PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sasa Sladkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rai Leonardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Sasa Sladkov has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Sasa Sladkov seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Sladkov
vs
Leonardo

192 cm
31
240 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

202 cm
26
280 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

****160Q Reduce Energy****

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 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sasa Sladkov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rai Leonardo!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Mauricio Rocha and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sladkov looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Leonardo throws a hook but Sladkov avoids it easily.
Leonardo wants to clinch.
Nice uppercut lands for Leonardo. That snapped Sladkov's head back.
Leonardo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Leonardo fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sladkov.

Sladkov rushes Leonardo and presses him up against the cage.
Leonardo blocks an uppercut.
A bit of stalling here from Leonardo.
Sladkov blocks a body shot from Leonardo.
Leonardo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sladkov is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leonardo prevents a body shot from Sladkov.

Sladkov manages to break the clinch.

Leonardo rushes Sladkov and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Leonardo tries to land knees in the clinch but Sladkov avoids the damage to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sladkov stalling the fight.

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

Leonardo darts in and clinches Sladkov up against the cage.
Leonardo stalling against the cage.
Sladkov has a couple of punches blocked by Leonardo.
Sladkov misses with a punch on the inside.
Leonardo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Leonardo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sladkov backwards.
Sladkov blocks an uppercut.
Leonardo scores with a knee to the head.
Leonardo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sladkov blocks it with crossed arms.
Sladkov is working Leonardo over against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Leonardo trying to control the position but instead, Sladkov has worked for underhooks and has pushed Leonardo into the cage.
Leonardo tries a body shot but Sladkov blocks it.
Sladkov swings wildly with an uppercut but Leonardo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sladkov is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Leonardo is keeping busy.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Leonardo.
Leonardo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sladkov wants to get back to striking at distance but Leonardo won't allow it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sladkov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Leonardo stalling.
A frustrated look appears on Sladkov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sladkov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sladkov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Leonardo tries to land knees in the clinch but Sladkov avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Leonardo.
Leonardo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sladkov backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sladkov misses with the head strike.
Leonardo is trying to stall.
Sladkov working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short left from Sladkov.
Sladkov blocks an elbow strike from Leonardo.
Sladkov struggles to land a body shot inside as Leonardo controls his hands.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Leonardo takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Leonardo trying to control the position but instead, Sladkov has worked for underhooks and has pushed Leonardo into the cage.
Leonardo manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A right hook to the body lands for Sladkov.
Leonardo avoiding damage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Rai Leonardo.
Sladkov throws a leg kick but Leonardo sees it coming and moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leonardo connects with a nice looking jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sladkov on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Leonardo. Leonardo obviously looking to wear him down.
Leonardo throws a head kick that misses
and Sladkov counters with a nice uppercut.
Leonardo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sladkov. That did some damage!
Leonardo looks to throw a body kick
enabling Sladkov to counter with a crisp jab.
Sladkov dodges the punch combination from Leonardo.
Sladkov throws a low kick but it's checked well by Leonardo.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sladkov misses with a straight left.
Leonardo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Rai Leonardo will probably get the nod.
That's time! Sladkov's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Leonardo looks to land a left hand but Sladkov moved out of range nicely.
Leonardo moves in looking to clinch but Sladkov pushes him off.
Sladkov lands a jab-cross combination.
Sladkov lands a really nice looking cross but Leonardo seems unphased.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Leonardo tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Sladkov counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Leonardo thinking.

Leonardo instigates a clinch.
Sladkov lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sladkov lands an uppercut.
Leonardo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sladkov lands a nice uppercut.
Sladkov misses with the head strike.
Leonardo throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sladkov trying to control the position but instead, Leonardo has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sladkov into the cage.
Sladkov lands with a left to the head.
Sladkov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Leonardo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Leonardo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Leonardo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sladkov.
Sladkov works on Leonardo's body with a couple of short punches.
Leonardo is breathing heavily.
Leonardo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sladkov is defending well for now.
Leonardo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Sladkov as the two fighters clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sladkov misses with a punch to the body.
Sladkov lands a body punch.
The referee calls for Sladkov to work.
Leonardo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Sladkov here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Sladkov.
Leonardo blocking some punches.
Sladkov dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Sladkov tries to stall but Leonardo uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Leonardo lands a good knee to the midsection. Sladkov won't want to take too many of those.
Leonardo lands a body shot.
Knees in the clinch landing for Leonardo.
Sladkov tries to throw a body punch but Leonardo avoids it by throwing Sladkov back against the cage.
Sladkov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sladkov throws a head punch that misses.
Good body shot from Sladkov.
Sladkov stalling in the clinch.
Sladkov lands with a left to the head.
Leonardo looking to throw knees to the head but Sladkov is blocking nicely.
Sladkov gets through Leonardo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sladkov misses with a punch on the inside.
Sladkov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Leonardos head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sladkov gets through Leonardo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sladkov gets through Leonardo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sladkov scores with a nice hook to the head.
Leonardo throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sladkov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sladkov lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Leonardo takes a shot to the head.

Leonardo is rocked!
Sladkov lands a left hand.
Leonardo is still on wobbly legs! Can Sladkov finish him?
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 throws a big uppercut that drops Leonardo! More strikes from Sladkov and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Leonardo lies dazed against the cage as Sladkov celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sasa Sladkov!