PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hjalmar Klason (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Velasquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Klason comes to the cage accompanied by (Hed) Pe - Raise Hell. Velasquez is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Accept's Balls To The Wall. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Klason
vs
Velasquez

190 cm
41
216 lbs
40 - 23 - 0

200 cm
32
225 lbs
20 - 9 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 40 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hjalmar Klason!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Juan Velasquez!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Dillan Fox and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Velasquez buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Klason looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Klason misses with a looping right.
Klason misses with a left hand
and Velasquez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Velasquez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Velasquez tries to land a leg kick but Klason saw it coming and moves away.
Velasquez connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

It looks like Hjalmar Klason has been cut.
A head kick misses from Velasquez.
Velasquez keeps Klason at a distance using the push kick.
Klason steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Velasquez.
Velasquez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Velasquez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Klason will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Velasquez connects with a solid leg kick.
Klason goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Velasquez pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Klason swings widly with a right hand
and Velasquez counters with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klason misses with a body kick.
Velasquez lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Velasquez moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Klason slips a straight right by Velasquez.
Velasquez catches Klason with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Juan Velasquez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Velasquez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A slapping leg kick lands for Velasquez.
Klason on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Velasquez can't find room to land a body shot as Klason controls the action.
Velasquez blocks an uppercut.
A short left from Velasquez.
Klason misses with a punch to the body.
Velasquez lands with a right to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Klason blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Velasquez lands with a left to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Klason.
A right handed body shot lands from Klason.
A nice right hand lands inside from Klason.
Klason lands a left hand that snaps the head of Velasquez backwards.
Velasquez misses with a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Klason.
Klason drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Velasquez gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Klason swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short uppercut from Velasquez.
Velasquez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Klason's elbow.
A short right from Velasquez on the inside.
Velasquez blocks a body shot from Klason.
Klason taking a breather.
Good body shot from Velasquez.
Velasquez working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klason blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Velasquez tries to throw a body punch but Klason avoids it by throwing Velasquez back against the cage.
Velasquez has a couple of punches blocked by Klason.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Velasquez.
Velasquez has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Velasquez misses with some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Velasquez.
Klason misses with a hook from the clinch.
Klason fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Klason blocks an uppercut.
Klason throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Velasquez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Velasquez fails to land.
Velasquez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Klason backwards.
Velasquez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Velasquez swings wildly with an uppercut but Klason uses good head movement to avoid it.
Velasquez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Klason swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Velasquez scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Velasquez misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Velasquez.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Velasquez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Velasquez digs a right hand underneath Klason's ribcage. Klason let out a lung full of air as it connected.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Klason blocks an uppercut.
Velasquez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Velasquez throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Klason is breathing heavily.
Klason tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Velasquez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Klason backwards.
Velasquez stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Velasquez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Velasquez.
Velasquez scores with a shoulder strike.
Velasquez gets through Klason's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Velasquez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Klason tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Velasquez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Klason lands an uppercut.
Velasquez prevents a takedown attempt there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Velasquez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hjalmar Klason's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Klason tries to land a body kick
and Velasquez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Velasquez throws a leg kick but Klason sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Velasquez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Velasquez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Velasquez misses with a punch to the body.
Velasquez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Velasquez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Velasquez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Velasquez blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Velasquez.
A short right from Velasquez on the inside.

Klason is rocked!
Velasquez lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Klason.
Klason changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Velasquez fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Velasquez has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Klason is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Velasquez cracks Klason with a hook to the temple - Klason is on wobbly legs here! Velasquez swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Klason falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Velasquez wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Juan Velasquez!
Juan Velasquez is the new light heavyweight champion!
Juan Velasquez really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that BeastMode logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.