PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sisu Ilmarinen (ranked 2068 p4p, 2355 weight class) and Bruno Svensson (ranked 220 p4p, 245 weight class). Sisu Ilmarinen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ilmarinen
vs
Svensson

190 cm
20
275
4 - 1 - 0

202 cm
27
284
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

30th Century Beer Store

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, Sisu Ilmarinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bruno Svensson!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Vladimir Khabensky and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Svensson misses with a right hand
and Ilmarinen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ilmarinen lands the left hand.
Svensson avoids the body shot from Ilmarinen.
Ilmarinen throws a hook but Svensson blocks it.
Ilmarinen lands a jab to the nose.
Svensson throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Ilmarinen counters with a nice right hand that sends Svensson toppling to the canvas! Svensson scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Ilmarinen finish him?!

Svensson is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ilmarinen avoids the body shot from Svensson.
Ilmarinen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Ilmarinen takes the fight into the clinch.
Ilmarinen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Svensson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ilmarinen blocks it with crossed arms.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ilmarinen as Svensson tries to tie him up.
Svensson looking to slow down the pace here.
Ilmarinen lands a hook that snaps the head of Svensson backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ilmarinen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ilmarinen misses with a punch to the body.
Ilmarinen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Svensson has Ilmarinen pressed against the cage.
Svensson tries a knee to the head but Ilmarinen blocks it.
Ilmarinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Svensson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ilmarinen avoids it.
Ilmarinen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Svensson landing knees to the body.
Ilmarinen misses with a punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Ilmarinen.
Ilmarinen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ilmarinen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Svensson misses with a knee to the head.
Ilmarinen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Svensson's elbow.
Svensson misses with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Ilmarinen - that landed with a thud.
Ilmarinen takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Sisu Ilmarinen has been cut.
Ilmarinen swings wildly with an uppercut but Svensson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Svensson has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Ilmarinen seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Svensson can turn it around.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ilmarinen swings wildly with an uppercut but Svensson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ilmarinen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ilmarinen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ilmarinen lands a right hand.
Svensson looking to throw knees to the head but Ilmarinen is blocking nicely.
Ilmarinen lands a shoulder strike.
Svensson connects with a knee to the head.

Ilmarinen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Svensson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ilmarinen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ilmarinen slips a straight right by Svensson.
Svensson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bruno Svensson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Svensson scores with a jab.
A punch lands to the side of Ilmarinen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Svensson's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ilmarinen under the eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svensson stuns Ilmarinen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ilmarinen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Ilmarinen avoids a punch combination nicely.
A big right from Svensson misses.
Svensson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Ilmarinen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Svensson throws out the jab.
It looked like Ilmarinen wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ilmarinen just misses with a punch to the body.
Svensson defending well as Ilmarinen loads up on a big left hand.
Svensson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Svensson throws a poor cross that misses
and Ilmarinen counters with a lovely shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ilmarinen is looking to clinch but Svensson is avoiding it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Svensson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ilmarinen dodges the punch combination from Svensson.
Svensson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ilmarinen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Svensson moves away.
Svensson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Svensson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ilmarinen swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ilmarinen ducks under a wild hook from Svensson.
Ilmarinen seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Svensson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ilmarinen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Svensson tries to clinch there but Ilmarinen circles away.
Ilmarinen is looking to counter the offense by Svensson and move into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Svensson misses with a double jab
and Ilmarinen counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Svensson looks winded!
Svensson misses with an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sisu Ilmarinen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sisu Ilmarinen's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Ilmarinen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Svensson misses with a straight right.
Svensson's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ilmarinen under the eye.
Svensson scores with a nice head shot.
Sisu Ilmarinen is winning the standup battle so far.
Svensson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Svensson looks to land a combination. Ilmarinen sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Ilmarinen throws a big shot that misses.
Ilmarinen digs a good hook to Svensson's body.
Ilmarinen tries to close the distance and clinch but Svensson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Svensson misses the body punch
and Ilmarinen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ilmarinen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ilmarinen drops Svensson with a naaaaasty hook - Svensson is in real trouble here! Ilmarinen dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sisu Ilmarinen!