PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Erik Bjornsson (ranked 295 p4p, 708 weight class) and David Snake (ranked 46 p4p, 101 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bjornsson
vs
Snake

189 cm
26
211
8 - 0 - 0

180 cm
26
200
7 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Erik Bjornsson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, David Snake!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Daniel Franklin and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bjornsson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Snake is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Bjornsson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bjornsson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Snake tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bjornsson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A little feinted left hand from Bjornsson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Snake looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Snake tries to clinch but Bjornsson is having none of it.

Bjornsson lands a big uppercut and Snake crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Snake looks OK. Bjornsson waves Snake back to his feet!

Snake is rocked!
Snake tries to clinch up but Bjornsson circles away and keeps his distance.
Snake is still on wobbly legs! Can Bjornsson finish him?
Bjornsson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Snake displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bjornsson throws out the jab.
Snake seems to have recovered his senses.
Bjornsson swings widly with a right hand

and Snake counters by clinching up.
Bjornsson definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bjornsson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bjornsson is looking to break free of the clinch but Snake has double underhooks.
Snake holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Snake is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Snake stalling the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bjornsson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bjornsson swats away the attempt to clinch by Snake.
Snake tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bjornsson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bjornsson drops Snake with a huge uppercut! Snake drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Bjornsson is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Erik Bjornsson!
Erik Bjornsson retains his light heavyweight title!
Erik Bjornsson thanked the fans post fight for their support.