PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mikael Johansson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Worcester Sauce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johansson comes to the cage accompanied by Iron Man - Black Sabbath. 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.

Johansson
vs
Sauce

175 cm
21
167 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

176 cm
22
166 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mikael Johansson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Worcester Sauce!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sauce lands a nice hook to Johansson's body. Johansson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sauce throws a leg kick that misses.
Johansson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sauce swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johansson looks to score with a jab to the body but Sauce is just out of range.
Johansson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sauce manages to avoid it.
Johansson misses with a right hand
and Sauce counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Johansson lands a nice shot to the body.
Johansson throws a sloppy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Johansson scores with a nice head shot.
Sauce connects with an inside leg kick.
Johansson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sauce swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A low kick from Johansson is predictable there

and Sauce counters by moving into the clinch.
Sauce tries to land knees in the clinch but Johansson avoids the damage to the body.
Sauce connects with a knee to the head.
Johansson missing with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Johansson.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johansson tries to land knees in the clinch but Sauce avoids the damage to the body.
Sauce looking to throw knees to the head but Johansson is blocking nicely.
Sauce with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sauce slows down the pace here.
Sauce is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Johansson is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johansson lands a nice elbow.
Johansson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sauce is defending well for now.
Sauce tries to land a knee to the head but Johansson blocks with his arms.
Johansson missing with knees to the body.
Sauce connects with a knee to the head.
Johansson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sauce with a knee to the head.
Johansson missing with knees to the body.
Sauce tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Johansson is trying to stall.
Sauce tries to land knees in the clinch but Johansson avoids the damage to the body.
Sauce lands an elbow that stopped Johansson in his tracks for a moment.
Sauce lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Mikael Johansson has been cut.
Johansson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Sauce blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Johansson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sauce.
A bit of stalling here from Sauce.
Sauce blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two 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.
Johansson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sauce with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Johansson misses with a knee to the head.
Johansson wants to stall.
Johansson avoids a wild elbow strike from Sauce.
Sauce avoiding damage as Johansson throws knees to the body.
Johansson throws an elbow but it misses.
Johansson just leaning against Sauce, taking a breather.
Johansson lands an elbow just above Sauce 's eye.
Knees to the body from Johansson.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sauce just misses with a elbow thrown towards Johansson's brow.
Sauce tries to work over Johansson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice body punch from Sauce - that landed with a thud.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sauce with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sauce throws a knee to the head but misses.
Johansson trying to land knees to the body.
Johansson avoiding damage as Sauce throws knees to the body.
Johansson taking a breather.
Sauce lands a good knee to the midsection. Johansson won't want to take too many of those.
Johansson is breathing heavily.
Knees in the clinch landing for Johansson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johansson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Johansson obliges.
Sauce creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Johansson avoids the elbow strike from Sauce, against the cage.
Sauce takes a knee to the side of the body.
Johansson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sauce in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The referee calls for Johansson to work.
Sauce is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Johansson is keeping busy.
Sauce is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Johansson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sauce wants to stall.
Johansson slows down the pace here.
Johansson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sauce has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sauce tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Johansson avoids it.
Sauce displaying some good clinch control by pressing Johansson up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johansson leaning against his opponent.
Sauce looking to throw knees to the head but Johansson is blocking nicely.
Johansson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sauce.
Johansson tries a knee to the head but Sauce blocks it.
Johansson landing knees to the head.

It looks like Worcester Sauce has been cut.
Johansson taking a breather.
Johansson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sauce stalling.
Sauce with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Johansson taking a breather.
Sauce throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sauce stalling the fight.
Sauce misses with a knee to the head.
Sauce tries to land knees in the clinch but Johansson avoids the damage to the body.
Johansson lands an elbow inside that Sauce shrugs off.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johansson tries to land knees in the clinch but Sauce avoids the damage to the body.
Sauce avoiding damage.
Good body shot from Johansson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Worcester Sauce will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Johansson thows a body shot but no joy.
Johansson misses the shot to the body.
Sauce thows a body kick. Johansson tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Sauce throws a head kick that misses.
Johansson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Johansson ducks under a wild hook from Sauce.
Johansson wants to clinch.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Sauce 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.
Johansson misses with a kick to the body

and Sauce moves into the clinch.
Johansson lands an elbow inside.
Johansson slows down the pace here.
Johansson stalling in the clinch but Sauce improves position.
Johansson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Sauce takes an elbow to the temple.
Sauce wants to stall.
Johansson trying to control the position but instead, Sauce has worked for underhooks and has pushed Johansson into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johansson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sauce's defenses.
Johansson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sauce is defending well for now.
Johansson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sauce.
Sauce displaying some good clinch control by pressing Johansson up against the cage.
Johansson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Johansson has Sauce pushed against the cage.
Sauce blocks an elbow strike from Johansson.
Sauce missing with knees to the body.
Johansson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Johansson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sauce is defending well for now.
Johansson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sauce landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sauce as Johansson tries to tie him up.
Johansson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sauce is defending well for now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sauce landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johansson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Johansson avoiding damage as Sauce throws knees to the body.
Johansson misses with a knee to the head.
Johansson dodges an elbow strike from Sauce.
Sauce looking to throw knees to the head but Johansson is blocking nicely.
Sauce connects with a nasty looking knee right to Johansson's face.
Sauce tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The referee calls for Sauce to work.
Johansson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sauce misses with a knee to the head.
Sauce avoids a wild elbow strike from Johansson.
Sauce avoiding damage as Johansson throws knees to the body.
Sauce looking to throw knees to the head but Johansson is blocking nicely.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Johansson.
Sauce is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Mikael Johansson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sauce blocks the elbow strike.
Sauce tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sauce with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Johansson scores a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Come on Johansson - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Sauce stalling.
Sauce tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sauce misses with a knee strike.
Sauce blocks an elbow strike.
Johansson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sauce managing to block the knees to the body from Johansson.
Sauce misses with the head strike.
Johansson is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Sauce with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Johansson looking to slow down the pace here.
Come on Johansson - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Sauce blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sauce landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Johansson lands an elbow inside that Sauce shrugs off.
Sauce tries to stall but Johansson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sauce tries to land knees in the clinch but Johansson avoids the damage to the body.

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.
Sauce stalling against the cage.
Johansson stalling in the clinch but Sauce improves position.
Johansson lands an elbow inside.
Sauce throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Johansson blocks it with crossed arms.
Johansson tries a knee to the head but Sauce blocks it.
Sauce blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sauce blocks an elbow strike.
Johansson pushes off an throws an elbow but Sauce leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Johansson lands with a short shot to the head.
Johansson tries to land knees in the clinch but Sauce avoids the damage to the body.
Sauce tries to stall but Johansson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Johansson tries to land a knee to the head but Sauce blocks with his arms.
Johansson avoiding damage as Sauce throws knees to the body.
Sauce using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johansson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sauce is trying to stall.
Sauce tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Johansson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sauce's defenses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Johansson.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Worcester Sauce will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Sauce lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sauce misses with an attempted mid kick.
Johansson throws a leg kick that is checked
and Sauce counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Good work by Johansson as he checks the leg kick.
Sauce throws a sloppy head kick and Johansson moves out of range easily.
A lazy body kick from Sauce
and Johansson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Johansson connects with an inside leg kick.
Johansson throws a sloppy head kick
and Johansson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sauce throws a lazy body kick
and Johansson counters with a nice kick to the body.

Johansson has closed the distance and engaged Sauce in a clinch.
Sauce avoids the elbow strike from Johansson, against the cage.
Johansson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sauce avoids it.
Johansson landing knees to the body.
Johansson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sauce in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sauce lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Johansson blocks an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johansson lands a nice elbow.
Johansson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sauce being controlled against the cage.
Sauce doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Johansson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sauce blocks it with crossed arms.
Sauce takes an elbow to the temple.
A left hand lands to the body for Sauce.
Johansson pushes off an throws an elbow but Sauce leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Johansson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Johansson trying to land knees to the body.
Johansson is trying to maintain a safe position but Sauce gets an underhook and turns Johansson into the cage.
Maybe Johansson would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Knees to the body from Johansson.
Sauce is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Sauce using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sauce tries a knee to the head but Johansson blocks it.
Johansson missing with knees to the body.
Sauce with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johansson gets through Sauce's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Johansson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sauce is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Johansson.
Sauce lands a nice looking kick to the body. Johansson takes a step back to recover.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Johansson.
Johansson lands a head kick!
Sauce avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Johansson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sauce looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Johansson delivers a nice body kick.
Sauce takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Donk. Johansson catches Sauce right on the button with a cross.
Johansson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Johansson scores with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Johansson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sauce looking to throw knees to the head but Johansson is blocking nicely.
Sauce throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Johansson blocks it with crossed arms.
Sauce wants to stall.

Johansson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johansson lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Sauce backs up against the cage.
Johansson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Johansson throws a right hand that misses
and Sauce counters with a stiff right hand.
Mikael Johansson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A chopping leg kick lands by Johansson.
Sauce tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Johansson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Johansson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sauce throws a head kick but Johansson moves out of range.
Johansson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Worcester Sauce is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sauce throws a head kick that misses.
Johansson swings for the body but Sauce moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sauce throws a head kick but Johansson moves out of range.
Johansson throws a nice head kick!
A swing and a miss from Johansson.
Sauce needs to keep his hands up - Johansson had a free shot at his head there.
Johansson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sauce manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sauce avoids the body shot from Johansson.
Johansson tries to clinch but Sauce moves out of range.
Johansson throws a jab when Sauce was well out of range.
Johansson feints and then cracks Sauce's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sauce down.
Sauce throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Johansson throws a wild body kick that Sauce sees coming a mile off.
Johansson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Johansson throws a sloppy head kick and Sauce moves out of range easily.
Sauce looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Johansson throws a leg kick but Sauce moved away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mikael Johansson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sauce has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Worcester Sauce!