PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johannah Holmbom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christer Pettersson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johannah Holmbom has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Holmbom
vs
Pettersson

187 cm
25
220 lbs
10 - 6 - 1

186 cm
26
215 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Johannah Holmbom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Christer Pettersson!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Andrew Berry and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A chopping leg kick lands by Holmbom.
Holmbom throws a sloppy head kick and Pettersson moves out of range easily.
Pettersson throws a shot from downtown. Holmbom moves away and avoids it.
Holmbom looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Pettersson just misses with a punch to the body.
Pettersson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Pettersson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pettersson checks the leg kick.
Holmbom lands with a kick to the temple. Pettersson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Holmbom throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pettersson scores with a decent looking hook.
Holmbom throws a leg kick
and Pettersson counters with an inside leg kick.
A big left from Pettersson misses.
Holmbom tries a head kick but it misses.
Holmbom tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Holmbom misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pettersson throws a nice outside leg kick.

Pettersson has managed to clinch.
Pettersson's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pettersson misses with an elbow strike.
Holmbom lands an elbow inside.
Holmbom blocking some punches.
Holmbom gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Holmbom throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Holmbom creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Holmbom just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pettersson's brow.
Pettersson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pettersson blocks the elbow strike.
Pettersson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pettersson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Holmboms head.
Holmbom throws an elbow that misses.
Holmbom throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pettersson.

It looks like Johannah Holmbom has been cut.
Holmbom pushes off an throws an elbow but Pettersson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Pettersson.
Pettersson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pettersson blocks an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Pettersson scores with a shot to the side of Holmbom's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Holmbom throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pettersson avoids a wild elbow strike from Holmbom.
With the fighters up against the cage, Holmbom throws an elbow but misses.
A short uppercut from Pettersson.
Pettersson lands a hook that snaps the head of Holmbom backwards.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Holmbom as Pettersson tries to tie him up.
Pettersson blocks an elbow strike.
Pettersson is pushing Holmbom up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Pettersson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Holmbom throws an elbow but it misses.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pettersson takes an elbow to the temple.
Pettersson blocks an elbow strike from Holmbom.
Holmbom tries to stall but Pettersson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Pettersson lands an elbow that stopped Holmbom in his tracks for a moment.
Holmbom misses with an elbow over the top.
A head punch on the inside from Pettersson fails to land.
Pettersson swings wildly with an uppercut but Holmbom uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pettersson blocks an elbow strike from Holmbom.
A short left from Pettersson.
Pettersson blocks an elbow strike.
Holmbom throws an elbow but it misses.
Pettersson lands with a left to the head.
Nice elbow from Pettersson.
Pettersson presses Holmbom against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Holmbom is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pettersson blocks an elbow strike from Holmbom.
A short left from Pettersson.

Holmbom is rocked!

Johannah Holmbom's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Nice body punch from Pettersson - that landed with a thud.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holmbom avoiding damage as Pettersson throws knees to the body.
Holmbom blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pettersson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Holmbom throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pettersson pushes Holmbom back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pettersson avoids the elbow strike from Holmbom, against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Holmbom as Pettersson tries to tie him up.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Holmbom just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pettersson's brow.
Holmbom comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pettersson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Holmbom lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pettersson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pettersson looking to stall.
Pettersson lands a body punch in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pettersson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pettersson lands with a light punch inside.
Holmbom pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Pettersson lands a left hand.
Oh Holmbom is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Jeez, Johannah Holmbom's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Holmbom misses with an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Christer Pettersson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johannah Holmbom's cut.
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.

Pettersson drives through and clinches with Holmbom against the cage.
Holmbom seems to have got his legs back now.
Holmbom creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Holmbom lands an elbow that stopped Pettersson in his tracks for a moment.
Pettersson lands an elbow inside.
Pettersson avoiding damage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Holmbom.
Holmbom pushes off an throws an elbow but Pettersson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pettersson lands an uppercut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Pettersson has Holmbom pressed against the cage.
Holmbom misses with an elbow over the top.
Holmbom misses with an elbow over the top.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pettersson.
Pettersson taking a breather.
Christer Pettersson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Pettersson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pettersson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Holmbom's defenses.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Johannah Holmbom's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Christer Pettersson!