PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sven Liljedahl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Man D (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liljedahl kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Imperiet - Märk hur vår skugga. D has chosen The Prodigy - Firestarter as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Liljedahl
vs
D

197 cm
27
230 lbs
11 - 0 - 0

184 cm
23
270 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

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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 11 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sven Liljedahl!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Man D!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Dmitry Maklakov and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liljedahl lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but D circles away quickly and effectively.
Liljedahl lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Liljedahl turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Liljedahl is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Liljedahl throws a jab but it's blocked by D.
Liljedahl throws a quick inside leg kick.
Good exchange - Liljedahl coming out on top.
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!
A swing and a miss from D.
D takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Liljedahl throws a head kick that D semi-blocks.
D tries to score with a low kick but Liljedahl moves his leg out of the way.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! D crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Liljedahl - the referee stops the clock and D gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Liljedahl. D manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Liljedahl thumps D with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liljedahl fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and D has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
D looks gassed!
Crunch! Liljedahl slams his shin into D's torso.
Liljedahl lands a nice looking body kick.
Liljedahl fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and D has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Liljedahl fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and D has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
D takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Liljedahl with a nice cross.
D's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Liljedahl scores with a sloppy right hand. D should have avoided that one.
D takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Liljedahl fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt D.
D on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Sven Liljedahl seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick misses from Liljedahl.
Liljedahl is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liljedahl throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Liljedahl fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
D tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Liljedahl throws a head kick that half lands.
Liljedahl scores with a kick to the body.
Liljedahl lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Liljedahl connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Liljedahl feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to D's calf.
Liljedahl rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but D moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Liljedahl lands a nice shot that snaps D's head back.
Liljedahl fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt D.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liljedahl scores with a jab to the body.
Liljedahl throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Liljedahl is looking to slow D down with leg kicks.
D has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Liljedahl.
Liljedahl throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Liljedahl's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Liljedahl duly obliges.
Liljedahl connects with a right hand. D shakes it off.
Liljedahl is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
D has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Liljedahl.
Liljedahl throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent D stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Liljedahl fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and D has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Liljedahl paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Liljedahl lands a jab to the head.
Liljedahl bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
D takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Liljedahl throws a sloppy head kick and D moves out of range easily.
Liljedahl connects with a solid leg kick.
Liljedahl thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on D if he has to take too many more of those.
D ducks right into an uppercut from Liljedahl.
D tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Liljedahl scores with a jab to the jaw.
D takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Liljedahl. D shrugs it off though.
D takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
D takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sven Liljedahl dominated that round.
That's time! Liljedahl's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Liljedahl throws a head kick that half lands.
Liljedahl thows a body kick. D tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Liljedahl throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck D on the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Liljedahl scores with a push kick.

Liljedahl moves into the clinch.
D trying to stall but Liljedahl improves his position.
Liljedahl lands with a right to the head.
Knees to the body from Liljedahl.
Liljedahl lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
D on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Liljedahl is leaning against D and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
D is breathing heavily.
Liljedahl gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liljedahl looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A nice left hand lands by Liljedahl.
Liljedahl throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but D blocks it with crossed arms.
Liljedahl lands a damaging elbow.
D avoids the elbow strike from Liljedahl, against the cage.
Liljedahl pushes off an throws an elbow but D leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Liljedahl.
Liljedahl lands an elbow that stopped D in his tracks for a moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Liljedahl.
Liljedahl comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A short uppercut from Liljedahl.
Liljedahl misses with an elbow over the top.
Liljedahl misses with an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liljedahl lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nice elbow from Liljedahl.
D can't find room to land a body shot as Liljedahl controls the action.
D on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Liljedahl.
Liljedahl gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Liljedahl misses with a knee strike.
D looking to slow down the pace here.
D swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Liljedahl tries to land knees in the clinch but D avoids the damage to the body.
Still in the clinch, Liljedahl scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from D.
D is trying to break the clinch but Liljedahl is controlling him.
A head punch blocked on the inside by D.

D breaks from the clinch.
Liljedahl scoring well with a low kick there.
D throws a big shot that misses.
Good leg kick by Liljedahl there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Liljedahl lands a nice leg kick that just misses D's sensitive parts.
Liljedahl connects with an inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Liljedahl lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
D stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Liljedahl.
Sven Liljedahl is winning the standup battle so far.
Liljedahl throws a head kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liljedahl with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Liljedahl here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.

Liljedahl gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sven Liljedahl has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Liljedahl missing with knees to the body.
Liljedahl missing with knees to the body.
Liljedahl lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of D backwards.
D controlling the action here for a moment.
D with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
D wants to stall.
Liljedahl lands a good knee to the midsection. D won't want to take too many of those.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sven Liljedahl dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Liljedahl scores with a nice strike.
Liljedahl wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Liljedahl lands a jab to the head.
Liljedahl tries to clinch there but D circles away.
D misses with a lunging right hand
and Liljedahl counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Liljedahl lands a nice leg kick that just misses D's sensitive parts.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Liljedahl slips under a jab from D.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Liljedahl.
Liljedahl lands a straight punch to the body, keeping D at a distance.
D takes one to the chin there.
Liljedahl lands with a nice body punch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Liljedahl.
D takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
D takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Liljedahl throws a head kick that misses.
Liljedahl keeps D at a distance using the push kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Liljedahl, right into the meat.
Liljedahl connects with an inside leg kick.
Liljedahl feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to D's calf.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Liljedahl throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
D on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Liljedahl. Liljedahl obviously looking to wear him down.
Liljedahl connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Liljedahl buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Liljedahl jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sven Liljedahl is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Liljedahl catches D right on the button with a cross.
Liljedahl tests D's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Liljedahl scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
D's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Liljedahl connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! D scrambles back to his feet.
D takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
D sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Liljedahl throws a front kick that sends D stumbling back into the cage.

D gets tackled into the cage by Liljedahl. Liljedahl maintains the clinch.
Liljedahl misses with a knee strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
D throws an elbow but it misses.
D throws an elbow but it's blocked.
D misses with a punch on the inside.
D looking to throw knees to the head but Liljedahl is blocking nicely.
Liljedahl on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Liljedahl looking to throw knees to the head but D is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

D breaks from the clinch.
D is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
D on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Liljedahl. Liljedahl obviously looking to wear him down.
Liljedahl fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt D.
Liljedahl scores with a kick to the body.
Liljedahl scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Liljedahl stuns D with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Man D has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Liljedahl lands the left hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Liljedahl explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
D misses with a straight left.
Decent striking displayed by Liljedahl there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sven Liljedahl showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Liljedahl 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:25
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:25
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sven Liljedahl!