PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arveids Skabene (ranked 6873 p4p, 457 weight class) and Sven Svenssson (ranked 24053 p4p, 521 weight class). Arveids Skabene has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Skabene
vs
Svenssson

202 cm
22
260 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

175 cm
19
250 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arveids Skabene!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Sven Svenssson!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Trevor Gratis and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skabene misses with a head kick.
Svenssson has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Skabene is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Svenssson avoids the head kick by Skabene.
Svenssson is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Good shot there by Svenssson.
Skabene fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Skabene misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Skabene sets himself, and Svenssson steps forward looking for the clinch! Skabene avoids it this time.
Skabene throws a head kick that misses.
Skabene throws a body kick that misses.
Skabene looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick by Skabene misses

and Svenssson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Svenssson digs a right hand into Skabene's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Skabene's gas tank.
Skabene is breathing heavily.
A right hand to the body from Svenssson.
A short right from Svenssson on the inside.

It looks like Arveids Skabene has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skabene wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Svenssson scores with a shot to the side of Skabene's head.
Still in the clinch, Svenssson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Skabene tries to pull guard but Svenssson won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arveids Skabene. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Skabene tries to pull guard but Svenssson holds him up against the cage and eventually Skabene drops back down to his feet.
Skabene has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Svenssson is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Good body shot from Svenssson.
A nice right hand lands inside from Svenssson.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Svenssson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Svenssson - that landed with a thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skabene takes a shot to the head.
Svenssson pushes Skabene back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Svenssson lands a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Svenssson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Arveids Skabene's cut is getting worse.
Svenssson lands an uppercut.

Skabene is rocked!
A short body shot lands from Svenssson as the two fighters clinch.
Svenssson scores with a shoulder strike.
Svenssson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Skabene backwards.
Svenssson lands a nice shot to the body.
Svenssson scores with a nice hook to the head.

Arveids Skabene's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Svenssson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svenssson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Skabene backwards.
Svenssson lands with a light punch inside.
Oh Skabene is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Svenssson drops Skabene onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Skabene is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Svenssson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Skabene seems to have got his legs back now.
Svenssson gets through Skabene's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Jeez, Arveids Skabene's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Svenssson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Svenssson.
Skabene jumps guard but Svenssson stands there with Skabene around his waist. Skabene gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Svenssson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Svenssson.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Arveids Skabene's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Sven Svenssson!