PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sven Larsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Spotted Cow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Larsson
vs
Cow

183 cm
25
180 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

180 cm
30
183 lbs
21 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
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 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sven Larsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Spotted Cow!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Jorge Garcia and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cow looks to score with a jab to the body but Larsson is just out of range.
Cow tries to land a leg kick but Larsson saw it coming and moves away.
Larsson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Larsson throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Larsson throws a hook to the side of Cow's head but Cow sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Larsson blocks the body kick.

Cow fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Larsson, pushing him back against the cage.
Larsson lands with a light punch inside.
Larsson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Cow misses with a hook to the ribs.
Larsson stalls.
Cow lands a left hand.
Larsson lands with a right to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cow looking to throw knees to the head but Larsson is blocking nicely.

Larsson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Larsson slaps away a takedown attempt from Cow, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Larsson throws a solid leg kick but Cow takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Larsson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Larsson throws a low kick but Cow moves out of range easily.
Larsson connects with a crisp jab.
Cow misses with a wild body shot.
Larsson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cow.
Larsson scores with a nice strike.
Larsson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Larsson throws a sloppy head kick and Cow moves out of range easily.
Larsson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Larsson looks to land a right hand but Cow moved out of range.
Cow shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Larsson as he avoids it easily.
Cow fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cow wants to clinch.
Cow misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sven Larsson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Larsson connects with a single shot there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cow scores with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larsson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Larsson throws a sloppy head kick and Cow moves out of range easily.
Cow throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Larsson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A leg kick checked by Cow.
Cow connects with a solid leg kick.
Cow throws out a leg kick but Larsson moves out of range and Cow only half commits.
A jab lands there for Larsson.
Cow throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Larsson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Larsson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cow throws a one two combo.
Cow lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Larsson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cow lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nice sprawl there from Larsson as Cow shoots in.
Sven Larsson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Spotted Cow.
Cow works the jab nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larsson moves out of range of the body kick from Cow.
A nice combination there by Cow.
Larsson cracks Cow with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Larsson throws a lazy uppercut
and Cow counters with a three punch combo that has Larsson backing up. Larsson nods at Cow to acknowledge the strikes.
Larsson takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Larsson is rocked!
Larsson misses with a low kick as Cow jumps back.
Oh Larsson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cow scores with a body shot.
Larsson blocks a leg kick.
Larsson seems to have got his legs back now.
Cow gets cracked there but stands up to it.
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 throws a hook but Cow blocks it.
Cow lands with a kick to the ribs.
Larsson avoids a kick to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Larsson. Cow does a little dance to reset his feet.
Larsson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cow. Cow obviously looking to wear him down.
Larsson moves out of range of the body kick.
A low kick from Larsson misses
and Cow counters with a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larsson throws a looping overhand right but Cow ducks down to avoid it.
Larsson checks a leg kick.
Cow jabs at Larsson's body.
Cow takes one to the chin there.
Cow scores with a kick to the midsection.
Cow changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Cow throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Cow scores a takedown into full mount!
Cow landing strikes, looking to finish!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cow content just to control the position here.
Larsson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Spotted Cow 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.

Cow fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Larsson, pushing him back against the cage.
Larsson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Larsson scores with a shoulder strike.
Larsson tries to work over Cow's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Larsson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Larsson looking to slow down the pace here.

Cow breaks the clinch.
Cow cracks a nice hook into Larsson's ribs.
Larsson moves away from the strike by Cow.
Cow throws a hook but Larsson avoids it easily.
Larsson jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Larsson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Larsson throws a head kick but Cow moves out of range.
Larsson tests Cow's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cow is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Larsson rather than just go for the knockout.
Larsson misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cow misses with a low kick.
Cow moves out of range of the strikes.
Larsson throws a body kick that misses.
Cow lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Larsson circles away quickly and effectively.
The fighters circling - Larsson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A nice inside leg kick there by Larsson. That's going to slow Cow down.
Larsson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cow.
Larsson lands a head shot.
Larsson takes a swing at Cow's ribcage but misses.
Cow throws a leg kick but Larsson checks it.
Cow fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cow looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
An inside leg kick from Cow misses.
Larsson moves out of range of the strikes.

Cow shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Cow was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cow trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Larsson gets back to half guard.
Cow trying to control the action but Larsson is working from the bottom.
Larsson gets back to full guard.
Larsson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cow is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Cow trying to control the position from guard on top but Larsson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Larsson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cow trying to control the position from guard on top but Larsson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cow postures up.
Cow sitting in guard here, content to control.
Cow trying to control the position from guard on top but Larsson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Spotted Cow has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Larsson throws a looping overhand right but Cow ducks down to avoid it.
Larsson dodges the punch combination from Cow.
Cow misses with a shot to the body
and Larsson makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Cow really felt that one!
Larsson throws a hook but Cow avoids it easily.
Cow closes the distance and clinches up with Larsson, looking for a takedown. Cow pushes Larsson against the cage but Larsson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Larsson throws a solid leg kick but Cow takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Larsson.
Cow displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Larsson throws out the jab.
Larsson feints a jab promting Cow to slip. Larsson then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Cow slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cow misses with a hook
and Larsson counters with a head kick.
Larsson throws a head kick but Cow moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cow tries to work over Larsson's front leg with a kick but Larsson checks it.
Larsson throws a hook but Cow blocks it.
Larsson wants to slow Cow down by chopping away at his legs.
A jab from Cow misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Sven Larsson will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Nice straight punches there by Cow. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Cow.
Cow misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cow misses with a wild body shot.
Cow lands a head shot.
Larsson blocks a jab.
Larsson swings for the body but Cow moves out of range.
Larsson throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Cow's head.

Cow feints and as Larsson raises his hands in defense, Cow changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Cow throwing strikes but missing.
Cow wants to control from the top but Larsson keeps moving.
Larsson looking for a sweep. Not yet Larsson, not yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cow looking to sit in guard and control but Larsson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Larsson trying to control but Cow is working from the bottom.
Cow tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Cow controls Larsson momentarily but Larsson frees himself.
Cow tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larsson trying to control but Cow is working from the bottom.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Sven Larsson wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Larsson looks to throw the jab but Cow is out of range.
Cow gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Larsson.
Larsson throws a sloppy head kick and Cow moves out of range easily.
Larsson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cow.
Cow sizes up Larsson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Larsson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Larsson moves out of range of the leg kick from Cow.
Larsson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Larsson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cow misses with a two punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cow fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Larsson avoids it really well and circles away.
A telegraphed right hand from Cow misses the target.
Cow checks a low kick from Larsson.
Cow takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Larsson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nice shot by Larsson.
Larsson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Larsson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Larsson lands with a hook. Cow tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A low kick from Cow misses
and Larsson counters with a straight right hand.
Larsson looks to land a right hand but Cow moved out of range.
Larsson has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Cow.
Cow throws a sloppy head kick
and Larsson counters with a leg kick.
Cow takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larsson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cow.
Cow misses with a takedown attempt - Larsson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Larsson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cow shoots for a double leg takedown but Larsson sprawls well. He's pushed Cow's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Sven Larsson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Spotted Cow.
Cow on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Larsson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cow. Larsson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cow misses with a body shot.
Larsson connects with a solid leg kick.
Larsson scores with a hook to the body. Cow takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cow turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Larsson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Larsson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Sven Larsson.
I think Larsson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Sven Larsson!
After winning the bout, Sven Larsson thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.