PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Renato Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sven S Svensson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes to the cage accompanied by Bring Da Ruckus. Sven S Svensson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gracie
vs
S Svensson

170 cm
32
142 lbs
21 - 10 - 0

170 cm
23
145 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Renato Gracie!
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 S Svensson!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Igor Prikhodko and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Svensson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sven S Svensson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Svensson.
Svensson throws a wild body kick that Gracie sees coming a mile off.
Svensson misses with an uppercut. Gracie saw that one coming.
Svensson cracks Gracie with an open hand slap.
Svensson looks to land a body kick but Gracie moved away.
Gracie throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Svensson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gracie.
Svensson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Gracie with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice body punch from Svensson.
Svensson feints a jab promting Gracie to slip. Svensson then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Gracie slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Svensson throws a lazy right hand but Gracie sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Svensson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Svensson throws a right and a left that Gracie avoids nicely.
Gracie's corner calls for a 1-2. Gracie obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Svensson misses with a series of wild punches.
No joy there for Svensson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie wants to land a leg kick but Svensson is out of range.
Svensson connects with the punch.
Svensson scores with a hook to the body. Gracie takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Gracie lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Svensson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Svensson.
Gracie throws a solid leg kick but Svensson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gracie.
Left hook, right uppercut from Svensson.
Gracie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Svensson moves away.
Good leg kick by Gracie there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Svensson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Svensson takes a jab right on the kisser.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Svensson throws a hook but Gracie blocks it.
Nice cross by Gracie.
A right-left combo lands from Gracie.
Gracie connects with a crisp jab.
Svensson throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Gracie scores with a jab to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a hook but Svensson blocks it.

Svensson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gracie fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Gracie blocks an elbow strike from Svensson.
Gracie is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Svensson.
Gracie jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Svensson walks away with a smile on his face. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Renato Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Svensson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
That kick from Svensson tenderised Gracie's leg. Gracie is trying to keep his angry face on.
Gracie blocks a head kick by Svensson.
Gracie steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Svensson.
Gracie takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
No joy there for Gracie, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Svensson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from Svensson. Gracie does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gracie misses with an uppercut. Svensson saw that one coming.
Svensson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

It looks like Renato Gracie has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie misses with an uppercut.
Gracie moves out of range as Svensson throws a body kick.
Svensson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Svensson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Gracie takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gracie tries to work over Svensson's front leg with a kick but Svensson checks it.
Gracie is looking to chop away at Svensson's legs.
Gracie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Svensson as he connects with a hook.
Gracie is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Svensson lands a really nice looking cross but Gracie seems unphased.

Gracie is rocked!
Gracie takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Oh Gracie is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gracie looks up at the clock. Bad move! Svensson lands a right hand from hell, dropping Gracie. Svensson pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sven S Svensson!
Sven S Svensson decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.