PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eric Britt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igor Svetnela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Svetnela has chosen Slayer - Angel of Death as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Britt
vs
Svetnela

175 cm
30
199 lbs
30 - 8 - 0

187 cm
36
198 lbs
33 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Conviction

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 30 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eric Britt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Igor Svetnela!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Britt misses with a wild body shot.

Svetnela clinches.
Svetnela misses with a punch to the body.
Svetnela tries to land a knee to the head but Britt blocks with his arms.
Britt blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Svetnela misses with a punch to the body.
Britt just leaning against Svetnela, taking a breather.
Svetnela presses Britt against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Svetnela connects with a nasty looking knee right to Britt's face.
Svetnela swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Britt misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Svetnela prevents a body shot from Britt.
Nice body punch from Svetnela - that landed with a thud.
Svetnela throws a knee to the head but misses.
Svetnela misses with a punch on the inside.
Svetnela landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Svetnela missing with knees to the body.
Svetnela with a knee to the head.
Svetnela tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Svetnela misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Svetnela tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Svetnela digs a right hand underneath Britt's ribcage. Britt let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Britt tries to throw a body punch but Svetnela avoids it by throwing Britt back against the cage.
Britt tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Svetnela's elbow.
Britt blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Britt takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees to the body from Svetnela.
Britt is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Svetnela with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Svetnela misses with a knee to the head.
Svetnela tries a knee to the head but Britt blocks it.
Svetnela lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Britt blocks a body shot from Svetnela.
Svetnela working aggressively here.
Svetnela unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Britt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Svetnela tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Britt's elbow.
Svetnela tries to land a knee to the head but Britt blocks with his arms.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Svetnela obliges.
Britt throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Svetnelas head.
Svetnela with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Still in the clinch, Britt scores with a nice short uppercut.
Britt taking a breather.
Svetnela has a couple of punches blocked by Britt.

Britt breaks the clinch.
Svetnela wants to clinch but Britt slips to the side
and Britt counters with a right hand to the body.
Britt takes one on the button.
Svetnela ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Britt moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Britt throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Svetnela counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A decent looking cross lands there for Svetnela.
Britt takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Svetnela uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Britt.
Britt on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Britt is looking to slow Svetnela down with leg kicks.
Svetnela throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Britt.
Britt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Svetnela tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Britt misses with a few strikes there.

Svetnela closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Britt digs a right hand underneath Svetnela's ribcage. Svetnela let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Britt is trying to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Britt with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Britt blocks an elbow strike from Svetnela.
Britt lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Svetnela tries to stall but Britt uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Britt takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Eric Britt has been cut.
Svetnela misses with an elbow strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Britt blocking some punches.
Britt working aggressively here.
Britt lands with a right to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Britt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Igor Svetnela dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eric Britt's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Svetnela takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Britt gets tackled into the cage by Svetnela. Svetnela maintains the clinch.
Svetnela with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Svetnela lands a left hand that snaps the head of Britt backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Svetnela.
Svetnela misses with some punches.
Svetnela tries to land a knee to the head but Britt blocks with his arms.
Svetnela stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Svetnela has a couple of punches blocked by Britt.
Svetnela lands a nice shot to the body.
Svetnela has a couple of punches blocked by Britt.
Svetnela tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Britt avoids it.
Svetnela lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch on the inside from Svetnela fails to land.
Britt blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Britt slowing the pace effectively.
Britt is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Svetnela lands with a light punch inside.
Svetnela with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Svetnela tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right hand to the body from Britt.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Svetnela letting Britt take a breather here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Britt.
Svetnela crunches a lovely knee into Britt's ribcage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Svetnela tries a knee to the head but Britt blocks it.
Britt blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Svetnela is working Britt over against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Svetnela tries to stall but Britt uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Britt tries to throw a body punch but Svetnela avoids it by throwing Britt back against the cage.
Svetnela makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Britt breaks the clinch.
Britt looks to score with a jab to the body but Svetnela is just out of range.
Svetnela shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Britt throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Svetnela sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Svetnela lands with an uppercut that bounces Britt off the cage and back into range.
Britt attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Svetnela tries to clinch but Britt is having none of it.
Svetnela fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Britt is out of range.
Svetnela moves out of range of the strikes.
Britt swings for the body but Svetnela moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svetnela catches Britt with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Britt shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Svetnela tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Britt manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Svetnela is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A big right from Britt misses.
Britt scores with a body shot.
Svetnela uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Britt.
Britt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Svetnela manages to avoid it.
Britt throws a push kick but Svetnela slaps the foot to one side.
Svetnela throws a looping overhand right but Britt ducks down to avoid it.
Svetnela has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Svetnela displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Britt tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Svetnela fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Britt looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Svetnela connects with the punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Svetnela on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Britt. Britt obviously looking to wear him down.
Britt keeps the fight on the outside.
Britt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Svetnela tries to clinch but Britt is having none of it.
Svetnela moves to clinch but Britt breaks away
and Britt counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Svetnela goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Igor Svetnela seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Svetnela misses with a body kick.
Igor Svetnela seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Svetnela uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Britt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Svetnela moves out of range of the strikes.
Britt is looking to wear down Svetnela with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Svetnela connects with a body shot that sends Britt's belly button to the back.
Britt throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Igor Svetnela showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Eric Britt's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Svetnela throws a poor cross that misses
and Britt counters with an inside leg kick.
Svetnela buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Svetnela swings for the body but Britt moves out of range.
Svetnela wants to clinch up but Britt keeps it at a distance.
A good leg kick by Svetnela.
Britt cracks Svetnela with a right hand to the side of the head.
Svetnela chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Svetnela throws a sloppy head kick and Britt moves out of range easily.
Svetnela throws a leg kick which misses Britt's front leg but catches the back leg as Britt tries to avoid it.
Svetnela changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Svetnela uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Britt.
Britt wants to slow Svetnela down by chopping away at his legs.
Britt will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Svetnela looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Decent striking displayed by Svetnela there.
Britt misses with a body shot.

Svetnela has closed the distance and engaged Britt in a clinch.
Svetnela tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Britt's elbow.
Svetnela misses with a short punch on the inside.
Britt managing to block the knees to the body from Svetnela.
Svetnela throws a knee to the head but misses.
Svetnela throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Britt blocks it with crossed arms.
Svetnela can't find room to land a body shot as Britt controls the action.

Britt breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Svetnela fails in his attempt to clinch.
Svetnela takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Eric Britt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Britt digs a good body shot into Svetnela's ribs.
Svetnela takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Svetnela is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Svetnela scores with a spinning back kick!
Britt thows a body shot but no joy.
Britt scores with a leg kick.
Svetnela connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Britt's hands.
Britt stuns Svetnela with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Svetnela throws a lazy body kick
and Britt counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Svetnela checks a low kick from Britt.
Svetnela throws a nice inside leg kick.
Britt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Britt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Svetnela was well out of range. Poor timing from Britt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Britt takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Svetnela misses with a straight right.
A head kick misses from Svetnela.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Svetnela looking to stall.
Svetnela's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Svetnela tries to work over Britt's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Britt prevents a body shot from Svetnela.
Svetnela struggles to land a body shot inside as Britt controls his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Svetnela is looking to control Britt's arms but Britt gets an underhook and turns him. Now Svetnela has his back to the cage.
Britt is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Svetnela is keeping busy.
Britt tries to work over Svetnela's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Svetnela swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Britt lands with a short shot to the head.
Svetnela wants to stall.
Svetnela tries a knee to the head but Britt blocks it.
Britt avoiding damage as Svetnela throws knees to the body.
Britt is working Svetnela over against the cage.
Britt is looking to control Svetnela's arms but Svetnela gets an underhook and turns him. Now Britt has his back to the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Britt lands a right hand.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Britt tries to throw a body punch but Svetnela avoids it by throwing Britt back against the cage.
Svetnela prevents a body shot from Britt.
Svetnela tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Britt avoids it.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Igor Svetnela.
Well Svetnela has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Igor Svetnela!
An out of breath Igor Svetnela thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.