PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zero Tolerance (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Svenson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zero Tolerance has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Tolerance
vs
Svenson

180 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
21
212 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Zero Tolerance!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ryan Svenson!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Svenson tries to close the distance and clinch but Tolerance swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Svenson wants to clinch up but Tolerance keeps it at a distance.
Svenson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tolerance swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tolerance could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Svenson tries to clinch up but Tolerance circles away and keeps his distance.
Horrible takedown by Tolerance or perhaps it was just good defense by Svenson which made him look bad.
Tolerance is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Tolerance closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Tolerance taking a breather.
Svenson lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Zero Tolerance has been cut.
Svenson misses with an elbow over the top.
Tolerance misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tolerance has had enough of the clinch but Svenson keeps him there for the moment.

Tolerance tightens his grip and picks Svenson up, before dumping him to the ground. Svenson manages to land in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tolerance is fighting to break Svenson's control of his arms but Svenson is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Tolerance trying to control but Svenson is working from the bottom.
Svenson pulls Tolerance in close to prevent any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tolerance trying to control the position from guard on top but Svenson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Svenson holds on and takes a little breather.
Svenson wants to stand up but Tolerance is controlling him.
Svenson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Svenson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Well, if Svenson is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Let's hope that Svenson has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Ryan Svenson.
Svenson closes the distance looking to clinch

and Tolerance holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Svenson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Svenson lands an elbow that stopped Tolerance in his tracks for a moment.

Zero Tolerance's cut is getting worse.
Svenson misses with an elbow strike.
Svenson pushes off an throws an elbow but Tolerance leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Svenson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tolerance's brow.
Svenson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tolerance trying to stall but Svenson improves his position.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Svenson.
Tolerance dodges an elbow strike from Svenson.
Tolerance is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Svenson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Tolerance can't find room to land a body shot as Svenson controls the action.
Tolerance is trying to force a seperation but Svenson has the dominant position.
Tolerance blocks the elbow strike.
Svenson throws an elbow but it misses.
Svenson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tolerance's defenses.

Zero Tolerance's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Svenson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Jeez, Zero Tolerance's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Zero Tolerance's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ryan Svenson!