PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between James Maia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gunde Sven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James Maia has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Maia
vs
Sven

176 cm
24
164 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

182 cm
19
163 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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STEEL PENN NUTRITION - STEEL RESERVE 158+ ONLY$89

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 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, James Maia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Gunde Sven!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Ackerman and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maia thows a body kick. Sven tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Maia tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sven swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Maia doesn't manage to clinch there - Sven circles away.

Maia gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Maia effectively controlling the action here.

Maia gets control of Sven's arms and successfully pulls guard. Maia will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Sven wants to stand but Maia has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Sven prevents Maia from getting back to his feet.
Sven with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sven keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Maia's head.
Maia is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Sven scoring with punches to the head and body.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sven throws a big right hand that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Maia is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sven working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sven has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Maia utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sven in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sven working some strikes from top position.
Maia working a defensive guard here.
Sven in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
The fight stays on the outside here - Maia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Maia tries to close the distance and clinch but Sven swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sven misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sven keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Maia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Maia is looking to clinch.
Sven stalks Maia and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Maia's face. Maia staggers backwards, shaken.
Maia tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sven paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sven works over Maia's head and body with a nice combination.
Maia fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Maia is breathing heavily.
Sven checks a low kick from Maia.
Maia moves in looking to clinch but Sven pushes him off.
Sven connects with a solid leg kick.
Sven avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Maia tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sven paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sven fails to land with a series of punches.
Maia wants to clinch up but Sven keeps it at a distance.
Sven just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maia slips a straight right by Sven.
James Maia is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sven throws a series of punches but Maia avoids them all with ease.
Maia wants to clinch.
Maia tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sven paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sven circles away from the clinch attempt.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Sven.
Maia closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Maia looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Maia tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sven swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Maia tries to clinch but Sven is having none of it.
Maia is looking to clinch but Sven is avoiding it.
Sven connects with a single shot there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sven moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Sven lands with an uppercut that bounces Maia off the cage and back into rage.
Maia avoids a kick to the body.
Sven throws a good cross that connects.
Danga de danga de dang - Sven scores with a four punch combination!
Maia takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Maia is rocked!
Maia fails in his attempt to clinch.
Maia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sven avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Maia tries to clinch up.
Sven swats away the attempt to clinch by Maia.
Sven fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Maia is out of range.
Some wild striking there from Sven.
Maia walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gunde Sven dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Maia takes the fight into the clinch.
Sven gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Maia.
Sven is trying to force a seperation but Maia has the dominant position.
Maia tries to land knees in the clinch but Sven avoids the damage to the body.
Maia is struggling to control the position.
Sven wants to get back to striking at distance but Maia won't allow it.
Sven blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Maia tries a knee to the head but Sven blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maia tries to pull guard but Sven won't allow it.
Maia misses with a knee to the head.
Maia fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Maia. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Sven breaks the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sven circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sven misses with a hook.
Sven fails with a takedown attempt.
Maia tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sven tries to bum rush Maia with a series of wild strikes but Maia uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sven scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A right-left combo lands from Sven.
Oh Maia is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sven moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Sven misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sven changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Maia tries to avoid it but Sven manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Maia to the ground. Maia escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Maia seems to have got his legs back now.
James Maia is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Maia showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sven.
The fight stays on the outside here - Maia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A nice combination there by Sven.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sven lands with a big left! Maia is wobbled badly! Sven comes in with a flurry of punches and drops Maia to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Gunde Sven!