PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Michael Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sven S Svensson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hall kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Serial Killa. Svensson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Muay Thai kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Hall
vs
S Svensson

178 cm
38
163 lbs
26 - 14 - 0

170 cm
35
160 lbs
24 - 18 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Michael Hall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 18 - 1, fighting out of London, Sven S Svensson!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, John Roberts and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Svensson has closed the distance and engaged Hall in a clinch.
Hall managing to block the knees to the body from Svensson.
Hall taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Hall using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Svensson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Svensson trying to land knees to the body.
Hall on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hall lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Svensson avoids a wild elbow strike from Hall.
Hall misses with a punch on the inside.
Svensson throws a punch but it's blocked by Hall.
Hall avoiding damage as Svensson throws knees to the body.
Hall tries to land a knee to the head but Svensson blocks with his arms.
Hall lands a nice shot to the body.
Svensson working aggressively here.
A nice left hand lands by Hall.
Hall blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees to the body from Svensson.
Hall looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Svensson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A knee to the head by Svensson.
Svensson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Svensson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hall blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Svensson swings wildly with an uppercut but Hall uses good head movement to avoid it.
Svensson takes a shot to the head.
Hall tries a knee to the head but Svensson blocks it.
Svensson scores a nice knee to the body.
Hall takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hall lands a nice uppercut.
Svensson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hall throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hall misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Svensson.
Svensson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hall is defending well for now.
Hall takes a shot to the head.
Hall swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hall tries a knee to the head but Svensson blocks it.
Hall swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Svensson misses with a knee to the head.
Svensson has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Hall seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Svensson can turn it around.
Hall misses with an elbow over the top.

Hall breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hall takes a swing at Svensson's ribcage but misses.
Jab by Hall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Svensson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hall is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Svensson.
Svensson feints and then cracks Hall's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hall down.
Svensson checks a leg kick.
Svensson feints and then cracks Hall's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hall down.
Sven S Svensson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hall lands with a nice combination. Svensson backs away looking to recover.
A bone on bone clash there as Hall blocks the leg kick.
Svensson throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

Svensson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hall blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Svensson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Svensson misses with some punches.
Svensson tries a knee to the head but Hall blocks it.
Svensson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hall avoids it.
Hall tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Svensson's elbow.
Hall swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svensson scores with a knee to the head.
Svensson lands a left hand.
Hall tries to throw a body punch but Svensson avoids it by throwing Hall back against the cage.
A short left from Hall.
Hall blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Svensson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hall is defending well for now.
Svensson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hall gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Svensson working aggressively here.
Svensson trying to land knees to the body.
Hall looking to throw knees to the head but Svensson is blocking nicely.
A short right from Svensson.
Svensson blocks an elbow strike from Hall.
Hall lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Svensson jumps guard and drags Hall to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Svensson is pulling down on Hall's head. It's preventing any offense from Hall, at least for the moment.

Svensson looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Hall passes into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Svensson is staying active underneath Hall, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Svensson is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Hall's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Hall's back!
Hall is trying to stand back up.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Svensson has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sven S Svensson dominated that round.
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.

Some bone on bone action there as Hall checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Svensson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hall was well out of range. Poor timing from Svensson.
A punch lands to the side of Hall 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hall blocks a jab.
Hall scores with a sloppy right hand. Svensson should have avoided that one.
Hall fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Svensson checks it well.
Hall lands a jab.
Hall throws a body shot but no joy.
Hall throws a body punch but Svensson moves out of range.
Hall swings widly with a right hand
and Svensson counters with a slapping leg kick.
Hall connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Svensson momentarily.
Svensson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Svensson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Svensson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hall takes a swing at Svensson's ribcage but misses.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hall trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall struggles to land a body shot inside as Svensson controls his hands.
Svensson missing with knees to the body.
Hall is trying to force a seperation but Svensson has the dominant position.
Hall lands a right hand that snaps the head of Svensson backwards.
Hall misses with a body punch.
Hall tries to land knees in the clinch but Svensson avoids the damage to the body.
Svensson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Svensson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hall throws a punch but it's blocked by Svensson.
Svensson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hall misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Svensson.
Hall misses with a hook from the clinch.
Svensson is trying to pull guard but Hall turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Hall managing to block the knees to the body from Svensson.
Knees in the clinch landing for Svensson.
Hall throws a head punch that misses.
Hall on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hall is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Hall tries a body shot but Svensson blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall tries to throw a body punch but Svensson avoids it by throwing Hall back against the cage.
Hall on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Svensson jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Hall walks away with a smile on his face. Svensson gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Svensson lands a right hook to the body.
Hall throws a push kick but Svensson slaps the foot to one side.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Svensson cracks a nice hook into Hall's ribs.
Hall looking to land some kicks to the body here.

Hall moves into the clinch successfully.
Hall lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Svensson or not.
Svensson managing to block the knees to the body from Hall.
Hall scores with a shoulder strike.
Svensson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hall is defending well for now.
Hall trying to control the position but instead, Svensson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hall into the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Svensson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hall misses with a punch on the inside.
Sven S Svensson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hall managing to block the knees to the body from Svensson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall lands with a right to the head.
Hall blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Svensson throws a knee to the head but misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hall.

Svensson pulls guard successfully.
Hall knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Svensson on the ground.
Svensson wants to improve his position but instead Hall has moved into half guard.
Hall seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Svensson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Svensson with the active half guard here but Hall passes nicely into side control.
Svensson is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Svensson gets back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall tries to stand but can't do so whilst Svensson controls his leg.
Svensson trying to control from the bottom.

Svensson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Svensson wants to control the action here but instead Hall manages to pass to full mount!
Svensson reaches up to try and control the position but Hall seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Svensson rolls and tries to escape and now Hall has his back!
Hall slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Hall dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Jab by Hall.
Hall throws a jab when Svensson was well out of range.
Svensson checks a low kick from Hall.
Svensson throws a hook but Hall avoids it easily.
Hall tries to clinch but Svensson moves out of range.
Hall scores with a nice strike.
Hall tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Svensson was well out of range. Poor timing from Hall.
Hall connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Svensson clinches up against the cage.
Svensson tries to land knees in the clinch but Hall avoids the damage to the body.
Hall lands with a light punch inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hall lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Svensson.
Hall working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Svensson misses with a knee to the head.
Svensson misses with a knee strike.
Svensson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hall misses with a hook from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hall lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hall throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Svenssons head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall has a couple of punches blocked by Svensson.
Hall lands with a light punch inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hall.
Hall misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Svensson.
Hall misses with an elbow strike.
Svensson working Hall over with knees to the body.
Hall misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hall looking to throw knees to the head but Svensson is blocking nicely.
Svensson lands a nice knee to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hall.
Svensson trying to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Svensson.
Hall misses with a knee strike.
Hall tries to land knees in the clinch but Svensson avoids the damage to the body.
Hall misses with some punches.

Hall's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Svensson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Svensson walks into a stiff left hand from Hall.
Hall avoids the body shot from Svensson.
Svensson misses the shot to the body.

Svensson clinches up against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Hall.
Hall on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Svensson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hall has a couple of punches blocked by Svensson.
Svensson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hall.
Svensson misses with a knee strike.
Hall pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Svensson blocks an elbow strike from Hall.

Hall pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Svensson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hall was well out of range. Poor timing from Svensson.
Hall looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Svensson moves out of range as Hall strikes.
Svensson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svensson takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hall swings for the body but Svensson moves out of range.

Svensson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Svensson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Svensson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Svensson missing with knees to the body.
Hall misses with a punch to the body.
Svensson looking to throw knees to the head but Hall is blocking nicely.
Svensson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hall.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hall just misses with a elbow thrown towards Svensson's brow.
Svensson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hall managing to block the knees to the body from Svensson.

Hall manages to break the clinch.
The fighters circling - Svensson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hall cracks Svensson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Svensson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hall.
Hall stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Svensson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Svensson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Hall throws a push kick but Svensson slaps the foot to one side.
Hall throws out a powerful jab.
Hall checks a low kick from Svensson.
Hall throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Svensson on the side of the head.
Hall sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Svensson is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hall rather than just go for the knockout.
Hall throws a nice looking combination but Svensson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Good work by Hall as he checks the leg kick.
Svensson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice defenses there by Svensson.
Svensson lands a nice shot to the body.
Svensson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Michael Hall is winning the standup battle so far.
Svensson throws a front kick aimed at Hall's knee but Hall avoids it well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Hall showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hall 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael Hall!
A relieved looking Michael Hall thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.