PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pasquale Barra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thor Svenson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barra comes to the cage accompanied by Barriera Armata. Svenson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Du Hast. Thor Svenson will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Barra
vs
Svenson

185 cm
26
205 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

200 cm
25
220 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Bullet Proof System

KnockOut

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pasquale Barra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thor Svenson!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Steven Brown and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Barra forces Svenson back against the cage and clinches.
Barra misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barra lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Thor Svenson has been cut.
Barra misses with a hook from the clinch.
Svenson misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Svenson.
Svenson stalling against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Svenson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Svenson lands with a right to the head.
Svenson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Svenson lands with a short shot to the head.
Barra gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Svenson leaning his opponent against the cage.
Svenson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barra's elbow.
The referee is keeping an eye on Svenson - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Barra misses with the head strike.
Still in the clinch, Svenson scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barra blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Svenson content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Barra pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Barra gets through Svenson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Svenson scores with a shoulder strike.
Svenson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barra throws a head punch that misses.
Barra lands with a light punch inside.
Barra avoiding damage as Svenson throws knees to the body.
Barra misses with the head strike.
Barra gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Svenson lands a left hand.
Svenson misses with some punches.
Svenson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Svenson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Svenson trying to land knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barra fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Svenson working aggressively here.
Barra looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Barra lands with a short shot to the head.
Barra lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barra lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Barra working aggressively here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Barra.

That has opened up Thor Svenson's cut even more.
Svenson pushes Barra back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barra tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barra lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Svenson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Barra backwards.
Barra blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Barra throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Barra lands an uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Svenson blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Svenson.
Svenson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Barra misses with the head strike.
Barra misses with some punches.
Svenson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barra fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barra misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svenson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barra lands a right hand.
Svenson blocks an uppercut.
Svenson misses with a knee to the head.
Svenson misses with a punch on the inside.
Svenson lands a hook that snaps the head of Barra backwards.
Barra blocking some punches.
Barra tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Svenson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Barra avoids it.
Barra misses with a punch on the inside.
Svenson blocks an uppercut.
Svenson misses with a knee to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Barra throws an elbow but misses.
Svenson tries to work over Barra's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Svenson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Barra misses with the head strike.
Barra lands with a right to the head.
Barra lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Barra misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barra lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Svenson struggles to land a body shot inside as Barra controls his hands.
Svenson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Barra.
Svenson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Svenson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Svenson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barra lands a nice elbow.

The cut above Thor Svenson's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Svenson blocks an elbow strike.
Barra misses with an elbow over the top.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Barra.

Svenson is rocked!
Barra misses with a punch on the inside.
Svenson is still on wobbly legs! Can Barra finish him?
Svenson misses with the head strike.
Barra swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Svenson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Barra backwards.
Svenson seems to have recovered his senses.
Svenson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Barras head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Svenson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Svenson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Svenson blocks an elbow strike from Barra.
Barra tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pasquale Barra dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Thor Svenson's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Svenson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A little feinted left hand from Barra on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

Barra clinches with his opponent.
Barra misses with some punches.
Barra throws a punch but it's blocked by Svenson.
Svenson trying to control the position but instead, Barra has worked for underhooks and has pushed Svenson into the cage.
Barra misses with some punches.
Barra misses with the head strike.
Barra misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barra lands a right hand that snaps the head of Svenson backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barra.
A short left from Barra.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice left hand lands by Barra.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Barra.
Barra lands a damaging elbow.
Barra tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Barra creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Barra is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Svenson can do to turn this around?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barra misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barra blocking some punches.
Barra working aggressively here.
Svenson has a couple of punches blocked by Barra.
A short right from Barra.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barra.
Barra lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Svenson to his knees! Barra keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pasquale Barra!
Pasquale Barra decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.