PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sven Larsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sativa Sensei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sensei comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Stevie Ray - Pride and Joy kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Sativa Sensei is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Larsson
vs
Sensei

183 cm
21
180 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

178 cm
21
173 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sven Larsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sativa Sensei!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Reed Andrews and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Larsson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Larsson tries a low kick but Sensei avoids it.
Larsson swings for the body but Sensei moves out of range.

Larsson pushes Sensei up against the cage in a clinch.
Larsson tries to throw a body punch but Sensei avoids it by throwing Larsson back against the cage.
Sensei misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sensei lands a right hand.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Larsson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sensei.
A right hook to the body lands for Larsson.
Sensei can't find room to land a body shot as Larsson controls the action.
Sensei swings wildly with an uppercut but Larsson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sensei works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Larsson slows down the pace here.
Sensei misses with a knee to the head.
Larsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Sensei uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sensei blocks a body shot from Larsson.
Larsson tries to throw a body punch but Sensei avoids it by throwing Larsson back against the cage.
Sensei misses with a punch to the body.
Larsson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sensei blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sensei avoiding damage as Larsson throws knees to the body.
Larsson is trying to maintain a safe position but Sensei gets an underhook and turns Larsson into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sensei lands with a right to the head.
Sensei swings wildly with an uppercut but Larsson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Larsson avoiding damage as Sensei throws knees to the body.
Larsson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sensei misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sensei as Larsson tries to tie him up.
Sensei on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sensei lands a hook that snaps the head of Larsson backwards.
Sensei tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Larsson blocks an uppercut.
Larsson digs a right hand underneath Sensei's ribcage. Sensei let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Sensei content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Sensei doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice body punch from Sensei - that landed with a thud.
Sensei digs a right hand into Larsson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Larsson's gas tank.
Larsson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sensei.
Sensei lands a nice elbow.
Larsson wants to stall.
Sensei goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Larsson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sensei lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Larsson tries to throw a body punch but Sensei avoids it by throwing Larsson back against the cage.
Sensei blocks a body shot from Larsson.
Sensei lands with a short shot to the head.
Sensei lands a body punch.
Larsson is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Larsson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sensei cracks Larsson with a nice body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sensei is leaning against Larsson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sensei scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sensei crunches a lovely knee into Larsson's ribcage.
Sensei scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sensei lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sensei lands a shot to the body.
Good body shot from Sensei.
Sensei scores with a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sensei.
Sensei lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Sensei.
Sensei throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short uppercut from Sensei.
Sensei scores with a hook to the body.
Sensei stalling in the clinch.
Sensei softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sensei scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sensei stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sensei is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Sensei connects with a knee to the head.
Larsson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sensei is working Larsson over against the cage.
Larsson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sensei.
Sensei scores with a hook to the body.
Sensei pushes Larsson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Sensei.
Sensei working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sensei lands a hook that snaps the head of Larsson backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sensei lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Larsson.
Sensei lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sensei.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Larsson tries to throw a body punch but Sensei avoids it by throwing Larsson back against the cage.
Sensei pushes Larsson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sensei blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A right hand to the body from Sensei.
Sensei lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sensei digs a right hand into Larsson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Larsson's gas tank.
A right hook to the body lands for Sensei.
Sensei effectively controlling the action here.
Sensei throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Larssons head.
Good body shot from Sensei.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sensei obliges.
A right handed body shot lands from Sensei.
Sensei stalls.
Sensei works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sensei lands a shot to the body.
Sensei makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sensei.
Sensei lands with a short shot to the head.
Sensei lands a nice uppercut.
Sensei digs a right hand underneath Larsson's ribcage. Larsson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Sensei softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sensei lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Still in the clinch, Sensei scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sensei taking a breather.
Larsson avoiding damage as Sensei throws knees to the body.
Larsson is trying to stall.
Sensei is leaning against Larsson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sensei misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Larsson.
Sensei prevents a body shot from Larsson.
Sensei scores with a nice hook to the head.
Good body shot from Sensei.
Sensei landing knees to the head.
A hook to the body from Sensei.
Larsson tries to stall but Sensei uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sensei lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sensei trying to land knees to the body.
Sensei throws a head punch that misses.
A body shot lands from Sensei.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sensei.
Sensei misses with a punch on the inside.
Sensei blocks an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice body punch from Sensei.
Sensei struggles to land a body shot inside as Larsson controls his hands.
Larsson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sensei softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sensei misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Larsson prevents a body shot from Sensei.
Larsson looking to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sativa Sensei dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Sensei tries to land a leg kick but Larsson saw it coming and moves away.
Sensei throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Larsson scoring well with a low kick there.
Sensei tries to bum rush Larsson with a series of wild strikes but Larsson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sensei throws a right hand that Larsson ducks under and follows up with a left that Larsson also avoids with ease.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Larsson throws a nice head kick!
Sensei moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Larsson.
Sensei misses with a leg kick
and Larsson counters with a nice uppercut.

Larsson closes the distance and pushes Sensei back into the cage.
Larsson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Larsson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A body shot lands from Larsson.
A hook to the body from Sensei.
Larsson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sensei avoids it.
A short right from Larsson.
Larsson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sensei is defending well for now.
A short right from Sensei on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sensei creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sensei tries a body shot but Larsson blocks it.
Larsson tries to work over Sensei's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A right hand to the body from Larsson.
Sativa Sensei seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sensei scores with a hook to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sensei has Larsson pressed against the cage.
Sensei cracks Larsson with a nice body shot.
Sensei throws a punch but it's blocked by Larsson.
Sensei tries to work over Larsson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sensei lands a right hand that snaps the head of Larsson backwards.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Larsson tries to throw a body punch but Sensei avoids it by throwing Larsson back against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sensei.
Sensei digs a right hand into Larsson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Larsson's gas tank.
Sensei throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Larsson blocks it with crossed arms.
Sensei pushes Larsson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Larsson takes a shot to the head.
A short right from Sensei.
Nice body punch from Sensei - that landed with a thud.
Larsson managing to block the knees to the body from Sensei.
Sensei digs a right hand into Larsson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Larsson's gas tank.
Sensei doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right hand to the body from Sensei.
A knee to the head by Sensei.

It looks like Sven Larsson has been cut.
Sensei lands with a short shot to the head.
Sensei lands a shoulder strike.
Sensei lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sensei has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Larsson.
Sensei stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sensei lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Larsson looking to slow down the pace here.
A head punch on the inside from Sensei fails to land.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sensei.
Sensei lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Larsson.
A right handed body shot lands from Sensei.
Good body shot from Sensei.
Sensei lands a right hand that snaps the head of Larsson backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sensei creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sensei scores with a shot to the side of Larsson's head.
Sensei misses with a knee to the head.
Sensei misses with a body punch.
Sensei lands a nice uppercut.
Larsson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sensei.
Sensei scores with a shoulder strike.
Sensei lands a shoulder strike.
A body shot lands from Sensei.
Sensei scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sensei stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sensei lands a knee to the body.
Sensei stalling in the clinch.
Sensei lands with a light punch inside.
Sensei lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Larsson backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Sensei fails to land.
A right handed body shot lands from Sensei.
Sensei is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Larsson is defending well for now.
Larsson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sensei or not.
Nice body punch from Larsson.
Sensei lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Larsson or not.
Larsson misses with some punches.
Sensei blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sensei lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sensei pushes Larsson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sensei scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sensei scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sensei tries a body shot but Larsson blocks it.
Still in the clinch, Larsson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sensei with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sensei stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sensei misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sensei is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Larsson is trying to maintain a safe position but Sensei gets an underhook and turns Larsson into the cage.
Larsson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sensei tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sensei tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sensei stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sensei doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Good body shot from Larsson.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sensei tries to land knees in the clinch but Larsson avoids the damage to the body.
Sensei swings wildly with an uppercut but Larsson uses good head movement to avoid it.

Larsson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Larsson throws a nice head kick!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sensei lands an overhand right.
Sensei ducks under a wild hook from Larsson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sativa Sensei showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sven Larsson's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Sensei misses the shot to the body.
Larsson misses with a head kick.
Sensei tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Larsson instigates a clinch.
Sensei misses with the head strike.
Larsson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short left from Sensei.
Larsson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Larsson blocks a body shot from Sensei.
Larsson looking to slow down the pace here.
Sensei trying to land knees to the body.

Larsson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sensei throws a head kick that misses
and Larsson counters with a straight right hand.
A low kick from Sensei misses
and Larsson counters with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sensei takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sensei blocks a jab.
Larsson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sensei misses with a kick to the body
and Larsson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sensei darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Larsson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Good leg kick by Larsson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sensei throws a left and a right that both miss
and Larsson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sensei connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sensei takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A low kick from Sensei misses
and Larsson counters with a nice body shot.
Sensei throws a leg kick but Larsson moved away.
Sven Larsson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Larsson lands a nice looking body shot.
Larsson lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Sensei misses with a leg kick
and Larsson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Larsson forces Sensei back against the cage and clinches.
A head punch on the inside from Sensei fails to land.
Sensei with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Larsson.
Sensei prevents a body shot from Larsson.
Sensei goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Larsson working Sensei over with knees to the body.
Sensei takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Larsson missing with knees to the body.
Sensei tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Larsson.
Larsson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Larsson blocks a body shot from Sensei.
Larsson tries to stall but Sensei uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Still in the clinch, Sensei scores with a nice short uppercut.
Larsson trying to land knees to the body.
A short right from Sensei.
A hook to the body from Larsson.
Sensei lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Larsson backwards.
Sensei swings wildly with an uppercut but Larsson uses good head movement to avoid it.
A left hand lands to the body for Larsson.
A body shot lands from Larsson.
Sensei takes a knee right on the jaw!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Larsson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larsson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Larsson lands a body shot in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Larsson.

Larsson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Larsson tries a head kick but it misses.
Larsson misses with a double jab.
Larsson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sensei counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Larsson thinking.
Larsson connects with an inside leg kick.
A low kick from Sensei is predictable there
enabling Larsson to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sensei defending well as Larsson loads up on a big left hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sven Larsson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sensei has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 28:29
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sativa Sensei!