PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Artemis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erland Eliasson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Artemis
vs
Eliasson

186 cm
20
220 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

190 cm
21
205 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

AnonymouS
TKO Clothing

Sin City Allstars
Max Octane Fight Wear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bruce Artemis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Erland Eliasson!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Nard Betker and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Artemis takes one to the side of the head.

It looks like Bruce Artemis has been cut.
Eliasson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Artemis looks to score with a jab to the body but Eliasson is just out of range.
Artemis moves out of range of the strikes.
We've been told by Artemis's head coaches at Abobomination Training $800 13 LEGIT elite coaches that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Artemis scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Eliasson scores with the left hand. Artemis knows he should have avoided that one.
Artemis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Eliasson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Artemis.
Artemis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Artemis takes one to the side of the head.
Eliasson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Eliasson misses with a hook
and Artemis counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice defenses there by Eliasson.
Eliasson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Artemis ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Artemis turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Eliasson tests Artemis's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Artemis is rocked!

Eliasson moves into the clinch successfully.
Oh Artemis is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Artemis stalling against the cage.
Artemis seems to have got his legs back now.
Eliasson pushes Artemis back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A bit of stalling here from Eliasson.
Artemis blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Eliasson.
A left hand lands to the body for Artemis.
Eliasson effectively controlling the action here.
Eliasson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Artemis blocks it with crossed arms.
Eliasson pushes Artemis back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Artemis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Artemis swings wildly with an uppercut but Eliasson uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Eliasson.
Artemis's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Still in the clinch, Eliasson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Eliasson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Artemis's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Eliasson.
Eliasson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Eliasson lands a nice shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Eliasson tries to work over Artemis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Artemis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Eliasson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Eliasson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Artemis struggles to land a body shot inside as Eliasson controls his hands.
Eliasson stalling the fight.
Artemis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Eliasson struggles to land a body shot inside as Artemis controls his hands.
Artemis has a couple of punches blocked by Eliasson.
Artemis lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Eliasson fails to land.
Eliasson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Eliasson lands with a short shot to the head.
Eliasson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Eliasson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Artemis backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Artemis pushes off an throws an elbow but Eliasson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Artemis can't find room to land a body shot as Eliasson controls the action.
Artemis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Eliasson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Artemiss head.
Artemis pressing his opponent against the cage.
Eliasson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short body shot lands from Eliasson as the two fighters clinch.
Eliasson pushes Artemis back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Eliasson has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Artemis seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Eliasson can turn it around.
Eliasson unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Artemis! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Eliasson is unloading with more strikes now! Artemis drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Erland Eliasson!
Erland Eliasson took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Sin City Allstars for their support in the buildup to the fight.