PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Dai (ranked 3620 p4p, 5940 weight class) and Magnus Forsberg (ranked 462 p4p, 570 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Dai
vs
Forsberg

182 cm
18
207
1 - 0 - 0

191 cm
18
211
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Dai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Magnus Forsberg!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Forsberg smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Forsberg throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A punch combination from Forsberg misses.

Dai looking to score a takedown here. Forsberg is defending well but Dai drives through and ends up in Forsberg's guard.
Forsberg is looking to stand back up but Dai counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Forsberg.

Dai passes the guard and advances to mount!
Dai lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dai controlling from mount.

Dai get's back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Forsberg connects with a single shot there.
Dai throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Forsberg counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Magnus Forsberg is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Dai feints and as Forsberg raises his hands in defense, Dai changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Forsberg being controlled here, momentarily.
Forsberg looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Dai passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Dai is looking to take a break and control but Forsberg is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Dai has hold of Forsberg's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Forsberg tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Dai cranks the arm and Forsberg screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Forsberg, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). John Dai!