PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Agustin Trujillo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ansgar Axelsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trujillo comes to the cage accompanied by Infectious Grooves - Violent & Funky. Axelsson is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by one bourbon one scotch one beer. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Trujillo
vs
Axelsson

185 cm
30
215 lbs
16 - 12 - 2

188 cm
44
214 lbs
42 - 21 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Conviction
Sully's Bar & Grill

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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 16 - 12 - 2, fighting out of New York, Agustin Trujillo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 42 - 21 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ansgar Axelsson!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Axelsson doesn't manage to clinch there - Trujillo circles away.
Axelsson wants to clinch but Trujillo slips to the side
and Trujillo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Trujillo gets a clinch.
Axelsson throws an elbow but it misses.
Trujillo can't find room to land a body shot as Axelsson controls the action.
Still in the clinch, Trujillo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Trujillo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Axelsson lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Trujillo breaks from the clinch.
Axelsson closes the distance but Trujillo moves to the side
and Trujillo counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
The fight stays on the outside here - Axelsson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Axelsson has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Axelsson tries to clinch up.
Trujillo lands with a slapping head kick.

It looks like Ansgar Axelsson has been cut.

Axelsson gets a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trujillo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Axelsson's elbow.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.

Axelsson has managed to clinch.
Axelsson lands an elbow just above Trujillo 's eye.

It looks like Agustin Trujillo has been cut.
Axelsson looking to slow down the pace here.
Axelsson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Trujillo backwards.
Trujillo blocks a body shot from Axelsson.
Trujillo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Axelsson avoids it.
Trujillo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Axelsson prevents the takedown attempt.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Trujillo.
Trujillo working aggressively here.
Axelsson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Axelsson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Trujillo misses with a punch to the body.
Axelsson lands with a right to the head.
Our sources have told us that Trujillo has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Trujillo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Axelsson or not.

Trujillo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Trujillo keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Axelsson tries to clinch up but Trujillo circles away and keeps his distance.
Axelsson tries to clinch
and Trujillo counters with a straight right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Axelsson closes the distance but Trujillo moves to the side
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Ansgar Axelsson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Axelsson doesn't manage to clinch there - Trujillo circles away.
Axelsson tries to clinch but Trujillo moves out of range.

Axelsson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Axelsson throws a punch but it's blocked by Trujillo.
Trujillo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Trujillo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Trujillo manages to break the clinch.
Ansgar Axelsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Axelsson tries to clinch up
and Trujillo counters with a stiff right hand.
Trujillo scores with a spinning back kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Axelsson clinches with his opponent.
Axelsson misses with a body punch.
Trujillo lands a nice shot to the body.
Axelsson missing with knees to the body.
Trujillo misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Axelsson fails to land.
Axelsson misses with a punch to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Axelsson.
A short right from Trujillo.
Axelsson misses with a body punch.
Trujillo lands a body shot in the clinch.
Trujillo wants a takedown.
Axelsson lands a shot to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Axelsson fails to land.
Trujillo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Axelsson misses with a punch to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Trujillo as Axelsson tries to tie him up.
Trujillo struggles to land a body shot inside as Axelsson controls his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Axelsson.
Trujillo lands a nice uppercut.
Axelsson misses with a body punch.
Trujillo fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Agustin Trujillo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Axelsson lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice elbow from Axelsson.
Trujillo blocks an uppercut.
Axelsson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Trujillo's elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Axelsson throws an elbow but misses.

Trujillo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Axelsson moves to clinch but Trujillo breaks away
and Trujillo counters with a monster head kick that knocks Axelsson out cold! He topples like fallen a tree, crashing to the mat! Timbeeeeeerrr!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Agustin Trujillo!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Agustin Trujillo waved his t-shirt featuring Conviction's logo in front of the cameras.