PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mikael Sjoberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stump Whacker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Sjoberg
vs
Whacker

186 cm
22
209 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

185 cm
20
176 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Mikael Sjoberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Stump Whacker!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Richard Clark and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sjoberg darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Whacker is looking for a sweep. Sjoberg is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sjoberg wants to stand up but Whacker has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Whacker is trying to get back to full guard.
Whacker is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Whacker trying to control but Sjoberg postures up.
Sjoberg trying to control from half guard but Whacker is working away.
Sjoberg is looking to advance position but Whacker won't allow it.
Sjoberg with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Sjoberg pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sjoberg tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Whacker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Whacker moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Whacker tries to clinch but Sjoberg moves away

and Sjoberg holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Whacker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Whacker is trying to maintain a safe position but Sjoberg gets an underhook and turns Whacker into the ropes.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Whacker as Sjoberg tries to tie him up.
Whacker taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Sjoberg wants to get back to striking at distance but Whacker won't allow it.
Sjoberg goes for a takedown attempt but Whacker pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Sjoberg is defended easily by Whacker.
Nice takedown defense from Whacker. No joy for Sjoberg on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mikael Sjoberg. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sjoberg shoots in but Whacker avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Whacker dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sjoberg. That did some damage!
Sjoberg circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sjoberg clinches but Whacker breaks the clinch
and Whacker counters with a nice leg kick.
Sjoberg misses with a double jab
and Whacker counters with a nice kick to the body.
Sjoberg is breathing heavily.
Sjoberg throws a left and a right that both miss

and Whacker counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Sjoberg's guard now.
Whacker trying to control the position from guard on top but Sjoberg is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sjoberg keeping full guard, as Whacker tries to pass.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whacker passes into half guard.
Sjoberg punching from the bottom.
Sjoberg makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Sjoberg.
Whacker passes into half guard.
Whacker is trying to control. Sjoberg wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Whacker is working for a kimura but Sjoberg is defending it quite comfortably.
Sjoberg trying to control here.
Whacker is pressing down on Sjoberg's thigh, looking to free his foot. Sjoberg is holding on for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Sjoberg is looking to improve his position.
Whacker tries to pass to full mount but Sjoberg defends it.
Sjoberg keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Whacker seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Sjoberg does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Sjoberg throws a combination that misses

and Whacker decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Sjoberg's guard.

Sjoberg throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Whacker trying to control the position from guard on top but Sjoberg is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sjoberg is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Whacker pushing down on Sjoberg's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

Whacker seems to be working for a kimura but Sjoberg defends the submission attempt.
Sjoberg is looking to control Whacker's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Sjoberg avoid being mounted?
Whacker passes to full mount!
Whacker putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Sjoberg tries to reverse the position but Whacker maintains control.
Whacker trying to control but Sjoberg is having none of it.
Whacker blocks Sjoberg's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Whacker with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Whacker lands a heavy elbow.
Sjoberg tries to hold on but Whacker pushes him away.
Whacker can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sjoberg is looking to escape.
Whacker is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Sjoberg is trying desperately to improve position.

Whacker is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Sjoberg can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

Whacker looking for a guillotine from mount but Sjoberg is having none of it.
Sjoberg is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Sjoberg is trying desperately to improve position.
Whacker trying to control but Sjoberg is having none of it.
Sjoberg is desperately trying to improve his position but Whacker has a good base and remains in mount.

Whacker is working for a guillotine from mount but Sjoberg frees his head quite easily.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Sjoberg wants to control but Whacker is having none of it.
Sjoberg trying desperately to get to his feet.
Sjoberg wants to control but Whacker is having none of it.

Whacker has hold of Sjoberg's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Sjoberg manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Whacker tries to control but Sjoberg wriggling away.

Whacker looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Sjoberg is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Whacker looking to secure an arm triangle but Sjoberg defends it well.

Whacker goes for an armbar but Sjoberg turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Sjoberg.
Whacker wants to sweep here but Sjoberg controlling him for the moment.
Sjoberg chips away with some ground and pound.
Sjoberg wants to control from the top but Whacker keeps moving.
Sjoberg tries to free his leg and advance position but Whacker is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stump Whacker dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Whacker rushes Sjoberg and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.

Sjoberg jumps guard and drags Whacker to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Sjoberg pushes Whacker off and scrambles back to his feet.
Mikael Sjoberg is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sjoberg gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Whacker counters with a body kick that stops Sjoberg in his tracks momentarily.
Sjoberg shoots and misses

and Whacker counters with a single leg into guard. Sjoberg didn't expect that.
Whacker slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Sjoberg taking punishment in the form of punches.

Whacker is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Sjoberg is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Whacker tries for a kimura but Sjoberg is defending well.
Sjoberg struggling a bit here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sjoberg is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Whacker is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Whacker landing a few strikes.
Whacker advances nicely into full mount.
Whacker landing punches.

Sjoberg defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Whacker.
Sjoberg keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Whacker trying to control but Sjoberg is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Whacker working Sjoberg over with strikes here.
Sjoberg wants to get back to his feet.
Sjoberg wants to hold on but Whacker pushes him away.

Whacker working for a guillotine from mount but Sjoberg is in no mood to give up.
Whacker connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Whacker blocks Sjoberg's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Sjoberg is squirming around, avoiding Whacker's attempts to control the action.
Whacker might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Sjoberg kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sjoberg is desperately trying to improve his position but Whacker has a good base and remains in mount.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Whacker. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Whacker dominating with strikes here.
Whacker lands a big elbow.
Whacker breaks from Sjoberg's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Sjoberg squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Sjoberg tries to hold on but Whacker pushes him away.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Whacker working for a guillotine from mount but Sjoberg is in no mood to give up.
Sjoberg wants to control but Whacker is having none of it.
Sjoberg is squirming around, avoiding Whacker's attempts to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Whacker throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Sjoberg because Whacker loaded up on that one.
Sjoberg throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Sjoberg tries to hold on but Whacker pushes him away.

Whacker wants to finish this one by submission but Sjoberg is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Whacker.
Sjoberg working to try and regain half guard.
Whacker controlling from mount.
Sjoberg sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Whacker trying to control from half guard but Sjoberg is working away.
Sjoberg is trying to stand up here but Whacker is controlling him well.
Sjoberg is trying to get back to full guard.

Sjoberg looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Sjoberg is trying to get back to full guard.
Whacker tries to pass to full mount but Sjoberg defends it.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Sjoberg trying to control here.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Sjoberg looks to clinch

and Whacker counters with a takedown into side control.

Whacker working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Sjoberg is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Whacker is controlling him well.
Whacker wants to control but Sjoberg is keeping him busy.
Stump Whacker has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sjoberg prevents Whacker from improving position.
Sjoberg wants to get back to his feet.
You can see the frustration on Sjoberg's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sjoberg gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Sjoberg is looking to improve his position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Whacker dives in and grabs Sjoberg's left leg, looking for a takedown. Sjoberg pushes down on Whacker's head and hops out.
Sjoberg misses with a takedown attempt

and Whacker counters with a single leg into guard. Sjoberg didn't expect that.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mikael Sjoberg. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Whacker trying to control the position from guard on top but Sjoberg is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Sjoberg is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Whacker defends well.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sjoberg is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Whacker passes Sjoberg's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Sjoberg is staying active underneath Whacker, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Whacker passes the guard and advances to mount!
Whacker looking to control but Sjoberg is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Mikael Sjoberg has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Whacker avoids the attempt from Sjoberg to control.
Whacker landing punches.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sjoberg wants to try and get back to his feet.
Whacker tries to control but Sjoberg wriggling away.

Whacker is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Sjoberg has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Sjoberg is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Sjoberg is working hard here to advance position.

Whacker working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Sjoberg tries to hold on but Whacker pushes him away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stump Whacker comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Whacker has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight for Stump Whacker!
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight for Stump Whacker!
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight for Stump Whacker!

Stump Whacker wins by unanimous decision!