PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kai Svenson (ranked 6811 p4p, 24810 weight class) and Seth Rockwell (ranked 689 p4p, 744 weight class). Rockwell has chosen Whiney (feat. Inja) as his entrance music. Seth Rockwell is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Svenson
vs
Rockwell

182 cm
18
210
1 - 3 - 0

175 cm
19
215
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Intelligent

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Neon Zombie

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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kai Svenson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Seth Rockwell!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Dmitry Maklakov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rockwell shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Rockwell is trying to control. Svenson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Svenson definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Rockwell is looking for a kimura here.
Rockwell is keen to just control but Svenson is a slippery customer.

Svenson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Svenson wants to improve his position but Rockwell is controlling well.
Svenson could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Rockwell wants to work for an arm triangle but Svenson is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Rockwell is trying to control. Svenson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Rockwell seems to be looking for submissions.

Rockwell seems to be working for a kimura but Svenson defends the submission attempt.

Svenson is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Rockwell pulls his head out easily.
Rockwell looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Rockwell prevents Svenson from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Svenson actively working from the bottom here.
Rockwell moves nicely into side control.
Svenson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Rockwell is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Svenson looks calm but he's in trouble here. Rockwell gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Svenson is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Rockwell lets go of the hold and Svenson can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Seth Rockwell!
Seth Rockwell seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.