PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Emanuel Fimonte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bjorn Svenson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Fimonte
vs
Svenson

190 cm
23
190 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

185 cm
18
201 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Intelligent

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Emanuel Fimonte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bjorn Svenson!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Paulo Santos and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Svenson is looking to clinch.
Svenson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fimonte shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Svenson as he avoids it easily.
Svenson tries to clinch there but Fimonte circles away.
Svenson shoots for a takedown but Fimonte saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Fimonte misses with a takedown attempt - Svenson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Fimonte fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Emanuel Fimonte. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fimonte is breathing heavily.

Svenson clinches with his opponent.
Svenson trying to land knees to the body.

Fimonte escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Svenson tries to clinch but Fimonte moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fimonte stuffs the takedown attempt from Svenson. Svenson gets slowly back to his feet.
Svenson wants to clinch up but Fimonte keeps it at a distance.
Fimonte throws a series of punches but Svenson avoids them all with ease.
Svenson tries to clinch up but Fimonte circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fimonte shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Svenson shoots for a takedown but Fimonte saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Nice sprawl there from Fimonte as Svenson shoots in.
Fimonte fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Fimonte scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
You can see the frustration on Svenson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Fimonte trying to control the position but Svenson is working away.
Svenson is trying to get back to half guard.
Svenson wants to control but Fimonte postures up.
Fimonte wants to control but Svenson is keeping him busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Svenson regains half guard.
Svenson trying to control from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Svenson shoots in looking for a takedown. Fimonte tries to sprawl out of it but Svenson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Fimonte manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Svenson tries to clinch up but Fimonte circles away and keeps his distance.
Svenson tries to clinch but Fimonte is having none of it.
Svenson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Fimonte counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Svenson fails to pull guard.
Svenson wants to get back to striking at distance but Fimonte won't allow it.
Fimonte misses with a body punch.
Svenson has had enough of the clinch but Fimonte keeps him there for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svenson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Fimonte gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Svenson tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Fimonte just stands there and leans against the cage.
Svenson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Fimonte smiles and moves away.
Fimonte takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Svenson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fimonte paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fimonte throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Svenson's waist but Svenson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Fimonte off to one side.
Fimonte shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Svenson as he jumps to the side.
Svenson shoots in looking for a takedown. Fimonte tries to sprawl out of it but Svenson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Fimonte manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Svenson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Nice sprawl there from Svenson as Fimonte shoots in.
Fimonte shoots in but Svenson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Svenson fails to land the takedown.
Fimonte tries to clinch up but Svenson circles away and keeps his distance.

Fimonte closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Fimonte seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Svenson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Fimonte tries to pass to full mount but Svenson defends it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Emanuel Fimonte dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Fimonte shoots in and drives through. Svenson sprawls well.
Fimonte misses with a series of wild punches.
Svenson tries to clinch but Fimonte moves away
and Fimonte counters with a one-two to the body.
Fimonte avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fimonte shoots in looking for a takedown. Svenson tries to sprawl out of it but Fimonte keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Svenson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Fimonte circles away from the clinch attempt.
Svenson shoots in for a takedown but Fimonte shows good takedown defense.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice sprawl there from Fimonte as Svenson shoots in.
Horrible takedown by Svenson or perhaps it was just good defense by Fimonte which made him look bad.
Emanuel Fimonte has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bjorn Svenson.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Svenson is looking to clinch.
Svenson wants to clinch.
Emanuel Fimonte seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Svenson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Fimonte wants to clinch.
Fimonte misses with a takedown

and Svenson counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Fimonte is trying to maintain the position but Svenson is very close to passing his half guard.
Svenson slows the pace down in half guard.
Fimonte trying to control from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fimonte is trying to escape back to his feet but Svenson uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Fimonte dodges the ground and pound from Svenson.
Fimonte on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Fimonte tries to get out of the position.

Svenson stands up and beckons Fimonte to his feet.
Fimonte swats away the attempt to clinch by Svenson.
Svenson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Fimonte tries to avoid it but Svenson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Fimonte to the ground. Fimonte escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Fimonte throws a combination. Svenson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Svenson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fimonte throws a left and a right that both miss
and Fimonte takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fimonte tries to bum rush Svenson with a series of wild strikes but Svenson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Svenson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Svenson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Fimonte pinned against the cage. Fimonte gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Svenson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Fimonte tries to clinch up

and Svenson counters with a nice double leg into side control. Fimonte won't be happy with that.
Svenson working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Fimonte is looking to reverse the position.
Fimonte takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fimonte is trying to control Svenson's posture but Svenson avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here as Svenson stalls from top position.

Svenson decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Fimonte fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fimonte dodges the punch combination from Svenson.
Some wild striking there from Svenson.
Svenson shoots in but no luck this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bjorn Svenson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Svenson shoots for a double leg takedown but Fimonte sprawls well. He's pushed Svenson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Fimonte changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Svenson tries to avoid it but Fimonte manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Svenson to the ground. Svenson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Svenson shoots in but Fimonte avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Svenson throws a series of strikes that have Fimonte backpedaling.
Svenson fails with a takedown attempt.
Emanuel Fimonte has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bjorn Svenson.
Fimonte is looking to clinch but Svenson is avoiding it.
Fimonte stuffs the takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fimonte changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Svenson tries to avoid it but Fimonte manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Svenson to the ground. Svenson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fimonte shoots for a double leg takedown but Svenson sprawls well. He's pushed Fimonte's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Svenson misses with a takedown attempt - Fimonte sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Svenson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Svenson fails to land with a series of punches.
Svenson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Fimonte but Fimonte pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Fimonte looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Svenson!
Fimonte controlling his opponent.
Fimonte wants to control the pace but Svenson is squirming around nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Svenson sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Svenson kicks off Fimonte and gets to his feet.

Svenson tries to keep at a distance but Fimonte has taken the fight into the clinch.
Svenson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fimonte has him pressed against the cage.
Svenson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fimonte has him pressed against the cage.
Svenson can't get the takedown.
Svenson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fimonte.
Svenson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fimonte wants a takedown.

Svenson drags the fight down to the ground.
Fimonte trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Svenson has his foot on Fimonte's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Fimonte works his way back into a safe position though.
Svenson pulls Fimonte in close to prevent any damage.
Svenson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Fimonte is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fimonte wants to control from the top but Svenson keeps moving.
Svenson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Fimonte controlling the position for now.
Fimonte is looking to control Svenson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Fimonte avoid being mounted?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Fimonte is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Svenson is thwarting Fimonte's attempts to control the position.
Fimonte is trying to stand back up but Svenson is controlling him
Fimonte wants to control but Svenson is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Svenson sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Svenson's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Bjorn Svenson.
I think Svenson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:29
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:29
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:28

The fight is ruled a draw!