World Championships day 3: Several Swedes punch their ticket to the semis!

Rafael Kveldstad gets it done in the first

Rafael Kveldstad. Photo Stefan Romare

Last World Championship’s junior middleweight silver medalist Rafael Kveldstad entered the competition as he took on Juho Suvanto from Team Finland.

The Swede started strong with solid kicks from distance. Suvanto answered with two good straight punches from southpaw stance, but when the fight took to the ground the Finnish fighter had no answer. The Swede quickly secured a tight arm-triangle that eventually forced Suvanto to tap.

Kveldstad will face Ukraine’s Yaroslav Shulha in the semifinals.

• Rafael Kveldstad def. Juho Suvanto via submission (arm-triangle), round 1