PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Slevin (ranked 4975 p4p, 480 weight class) and Asko Vilenius (ranked 2601 p4p, 280 weight class). Slevin comes to the cage accompanied by Metallica - Enter Sandman. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Slevin
vs
Vilenius

200 cm
43
275 lbs
31 - 18 - 0

193 cm
42
272 lbs
39 - 24 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 31 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tony Slevin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 39 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Asko Vilenius!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slevin misses the jab.
Slevin throws a poor cross that misses
and Vilenius counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Vilenius misses with a hook. Slevin ducked under it nicely.
It looked like Slevin wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Vilenius scores with a body shot.
Slevin throws an overhand right that lands on Vilenius's shoulder, as Vilenius tries to avoid the shot.
Slevin lands with an uppercut that bounces Vilenius off the cage and back into range.

It looks like Asko Vilenius has been cut.
Slevin throws a hook to the side of Vilenius's head but Vilenius sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vilenius slips a straight right by Slevin.
Vilenius now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Slevin throws a front kick aimed at Vilenius's knee but Vilenius avoids it well.
Vilenius scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Tony Slevin has been cut.
Slevin takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Slevin is breathing heavily.
Slevin misses with a right hand
and Vilenius counters with a left and a right that stings Slevin.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vilenius connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Slevin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Vilenius counters with a left to the body.
Vilenius lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Vilenius works Slevin's body with a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slevin dodges the punch combination from Vilenius.
Vilenius jabs at Slevin's body.

Slevin gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Vilenius to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Vilenius connects with a couple of short punches.
Vilenius makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Vilenius throwing strikes from guard but Slevin blocks nicely.
Vilenius slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Vilenius looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slevin controls Vilenius momentarily but Vilenius frees himself.
Slevin avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Vilenius working some strikes from top position.
Vilenius has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Vilenius with a flurry of punches that miss.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Vilenius accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Slevin looking for a sweep. Not yet Slevin, not yet.
Vilenius throws a big elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vilenius throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Vilenius is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Vilenius sitting in guard here, content to control.
Vilenius scoring with some ground and pound.
Vilenius postures up and lands a big shot to Slevin's brow.
Vilenius advances to half guard.
Vilenius wants to pass the guard but Slevin is defending well.
Vilenius keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Vilenius working the head and body with strikes.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vilenius lands strikes from half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Vilenius not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Vilenius is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Vilenius takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Vilenius is nestled in close to Slevin, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Vilenius lands with a punch from half guard.
Vilenius perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Vilenius is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Slevin is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Asko Vilenius dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Slevin misses with a lunging right hand
and Vilenius counters with a huge left! Slevin is in big trouble! He's backing up but Vilenius isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Slevin from any more damage. A dominating finish by Vilenius!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Asko Vilenius!
A very excited looking Asko Vilenius made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.