VCF 1: Rookies Debut PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Tadeski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leon Hope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Tadeski
vs
Hope

175 cm
20
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Determined

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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jimmy Tadeski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leon Hope!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tadeski feints and as Hope raises his hands in defense, Tadeski changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Tadeski is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

Hope throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Hope working a defensive guard but Tadeski manages to pass into side control anyway.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hope is looking to reverse the position.
Tadeski is staying tight to Hope's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Hope sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Hope tries to roll over but Tadeski keeps him under control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tadeski wants to pass to mount but Hope is defending the position.
Tadeski thows a huge punch but Hope dodges it nicely.
Hope is trying to maintain the position but Tadeski is very close to passing his half guard.
Tadeski lands strikes from half guard.
Tadeski is trying to control. Hope wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Tadeski thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

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.
Hope is refusing to be controlled, as Tadeski sits in half guard.

Tadeski is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Tadeski escapes and gets back to his feet.

Tadeski changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Hope looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Hope is looking for a sweep.
You can see the frustration on Hope's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Tadeski postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Tadeski wants to control but Hope is keeping him busy.
Hope looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hope is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Tadeski's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Tadeski scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Tadeski is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Hope doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Tadeski.
Hope is refusing to be controlled, as Tadeski sits in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Tadeski slips a nice elbow through Hope's hands, connecting with Hope's forehead.
Hope strikes from the bottom but Tadeski passes into mount!
Tadeski wants to control the pace but Hope is squirming around nicely.
Hope looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!

Tadeski looking to break Hope's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Hope remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Tadeski will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Hope wants to escape the position.

Tadeski working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Tadeski dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Tadeski gets a takedown into half guard.
Hope has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Tadeski is working away from the top position though.
Hope is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tadeski is taking a breather. Hope says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Hope is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tadeski is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Hope sees it coming and defends easily.
Well, if Tadeski is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

Tadeski decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.

Hope gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Tadeski controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tadeski wants to control from the top but Hope keeps moving.

Hope is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Tadeski trying to control the position from guard on top but Hope is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tadeski is pushing down on Hope's leg trying to pass to half guard. Hope is fighting to maintain full guard but Tadeski has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tadeski looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Jimmy Tadeski just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Tadeski shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Tadeski was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Tadeski content just to control the position here.
Tadeski landing shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hope taking shots to the head.
Tadeski lands a big elbow.
Tadeski with a couple of short strikes.
Tadeski lands a big elbow.
Tadeski tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Jimmy Tadeski overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tadeski punishing his opponent with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Tadeski dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Tadeski changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Hope looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Tadeski working the ground and pound.
Tadeski in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Tadeski trying to control the action but Hope is working from the bottom.
Hope tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hope takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Tadeski has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tadeski feints and as Hope raises his hands in defense, Tadeski changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Tadeski wants to control from the top but Hope keeps moving.
Tadeski controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Tadeski has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Tadeski passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hope is not content to let Tadeski control the position.
A lull in the action here as Tadeski stalls from top position.
Tadeski misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Hope tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Hope is letting Tadeski control him for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Jimmy Tadeski just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Tadeski closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Tadeski lands in his opponent's guard.
Tadeski stays in close to Hope's body and controls the position.
Hope looking to control.
Tadeski trying to control but Hope is working from the bottom.
Tadeski passes Hope's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Tadeski is taking a breather. Hope says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tadeski wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hope keeps working.

Tadeski stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Hope to get to his feet.
Tadeski connects with a right hand. Hope shakes it off.
A head kick misses from Tadeski.

Tadeski gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Tadeski turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Leon Hope has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jimmy Tadeski is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hope tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Tadeski wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jimmy Tadeski showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tadeski 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:25
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:25
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimmy Tadeski!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
40%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Captain Beefheart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Patterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Beefheart comes to the cage accompanied by Yellow Snow. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Beefheart
vs
Patterson

190 cm
24
201 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
19
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Captain Beefheart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryan Patterson!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Chris Downing and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beefheart scores with a head kick.

It looks like Ryan Patterson has been cut.
No luck for Patterson with that takedown attempt.
Beefheart scores with a push kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Patterson crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Beefheart - the referee stops the clock and Patterson gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Beefheart. Patterson manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Patterson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Beefheart sprawls well. Beefheart wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Patterson gets slowly back to his feet.
Patterson fails with a takedown attempt.
Captain Beefheart has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Patterson.
Patterson looks gassed!
Beefheart slaps away a takedown attempt from Patterson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Beefheart is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Beefheart pushes Patterson up against the cage in a clinch.
Patterson letting Beefheart take a breather here.
Patterson takes a knee to the side of the body.

Beefheart manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Beefheart moves into range and clinches up with Patterson.
Beefheart connects with a nasty looking knee right to Patterson's face.
Patterson blocks an elbow strike from Beefheart.
Beefheart tries to land knees in the clinch but Patterson avoids the damage to the body.

Beefheart breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Beefheart tries to close the distance and clinch up but Patterson swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Beefheart gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Beefheart has Patterson pressed against the cage.
Beefheart tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Beefheart pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Patterson looking for a takedown.

Beefheart pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Patterson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Beefheart as he jumps to the side.

Beefheart scores a takedown into full mount!
Beefheart is landing with some decent strikes but Patterson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beefheart controlling from the full mount.
Beefheart wants to control the pace but Patterson is squirming around nicely.
Beefheart looking to finish with strikes here!
Beefheart has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Beefheart get's back to his feet.

Beefheart fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Patterson sprawls well initially but Beefheart persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

Beefheart is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Patterson is looking to control Beefheart's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Patterson avoid being mounted?

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Patterson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Patterson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Patterson trying to control but Beefheart postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Beefheart tries to stand and escape but Patterson is controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Beefheart looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Patterson flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Patterson with a lazy takedown attempt
and Beefheart makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Patterson really felt that one!
Beefheart tries to clinch up but Patterson circles away and keeps his distance.
Beefheart connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Patterson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Captain Beefheart seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beefheart is looking to clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Beefheart.
Patterson shoots for a double leg takedown but Beefheart sprawls well. He's pushed Patterson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Beefheart tries to clinch but Patterson is having none of it.
Beefheart tries to clinch up.

Beefheart shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Patterson napping and manages to drive through into side control!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Captain Beefheart dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ryan Patterson's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Beefheart is looking to clinch.

Patterson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Patterson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Patterson throws a strike but Beefheart rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Patterson has his hands on Beefheart's head, controlling the position.
Patterson is trying to control the position but Beefheart postures up.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Patterson can do anything to dispel that myth.
Patterson throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Beefheart tries to free his leg and advance position but Patterson is retaining full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beefheart forces his way into half guard.
Patterson wants to control but Beefheart is keeping busy.

Beefheart is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Beefheart is thwarting Patterson's attempts to control the position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Beefheart throws a head kick that misses.
Patterson circles away from the clinch attempt.

Patterson drives through with a takedown into guard.
Beefheart tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patterson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Patterson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Patterson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Beefheart can't keep his opponent in guard - Patterson advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

Patterson is working for a kimura but Beefheart is defending it quite comfortably.
Patterson thows a huge punch but Beefheart dodges it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beefheart is trying to maintain the position but Patterson is very close to passing his half guard.
Patterson throwing shots but Beefheart is blocking nicely.
Patterson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Beefheart regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Patterson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Beefheart has momentary wrist control but Patterson slips an elbow through the middle.
Beefheart manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Patterson manages to get himself to full guard.
Patterson has control of Beefheart's left arm, preventing Beefheart from doing any damage.
Patterson trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

Patterson is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Beefheart is aware though and is defending well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Beefheart is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Patterson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Patterson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ryan Patterson's cut.
That's time! Beefheart's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Patterson has his takedown stuffed

and Beefheart counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Beefheart is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Beefheart wants to work for an arm triangle but Patterson is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Patterson is holding on to half guard well.
Beefheart wants to lay and pray for a moment but Patterson keeps working.
Patterson slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Patterson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Beefheart trying to control but Patterson is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Patterson working for a triangle but Beefheart defends it easily.
Beefheart missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Beefheart got a little sloppy there for a moment and Patterson has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Beefheart has managed to get both his arms back between Patterson's legs - danger averted.
Beefheart wants to control from the top but Patterson keeps moving.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Beefheart throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Patterson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Patterson tries for a takedown but Beefheart circles away easily

and Beefheart counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Captain Beefheart has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Patterson.
Patterson keeping hold of Beefheart's head, controlling as best he can.
Beefheart wants to get back to his feet.

Beefheart is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Patterson moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Patterson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beefheart pushing down on Patterson's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

Beefheart is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Beefheart trying to mount his opponent but Patterson defends it.
Patterson is holding on to half guard well.

Patterson actively working from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Beefheart is pressing down on Patterson's thigh, looking to free his foot. Patterson is holding on for now.
Patterson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Beefheart.
Patterson moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Patterson trying to control the position.
Beefheart wants to pass the guard but Patterson is keeping the position.
Captain Beefheart overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Patterson pulls Beefheart in close to prevent any damage.
Beefheart is looking to stand up but Patterson won't let him.

And that's the end of the fight!
Captain Beefheart showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Beefheart 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 29:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Captain Beefheart!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
47%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pelle Svansloes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sanji Shiranui (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Svansloes comes to the cage accompanied by The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger. Sanji Shiranui has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Pelle Svansloes's chin.

Svansloes
vs
Shiranui

198 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
21
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Brown Belt
Great elbows
Heavy handed

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pelle Svansloes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sanji Shiranui!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, George Francis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Svansloes drives through and clinches with Shiranui against the cage.
Shiranui tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Svansloes just stands there and leans against the cage.

Svansloes has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Shiranui clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Svansloes doesn't have the hooks in and Shiranui manages to turn into his guard.
Svansloes wants to sweep here but Shiranui controlling him for the moment.
Svansloes manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Shiranui manages to get himself to full guard.
Shiranui keeping full guard, as Svansloes tries to pass.
Svansloes is pushing down on Shiranui's leg trying to pass to half guard. Shiranui is fighting to maintain full guard but Svansloes has managed to sneak the leg through.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Svansloes controlling the pace.
Svansloes looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shiranui is looking to control Svansloes's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Shiranui avoid being mounted?
Shiranui is trying to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shiranui tries to kick Svansloes off but Svansloes keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Svansloes moves nicely into side control.
Shiranui is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Svansloes has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Shiranui seems a little lost for a moment, as Svansloes dominates the positioning.
Shiranui is looking to reverse the position.
Shiranui is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Svansloes off and has taken his back!
Shiranui doesn't have the hooks in and Svansloes manages to turn into his guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Svansloes looking to pass the guard.
Svansloes will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Svansloes looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Shiranui is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Svansloes controls from within his opponent's guard.
Shiranui is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shiranui seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Svansloes does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Svansloes is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Shiranui jumps into side control!

Shiranui working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Shiranui looks gassed!
Svansloes tries to control but Shiranui manages to take his back.
Svansloes tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Svansloes wants to control but Shiranui is having none of it.
Svansloes really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's four 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.
Shiranui avoids the attempt from Svansloes to control.
Svansloes manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Svansloes works his way to full guard. Good work.
Svansloes keeping moving, preventing Shiranui from controlling successfully.
Svansloes controlling Shiranui's posture.
Svansloes's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Svansloes decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Shiranui looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Svansloes trying to control the pace.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Svansloes lands a nice short elbow.
Svansloes looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Shiranui with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Svansloes controlling the action here.
Svansloes looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Shiranui 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Svansloes is looking to advance position but Shiranui won't allow it.
Svansloes with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Pelle Svansloes just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Svansloes looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Svansloes pushing down on Shiranui's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Shiranui gets back to full guard.
Shiranui is breathing heavily.
Svansloes slips nicely into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Shiranui is defending against the submission attempts here by Svansloes.
Svansloes content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Svansloes seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Shiranui for as long as he can get away with.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svansloes lands with a punch from half guard.
Shiranui is looking for a sweep. Svansloes is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Svansloes is pressing down on Shiranui's thigh, looking to free his foot. Shiranui is holding on for now.
Pelle Svansloes overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Svansloes controlling the action here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Svansloes maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Shiranui could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Svansloes has cracked it and Shiranui is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Svansloes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Pelle Svansloes!