PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tony Twist (ranked 4356 p4p, 4368 weight class) and Erik Svenson (ranked 448 p4p, 449 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.

Twist
vs
Svenson

172 cm
18
155
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
158
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the lightweight 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, Tony Twist!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Erik Svenson!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Frank Dennis and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Svenson blocks a jab.
Svenson throws a series of punches but Twist moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Twist. Svenson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Svenson ducks under a wild hook from Twist.
Svenson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Twist leaves Svenson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
A counter left hand to the body from Twist misses its target.
Tony Twist seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Twist misses with an uppercut. Svenson saw that one coming.
Twist misses with a straight left.
Twist fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Svenson manages to avoid it.
Svenson lands a nice looking body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Svenson avoids the body shot from Twist.
Svenson shoots in and drives through. Twist sprawls well.
Svenson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Svenson shoots in looking for a takedown but Twist manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Svenson's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Tony Twist has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Erik Svenson.
Twist throws a body punch but Svenson moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Twist showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Svenson.
Svenson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Twist takes a swing at Svenson's ribcage but misses.
Svenson defending well as Twist loads up on a big left hand.
Svenson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Twist.
Svenson darts in looking for a takedown but Twist gets double underhooks and turns Svenson into the cage.

Svenson shoots in and gets a takedown into Twist's guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Svenson controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Svenson trying to control the position from guard on top but Twist is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Svenson landing with the ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Tony Twist.
I think Twist has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 10:9
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 10:9
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 10:10

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Tony Twist!