PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alfred Hammarskjold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesse Venturia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hammarskjold comes to the cage accompanied by Rasmus på luffen - Luffarvisan. Venturia has chosen Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise as his entrance music. Jesse Venturia will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Hammarskjold
vs
Venturia

183 cm
32
290 lbs
24 - 11 - 0

210 cm
36
281 lbs
31 - 27 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 4 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Alfred Hammarskjold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jesse Venturia!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Phil Schofield and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Venturia looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Venturia thows a body shot but no joy.
Venturia lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hammarskjold's sensitive parts.
Hammarskjold blocks a head kick by Venturia.
Venturia lands with an uppercut that bounces Hammarskjold off the cage and back into range.

It looks like Alfred Hammarskjold has been cut.
Venturia uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hammarskjold.
Venturia swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hammarskjold fails to land the takedown.
Hammarskjold misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Venturia.
Hammarskjold looks to land a left hand but Venturia moved out of range nicely.
Venturia lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Venturia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hammarskjold.
Nice defenses there by Venturia.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammarskjold goes for a double leg but Venturia avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Venturia continues to drive forward.
Hammarskjold goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hammarskjold working aggressively here.
Venturia is looking to break free of the clinch but Hammarskjold has double underhooks.
Venturia blocks an uppercut.
Venturia wants to break free but Hammarskjold has control.
Venturia blocking some punches.

Hammarskjold breaks from the clinch.
Venturia buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Venturia dips to his left and cracks Hammarskjold with an uppercut!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Venturia lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Venturia throws a nice head kick!

Alfred Hammarskjold's cut is getting worse.
Hammarskjold shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alfred Hammarskjold. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Venturia lands a head kick that stumbles Hammarskjold and the fighters go to the mat.

Hammarskjold is rocked!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Venturia tries to stand but Hammarskjold is controlling from the bottom.
Oh Hammarskjold is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Venturia is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Hammarskjold seems to have got his legs back now.
Hammarskjold looking to hit a scissor sweep but Venturia is one step ahead there.
Hammarskjold is working hard here to advance position.
Venturia wanted to stand there but Hammarskjold had control of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Venturia stopping the sweep attempt from Hammarskjold.
Hammarskjold is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Some bone on bone action there as Hammarskjold checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Venturia pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Venturia bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hammarskjold's head.

Jeez, Alfred Hammarskjold's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Alfred Hammarskjold's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jesse Venturia!
Jesse Venturia decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.