PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mikael Sundqvist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kit Latura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sundqvist
vs
Latura

188 cm
23
198 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

194 cm
21
198 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mikael Sundqvist!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kit Latura!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Ian Loll and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sundqvist takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

Sundqvist shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Latura napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Latura throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Latura wants to get back to his feet but Sundqvist drags him back down.
Latura sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Sundqvist landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Sundqvist is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Latura defends it well.
Sundqvist performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Sundqvist is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Sundqvist seems to be working for a kimura but Latura defends the submission attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sundqvist takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Sundqvist 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.

Sundqvist is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Sundqvist drops an elbow to the side of Latura's head.
Sundqvist wants to free his trapped foot but Latura is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Sundqvist wants to take a breather but Latura is having none of it.
Latura wants to control but Sundqvist is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sundqvist winds up and cracks Latura with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Sundqvist is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Latura regains full guard. Nicely done.
Latura keeping full guard, as Sundqvist tries to pass.

Latura working for submissions but it's allowed Sundqvist to get to half guard.
Latura trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Sundqvist manages to pass to mount!
Sundqvist looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sundqvist can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Latura is looking to escape.
Latura slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Sundqvist with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Latura tries to get to full guard but Sundqvist has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Sundqvist is looking to take a break and control but Latura is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Latura trying to control from the bottom.
Sundqvist is taking a breather. Latura 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.
Sundqvist trying to control the action but Latura is working from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Mikael Sundqvist just wasn't active enough.
Latura misses with a body shot.
Latura staying out of range there.
Sundqvist shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Latura sprawls well. Latura wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Sundqvist gets slowly back to his feet.
Sundqvist misses with a looping left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikael Sundqvist 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.

Latura moves out of range of the strikes.
Latura avoids a punch combination nicely.
Latura misses with a few strikes there.
Latura slips under a jab.
Decent striking displayed by Latura there.
Latura is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sundqvist.
Sundqvist looks to throw the jab but Latura is out of range.
Latura misses with an uppercut. Sundqvist saw that one coming.
Latura closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Latura connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Latura staying out of range there.
Latura works Sundqvist's body with a nice hook.
Sundqvist misses with a hook to the body
and Latura counters with a stiff right hand.
Sundqvist lands with a straight right. Latura didn't see that one coming.
A big right from Latura misses.
Sundqvist throws a jab but it's blocked by Latura.
A cross from Latura lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sundqvist looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Sundqvist looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Latura with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sundqvist is keen to just control but Latura is a slippery customer.
Latura is looking to control Sundqvist's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Latura avoid being mounted?
Sundqvist is trying to control. Latura wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Sundqvist not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Sundqvist is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Latura is in trouble now - Sundqvist has advanced to mount!
Sundqvist trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Latura really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Sundqvist avoids the attempt from Latura to control.
Sundqvist controlling his opponent.
Sundqvist looking to control but Latura is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Sundqvist working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Latura looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Sundqvist! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Mikael Sundqvist!