PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Opie Winston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Slevin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Winston might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Curtis Stigers - This Life. Slevin is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: timber. Tony Slevin acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Winston
vs
Slevin

220 cm
37
276 lbs
27 - 19 - 0

196 cm
24
265 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

KAISER Nutrition - Q160/$250
AnonymouS

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 27 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Opie Winston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tony Slevin!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, John Roberts and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slevin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Winston just misses with a punch to the body.
Winston lands a nice looking body kick.
A big right from Slevin misses.
Winston looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Winston slips under a jab.

Oooooh!!! Winston has knocked Slevin down with a huge combo! Winston steps away and waves a wobbly Slevin back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

It looks like Tony Slevin has been cut.
Winston waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Slevin.
Opie Winston seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

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

Slevin is rocked!
Winston throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Slevin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Slevin slips under a jab.
Slevin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Slevin scores with a jab.
Slevin dodges the punch combination from Winston.
Winston tries a head kick but it misses.
Slevin steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Winston. That one must have hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Winston drives through and clinches with Slevin against the cage.
Slevin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Slevin misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've been informed that Slevin has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Slevin can't break the clinch.
Winston stalling against the cage.
Slevin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Slevin.
Slevin is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Winston to keep the fight standing.
Winston misses with a body punch.
Winston blocks a body shot from Slevin.
Slevin has a couple of punches blocked by Winston.
Winston working aggressively here.
Slevin tries for a takedown but Winston manages to get underhooks.
Slevin swings wildly with an uppercut but Winston uses good head movement to avoid it.
Winston gets through Slevin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Slevin working hard to break the clinch.
A short left from Slevin.
Winston lands a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slevin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Winston blocking some punches.

Winston's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Slevin misses with a hook
and Winston counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Slevin thinking.
Winston throws out a powerful jab.
Nice defenses there by Slevin.
Slevin connects with a jab.

Winston clinches up against the cage.
Winston blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Winston.
A head punch on the inside from Winston fails to land.
Slevin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Winston throws a punch but it's blocked by Slevin.
A nice left hand lands by Winston.
Slevin can't break the clinch.
Slevin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short right from Slevin.
Slevin throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winston tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Slevin wants to take the fight to the mat but Winston manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Opie Winston has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tony Slevin.
Slevin is trying to break free.
Slevin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Winston.

Slevin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Winston takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Slevin takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Slevin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Winston walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Slevin drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Winston swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Slevin's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Opie Winston!
Our winner, Opie Winston, 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.
The defeated Tony Slevin had this to say: 'ill be round your house later with the lads'.