PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sven Svensson (ranked 558 p4p, 79 weight class) and Xavier Blackblood (ranked 1339 p4p, 152 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Svensson
vs
Blackblood

195 cm
22
265 lbs
15 - 3 - 0

199 cm
20
265 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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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 15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Sven Svensson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Xavier Blackblood!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Ron Honeybunn and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blackblood throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Svensson scores with a nice right hand.

It looks like Xavier Blackblood has been cut.
Blackblood displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Svensson throws out the jab.
Svensson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A big right from Blackblood misses.
As Blackblood tries to get set, Svensson tries to push him back and clinch up but Blackblood manages to avoid the attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Svensson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Svensson misses with a wild body shot.
Blackblood tries a quick counter leg kick but Svensson is wise to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Svensson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Svensson misses with a left hand
enabling Blackblood to counter with a crisp jab.

It looks like Sven Svensson has been cut.
Blackblood cracks Svensson with a right hand to the side of the head.
Blackblood throws a leg kick
and Svensson counters with a stiff right hand.
Svensson lands a lovely overhand right.
Svensson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Svensson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice shot by Svensson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blackblood keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blackblood looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A lazy body kick from Blackblood
and Svensson counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Blackblood gets tackled into the cage by Svensson. Svensson maintains the clinch.

Blackblood pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Blackblood feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Svensson's calf.
Svensson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Svensson misses with a looping left.
Blackblood looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Blackblood showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Svensson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svensson misses with a wild body shot.
Svensson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Svensson connects with a looping right hand.

That has opened up Xavier Blackblood's cut even more.
Blackblood throws a head kick but Svensson moves out of range.
Svensson throws a hook but Blackblood blocks it.
Blackblood looks to score with a jab to the body but Svensson is just out of range.
Svensson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Svensson avoids the head kick by Blackblood.
Svensson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blackblood.
Blackblood gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Blackblood throws a leg kick which misses Svensson's front leg but catches the back leg as Svensson tries to avoid it.
Svensson scores with a jab to the body.
Blackblood throws a lazy uppercut
and Svensson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sven Svensson dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

Svensson misses with a hook
and Blackblood counters with an outside leg kick.
Blackblood throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Svensson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Blackblood.
Blackblood looks to land a body kick but Svensson moved away.
Svensson tries to counter by clinching up but Blackblood breaks away and moves out of range.
Blackblood throws a lazy head kick
and Svensson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Svensson tries to clinch up but Blackblood circles away and keeps his distance.
Svensson with a jab.
Blackblood connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blackblood moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Svensson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

The cut above Xavier Blackblood's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A head kick misses from Blackblood.
Svensson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blackblood manages to avoid it.
Svensson moves away from the strike by Blackblood.
Svensson throws a good cross that connects.
Svensson digs a good body shot into Blackblood's ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blackblood on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
That kick from Blackblood tenderised Svensson's leg. Svensson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Nice defenses there by Blackblood.
Blackblood feints a counter leg kick.
Svensson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Xavier Blackblood's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Svensson thuds a left hand into Blackblood's body.
Blackblood throws a poor cross that misses
and Svensson counters with a left to the body.
Svensson lands a right hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svensson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Blackblood on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Svensson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Blackblood counters with a leg kick.
Svensson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Svensson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Svensson throws a shot to the body.
Svensson swings for the body but Blackblood moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blackblood pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Svensson is looking to counter punch.
Blackblood lands with a thumping leg kick.

Svensson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Svensson can't find room to land a body shot as Blackblood controls the action.

Blackblood's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Blackblood swings widly with a right hand
and Svensson counters with a left and a right that stings Blackblood.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Sven Svensson!
The defeated Xavier Blackblood had this to say: 'Ta blouse beat'.