PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sven Kreigmacher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Roberto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kreigmacher comes to the cage accompanied by Seek and Destroy by Metallica. Roberto has chosen Slipknot- Psychosocial as his entrance music. 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?

Kreigmacher
vs
Roberto

180 cm
21
160 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

155 cm
23
156 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sven Kreigmacher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Antonio Roberto!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roberto takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Roberto rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kreigmacher moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Roberto tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kreigmacher swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Roberto misses with a series of wild punches.
A lazy body kick from Roberto

and Kreigmacher holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Kreigmacher manages to break the clinch.
Roberto chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kreigmacher can pounce on him.

Kreigmacher gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Roberto manages to break the clinch.
Roberto waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kreigmacher.
Roberto tries to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Kreigmacher lands a head kick. Roberto smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Roberto tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kreigmacher throws a solid leg kick but Roberto takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kreigmacher.
Roberto swinging wildly here.
Roberto takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kreigmacher.
Roberto misses with a double jab

and Kreigmacher moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kreigmacher tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kreigmacher stalling against the cage.
Kreigmacher misses with a punch on the inside.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Kreigmacher breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Roberto misses with a wild combination.
Roberto tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kreigmacher counters with a head kick.
Roberto closes the distance but Kreigmacher moves to the side
and Kreigmacher makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Kreigmacher moves out of range as Roberto strikes.
Roberto throws a combination that misses
and Kreigmacher makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Roberto throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Roberto misses with a jab, cross combination.
No joy there for Roberto, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A punch combination from Roberto misses.
Roberto takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Kreigmacher.
Roberto avoids the head kick by Kreigmacher.
Roberto misses with a straight left.
Sven Kreigmacher is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A good leg kick by Kreigmacher.
Roberto swings away with a body shot that misses
and Kreigmacher counters with a head kick.
Roberto misses with a leg kick
and Kreigmacher counters with a leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kreigmacher slaps away a takedown attempt from Roberto, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Roberto looks gassed!
Kreigmacher lands with a nice body kick.
A head kick from Kreigmacher lands but Roberto takes it in his stride.
Crunch! Kreigmacher slams his shin into Roberto's torso.
Kreigmacher scores with a leg kick.
Kreigmacher fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Roberto has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kreigmacher throws a nice inside leg kick.
Antonio Roberto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kreigmacher throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kreigmacher lands a head kick. Roberto smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kreigmacher buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kreigmacher throws a leg kick which misses Roberto's front leg but catches the back leg as Roberto tries to avoid it.
Kreigmacher lands with a slapping head kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kreigmacher.
Kreigmacher lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kreigmacher lands with a kick to the ribs.
Kreigmacher explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

Kreigmacher fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Roberto, pushing him back against the cage.

Kreigmacher breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Roberto takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kreigmacher connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
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!
Kreigmacher lets loose with a powerful body kick. Roberto will feel that in the morning.
Kreigmacher feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Roberto's calf.
Kreigmacher feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Roberto's calf.
Kreigmacher throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roberto stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kreigmacher.
Roberto stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kreigmacher.
Kreigmacher throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Kreigmacher lands a leg kick that knocks Roberto off balance momentarily.
Roberto falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kreigmacher counters with an outside leg kick.
Roberto takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kreigmacher.
Kreigmacher lands a head kick!
Kreigmacher throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kreigmacher throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Roberto.
Kreigmacher is looking to slow Roberto down with leg kicks.
Roberto throws a combination that misses
and Kreigmacher counters with an inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sven Kreigmacher 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.

Kreigmacher lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Sloppy strikes from Roberto. Those never looked like landing.
Kreigmacher lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Roberto tries to clinch but fails miserably
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Kreigmacher thumps Roberto with a low kick.
Kreigmacher showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Roberto.
Kreigmacher is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Roberto can do to turn this around?
Roberto on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Sven Kreigmacher is winning the standup battle so far.
Roberto tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kreigmacher throws a head kick that half lands.
Kreigmacher scores with a spinning back kick!
Roberto's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Roberto takes a kick to the side of the head.
Kreigmacher uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Roberto.
Roberto closes the distance and clinches up with Kreigmacher, looking for a takedown. Roberto pushes Kreigmacher against the cage but Kreigmacher circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Roberto is breathing heavily.
Kreigmacher scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kreigmacher turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Roberto chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kreigmacher can pounce on him.
Kreigmacher scores with a kick to the midsection.
Kreigmacher throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

Roberto gets tackled into the cage by Kreigmacher. Kreigmacher maintains the clinch.
Roberto blocks an uppercut.
Kreigmacher lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kreigmacher lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kreigmacher working Roberto over with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kreigmacher.
Roberto is trying to break the clinch but Kreigmacher has him pressed against the cage.
Roberto tries to break free but Kreigmacher pushes him back against the cage.
Kreigmacher throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Roberto has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Kreigmacher.
Roberto is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kreigmacher missing with knees to the body.

Kreigmacher manages to break the clinch.
Kreigmacher lands a head kick!
Roberto misses with a wild combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Roberto misses
and Kreigmacher counters with a good low kick that Roberto was not able to check.
Kreigmacher lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Roberto throws out a loose jab but Kreigmacher uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roberto throws a combination that misses
and Kreigmacher counters with a leg kick.
Kreigmacher throws a nice inside leg kick.
Roberto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kreigmacher lands a head kick!
Roberto throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kreigmacher counters with a big head kick but Roberto shrugs it off.
Roberto has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kreigmacher.
Roberto misses with a double jab
and Kreigmacher counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Roberto is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Roberto will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Roberto misses with a two punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberto throws a head kick that misses
and Kreigmacher finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Kreigmacher with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Roberto falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kreigmacher counters with an outside leg kick.
Kreigmacher throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Kreigmacher.
A lazy body kick from Roberto
and Kreigmacher counters with a nice low kick that buckles Roberto's knee momentarily.
Roberto looks to land a right hand but Kreigmacher moved out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kreigmacher, right into the meat.
Roberto takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Roberto throws a right and a left that both miss.
Roberto takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Kreigmacher lands with a kick to the temple. Roberto shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roberto misses with a hook.
Roberto steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Kreigmacher. That one must have hurt.
Roberto looks to score with a jab to the body but Kreigmacher is just out of range.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kreigmacher misses with a looping left.
Kreigmacher ducks under a wild hook from Roberto.
Kreigmacher lands a high kick!
Roberto throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Antonio Roberto is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Roberto throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kreigmacher counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Roberto is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Roberto throws a combination that misses
and Kreigmacher counters with a leg kick.
Roberto throws a series of punches but Kreigmacher avoids them all with ease.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Roberto swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kreigmacher cracks the inside of Roberto's front leg.
Roberto throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kreigmacher.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sven Kreigmacher dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Roberto missing with a left hand there. Kreigmacher was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Roberto throws a leg kick
and Kreigmacher counters with a low kick, right behind Roberto 's knee.

Kreigmacher clinches.
Kreigmacher connects with a knee to the head.
Roberto takes an elbow to the temple.
Kreigmacher keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Roberto's efforts to push away.
Kreigmacher connects with a nasty looking knee right to Roberto's face.
Roberto working aggressively here.
Roberto is trying to push Kreigmacher away but Kreigmacher has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Roberto takes an elbow to the forehead.

Kreigmacher breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kreigmacher scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Roberto throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kreigmacher counters with a thumping low kick.
Kreigmacher throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kreigmacher fakes the leg kick and cracks Roberto in the body.
Roberto wants to clinch
and Kreigmacher counters with a nice leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberto throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Kreigmacher counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kreigmacher.
Roberto wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kreigmacher has him pressed against the cage.
Kreigmacher with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kreigmacher keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Roberto's efforts to push away.
Kreigmacher swings wildly with an uppercut but Roberto uses good head movement to avoid it.

Roberto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A low kick from Roberto is predictable there

and Kreigmacher moves into the clinch.
Roberto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Roberto managing to block the knees to the body from Kreigmacher.
Kreigmacher has Roberto pressed against the cage, preventing Roberto from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kreigmacher lands a good knee to the midsection. Roberto won't want to take too many of those.
Kreigmacher with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kreigmacher misses with the head strike.
Kreigmacher throws an elbow but it misses.

Roberto escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Roberto lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kreigmacher circles away quickly and effectively.
Roberto throws a sloppy head kick
and Kreigmacher counters with a good low kick that Roberto was not able to check.
Kreigmacher slips a jab and a cross from Roberto.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kreigmacher.
Roberto throws a right and a left that Kreigmacher avoids nicely.
Roberto misses with a body punch
and Kreigmacher counters with a good low kick that Roberto was not able to check.
Roberto throws a big shot that misses.
Roberto falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kreigmacher counters with a big head kick but Roberto shrugs it off.
Kreigmacher pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Roberto gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Kreigmacher moves into the clinch.

Roberto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Roberto throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kreigmacher.
Kreigmacher feints and then cracks Roberto's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Roberto down.
Roberto tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kreigmacher counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kreigmacher dodges the punch combination from Roberto.
Roberto misses with a combination
and Kreigmacher counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Roberto is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Kreigmacher turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Roberto gets off balance looking for a body kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Roberto falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kreigmacher counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Roberto is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Roberto misses with a jab, cross combination.
Roberto tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kreigmacher counters with a head kick. That will keep Roberto thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Roberto avoids the head kick by Kreigmacher.
Roberto misses with a combination
and Kreigmacher makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Roberto fails to land with a series of punches.
Sven Kreigmacher is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kreigmacher slips a jab and a cross from Roberto.
Roberto looks to land a left hand but Kreigmacher moved out of range nicely.
Roberto misses with a kick to the body
and Kreigmacher counters with a body kick that stops Roberto in his tracks momentarily.
Roberto throws a nice looking combination but Kreigmacher bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Roberto is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Roberto lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kreigmacher circles away quickly and effectively.
Roberto wants to clinch
and Kreigmacher counters with a head kick.
Roberto misses with a double jab
and Kreigmacher counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Roberto misses with the combination.
Roberto looks to throw the jab but Kreigmacher is out of range.
Roberto takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Antonio Roberto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A punch combination from Roberto misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sven Kreigmacher showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kreigmacher has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight for Sven Kreigmacher!
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight for Sven Kreigmacher!
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight for Sven Kreigmacher!

Sven Kreigmacher wins by unanimous decision!