PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mickey Valenzuela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and American Slasher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). American Slasher has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Valenzuela
vs
Slasher

182 cm
23
279 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

195 cm
23
270 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mickey Valenzuela!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, American Slasher!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Kenichi Hosakawa and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slasher lands a jab to Valenzuela's midsection.
Valenzuela takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Slasher pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Valenzuela moves out of range as Slasher throws a body kick.
Valenzuela shoots in for a takedown but Slasher shows good takedown defense.
Slasher throws a series of punches but Valenzuela avoids them all with ease.

Slasher closes the distance and pushes Valenzuela back into the cage.
Valenzuela is trying to push Slasher away but Slasher has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Slasher breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Slasher swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Valenzuela counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Slasher breaks from the clinch.
Valenzuela could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Slasher closes the distance and pushes Valenzuela back into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

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

Slasher has taken the fight to the clinch.

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

Valenzuela closes the distance and pushes Slasher back into the cage.
Valenzuela jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Slasher walks away with a smile on his face. Valenzuela gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Slasher throws a series of punches but Valenzuela moves out of range.
Slasher thows a body kick. Valenzuela tries to catch it but that hurt him.
American Slasher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Slasher closes the distance and clinches.
Slasher gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Mickey Valenzuela has been cut.

Valenzuela drags the fight down to the ground.
Slasher working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Valenzuela is pulling down on Slasher's head to control his posture.
Slasher tries to stand but Valenzuela is controlling from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valenzuela has Slasher pulled in close to control his posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Valenzuela has a closed guard, preventing Slasher from standing up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Slasher lands a big head kick that sends Valenzuela tumbling to the mat! Slasher takes a step backwards and waves Valenzuela back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Valenzuela is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slasher tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Oh Valenzuela is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A combination from Slasher does no damage.
Valenzuela thinks about countering with a head kick.
Slasher has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Valenzuela is landing a low percentage of strikes.

Valenzuela tries to keep at a distance but Slasher has taken the fight into the clinch.
Valenzuela seems to have got his legs back now.
Slasher is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Valenzuela is trying to break free.

Slasher breaks the clinch.
Slasher throws a head kick that misses.

Slasher drops Valenzuela with a beautiful combination! Valenzuela stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Slasher is looking for the KO!

Mickey Valenzuela's cut is getting worse.
Valenzuela dodges the punch combination from Slasher.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Slasher misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Valenzuela moves into the clinch.
Valenzuela tries to pull guard but Slasher won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mickey Valenzuela. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Valenzuela is working for takedown but Slasher is calmly controlling the position for now.
Slasher wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Valenzuela jumps guard.
Valenzuela working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Slasher.
Valenzuela pulls Slasher in to control the position.
Valenzuela manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Slasher manages to get himself to full guard.
Valenzuela controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

American Slasher dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mickey Valenzuela's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Slasher misses with a wild combination.
Slasher throws the kick towards the body but Valenzuela avoids it.
Valenzuela fails with the takedown.
A punch combination from Slasher misses.
Valenzuela shoots in for a double leg but Slasher sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
American Slasher seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Slasher scores with a jab to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sloppy strikes from Slasher. Those never looked like landing.

Slasher moves into range and clinches up with Valenzuela.

Valenzuela jumps guard and drags Slasher to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Valenzuela wriggles free and stands up.

Valenzuela closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Valenzuela lands in his opponent's guard.
Valenzuela with a flurry of punches that miss.
Slasher wants to stand and escape but Valenzuela is having none of it.
Valenzuela slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Slasher wants to get back to his feet but Valenzuela is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Valenzuela postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slasher has momentary wrist control but Valenzuela slips an elbow through the middle.
Valenzuela content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Valenzuela postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Valenzuela in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Valenzuela makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Valenzuela stops Slasher from standing up.
Valenzuela won't allow Slasher to sweep him here.
Valenzuela might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Valenzuela prevents Slasher from getting back to his feet.
Valenzuela working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Slasher's head.
Valenzuela content to stall in guard here.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slasher pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Slasher forces Valenzuela back against the cage and clinches.
Valenzuela tries to pull guard but Slasher won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mickey Valenzuela. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Valenzuela is trying to pull guard but Slasher has him pressed against the cage.
Slasher connects with a nasty looking knee right to Valenzuela's face.

Slasher breaks the clinch.

Valenzuela rushes Slasher and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Valenzuela pulls Slasher into guard.
Slasher wants to stand but Valenzuela is controlling his posture from full guard.
Slasher being controlled here momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slasher missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Slasher gets to his feet. Valenzuela looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but American Slasher will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Mickey Valenzuela's cut.
That's time! Valenzuela's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Valenzuela closes the distance and clinches.
Slasher is trying to break the clinch but Valenzuela is controlling him.
Slasher lands a damaging elbow.

Slasher breaks the clinch.

Valenzuela darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Slasher pushes Valenzuela off looking to stand but Valenzuela dives back in and keeps control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Valenzuela is taking a breather. Slasher says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valenzuela prevents Slasher from standing back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valenzuela is nestled in close to Slasher, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Valenzuela trying to control the pace.
Valenzuela lands with a punch from half guard.
Valenzuela takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Valenzuela working over Slasher with some ground and pound. Slasher looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Valenzuela seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Valenzuela looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Slasher with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Slasher on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Slasher pushes Valenzuela off looking to stand but Valenzuela dives back in and keeps control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Slasher can do anything to dispel that myth.
Valenzuela missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Valenzuela is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Valenzuela with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Valenzuela tries to clinch but Slasher moves out of range.

Slasher pushes Valenzuela up against the cage in a clinch.
Valenzuela is trying to pull guard but Slasher turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

Slasher escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Valenzuela tries to keep at a distance but Slasher has taken the fight into the clinch.
Valenzuela tries to pull guard but Slasher holds him up against the cage and eventually Valenzuela drops back down to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Slasher breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Slasher swings for the body but Valenzuela moves out of range.
Valenzuela is looking for a counter combo.

Slasher forces Valenzuela back against the cage and clinches.
Valenzuela keeps control of Slasher as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Slasher wants to break the clinch but can't.

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

Slasher takes the fight into the clinch.
Valenzuela tries to pull guard but Slasher forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mickey Valenzuela. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Valenzuela breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Slasher slaps away a takedown attempt from Valenzuela, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valenzuela misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Valenzuela shoots for a takedown but Slasher saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Valenzuela tries to keep at a distance but Slasher has taken the fight into the clinch.

Valenzuela breaks the clinch.
Valenzuela takes a kick to the side of the head.

Jeez, Mickey Valenzuela's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Mickey Valenzuela's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). American Slasher!
American Slasher was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.