PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sven Jergensen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tourney Champ (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tourney Champ will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Jergensen
vs
Champ

170 cm
22
170 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

183 cm
23
180 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Maximum Vitality

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sven Jergensen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tourney Champ!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Chad Campbell and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Champ blocks a jab.
A punch combination from Jergensen misses.
Jergensen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Champ looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Jergensen moves into range and clinches up with Champ.
Jergensen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jergensen.
Champ tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Champ has a couple of punches blocked by Jergensen.
Champ is looking to break free of the clinch but Jergensen has double underhooks.
Jergensen misses with a punch on the inside.
Jergensen lands a right hand.
Champ has had enough of the clinch but Jergensen keeps him there for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jergensen has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Champ after a bit of a struggle.
Champ leaning his opponent against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Jergensen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Jergensen pressing his opponent against the cage.
Jergensen tries to throw a body punch but Champ avoids it by throwing Jergensen back against the cage.
Champ misses with a hook from the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Jergensen.
Champ lands a hook that snaps the head of Jergensen backwards.
The referee calls for Jergensen to work.
Champ scores with a hook to the body.
Jergensen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jergensen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jergensen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Jergensen manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jergensen.
Jergensen drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Champ gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Champ working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Champ.
Jergensen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Champ letting Jergensen take a breather here.
Champ wants to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Jergensen fails to land.
Jergensen can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sven Jergensen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jergensen changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Champ fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Champ lands with a good body shot.
Jergensen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Champ loads up on a big right hand but Jergensen slips the punch.
Champ throws the left hand but Jergensen avoids the punch easily.
Jergensen appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Champ misses with an uppercut.
Jergensen is looking to clinch but Champ is avoiding it.
Tourney Champ is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Champ avoids a punch combination nicely.
Champ throws a lazy right hand but Jergensen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jergensen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jergensen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Champ throws out the jab.
Jergensen misses with a hook. Champ ducked under it nicely.

Jergensen scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Still in half guard, Jergensen seems content to control.
Jergensen tries to pass the half guard into mount. Champ knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Champ pushes Jergensen off looking to stand but Jergensen dives back in and keeps control.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sven Jergensen dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Champ throws a hook but Jergensen blocks it.
Jergensen fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jergensen fails to land with a series of punches.
Champ misses the jab.

Jergensen gets a takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jergensen takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Champ tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Jergensen manages to move to mount!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jergensen controlling from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Champ is trying desperately to improve position.
Champ is trying to stand.
Champ wants to control but Jergensen is having none of it.
Jergensen content just to control the position here.
Jergensen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Champ can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Champ is in all sorts of trouble here.
Jergensen sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Champ working to try and regain half guard.
Jergensen takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Champ can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Champ is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Jergensen controlling the position easily from mount.
Champ is wriggling around trying to escape.
Jergensen tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Champ squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Jergensen controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Champ wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Jergensen content just to control the position here.
Champ felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Champ is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Champ is wriggling around trying to escape.
Jergensen controlling the position easily from mount.
Champ is trying desperately to improve position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sven Jergensen dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Champ gets tackled into the cage by Jergensen. Jergensen maintains the clinch.
Champ looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Champ blocks a body shot from Jergensen.
A short body shot lands from Jergensen as the two fighters clinch.
Jergensen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jergensen lands a body punch in the clinch.

Champ breaks the clinch.
Jergensen lands with a nice combination. Champ backs away looking to recover.
Jergensen wants to clinch up but Champ keeps it at a distance.
Tourney Champ seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Champ connects with the punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Champ with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jergensen to score with a decent uppercut.
Jergensen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Champ manages to avoid it.
Champ throws a hook but Jergensen avoids it easily.
Sven Jergensen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jergensen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Champ tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jergensen was well out of range. Poor timing from Champ.
Champ lands a nice hook to Jergensen's body. Jergensen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Champ misses with a looping left.

Jergensen fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Champ to the ground. Jergensen is now in Champ's guard.
Champ being controlled here, momentarily.
Jergensen stops Champ from standing up.
Champ being controlled here, momentarily.
Jergensen might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Champ keeping full guard, as Jergensen tries to pass.
Champ being controlled here, momentarily.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Champ swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Jergensen counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Champ is trying to escape back to his feet but Jergensen uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Jergensen controls the position from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Champ wants to get back to his feet but Jergensen drags him back down.
A lull in the action here.
Champ is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Jergensen is controlling him well.
A lull in the action here as Jergensen stalls from top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Champ tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Jergensen wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Tourney Champ has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sven Jergensen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Champ being controlled for a moment.
Champ tries to improve position but can't.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Champ on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Champ throws a hook to the side of Jergensen's head but Jergensen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jergensen ducks under a wild hook from Champ.
It looked like Jergensen wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

Jergensen darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Jergensen stalling.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sven Jergensen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jergensen has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sven Jergensen!
After the fight, Sven Jergensen was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.