PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fergus McRedd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bjorn Svenson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McRedd comes to the cage accompanied by Enter Shikari - Sorry You're Not a Winner. 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.

McRedd
vs
Svenson

187 cm
24
196 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

185 cm
23
201 lbs
10 - 7 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fergus McRedd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bjorn Svenson!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Thiago Cunha and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Svenson.
Nice defenses there by McRedd.
Bjorn Svenson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Svenson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Svenson tries to clinch up but McRedd circles away and keeps his distance.
Svenson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McRedd.
A left and a right from Svenson both land. Nice combination.

It looks like Fergus McRedd has been cut.
McRedd tries to score with a low kick but Svenson moves his leg out of the way.
McRedd lands with an uppercut that bounces Svenson off the cage and back into rage.
McRedd swats away the attempt to clinch by Svenson.
McRedd cracks the inside of Svenson's front leg.
Svenson misses with a jab, cross combination.
McRedd keeps the fight on the outside.
McRedd looks for the body kick but Svenson saw that one coming.
Svenson scores with a jab. McRedd acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Svenson misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McRedd avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Svenson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Svenson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McRedd fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Svenson.
Svenson looks gassed!
McRedd keeps the fight on the outside.
Svenson takes one to the chin there.
Svenson wants to clinch.
McRedd's jab looks to have found its range, popping Svenson under the eye.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McRedd connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
McRedd wants to slow Svenson down by chopping away at his legs.
Svenson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Svenson there as he acknowledges the shot.
McRedd lands a nice leg kick that just misses Svenson's sensitive parts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McRedd looks to land a body kick but Svenson moved away.
McRedd drops Svenson with a naaaaasty hook - Svenson is in real trouble here! McRedd dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fergus McRedd!