klitschko
vs
Sladkov

200 cm
26
263 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

190 cm
27
240 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vitali Klitschko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Oleg Sladkov!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, William Peck and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sladkov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Klitschko throws a right and a left that Sladkov avoids nicely.
Sladkov just misses with a punch to the body.
Klitschko dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Klitschko displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sladkov throws out the jab.
Sladkov cracks Klitschko with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sladkov misses with a hook. Klitschko ducked under it nicely.
Sladkov takes a swing at Klitschko's ribcage but misses.
Sladkov slips under a jab from Klitschko.
Sladkov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Klitschko throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sladkov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Klitschko slips under a jab from Sladkov.
Sladkov ducks under a wild hook from Klitschko.
Sladkov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Klitschko connects with a body shot.
Klitschko scores with the left hand. Sladkov knows he should have avoided that one.
Klitschko is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sladkov.
A telegraphed right hand from Sladkov misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sladkov ducks under a wild hook from Klitschko.
Klitschko fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sladkov looks to land a left hand but Klitschko moved out of range nicely.
Klitschko misses with a double jab.
A jab from Sladkov misses.
Klitschko misses with a hook. Sladkov ducked under it nicely.
Sladkov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sladkov throws a jab when Klitschko was well out of range.
Sladkov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sladkov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Klitschko scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Oleg Sladkov has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sladkov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Klitschko.
Sladkov stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sladkov. Klitschko does a little dance to reset his feet.
Klitschko throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sladkov stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sladkov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klitschko lands a lovely overhand right.
Sladkov on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sladkov connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The fighters circle momentarily. Klitschko darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Klitschko throws a body punch but Sladkov moves out of range.
Sladkov moves out of range as Klitschko strikes.
Sladkov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sladkov throws a jab but it's blocked by Klitschko.
Klitschko looks to land a right hand but Sladkov moved out of range.
Klitschko throws a nice looking combination but Sladkov bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sladkov avoids the body shot from Klitschko.
Klitschko misses the jab.
Klitschko throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Klitschko slips a jab from Sladkov.
Klitschko throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sladkov on the side of the head.
Sladkov moves out of range as Klitschko strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sladkov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Klitschko.
Sladkov gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Klitschko.
Sladkov scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Klitschko throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sladkov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Good standup being displayed there by Sladkov as he connects with a hook.
Klitschko jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Klitschko misses with a hook. Sladkov ducked under it nicely.
Sladkov looks to land a right hand but Klitschko moved out of range.
Sladkov throws a big shot that misses.
Klitschko walks into a stiff left hand from Sladkov.
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!
Sladkov fails to land with a series of punches.
Klitschko needs to keep his hands up - Sladkov had a free shot at his head there.
Sladkov thows a body shot but no joy.
Klitschko connects with a nice looking jab.

Klitschko sends Sladkov crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Klitschko is motioning to the referee to let Sladkov up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Sladkov is rocked!
Klitschko throws a big shot that misses.
Sladkov is still on wobbly legs! Can Klitschko finish him?
Sladkov moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sladkov seems to have recovered his senses.
Sladkov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Klitschko.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Sladkov.
Sladkov throws a hook but Klitschko blocks it.
Sladkov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Klitschko fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sladkov lands a slapping body shot.
Klitschko throws a nice looking combination but Sladkov bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Klitschko misses with a looping right.
Sladkov digs a good body shot into Klitschko's ribs.
Klitschko is breathing heavily.
Sladkov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Klitschko.
Klitschko throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sladkov showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Klitschko.
A left lands for Sladkov.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sladkov moves out of range as Klitschko strikes.
Sladkov lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sladkov misses with a straight right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Vitali Klitschko will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Oleg Sladkov's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Sladkov lands with a good body shot.
Klitschko slips a straight right by Sladkov.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sladkov. Klitschko does a little dance to reset his feet.
Klitschko fails to land with a series of punches.
Sladkov connects with a body shot that sends Klitschko's belly button to the back.
Klitschko misses with a wild body shot.
Klitschko misses the shot to the body.
Sladkov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Klitschko.
Klitschko misses with a looping right.
Klitschko throws out a powerful jab.
Sladkov changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sladkov moves out of range as Klitschko strikes.
Sladkov connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sladkov lands a nice hook to Klitschko's body. Klitschko takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Klitschko keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Klitschko throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sladkov scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sladkov lunges at Klitschko with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Klitschko's hand.
Sladkov fails to land with a series of punches.
Klitschko throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sladkov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice shot lands for Klitschko.
Klitschko swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Danga de danga de dang - Sladkov scores with a four punch combination!
Sladkov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Klitschko.
Klitschko throws a body punch but Sladkov moves out of range.
Sladkov throws a big shot that misses.
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!
Klitschko scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Klitschko misses the jab.
Sladkov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Klitschko moves away.
A left lands for Sladkov.
Sladkov comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The fighters circling - Sladkov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sladkov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klitschko misses with a double jab.
No joy there for Klitschko, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sladkov cracks Klitschko with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Klitschko throws a looping overhand right but Sladkov ducks down to avoid it.
Sladkov misses with a wild body shot.
Sladkov takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sladkov throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Klitschko stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sladkov connects with a nice looking jab.
A big right from Klitschko misses.
Sladkov misses with a lunging right hand
and Klitschko counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Klitschko looks to land a right hand but Sladkov moved out of range.
Sladkov tests Klitschko's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Klitschko takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sladkov listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sladkov lands a slapping body shot.
Sladkov throws a shot to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Sladkov thuds a left hand into Klitschko's body.
Klitschko has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Klitschko there as he acknowledges the shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Klitschko has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sladkov finds it's way round the side to connect with Klitschko's head.

Sladkov lands a big uppercut and Klitschko crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Klitschko looks OK. Sladkov waves Klitschko back to his feet!

Klitschko is rocked!
Sladkov grits his teeth and throws a big right-left combo! Klitschko takes both shots clean on the chin and is out cold! Sladkov cracks him once more on his way down, as the crowd goes wild! They enjoyed that one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Oleg Sladkov!
During a confident post fight interview, Oleg Sladkov thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.