PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hank Blair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oleg Sladkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blair comes to the cage accompanied by Bullet by Creed. Sladkov has chosen Rich Boy - Boy Looka Here as his entrance music. Hank Blair could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Oleg Sladkov's chin.

Blair
vs
Sladkov

199 cm
31
279 lbs
26 - 14 - 0

190 cm
31
240 lbs
20 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 26 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hank Blair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Oleg Sladkov!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blair throws a right and a left that Sladkov avoids nicely.
Blair lands with a good body shot.
Blair thuds a left hand into Sladkov's body.
Sladkov moves into range and connects with a jab.
Hank Blair seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blair misses with a body shot.
Blair ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sladkov moves away.
Sladkov misses with a body shot.
Blair connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Blair fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Sladkov on the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sladkov scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

It looks like Hank Blair has been cut.
Blair swings widly with a right hand
and Sladkov counters with a straight right hand.
Blair displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A punch combination from Blair misses.
Blair lands with a nice body punch.
Sladkov slips under a jab from Blair.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sladkov throws a series of punches but Blair moves out of range.
Sladkov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blair.
Blair throws a combination. Sladkov tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Blair scores with a nice right hand.
Blair uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sladkov.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sladkov walks into a jab.
The fighters circling - Sladkov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sladkov blocks a jab.
Blair misses with a straight right.
Sladkov lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sladkov misses with a series of wild punches.
Blair misses with a wild body shot.
Sladkov works Blair's body with a nice hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blair misses with a hook.
Sladkov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Blair throws a shot from downtown. Sladkov moves away and avoids it.
Blair's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sladkov under the eye.
Sladkov scores with a shot to the body.
Blair throws the left hand but Sladkov avoids the punch easily.
Sladkov slips a jab from Blair.
A slow jab from Sladkov misses its intended target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sladkov walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Sladkov misses with a body shot.
Blair shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Blair misses the jab.
Blair uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sladkov.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sladkov. Blair does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blair gets cracked there but stands up to it.

Hank Blair's cut is getting worse.
Blair fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sladkov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blair throws a lazy uppercut
and Sladkov counters with a nice uppercut.
Jab from Blair.

Sladkov cracks Blair with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Sladkov has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Blair to stand back up!

Blair is rocked!
Sladkov lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Blair up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Sladkov from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Blair's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Oleg Sladkov!
Our winner, Oleg Sladkov, 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.