PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Len Daniels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sven Lennart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Daniels
vs
Lennart

193 cm
23
220 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

190 cm
22
198 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Breeze

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Len Daniels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Sven Lennart!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Atkins and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Daniels with that takedown attempt.

Daniels closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Daniels lands in his opponent's guard.
Daniels stands and throws Lennart's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Daniels with the ground and pound but Lennart regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Daniels passes the guard and advances to mount!

Daniels goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Lennart turns into him and now he's in Daniels's guard.
Daniels looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Lennart puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daniels tries to get to full guard but Lennart has control of the leg.

Lennart is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Lennart is looking for a kimura but Daniels is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Lennart to get the leverage.

Lennart is trying to work for a kimura but Daniels is defending well.
Lennart looks gassed!

Daniels looking for submissions off his back.
Daniels punching from the bottom.
Lennart trying to control from half guard but Daniels is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Daniels scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Daniels seems to be looking for submissions.
Daniels wants to pass to mount but Lennart is defending the position.
Lennart is in trouble now - Daniels has advanced to mount!
Lennart is looking to improve his position but Daniels isn't that keen on the idea.
Lennart in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Daniels is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Lennart has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Lennart!

Daniels has an active guard here but Lennart has managed to pass into half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniels is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Daniels wants to get back to full guard but Lennart has passed into side control.
Lennart manages to capitalize on a mistake by Daniels to take his back!
Daniels tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Lennart manages to capitalize on a mistake by Daniels to take his back!

Lennart looking for the RNC.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daniels tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!

Lennart wants to finish this one by submission but Daniels is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Lennart.
Lennart moves to the back position.

Lennart is working hard for the rear naked choke here.

Lennart looking for the RNC.

Daniels showing good submission defense here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Sven Lennart will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Daniels drives through with a takedown into guard.
Daniels passes Lennart's left leg - he's now in half guard.

Daniels is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Daniels is looking to take a break and control but Lennart is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Daniels is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Lennart doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Daniels.
Daniels is looking to pass Lennart's guard but actually Lennart recovers to full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lennart is looking for a triangle but Daniels pushes his legs off easily.
Daniels trying to control the position from guard on top but Lennart is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Daniels is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Lennart is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Daniels trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Daniels trying to control the position from guard on top but Lennart is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Daniels accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Daniels passes into half guard.

Lennart looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Daniels is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Lennart manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Daniels trying to control but Lennart is working from the bottom.
Daniels stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lennart swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Daniels has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Lennart looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniels looking to pass the guard.
Sven Lennart has got the better of the ground game so far.
Daniels trying to control the position from guard on top but Lennart is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Lennart has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Daniels can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Daniels looking to pass the guard.

Lennart is looking for a triangle but Daniels pushes his legs off easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Daniels advances position into side control!

Daniels is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Lennart looks calm but he's in trouble here. Daniels gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Lennart is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Daniels lets go of the hold and Lennart can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Len Daniels!