PBP Commentary

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

Eto
vs
Leonit

190 cm
26
275 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

186 cm
26
265 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Domingos Eto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ibario Leonit!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Leonit does no damage.
Leonit lands with an uppercut that bounces Eto off the cage and back into range.

Leonit drives through and clinches with Eto against the cage.
Leonit is trying to maintain a safe position but Eto gets an underhook and turns Leonit into the cage.
Eto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Leonit misses with a hook from the clinch.
Leonit blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Leonit scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Leonit.
Eto is struggling to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Eto misses with the head strike.
Eto throws a punch but it's blocked by Leonit.
Eto swings wildly with an uppercut but Leonit uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leonit lands a left hand.
Eto controlling the action here for a moment.
Eto tries a body shot but Leonit blocks it.
Leonit is stalling here.
Eto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Leonit.
Eto tries a body shot but Leonit blocks it.
A short uppercut from Leonit.
Eto stalling against the cage.
Eto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Leonit's elbow.
Leonit misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leonit struggles to land a body shot inside as Eto controls his hands.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Eto takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Leonit manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Leonit throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Etos head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Leonit as Eto tries to tie him up.
Leonit tries to throw a body punch but Eto avoids it by throwing Leonit back against the cage.
Eto is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Leonit is keeping busy.
Leonit is trying to pull guard but Eto turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Eto wants to stall.
Leonit lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leonit's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Eto blocking some punches.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Eto.
A head punch on the inside from Leonit fails to land.
Leonit trying to control the position but instead, Eto has worked for underhooks and has pushed Leonit into the cage.
Eto swings wildly with an uppercut but Leonit uses good head movement to avoid it.
Leonit will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Eto up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Leonit.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Leonit is trying to pull guard but Eto has him pressed against the cage.
Leonit tries a body shot but Eto blocks it.
Leonit pushes Eto back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Eto is struggling to control the position.
A nice left hand lands by Leonit.
Eto pressing his opponent against the cage.
Leonit slowing the pace effectively.
Eto takes a shot to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Leonit - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Leonit is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Domingos Eto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ibario Leonit.
Eto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Eto misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ibario Leonit dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A telegraphed right hand from Leonit misses the target.
Leonit fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Leonit lands the left hand.
A jab lands there for Leonit.
Eto shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Eto is rocked!

It looks like Domingos Eto has been cut.
Leonit closes the distance and lands a brutal uppercut that knocks Eto out! We're looking at the replay now - he was out before he hit the floor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ibario Leonit!