PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Philip Hais (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Svenne Nyckelben (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hais
vs
Nyckelben

190 cm
19
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
20
185 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

GTI-Roid Rage

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Philip Hais!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Svenne Nyckelben!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Donald Grub and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hais tries to land a front kick but Nyckelben steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Nyckelben throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hais on the side of the head.

It looks like Philip Hais has been cut.
Nyckelben takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Hais scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Hais lands a few punches from side control.

Hais working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Hais avoids the strikes from the bottom by Nyckelben.

Hais thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Hais misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Hais landing a few strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nyckelben struggling a bit here.
Hais scoring with punches from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hais working the body and head with strikes.

Hais stands up and beckons Nyckelben to his feet.
Nyckelben ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hais moves away.
Hais uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nyckelben.
Nyckelben throws a looping overhand right but Hais ducks down to avoid it.
Hais tries to clinch up.
Hais tries to clinch but Nyckelben moves out of range.

Hais moves into the clinch.
Nyckelben tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hais keeps control of Nyckelben as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hais tries a knee to the head but Nyckelben blocks it.
Nyckelben blocks the elbow strike.
Hais creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nyckelben's defenses.
Nyckelben is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hais misses with a knee to the head.
Nyckelben is working Hais over against the cage.
Hais misses with a knee strike.
Nyckelben takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hais looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hais misses with a knee strike.
Hais with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hais with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hais is breathing heavily.
Hais tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nyckelben is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Hais has denied him.
Hais looking to throw knees to the head but Nyckelben is blocking nicely.
Nice elbow from Hais.
Nyckelben wants to break free but Hais has control.
Hais looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hais with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hais throws an elbow but it misses.
Hais misses with an elbow strike.
Hais tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hais blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nyckelben can't break the clinch.
Hais misses with a knee to the head.
Nyckelben lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hais backwards.
A shot in the inside from Nyckelben.
Nyckelben works on Hais's body with a couple of short punches.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hais.
Nyckelben swings wildly with an uppercut but Hais uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hais throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hais lands an elbow inside.
Nyckelben takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hais lands a nice elbow.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hais prevents a body shot from Nyckelben.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hais with a knee to the head.
Nyckelben can't break the clinch.
Hais looking to throw knees to the head but Nyckelben is blocking nicely.
Hais tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nyckelben avoids the elbow strike from Hais, against the cage.
Nyckelben is trying to break the clinch but Hais has him pressed against the cage.
Hais looking to throw knees to the head but Nyckelben is blocking nicely.
Hais throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nyckelben scores with a shoulder strike.
Nyckelben wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Nyckelben digs a right hand underneath Hais's ribcage. Hais let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hais scores with a knee to the head.
Nyckelben lands a right hand.
Hais throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hais keeps control of Nyckelben as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nyckelben avoids the elbow strike from Hais, against the cage.
Hais with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Nyckelben scores with a shot to the side of Hais's head.
Hais pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hais lands an elbow inside that Nyckelben shrugs off.
Hais throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nyckelben blocks it with crossed arms.
Nyckelben avoiding damage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hais as Nyckelben tries to tie him up.
Hais creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nyckelben wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hais has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Hais lands an elbow just above Nyckelben 's eye.
Hais throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hais lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hais throws an elbow that misses.
Nyckelben takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hais misses with a knee to the head.
Hais using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nyckelben has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hais throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hais blocking some punches.
Nyckelben misses with a short punch on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hais.
Nyckelben swings wildly with an uppercut but Hais uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hais tries a knee to the head but Nyckelben blocks it.
Nyckelben takes an elbow to the temple.
Nyckelben looking to slow down the pace here.
Hais misses with a knee to the head.
Nyckelben misses with some punches.
Hais lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hais throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nyckelben blocks it with crossed arms.
Hais lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nyckelben has had enough of the clinch but Hais keeps him there for the moment.
Hais throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hais prevents Nyckelben from breaking the clinch.
A knee to the head by Hais.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Philip Hais dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Philip Hais's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Nyckelben throws a right hand that Hais ducks under and follows up with a left that Hais also avoids with ease.
Hais fails in his attempt to clinch.

Hais instigates a clinch.
Nyckelben tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hais tries a knee to the head but Nyckelben blocks it.
Hais connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nyckelben's face.
Hais looking to throw knees to the head but Nyckelben is blocking nicely.
Nyckelben lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nyckelben blocks the elbow strike.
Hais tries to land a knee to the head but Nyckelben blocks with his arms.
Nyckelben blocks an elbow strike from Hais.
Hais lands an elbow just above Nyckelben 's eye.
Nyckelben tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nyckelben takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nyckelben takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hais looking to throw knees to the head but Nyckelben is blocking nicely.
Hais throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nyckelben blocks it with crossed arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nyckelben has a couple of punches blocked by Hais.
Hais tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hais keeps control of Nyckelben as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nyckelben tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Hais smiles and moves away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nyckelben misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hais looks to land a combination. Nyckelben sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Hais shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Nyckelben misses with an uppercut. Hais saw that one coming.
Hais moves away from the strike by Nyckelben.
Hais tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nyckelben swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Philip Hais is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Hais gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hais throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hais lands an elbow inside.
Hais throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nyckelben blocks it with crossed arms.
Hais misses with a knee strike.
Hais looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nyckelben lands a hook to the side of the head.

Nyckelben breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nyckelben lands with a nice body kick.
Nyckelben misses the body punch

and Hais counters by clinching up.
Hais misses with a knee strike.
Hais misses with a knee to the head.
Nyckelben wants to break free but Hais has control.
Nyckelben avoids the elbow strike from Hais, against the cage.
Hais misses with a knee strike.
Nyckelben fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hais pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nyckelben has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Hais is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Philip Hais has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Svenne Nyckelben.
Hais scores with a knee to the head.
Hais tries to land a knee to the head but Nyckelben blocks with his arms.
Hais lands an elbow inside that Nyckelben shrugs off.
Hais with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hais stops a takedown attempt from Nyckelben.
Nyckelben will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hais up against the cage.
Nyckelben takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hais connects with a knee to the head.
Hais misses with a knee to the head.
Nyckelben wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hais has him pressed against the cage.
Hais lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hais using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nyckelben has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hais with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nyckelben misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nyckelben is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hais throws an elbow but misses.
Hais lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hais throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nyckelben takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hais throws an elbow but it misses.
Hais lands a knee to the head.
Hais landing knees to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nyckelben wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nyckelben wants to stall.
Nyckelben takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hais misses with a knee to the head.
Hais tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nyckelben trying to control the position but instead, Hais has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nyckelben into the cage.
A knee to the head by Hais.
Hais tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nyckelben blocks an elbow strike.
Hais tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hais misses with a knee strike.
Nyckelben is trying to break free.
Hais tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nyckelben wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hais throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hais tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nyckelben takes an elbow to the forehead.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hais looking to throw knees to the head but Nyckelben is blocking nicely.
Hais with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hais with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hais lands a knee to the head.
Nyckelben is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hais is keeping busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Hais tries to land a knee to the head but Nyckelben blocks with his arms.
Hais with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nyckelben avoids a wild elbow strike from Hais.
Nyckelben wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hais throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nyckelben is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nyckelben throws a head punch that misses.
Hais tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hais misses with a knee strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hais throws an elbow but misses.
Nyckelben is trying to break the clinch but Hais has him pressed against the cage.
Hais using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nyckelben has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hais throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nyckelben blocks it with crossed arms.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hais connects with a knee to the head.
Hais throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nyckelben takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hais with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Nyckelben can't break the clinch.
Hais lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nyckelben wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hais blocks a body shot from Nyckelben.
Hais misses with an elbow strike.
Hais connects with a knee to the head.
Nyckelben throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Philip Hais dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Philip Hais's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Hais gets a clinch.
Hais misses with a knee to the head.
Hais looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hais looking to throw knees to the head but Nyckelben is blocking nicely.
Hais misses with a knee strike.
Hais blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nyckelben dodges an elbow strike from Hais.
Hais blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hais using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nyckelben has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nyckelben wants to get back to striking at distance but Hais won't allow it.
Hais throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nyckelben blocks it with crossed arms.
Nyckelben has Hais pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Hais manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Hais throws an elbow but it misses.
Nyckelben tries to break the clinch but Hais is controlling the position.
Nyckelben takes an elbow to the temple.
Nyckelben takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hais scores with a knee to the head.
Nyckelben lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hais backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nyckelben gets through Hais's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hais misses with a knee to the head.
Nyckelben tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hais misses with a knee to the head.
Hais prevents Nyckelben from breaking the clinch.
Nyckelben dodges an elbow strike from Hais.
Nyckelben trying to stall but Hais improves his position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nyckelben content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hais lands a damaging elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hais scores with a knee to the head.
Nyckelben has a couple of punches blocked by Hais.
Hais tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hais with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hais with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nyckelben misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hais tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hais scores with a knee to the head.
Nyckelben blocks an elbow strike from Hais.
Nyckelben wants to break free but Hais has control.
Nyckelben takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hais with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A hook to the body from Nyckelben.
Nyckelben lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hais connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nyckelben's face.
Hais connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nyckelben's face.
Hais using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nyckelben has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nyckelben lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hais tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hais throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hais.
Hais tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nyckelben looking for a takedown.
Nyckelben trying to stall but Hais improves his position.
Hais tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hais lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Hais throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nyckelben blocks it with crossed arms.
A knee to the head by Hais.
Hais throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nyckelben blocks it with crossed arms.
Nyckelben avoids a wild elbow strike from Hais.
Nyckelben wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hais pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hais tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nyckelben tries to stall but Hais uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hais with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hais tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hais tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hais tries to land a knee to the head but Nyckelben blocks with his arms.
Hais looking to throw knees to the head but Nyckelben is blocking nicely.
Hais looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hais with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hais misses with a knee strike.
Nyckelben lands with a right to the head.
Hais tries to land a knee to the head but Nyckelben blocks with his arms.
Hais misses with a knee to the head.
Nyckelben throws a punch but it's blocked by Hais.
Hais lands an elbow just above Nyckelben 's eye.
Hais lands an elbow inside.
A knee to the head by Hais.
Nyckelben tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hais lands a knee to the head.
Hais looking to throw knees to the head but Nyckelben is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hais looking to throw knees to the head but Nyckelben is blocking nicely.
Hais tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hais throws an elbow that misses.
Hais lands a nice elbow.
Nyckelben swings wildly with an uppercut but Hais uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hais blocks an uppercut.
Hais misses with a knee to the head.
Hais with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hais tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hais with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nyckelben is working Hais over against the cage.
Hais misses with a knee to the head.
Nyckelben is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hais is keeping busy.
Nyckelben presses Hais against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hais lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hais lands an elbow that stopped Nyckelben in his tracks for a moment.
Nyckelben is looking to break free of the clinch but Hais has double underhooks.
Hais connects with a knee to the head.
Hais tries a knee to the head but Nyckelben blocks it.
Hais tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hais throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nyckelben takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nyckelben swings wildly with an uppercut but Hais uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nyckelben is trying to maintain a safe position but Hais gets an underhook and turns Nyckelben into the cage.

That's four 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.
A knee to the head by Hais.
Hais with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hais with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nyckelben blocks an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hais throws an elbow but misses.
Hais misses with a knee to the head.
Hais misses with an elbow over the top.
Nyckelben scores with a nice hook to the head.
Philip Hais is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hais with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nyckelben is trying to break free.
Nyckelben misses with a punch to the body.
Hais connects with a knee to the head.
Hais with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hais misses with an elbow over the top.
Nyckelben tries to throw a body punch but Hais avoids it by throwing Nyckelben back against the cage.
Hais misses with an elbow strike.
Svenne Nyckelben has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hais lands a damaging elbow.
Hais lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hais looking to throw knees to the head but Nyckelben is blocking nicely.
A knee to the head by Hais.
Nyckelben wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nyckelben lands a body punch.
Hais looking to throw knees to the head but Nyckelben is blocking nicely.
Nyckelben misses with some punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Philip Hais showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hais, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Philip Hais!