PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Janko Hrasko (ranked 3713 p4p, 4342 weight class) and Sven Karlsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hrasko
vs
Karlsson

191 cm
19
184
5 - 7 - 0

183 cm
19
181
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Janko Hrasko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Sven Karlsson!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Michael Johnstone and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A lazy left from Karlsson finds it's target.
Hrasko ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Karlsson moves away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hrasko.
Karlsson feints a jab promting Hrasko to slip. Karlsson then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Hrasko slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Hrasko swings away with a body shot that misses
and Karlsson counters with a two punch combo.

Hrasko is rocked!
Hrasko throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Oh Hrasko is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
No joy there for Hrasko, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karlsson lands a right hook to the body.
Hrasko seems to have got his legs back now.
Hrasko lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Karlsson dodges the punch combination from Hrasko.
Karlsson lands with a nice body punch.
Karlsson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hrasko.
Hrasko went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Hrasko throws a nice looking combination but Karlsson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hrasko throws the kick towards the body but Karlsson avoids it.
Karlsson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A combination from Hrasko does no damage.
Hrasko misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hrasko uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Hrasko pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hrasko avoids a punch combination nicely.
Karlsson checks the leg kick.
Hrasko tries a low kick but Karlsson avoids it.
A left and a right from Karlsson both land. Nice combination.
Karlsson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hrasko misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hrasko misses with a kick to the body.
Hrasko shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Hrasko throws a leg kick but Karlsson sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A punch combination from Karlsson misses.
A shot to the body from Hrasko misses
and Hrasko takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hrasko misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hrasko throws the kick towards the body but Karlsson avoids it.
Hrasko takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Karlsson throws a series of punches but Hrasko moves out of range.
Hrasko cracks Karlsson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
No joy there for Hrasko, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hrasko misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hrasko is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Karlsson avoids the head kick by Hrasko.
Hrasko is breathing heavily.
Karlsson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Karlsson moves out of range as Hrasko throws a body kick.
No joy there for Karlsson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hrasko walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Danga de danga de dang - Karlsson scores with a four punch combination!
Hrasko swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hrasko connects with a leg kick.
Karlsson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Karlsson scores with a jab to the jaw.
A jab from Karlsson finds it's way through Hrasko's defenses.
Hrasko throws a leg kick but Karlsson checks it.
Karlsson misses with a few strikes there.
A punch combination from Karlsson misses.
Karlsson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Hrasko moves into the clinch.

Hrasko manages to break the clinch.
Hrasko fakes the leg kick and cracks Karlsson in the body.
Hrasko scores with a crisp jab that stopped Karlsson in his tracks.
Karlsson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hrasko.
Karlsson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Karlsson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Karlsson closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Hrasko throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Karlsson checks a low kick from Hrasko.
Hrasko jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hrasko tries to bum rush Karlsson with a series of wild strikes but Karlsson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A jab from Karlsson does it's job there.
A decent looking cross lands there for Karlsson.
Karlsson throws an overhand right that drops Hrasko like a sack of potatoes! Karlsson dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sven Karlsson!
Sven Karlsson decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.