PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jonah Hex (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sven Liljedahl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hex comes into the arena with Johnny Cash - Rusty Cage . blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Liljedahl's choice of entrance music: Imperiet - Märk hur vår skugga. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Hex
vs
Liljedahl

194 cm
29
257 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

197 cm
34
283 lbs
21 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

KAISER
****160Q Energy for $150****

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jonah Hex!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sven Liljedahl!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Aafke Stam and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hex fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hex showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Liljedahl.
Hex steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Liljedahl. That one must have hurt.
Hex tries to clinch but Liljedahl moves out of range.
Hex tries to clinch but Liljedahl moves out of range.
Hex wants to clinch up but Liljedahl keeps it at a distance.

Liljedahl fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hex, pushing him back against the ropes.
Hex tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Hex gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Hex prevents a body shot from Liljedahl.
Liljedahl blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Hex decides to pull guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Liljedahl throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liljedahl tries to free his leg and advance position but Hex is retaining full guard.
Liljedahl stays in close to Hex's body and controls the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Sven Liljedahl was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Liljedahl avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hex closes the distance looking to clinch
and Liljedahl counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hex is looking to clinch but Liljedahl is avoiding it.

Hex gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hex is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Liljedahl is defending well for now.
Liljedahl makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hex tries a knee to the head but Liljedahl blocks 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!
Hex lands a knee to the body.
Liljedahl lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Liljedahl.
Liljedahl scores with a shoulder strike.
Liljedahl tries to work over Hex's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hex stalling against the ropes.
Liljedahl pushes Hex back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hex tries to land a knee to the head but Liljedahl blocks with his arms.
Hex blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Liljedahl managing to block the knees to the body from Hex.
Hex using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Liljedahl has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hex blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hex looking to throw knees to the head but Liljedahl is blocking nicely.
Hex unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Liljedahl blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hex is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hex tries a knee to the head but Liljedahl blocks it.
Hex misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Liljedahl.
Hex blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hex blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Liljedahl avoiding damage as Hex throws knees to the body.
Hex blocks an uppercut.
Hex throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Liljedahl managing to block the knees to the body from Hex.
Liljedahl on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liljedahl doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Liljedahl lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Liljedahl misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hex is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Liljedahl is defending well for now.
Hex tries to land a knee to the head but Liljedahl blocks with his arms.
Still in the clinch, Liljedahl scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hex tries to land knees in the clinch but Liljedahl avoids the damage to the body.
Hex lands a knee to the body.
Hex leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Liljedahl managing to block the knees to the body from Hex.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hex is trying to pull guard but Liljedahl turns him against the ropes and we stay in the clinch.
Liljedahl lands a nice shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonah Hex dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hex throws a jab when Liljedahl was well out of range.
Liljedahl stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hex wants to clinch

and Liljedahl counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Liljedahl.
Hex throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Liljedahl blocks it with crossed arms.
Liljedahl blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jonah Hex has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hex tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hex looking to throw knees to the head but Liljedahl is blocking nicely.
Hex blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hex landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hex fails to pull guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hex blocks a body shot from Liljedahl.
Liljedahl tries a body shot but Hex blocks it.
Hex looking to slow down the pace here.
Hex with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liljedahl scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hex tries to land knees in the clinch but Liljedahl avoids the damage to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Liljedahl as Hex tries to tie him up.
Hex lands a knee to the body.
Hex tries to pull guard but Liljedahl forces him back to his feet, against the ropes.
Hex tries a knee to the head but Liljedahl blocks it.
Liljedahl blocks an elbow strike.
Hex fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jonah Hex. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Liljedahl misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hex blocking some punches.
Hex missing with knees to the body.
Liljedahl struggles to land a body shot inside as Hex controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liljedahl lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hex misses with a knee strike.
Hex is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Liljedahl pushes Hex back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Hex here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Hex trying to land knees to the body.
Liljedahl lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Liljedahl tries to work over Hex's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Liljedahl managing to block the knees to the body from Hex.
Hex tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Liljedahl managing to block the knees to the body from Hex.
Liljedahl lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hex trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hex tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Liljedahl blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Liljedahl misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Liljedahl blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Liljedahl tries to throw a body punch but Hex avoids it by throwing Liljedahl back against the ropes.
Hex looking to stall.
Liljedahl can't find room to land a body shot as Hex controls the action.
Hex with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hex tries to pull guard but Liljedahl forces him back to his feet, against the ropes.
Liljedahl avoids the elbow strike from Hex, against the ropes.
Liljedahl misses with a punch on the inside.
Hex missing with knees to the body.
Hex tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Liljedahl just stands there and leans against the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hex looking to throw knees to the head but Liljedahl is blocking nicely.
Liljedahl throws a punch but it's blocked by Hex.
Hex misses with a knee to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Liljedahl.
Liljedahl avoiding damage as Hex throws knees to the body.
Hex is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Liljedahl is defending well for now.
A right hand to the body from Liljedahl.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Liljedahl drops Hex onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Hex is propped up by the ropes and works his way back to his feet!

Hex is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A body shot lands from Liljedahl.
Oh Hex is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Liljedahl lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.

Liljedahl drops Hex onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Hex is propped up by the ropes and works his way back to his feet!
Liljedahl goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hex blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Liljedahl has Hex pressed against the ropes. Hex drops his hands and Liljedahl takes advantage by unloading with a massive hook that sends Hex tumbling to the canvas! Liljedahl rains down with more punches but Hex was already out! That's a highlight reel knockout for Liljedahl!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Sven Liljedahl!