PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Svend Sved (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felipe Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Felipe Dos Santos will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Sved
vs
Dos Santos

165 cm
19
150 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

180 cm
20
150 lbs
1 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

ANABOLIC **160** and LAUNDRY

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Svend Sved!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Felipe Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Leandro Rodrigues and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dos Santos shoots in but no luck this time.
Sved chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dos Santos has his takedown stuffed

and Sved counters by clinching up.
Dos Santos looks gassed!
Dos Santos wants a takedown.
Svend Sved has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Felipe Dos Santos.
Sved is working Dos Santos over against the cage.
Sved tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dos Santos avoids it.
Dos Santos managing to block the knees to the body from Sved.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Sved lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sved is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dos Santos avoiding damage as Sved throws knees to the body.

Sved pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Svend Sved seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Sved has managed to clinch.
Sved comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sved pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sved throws a front kick aimed at Dos Santos's knee but Dos Santos avoids it well.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Dos Santos drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Sved gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Sved lands a nice uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sved.
Sved pressing his opponent against the cage.
Sved lands a nice elbow.
Sved lands a damaging elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos wants a takedown but no success here.
Dos Santos takes an elbow to the forehead.

Sved manages to break the clinch.
Sved misses with a low kick.
Dos Santos shoots in but Sved avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sved lands a right hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Sved takes the fight into the clinch.
Sved lands a nice knee to the body.
Sved lands with a short shot to the head.
Dos Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sved gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sved lands an elbow that stopped Dos Santos in his tracks for a moment.
Sved just leaning against Dos Santos, taking a breather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Sved breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sved looks to score with a jab to the body but Dos Santos is just out of range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Sved breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sved throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A combination from Sved does no damage.

Sved fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dos Santos, pushing him back against the cage.
Dos Santos takes an elbow to the temple.
Sved works on Dos Santos's body with a couple of short punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sved.
Dos Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Sved escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Sved instigates a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sved lands an elbow inside.
Sved stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Sved lands an elbow inside that Dos Santos shrugs off.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Dos Santos takes an elbow to the forehead.

Sved breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Sved moves into the clinch.

Sved's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Sved takes the fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Svend Sved dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Sved moves into the clinch.
Dos Santos drops down looking for an ankle pick but Sved pulls his leg out and moves away.

Sved rushes Dos Santos and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Sved stalling the fight.
Dos Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dos Santos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Sved breaks the clinch.
Dos Santos shoots in and drives through. Sved sprawls well.

Sved instigates a clinch.
Dos Santos is breathing heavily.

Sved breaks from the clinch.
Dos Santos shoots and misses

and Sved counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Svend Sved has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Felipe Dos Santos.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sved lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sved lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sved misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dos Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dos Santos takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sved gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dos Santos takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sved lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Dos Santos is rocked!
Sved trying to land knees to the body.
Dos Santos is still on wobbly legs! Can Sved finish him?
Dos Santos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sved is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A short body shot lands from Sved as the two fighters clinch.
Dos Santos seems to have recovered his senses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sved tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sved lands a damaging elbow.
Sved lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Sved manages to break the clinch.
Felipe Dos Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Sved closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
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!
Sved scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dos Santos is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Sved gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Sved gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dos Santos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Sved pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Sved cracks Dos Santos with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Sved has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Dos Santos to stand back up!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sved misses with the combination.

Sved gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Sved takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Dos Santos drops down looking for an ankle pick but Sved pulls his leg out and moves away.
Svend Sved is winning the standup battle so far.
Sved drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Dos Santos right on the button. Dos Santos goes down! Sved follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Sved gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Svend Sved!