PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Angel Fuente (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sven Larsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sven Larsson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Fuente
vs
Larsson

186 cm
25
183 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

183 cm
22
180 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Seven Sins™

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 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Angel Fuente!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sven Larsson!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fuente does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A right-left combo lands from Fuente.
Larsson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Larsson scores with the left hand. Fuente knows he should have avoided that one.
Fuente misses with a leg kick.
Larsson connects with a leg kick. Fuente looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Larsson avoids the body shot from Fuente.
Fuente avoids the head kick by Larsson.
Fuente throws the left hand but Larsson avoids the punch easily.
Fuente ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Larsson moves away.
Fuente digs a good hook to Larsson's body.
Angel Fuente seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Larsson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Larsson throws a nice inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice straight punches there by Fuente. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Fuente.
Fuente checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Fuente throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

Fuente darts in and clinches Larsson up against the cage.
Larsson digs a right hand underneath Fuente's ribcage. Fuente let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Larsson misses with a body punch.
Larsson scores with a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuente blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Larsson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fuente is defending well for now.
Fuente misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Larsson.
Larsson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Larsson crunches a lovely knee into Fuente's ribcage.
Fuente blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fuente.
Larsson tries a body shot but Fuente blocks it.
Larsson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Fuente struggles to land a body shot inside as Larsson controls his hands.
Fuente doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Larsson working Fuente over with knees to the body.
Larsson blocks an uppercut.
Larsson has Fuente pushed against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Fuente has a couple of punches blocked by Larsson.
Fuente takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larsson looking to slow down the pace here.
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!
Fuente throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Larsson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fuente tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Larsson taking a breather.
Larsson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Larsson tries to work over Fuente's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Larsson blocks an uppercut.
Larsson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Larsson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Larsson is pushing Fuente up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Fuente struggles to land a body shot inside as Larsson controls his hands.
Larsson misses with a knee to the head.
Larsson blocks an uppercut.
Fuente lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuente lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Larsson.
Fuente drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Larsson misses with a punch to the body.
Larsson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fuente backwards.
Larsson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Fuente.
Larsson digs a right hand underneath Fuente's ribcage. Fuente let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Fuente is breathing heavily.
Larsson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Fuente's face.
Fuente blocks a body shot from Larsson.
Larsson misses with a punch to the body.
Larsson tries to work over Fuente's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fuente misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fuente prevents a body shot from Larsson.
Fuente misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Larsson misses with a punch to the body.
Fuente misses with a punch to the body.
A hook to the body from Larsson.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fuente tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Fuente creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Larsson is trying to stall.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Larsson.
Fuente tries a body shot but Larsson blocks it.
Fuente swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Larsson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Larsson is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Larsson struggles to land a body shot inside as Fuente controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Larsson.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Larsson obliges.
Larsson lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Larsson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Larsson on the inside.
Larsson lands a body punch.
Larsson is stalling here.
A short body shot lands from Larsson as the two fighters clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sven Larsson dominated that round.
That's time! Fuente's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Larsson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Larsson throws a push kick but Fuente slaps the foot to one side.
Larsson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Fuente moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Larsson moves out of range of the leg kick from Fuente.
Fuente misses the shot to the body.
Fuente motions for Larsson to come forward. Fuente throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nice defenses there by Larsson.
Larsson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Fuente looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That kick from Fuente tenderised Larsson's leg. Larsson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Fuente throws the kick towards the body but Larsson avoids it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Larsson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A jab from Larsson does it's job there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fuente looks to throw the jab but Larsson is out of range.
Fuente on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Larsson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Larsson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fuente.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Larsson connects with the punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fuente. Larsson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Larsson lands a nice hook to Fuente's body. Fuente takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Fuente misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Larsson.
Fuente looks to throw the jab but Larsson is out of range.
Fuente fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Larsson manages to avoid it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Fuente.
Larsson scoring well with a low kick there.
Sven Larsson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fuente on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Fuente is rocked!
Larsson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Oh Fuente is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Oooooh!!! Larsson has knocked Fuente down with a huge combo! Larsson steps away and waves a wobbly Fuente back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fuente ducks right into an uppercut from Larsson.
Larsson throws a jab but it's blocked by Fuente.
Fuente keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Larsson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larsson moves in looking to clinch but Fuente pushes him off.
Larsson misses with an uppercut.
Larsson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That kick from Larsson tenderised Fuente's leg. Fuente is trying to keep his angry face on.
Larsson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fuente is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Larsson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Some wild striking there from Fuente.

Larsson rushes Fuente and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Larsson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Larsson is trying to stall.
Larsson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larsson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fuente is defending well for now.
Fuente seems to have got his legs back now.
Fuente misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Fuente fails to land.
Larsson stalling in the clinch but Fuente improves position.
Larsson seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Fuente doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Larsson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Larsson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sven Larsson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Fuente working aggressively here.
Larsson blocks a body shot from Fuente.
Fuente's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fuente tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Larsson's elbow.
Larsson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Larsson.
Fuente takes a knee to the side of the body.
Larsson is looking to control Fuente's arms but Fuente gets an underhook and turns him. Now Larsson has his back to the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fuente.
Larsson is trying to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larsson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Larsson.
Larsson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Larsson blocks an uppercut.
Larsson tries a body shot but Fuente blocks it.
Fuente tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Larsson's elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Larsson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Larsson is trying to stall.
Fuente throws a punch but it's blocked by Larsson.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Larsson.
Larsson lands a body shot.
A short body shot lands from Larsson as the two fighters clinch.
Larsson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sven Larsson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

A good leg kick by Larsson.
Fuente looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Fuente lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Fuente fails to land the takedown.
Larsson keeps Fuente at a distance using the push kick.
Fuente walks into a left hand.
Fuente showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Larsson.
Larsson throws a head kick that half lands.
Fuente throws the kick towards the body but Larsson avoids it.
Larsson throws a leg kick which misses Fuente's front leg but catches the back leg as Fuente tries to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A chopping leg kick lands by Larsson.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fuente stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Larsson.
Larsson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A shot to the liver by Larsson. Beautiful body shot.
Larsson connects with a single shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Larsson feints and then cracks Fuente's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Fuente down.
Larsson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Fuente takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Larsson throws a head kick but Fuente moves out of range.
Larsson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Larsson connects with an inside leg kick.

Larsson darts in and clinches Fuente up against the cage.
Good body shot from Larsson.
Larsson works on Fuente's body with a couple of short punches.
The referee calls for Larsson to work.
Fuente tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Larsson's elbow.
Larsson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fuente's elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Larsson.

Larsson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Larsson throws a head kick but Fuente moves out of range.
Angel Fuente has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larsson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Larsson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Fuente misses with a double jab
and Larsson counters with a nice leg kick.
Larsson lands a front kick.
Larsson lands with a cross.
Larsson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Fuente lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Larsson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Larsson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Larsson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Larsson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Good leg kick by Larsson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Larsson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Fuente tries to work over Larsson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Larsson looking to throw knees to the head but Fuente is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larsson slows down the pace here.
Fuente misses with a hook to the ribs.
Larsson can't find room to land a body shot as Fuente controls the action.
Fuente lands a left hand that snaps the head of Larsson backwards.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Larsson is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Fuente has denied him.
Larsson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fuente's elbow.
Larsson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Fuente misses with some punches.
Fuente struggles to land a body shot inside as Larsson controls his hands.
Fuente fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Larsson tries a body shot but Fuente blocks it.
Fuente tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Larsson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Larsson tries to throw a body punch but Fuente avoids it by throwing Larsson back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fuente lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Larsson backwards.
Larsson stalling the fight.
Nice body punch from Larsson - that landed with a thud.
A short right from Fuente.
Sven Larsson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Larsson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Larsson lands an uppercut.
Larsson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fuente throws a head punch that misses.
Fuente misses with a punch to the body.
Fuente lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Larsson.
Larsson lands a knee to the head.
Larsson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Larsson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fuente avoiding damage as Larsson throws knees to the body.
Larsson stalls.
Larsson lands a body shot in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sven Larsson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Larsson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sven Larsson!