PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Edmund Kemper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sven Svensson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Svensson's choice of entrance music: Minus Celsius - Backyard Babies . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kemper
vs
Svensson

170 cm
20
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
20
165 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Max Octane Fight Wear
Sin City Allstars

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Edmund Kemper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sven Svensson!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Cecil Peabody and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kemper throws a series of punches but Svensson moves out of range.
Kemper looks to land a left hand but Svensson moved out of range nicely.
A nice side step and Svensson releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Kemper lands with a cross.
Svensson throws a poor cross that misses
and Kemper counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Svensson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Svensson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Svensson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A telegraphed right hand from Svensson misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kemper misses with a left hand
and Svensson counters with a straight right hand.
Kemper lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kemper throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kemper is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kemper cracks Svensson with a right hand to the side of the head.
Svensson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Svensson staying out of range there.
Kemper avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kemper works Svensson's body with a nice hook.
Kemper ducks under a wild hook from Svensson.
Kemper lands with a hook. Svensson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kemper misses with a straight right.
Kemper with a hook.
Kemper connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Svensson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Svensson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kemper.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Svensson blocks a jab.
A big right from Kemper misses.
Svensson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kemper.
Kemper swings widly with a right hand
and Svensson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Svensson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kemper.
Svensson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kemper connects with a jab.
Svensson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Svensson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Kemper throws a big shot that misses.
Kemper throws an overhand right that lands on Svensson's shoulder, as Svensson tries to avoid the shot.
Svensson unleashes a big counter combination but Kemper bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Kemper, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kemper misses with a right hand
and Svensson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kemper misses the jab.
A jab from Svensson does it's job there.
Kemper is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Kemper lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kemper connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Svensson's hands.
Svensson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kemper scores with a hook.
Kemper swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Svensson unleashes a big counter combination but Kemper bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Kemper throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kemper misses with an uppercut
and Svensson counters with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kemper scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kemper misses with an uppercut
and Svensson counters with a nice body shot.
Kemper misses with a lunging right hand
and Svensson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kemper swings for the body but Svensson moves out of range.
Svensson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Svensson slips a jab from Kemper.
Kemper looks to land a combination but Svensson avoids it well.
Svensson appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Svensson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kemper with a nice cross.
Kemper keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Svensson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kemper throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Kemper misses with a hook.
A slow jab from Kemper misses its intended target.
A little jabbing left from Svensson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Svensson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Kemper fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kemper lands a nice shot that snaps Svensson's head back.
Kemper fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Svensson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kemper connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Svensson scrambles back to his feet.
Kemper throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Svensson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Svensson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kemper.
Kemper misses with an uppercut. Svensson saw that one coming.
Svensson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kemper is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Svensson can do to turn this around?
Svensson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Svensson is rocked!
Edmund Kemper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kemper swings widly with a right hand
and Svensson counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kemper looks to score with a jab to the body but Svensson is just out of range.
A big right from Kemper misses.
Svensson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kemper.
Svensson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kemper throws a shot from downtown. Svensson moves away and avoids it.
Kemper misses with a body shot
and Svensson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kemper throws a hook to the side of Svensson's head but Svensson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kemper thows a left - swing and a miss!
Svensson throws out a counter right but Kemper avoids it with no problem.
Svensson lands a slapping body shot.
Svensson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kemper misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kemper throws a hook but Svensson avoids it easily.
Kemper misses with a body shot.
Svensson throws a body shot but no joy.
Svensson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kemper connects with a single shot there.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Svensson in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A swing and a miss from Svensson.
Kemper rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Svensson counters with a nice uppercut.
Kemper throws a lazy uppercut
and Svensson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Svensson has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Svensson connects with a right hand. Kemper shakes it off.
Kemper is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Kemper misses with a right hand
and Svensson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Kemper is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kemper swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Oh Kemper is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Svensson drops Kemper with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Kemper! Svensson dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sven Svensson!
After the big win, Sven Svensson made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Sin City Allstars and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.