PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alan Odrobny (ranked 1428 p4p, 66 weight class) and Sven Eklund (ranked 24445 p4p, 249 weight class). Eklund has chosen Home Grown as his entrance music. Sven Eklund told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Odrobny
vs
Eklund

193 cm
19
280 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

194 cm
19
280 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Knockout power

Vegan Gains

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alan Odrobny!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Sven Eklund!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Ian Loll and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eklund keeps the fight on the outside.

Eklund closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Odrobny quickly recovers to half guard.
Eklund looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Eklund seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Odrobny looks like he's trying to stand up.
Eklund has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Eklund scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Odrobny is trying to stand up here but Eklund is controlling him well.
Eklund scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Odrobny looks like he's trying to stand up.
Eklund scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Odrobny has hold of Eklund's hands but Eklund slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ground and pound from Eklund.
Eklund scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Eklund is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Odrobny!
Eklund landing strikes, looking to finish!
Eklund with shots to the head and body - Odrobny looks very uncomfortable down there.
Odrobny is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Eklund pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Odrobny definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Odrobny's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Eklund with shots to the head and body - Odrobny looks very uncomfortable down there.
Eklund looking to finish Odrobny with some ground and pound. This is bad for Odrobny!
Eklund should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Eklund looking to finish Odrobny with some ground and pound. This is bad for Odrobny!
Odrobny trying desperately to get to his feet.
Eklund lands with some strikes.
Eklund cracks Odrobny with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Odrobny really wants to buck Eklund off and get back to his feet.
Eklund with the ground and pound from mount.
Eklund lands with some strikes.
You get the feeling that Odrobny really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Eklund lands a heavy elbow.
Odrobny takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Odrobny is rocked!
Eklund postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Odrobny badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Eklund around the waist but Eklund pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Eklund is the winner by TKO! Eklund jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sven Eklund!
Sven Eklund seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.