PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ethan Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Svend Sved (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harris comes into the arena with In Exile - Thrice blaring out of the sound system. Ethan Harris has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Harris
vs
Sved

184 cm
27
144 lbs
11 - 3 - 1

165 cm
29
148 lbs
18 - 13 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Good chin

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Fast

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ethan Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Svend Sved!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Daniel Franklin and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sved misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Harris tries to keep at a distance but Sved has taken the fight into the clinch.
Harris really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Sved lands a shot to the body.
Harris takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Ethan Harris has been cut.
Sved avoids the elbow strike from Harris, against the cage.
Harris lands a nice elbow.
Harris throws an elbow that misses.
Sved lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Harris looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sved told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Harris takes an elbow to the temple.
Harris pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Harris misses with an elbow over the top.
Harris stalling in the clinch but Sved improves position.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sved.
Sved creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Harris's defenses.
Sved is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Harris gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris lands an elbow inside.
Sved avoids the elbow strike from Harris, against the cage.
Sved lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris lands a nice elbow.
Sved is stalling here.
Sved dodges an elbow strike from Harris.
Sved pushes Harris back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sved tries a body shot but Harris blocks it.

Sved breaks from the clinch.

Sved gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sved takes an elbow to the temple.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Sved.
Sved gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sved comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sved comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Ethan Harris's cut is getting worse.
Harris pushes off an throws an elbow but Sved leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sved misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Harris.
Sved blocks an elbow strike from Harris.
A right hook to the body lands for Sved.
Harris throws an elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sved avoids the elbow strike from Harris, against the cage.
Harris on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sved lands an elbow just above Harris 's eye.
Sved lands a shot to the body.
Harris lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sved avoids a wild elbow strike from Harris.
Harris throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sved dodges an elbow strike from Harris.
Sved taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Sved tries to throw a body punch but Harris avoids it by throwing Sved back against the cage.
Harris throws an elbow that misses.

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.

Harris forces Sved back against the cage and clinches.
Sved blocks an elbow strike from Harris.
Harris pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Harris takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Harris is trying to maintain a safe position but Sved gets an underhook and turns Harris into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sved lands a nice shot to the body.
Sved throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Harris just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sved's brow.
Harris throws an elbow that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Sved.
Sved stalling against the cage.
Sved avoids a wild elbow strike from Harris.
Sved dodges an elbow strike from Harris.
Sved misses with an elbow over the top.
Sved just leaning against Harris, taking a breather.
Harris pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sved blocks an elbow strike.
Harris throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sved leaning his opponent against the cage.
Sved lands with a light punch inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Harris just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sved's brow.
Harris letting Sved take a breather here.
Sved avoids a wild elbow strike from Harris.
Harris misses with an elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Harris.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sved avoids a wild elbow strike from Harris.
Sved lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Harris lands an elbow inside that Sved shrugs off.
Sved dodges an elbow strike from Harris.
With the fighters up against the cage, Harris throws an elbow but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sved controlling the action here for a moment.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Harris misses with an elbow over the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Svend Sved will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ethan Harris's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Sved dives in for a single leg takedown but Harris sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Sved lands a nice elbow.
Harris avoids a wild elbow strike from Sved.
With the fighters up against the cage, Harris throws an elbow but misses.
Sved lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Harris prevents a body shot from Sved.
Harris stalling in the clinch but Sved improves position.
A right handed body shot lands from Sved.
Harris is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sved creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Harris's defenses.
Nice elbow from Harris.
Sved lands a shot to the body.
Sved avoids the elbow strike from Harris, against the cage.
Sved lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sved throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nice elbow from Harris.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris is stalling here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sved avoids the elbow strike from Harris, against the cage.
Sved lands a damaging elbow.
Sved lands an elbow just above Harris 's eye.

Sved breaks the clinch.

Sved moves into the clinch.
Sved comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Sved.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Harris just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sved's brow.
Sved lands a damaging elbow.

Ethan Harris's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Sved dodges an elbow strike from Harris.
Sved scores with a knee to the head.

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

Sved breaks the clinch.

Sved clinches with his opponent.
Harris misses with an elbow over the top.
Harris pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Harris pushes off an throws an elbow but Sved leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Harris throws an elbow but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sved avoids the elbow strike from Harris, against the cage.
Harris taking a breather.
Sved with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harris misses with an elbow strike.
Sved stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sved trying to land knees to the body.
Harris blocks an elbow strike.
Sved cracks Harris with a nice body shot.
Harris is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Harris blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harris blocks the elbow strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Sved.
Harris throws an elbow but it misses.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Sved is working for takedown but Harris is calmly controlling the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sved blocks an elbow strike from Harris.
Sved digs a right hand underneath Harris's ribcage. Harris let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Harris misses with an elbow strike.
Sved avoids the elbow strike from Harris, against the cage.
Harris lands an elbow that stopped Sved in his tracks for a moment.
Sved looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Svend Sved seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sved dodges an elbow strike from Harris.
Sved throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sved manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Sved breaks from the clinch.

Sved gets a clinch.
Sved pushes off an throws an elbow but Harris leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sved as Harris tries to tie him up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sved lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Harris throws an elbow but it misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sved.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sved obliges.
Nice body punch from Sved - that landed with a thud.
Harris throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sved.
Sved stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sved lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Svend Sved!
Svend Sved 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.