PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Christer Pettersson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hjalmar Klason (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pettersson's entrance music is Korn - Did My Time . A fine choice. Klason has chosen (Hed) Pe - Raise Hell as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Pettersson
vs
Klason

186 cm
34
215 lbs
22 - 13 - 1

190 cm
40
216 lbs
38 - 21 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 22 - 13 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Christer Pettersson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hjalmar Klason!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pettersson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Klason. That did some damage!
Klason throws a push kick but Pettersson slaps the foot to one side.
Klason goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A swing and a miss from Klason.
Klason throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Pettersson counters with a leg kick.
Pettersson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pettersson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Klason was well out of range. Poor timing from Pettersson.
Pettersson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Pettersson lands with a cross.
Klason is looking to clinch but Pettersson is avoiding it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Pettersson.
Pettersson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Klason misses with a head kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pettersson lands a nice looking kick to the body. Klason takes a step back to recover.
Klason displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pettersson throws out the jab.
Pettersson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klason throws a leg kick but Pettersson sees it coming and moves out of range.
Klason uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pettersson.
Pettersson throws a lazy right hand but Klason sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Klason walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Klason ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A slapping leg kick lands for Klason.
A head kick misses from Klason.
Pettersson scores with a kick to the midsection.
Klason on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Pettersson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pettersson takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Klason throws out a leg kick but Pettersson moves out of range and Klason only half commits.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Klason.
Klason throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pettersson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Klason lands a leg kick that knocks Pettersson off balance momentarily.
Klason throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Pettersson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Klason tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Pettersson avoids a kick to the body.
Klason is looking to clinch.
Klason keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pettersson tries to move into range but Klason moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Pettersson misses with a kick to the body

and Klason counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Pettersson!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Klason throws a strike aimed at the side of Pettersson's head but Pettersson avoids it well.
Klason lands a nice forearm strike.
Klason throws a strike aimed at the side of Pettersson's head but Pettersson avoids it well.
Pettersson tries to escape but Klason is in control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An elbow from Klason crashes against the mat.
Sloppy strikes there by Klason.
Pettersson has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Klason works to advance to full mount. Pettersson defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Poor strikes thrown by Klason there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Klason thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Klason has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Klason thowing shots but they're missing.
A nice elbow there by Klason.
Pettersson trying desperately to get to his feet.
Klason lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Klason with a couple of short strikes.

Pettersson is rocked!
Klason unloads with some shots from mount but Pettersson bucks and avoids them well.
Klason scoring with strikes but Pettersson is staying in there.
Oh Pettersson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Klason postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Pettersson badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Klason around the waist but Klason pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Klason is the winner by TKO! Klason jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hjalmar Klason!
Hjalmar Klason really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that KAISER logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.