PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sven Jergensen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Bolton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jergensen
vs
Bolton

170 cm
24
170 lbs
8 - 6 - 1

180 cm
24
180 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Revolution Clothing

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 8 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sven Jergensen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charles Bolton!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Columbo Gatti and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jergensen jabs Bolton to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Bolton throws an off balance right hand

and Jergensen counters with a takedown into side control.
Bolton is not content to let Jergensen control the position.
Jergensen taking a breather here.
Jergensen tries to advance to mount but can't.
Bolton 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bolton is not content to let Jergensen control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bolton defending against the ground and pound.
Bolton is trying to buck Jergensen off.
Jergensen is trying to move to mount but Bolton reverses beautifully and ends up in Jergensen's guard.
Jergensen is trying to control the position but Bolton postures up.
Jergensen has his hands on Bolton's head, controlling the position.
Jergensen tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bolton not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Jergensen manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bolton manages to get himself to full guard.

Jergensen trying to control the position from guard on top but Bolton is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Bolton holds on and takes a little breather.
Bolton working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jergensen.
Jergensen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bolton wants to sweep but no luck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bolton keeping full guard, as Jergensen tries to pass.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Bolton wants to stand but Jergensen is controlling the position.
Jergensen wants to control from the top but Bolton keeps moving.
Jergensen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Bolton ducks under a wild hook from Jergensen.
Decent striking displayed by Bolton there.

Jergensen darts in and clinches Bolton up against the cage.
Jergensen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bolton trying to stall but Jergensen improves his position.
Jergensen digs a right hand underneath Bolton's ribcage. Bolton let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bolton gets through Jergensen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jergensen lands a hook that snaps the head of Bolton backwards.
Jergensen swings wildly with an uppercut but Bolton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jergensen digs a right hand into Bolton's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bolton's gas tank.
Bolton displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jergensen up against the cage.
Jergensen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
I was talking to Jergensen's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

Bolton breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Bolton gets tackled into the cage by Jergensen. Jergensen maintains the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jergensen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bolton.
Jergensen misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jergensen controlling the action here for a moment.
Bolton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sven Jergensen dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Jergensen scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jergensen misses with a takedown attempt - Bolton sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jergensen lands with a hook. Bolton tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Jergensen lands a nice shot to the body.
Bolton connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Sven Jergensen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bolton darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Jergensen.
Jergensen takes a swing at Bolton's ribcage but misses.
Jergensen fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sven Jergensen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bolton misses with a straight left.
Bolton misses with an uppercut.
Bolton misses with a right hand

so Jergensen counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jergensen wants to pass the guard but Bolton is keeping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jergensen passes Bolton's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Jergensen tries to pass the half guard into mount. Bolton knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Bolton desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Bolton is trying to control but can't.
Bolton is trying to get back to full guard.
Bolton trying to control but Jergensen postures up.
Bolton is looking to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Jergensen trying to pass the guard but Bolton defending well.
Jergensen moves nicely into side control.
Jergensen misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Jergensen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bolton can do to turn this around?
Jergensen has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Jergensen looking to control but Bolton is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Bolton tries to hold on but Jergensen pushes him away.
Bolton is squirming around, avoiding Jergensen's attempts to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bolton tries to hold on but Jergensen postures up.
Jergensen throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Bolton because Jergensen loaded up on that one.
Jergensen throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Bolton because Jergensen loaded up on that one.
Jergensen throws some wild stikes that Bolton manages to avoid easily.
Bolton tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jergensen trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Jergensen thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Bolton is squirming around, avoiding Jergensen's attempts to control the action.
Bolton tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jergensen trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Jergensen throwing strikes here but Bolton is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Jergensen tries to control but Bolton wriggling away.
Jergensen controlling his opponent.
Jergensen trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Bolton is wriggling around trying to escape.
Sven Jergensen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Poor strikes thrown by Jergensen there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Jergensen controlling the position easily from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sven Jergensen dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Bolton misses with a straight left.
Jergensen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jergensen lands a nice hook to Bolton's body. Bolton takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jergensen closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bolton circles away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bolton.
Jergensen lands with a nice body punch.
Bolton slips under a jab.
Bolton swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A slow jab from Jergensen misses its intended target.
Jergensen moves out of range of the strikes.
Bolton misses with a hook. Jergensen ducked under it nicely.
Bolton clobbers Jergensen with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jergensen tries to clinch up.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Jergensen!
Bolton moves out of range of the strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bolton ducks under a wild hook from Jergensen.
Bolton throws a head kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Jergensen.
Charles Bolton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jergensen takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jergensen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jergensen lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Bolton slips a jab from Jergensen.
Bolton misses with a hook
and Jergensen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bolton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jergensen was well out of range. Poor timing from Bolton.
A little feinted left hand from Jergensen on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bolton throws a shot from downtown. Jergensen moves away and avoids it.
Bolton walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Bolton might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Bolton doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bolton throws a jab when Jergensen was well out of range.
Bolton looks to throw the jab but Jergensen is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bolton throws a lazy right hand but Jergensen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jergensen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Bolton gets caught napping as Jergensen dives in and scores a takedown. Bolton manages to retain guard.
Jergensen trying to control the position from guard on top but Bolton is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bolton keeping full guard, as Jergensen tries to pass.
Bolton preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jergensen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bolton is keeping the position for now.
Jergensen is looking to pass into half guard but Bolton pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Bolton is in guard.

Bolton stays in close to Jergensen's body and controls the position.
Jergensen wants to sweep but no luck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bolton wanted to stand there but Jergensen had control of the position.
Bolton wants to control from the top but Jergensen keeps moving.
Sven Jergensen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jergensen wants to sweep here but Bolton controlling him for the moment.
Bolton trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jergensen is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Charles Bolton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Bolton trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Jergensen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bolton scores with a hook.
Bolton misses with a body kick.
Jergensen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bolton moves out of range of the strikes.
Jergensen scores with a crisp jab that stopped Bolton in his tracks.
Bolton throws a looping overhand right but Jergensen ducks down to avoid it.
Jergensen throws a body punch but Bolton moves out of range.
Jergensen on the wrong end of a nice jab.

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 John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sven Jergensen!
A relieved looking Sven Jergensen thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.