PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Conrad Calacon (ranked 1782 p4p, 238 weight class) and Sven Ludwig (ranked 973 p4p, 147 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Calacon
vs
Ludwig

185 cm
25
188 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

185 cm
26
199 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction

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 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Conrad Calacon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sven Ludwig!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Calacon lands with an overhand left.

Ludwig gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ludwig trying to land knees to the body.
Ludwig working aggressively here.
Calacon wants to break the clinch but can't.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ludwig takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Calacon presses Ludwig against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ludwig avoiding damage.
Calacon is trying to force a seperation but Ludwig has the dominant position.
Ludwig lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Calacon manages to break the clinch.
Calacon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ludwig is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Calacon misses with a few strikes there.
Calacon tries a head kick but it misses.
A low kick from Calacon is predictable there
and Ludwig counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A telegraphed right hand from Calacon misses the target.
A chopping leg kick lands by Calacon.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ludwig delivers a nice body kick.
Ludwig bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Calacon's corner calls for a 1-2. Calacon obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Calacon on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Calacon fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice straight punches there by Calacon. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Calacon.
Calacon lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like Sven Ludwig has been cut.
Conrad Calacon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ludwig uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Calacon.
Calacon throws a lazy right hand but Ludwig sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Calacon throws a sloppy head kick and Ludwig moves out of range easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Calacon misses with a low kick.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Ludwig has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Calacon steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Ludwig. That one must have hurt.
Calacon stuffs the takedown attempt from Ludwig. Ludwig gets slowly back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calacon lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ludwig throws a wild body kick that Calacon sees coming a mile off.
Calacon misses the shot to the body.
Ludwig wants to slow Calacon down by chopping away at his legs.
Calacon keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ludwig jabs at Calacon's body.
Ludwig showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Calacon.
Ludwig turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Conrad Calacon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ludwig throws a body punch but Calacon moves out of range.
Calacon throwing a counter right hand but Ludwig manages to avoid it.
Some bone on bone action there as Calacon checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ludwig looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ludwig misses with a body shot.
Ludwig cracks a nice hook into Calacon's ribs.
Ludwig avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Calacon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Calacon rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ludwig makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Calacon really felt that one!
Calacon misses with a lunging right hand
and Ludwig counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Calacon checks the leg kick nicely there.
Ludwig slips under a jab from Calacon.
Ludwig has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Calacon.

Calacon fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ludwig, pushing him back against the cage.
Ludwig tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ludwig tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Calacon throws a punch but it's blocked by Ludwig.
Calacon is trying to force a seperation but Ludwig has the dominant position.
Ludwig scores with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Calacon is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Calacon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ludwig is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Calacon rather than just go for the knockout.

Calacon closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Calacon digs a right hand into Ludwig's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ludwig's gas tank.
Ludwig connects with a knee to the head.
Calacon blocks an uppercut.
Calacon tries to break the clinch but Ludwig is controlling the position.
Calacon managing to block the knees to the body from Ludwig.

Calacon manages to break the clinch.

Calacon closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Calacon working hard to break the clinch.
Calacon tries to score a body lock takedown but Ludwig shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Calacon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Calacon on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Ludwig keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Calacon.
Ludwig uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Calacon.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Conrad Calacon dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sven Ludwig's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ludwig dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Calacon misses with a low kick.
A jab from Calacon finds it's way through Ludwig's defenses.
Ludwig pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Calacon throwing a counter right hand but Ludwig manages to avoid it.
Conrad Calacon is winning the standup battle so far.
Good work by Calacon as he checks the leg kick.
Ludwig is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Calacon.

Ludwig is rocked!
The fighters circle, before Calacon throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Ludwig's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Calacon lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Conrad Calacon!
Conrad Calacon decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.