PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Joonatan Valasvatsa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Teevie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Teevie's choice of entrance music: Stupid Kid. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Valasvatsa
vs
Teevie

175 cm
29
180 lbs
12 - 9 - 1

185 cm
27
185 lbs
12 - 12 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, Joonatan Valasvatsa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Ray Teevie!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Daniel Bishop and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Teevie throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Teevie misses with an uppercut
and Valasvatsa counters with a good low kick that Teevie was not able to check.
Teevie checks a low kick from Valasvatsa.
Teevie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Valasvatsa throws a sloppy head kick and Teevie moves out of range easily.
Teevie scores with a jab. Valasvatsa acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Teevie blocks a head kick by Valasvatsa.
Teevie lands a nice shot that snaps Valasvatsa's head back.
Teevie throws out a loose jab but Valasvatsa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Teevie just misses with a punch to the body.
Teevie punishes Valasvatsa's body with a nice straight punch.
Teevie lands with a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Teevie throws a body punch but Valasvatsa moves out of range.
Valasvatsa slips under a jab.
Valasvatsa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Teevie.
Teevie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Teevie displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Valasvatsa throws out the jab.
Teevie digs a good body shot into Valasvatsa's ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Teevie throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Teevie just misses with a punch to the body.
Valasvatsa cracks Teevie with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ray Teevie is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Valasvatsa swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Teevie cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Valasvatsa looks to land a right hand but Teevie moved out of range.
Teevie scores with a punch to the head.
Valasvatsa takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Teevie misses with a straight right.
Valasvatsa misses with a kick to the body
and Teevie counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Valasvatsa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Valasvatsa with a nice cross.
Valasvatsa takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Valasvatsa on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A shot to the body from Teevie misses
and Valasvatsa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A decent looking cross lands there for Teevie.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valasvatsa works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Valasvatsa shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Teevie moves away from the strike by Valasvatsa.
Valasvatsa avoids the body shot from Teevie.
Valasvatsa lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Teevie lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Teevie throws a right and a left that both miss.
Teevie on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Teevie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Teevie rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Teevie takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Valasvatsa misses with a wild body shot.
Valasvatsa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Teevie blocks a jab.
Teevie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Valasvatsa was well out of range. Poor timing from Teevie.
Valasvatsa moves out of range of the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Teevie moves out of range of the leg kick from Valasvatsa.
Valasvatsa throws a head kick that misses.
Valasvatsa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Teevie on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Valasvatsa throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Teevie on the side of the head.
Teevie steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Valasvatsa. That one must have hurt.
Teevie ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Teevie cracks Valasvatsa with an open hand slap.
Valasvatsa throws a poor cross that misses
and Teevie counters with a nice uppercut.
Valasvatsa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Teevie.
Valasvatsa scores with a jab to the body.
Teevie moves out of range of the strikes.
Teevie connects with a crisp jab.
A right-left combo lands from Teevie.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Valasvatsa takes a swing at Teevie's ribcage but misses.
Valasvatsa misses with a body shot.
Teevie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Valasvatsa.
Teevie looks to score with a jab to the body but Valasvatsa is just out of range.
Teevie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Valasvatsa.
Valasvatsa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Valasvatsa misses with a body shot.
Valasvatsa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Teevie.
Valasvatsa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Teevie.
Teevie swings for the body but Valasvatsa moves out of range.
Teevie misses the shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Valasvatsa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Teevie.
Teevie is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Valasvatsa had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Teevie misses with an uppercut
and Valasvatsa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Teevie on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Valasvatsa swings for the body but Teevie moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Teevie dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Teevie takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A head kick misses from Valasvatsa.
Valasvatsa lands a nice shot that snaps Teevie's head back.
Joonatan Valasvatsa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Teevie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Valasvatsa.
Valasvatsa throws a body kick that misses.
Teevie scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Valasvatsa slips under a jab.
Valasvatsa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Teevie jabs at Valasvatsa's body.
Teevie throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Valasvatsa counters with a slapping leg kick.
Teevie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Valasvatsa.
Valasvatsa moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Valasvatsa takes a jab right on the kisser.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Teevie moves forwards but Valasvatsa connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Valasvatsa walks into a straight right hand from Teevie.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Teevie avoids the body shot from Valasvatsa.
Decent striking displayed by Valasvatsa there.

Valasvatsa fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Teevie sprawls well initially but Valasvatsa persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

Valasvatsa is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Teevie is just riding it out for now. Valasvatsa eventually gives up the hold.

Valasvatsa is looking for a kimura here.
Teevie pushes Valasvatsa off looking to stand but Valasvatsa dives back in and keeps control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Valasvatsa is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Valasvatsa is trying to work for a kimura but Teevie is defending well.
Teevie is looking for a sweep. Valasvatsa is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Valasvatsa wants to free his trapped foot but Teevie is holding on for dear life with his legs.

Teevie is defending against the submission attempts here by Valasvatsa.
Teevie is trying to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Valasvatsa is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Teevie is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Valasvatsa wants to work for an arm triangle but Teevie is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Valasvatsa wants to work for an arm triangle but Teevie is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Teevie is trying to control but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Valasvatsa wants to work for an arm triangle but Teevie is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Valasvatsa is working for a kimura but Teevie is defending it quite comfortably.
Teevie wants to get back to his feet.

Valasvatsa wants to work for an arm triangle but Teevie is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Teevie moves into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joonatan Valasvatsa dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Valasvatsa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Teevie.
Ray Teevie seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Valasvatsa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Teevie just misses with a punch to the body.
Teevie throws a body punch but Valasvatsa moves out of range.
Valasvatsa loads up on a big right hand but Teevie slips the punch.
Valasvatsa looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Teevie will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Teevie misses with a hook. Valasvatsa ducked under it nicely.
Valasvatsa misses with a kick to the body.
Valasvatsa slips a straight right by Teevie.
Valasvatsa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Teevie was well out of range. Poor timing from Valasvatsa.
Teevie lands a jab.
A swing and a miss from Teevie.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Teevie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Valasvatsa.
Teevie lands a nice hook to Valasvatsa's body. Valasvatsa takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Teevie lands a head shot.
Teevie throws a right hand that misses
and Valasvatsa counters with a nice body shot.
Teevie clobbers Valasvatsa with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Teevie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Valasvatsa.
Teevie looks to score with a jab to the body but Valasvatsa is just out of range.
Teevie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Valasvatsa was well out of range. Poor timing from Teevie.
Valasvatsa has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Teevie finds it's way round the side to connect with Valasvatsa's head.
Teevie uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Valasvatsa stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Valasvatsa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Teevie throws out the jab.
Valasvatsa lands a head kick!

It looks like Ray Teevie has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Valasvatsa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Teevie has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Valasvatsa.
Teevie takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Valasvatsa takes one on the button.
A cross from Teevie lands.
Valasvatsa defending well as Teevie loads up on a big left hand.
Teevie works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Valasvatsa takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Valasvatsa looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Teevie scores with a nice strike.
Valasvatsa gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Teevie.
Valasvatsa throws a jab when Teevie was well out of range.
Teevie misses the shot to the body.
Teevie takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Teevie on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Teevie misses with a wild combination.
Teevie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Teevie misses with a body shot.
Valasvatsa throws a big shot that misses.
Good shot there by Teevie.
Teevie throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Teevie scores with a hook.
Valasvatsa shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Teevie as he jumps to the side.
Teevie changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Valasvatsa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Teevie.
Teevie looks to land a right hand but Valasvatsa moved out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valasvatsa swings for the body but Teevie moves out of range.
Valasvatsa lands a nice shot that snaps Teevie's head back.
Valasvatsa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Valasvatsa takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Teevie misses the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Valasvatsa. Teevie does a little dance to reset his feet.
Valasvatsa throws a jab but it's blocked by Teevie.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Valasvatsa swings widly with a right hand
enabling Teevie to counter with a crisp jab.
Teevie uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Valasvatsa has time to react.
Valasvatsa misses with a body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Valasvatsa throws a jab when Teevie was well out of range.
Teevie throws a looping overhand right but Valasvatsa ducks down to avoid it.
Valasvatsa tries to land a leg kick but Teevie saw it coming and moves away.
Teevie scores with a punch to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ray Teevie comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Teevie has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ray Teevie!
Ray Teevie took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, BLKOUT CLothing 93% Laundry for their support in the buildup to the fight.