PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Johan Axelsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Osold Seth Sinclair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Axelsson
vs
Seth Sinclair

183 cm
34
194 lbs
24 - 15 - 0

181 cm
31
203 lbs
11 - 9 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Johan Axelsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Osold Seth Sinclair!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, William Peck and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Axelsson lands a jab to the nose.
Seth Sinclair misses with an uppercut
and Axelsson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Axelsson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Seth Sinclair swings widly with a right hand

and Axelsson counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Axelsson stops Seth Sinclair from standing up.
Seth Sinclair looking to hit a scissor sweep but Axelsson is one step ahead there.
Axelsson sitting in guard, not really doing much.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Axelsson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Axelsson passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Axelsson tries to advance to mount but Seth Sinclair denies him.
Axelsson controlling the position from side mount.
Axelsson in side control, throwing shots but Seth Sinclair defends.
Seth Sinclair is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Axelsson lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Seth Sinclair down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Axelsson is chipping away with strikes.
Seth Sinclair wants to get back to his feet.
Seth Sinclair looking for a sweep but Axelsson has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Seth Sinclair really wants to buck Axelsson off and get back to his feet.
Seth Sinclair tries to reverse the position but Axelsson maintains control.
Axelsson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Axelsson cracks Seth Sinclair with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Seth Sinclair is in all sorts of trouble here.
Axelsson cracks Seth Sinclair with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Axelsson lands a big shot there that rocks Seth Sinclair but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Seth Sinclair is rocked!
Axelsson prevents Seth Sinclair from getting the reversal.
Seth Sinclair is still in real trouble! Can Axelsson finish him?

Axelsson working for a submission but Seth Sinclair is keeping him at bay.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Axelsson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Seth Sinclair takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Axelsson's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johan Axelsson!
A very excited looking Johan Axelsson made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.