PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Johan Herberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sigurd Fafnisbani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fafnisbani has chosen What Frequencies Do to People by Tieum and Ophidian as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Herberg
vs
Fafnisbani

160 cm
27
167 lbs
12 - 5 - 1

176 cm
27
162 lbs
16 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 12 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Johan Herberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sigurd Fafnisbani!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fafnisbani tries to clinch but Herberg moves out of range.

Herberg takes the fight into the clinch.
Herberg has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Fafnisbani is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Herberg looking for a takedown.
Fafnisbani trying to stall but Herberg improves his position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fafnisbani.
Herberg has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Fafnisbani avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johan Herberg. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fafnisbani trying to control the position but instead, Herberg has worked for underhooks and has pushed Fafnisbani into the cage.
Fafnisbani tries a body shot but Herberg blocks it.
Fafnisbani scores with a hook to the body.
Herberg changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Fafnisbani fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Fafnisbani scores with a leg kick.
Fafnisbani misses with a low kick.

Fafnisbani darts in and clinches Herberg up against the cage.
Fafnisbani blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Herberg looking for a takedown.
Herberg is working for takedown but Fafnisbani is calmly controlling the position for now.
Fafnisbani lands an elbow just above Herberg 's eye.
Fafnisbani lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Herberg is breathing heavily.
Stalling in the clinch from Fafnisbani.
Herberg is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Fafnisbani as the two fighters clinch.
Fafnisbani stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Fafnisbani looking to stall.
Fafnisbani stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Fafnisbani works on Herberg's body with a couple of short punches.
Fafnisbani lands a body punch.
Fafnisbani landing knees to the body.
Fafnisbani lands an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Fafnisbani.
Fafnisbani content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Fafnisbani receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Fafnisbani comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Fafnisbani slowing the pace effectively.
Fafnisbani is trying to maintain a safe position but Herberg gets an underhook and turns Fafnisbani into the cage.
Fafnisbani goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Fafnisbani.
A body shot lands from Fafnisbani.
Fafnisbani scores with a shot to the side of Herberg's head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The referee is keeping an eye on Fafnisbani - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Fafnisbani lands a body shot.
Fafnisbani goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fafnisbani looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Fafnisbani works on Herberg's body with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Fafnisbani.
Fafnisbani lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fafnisbani works on Herberg's body with a couple of short punches.
A right hook to the body lands for Fafnisbani.
Fafnisbani stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Fafnisbani pushes Herberg back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Fafnisbani putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Herberg in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fafnisbani content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Fafnisbani putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Herberg in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fafnisbani misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fafnisbani avoiding damage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sigurd Fafnisbani.
Fafnisbani misses with an uppercut.
Fafnisbani's corner calls for a 1-2. Fafnisbani obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Fafnisbani misses with a low kick.
Herberg looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Fafnisbani is fending him off so far but Herberg persists. Nope, Fafnisbani circles away and we're back to standing.

Fafnisbani rushes Herberg and presses him up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fafnisbani controlling the action here for a moment.
Fafnisbani lands a shot to the body.
Herberg letting Fafnisbani take a breather here.
Herberg tries for a takedown but Fafnisbani manages to get underhooks.
Fafnisbani is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Fafnisbani tries to work over Herberg's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fafnisbani has Herberg pushed against the cage.
Fafnisbani tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Herberg's elbow.
Fafnisbani utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Herberg has picked Fafnisbani up - he's going for a ride! Herberg dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Fafnisbani tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Herberg has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Herberg punching from mount but Fafnisbani doing a good job of avoiding damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fafnisbani tries to reverse the position but Herberg maintains control.
A nice elbow there by Herberg.
Herberg throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Fafnisbani is trying to escape the mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Herberg misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Fafnisbani is working to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Herberg looking to ground and pound but Fafnisbani is blocking nicely.
Fafnisbani tries to lock up and control but Herberg gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sigurd Fafnisbani dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Herberg avoids the body shot from Fafnisbani.
Fafnisbani scores with a nice head shot.
Fafnisbani dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Herberg. That did some damage!

Herberg closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Fafnisbani did well to prevent Herberg getting side control.
Herberg tries to pass the half guard into mount. Fafnisbani knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Fafnisbani has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Herberg is working away from the top position though.
Herberg not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Herberg prevents Fafnisbani from improving his position.
Herberg tries to pass to full mount but Fafnisbani defends it.
Herberg is thwarting Fafnisbani's attempts to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Fafnisbani desperately trying to maintain half guard.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Sigurd Fafnisbani hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Fafnisbani cracks Herberg with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A solid leg kick lands there for Fafnisbani.
Herberg shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Fafnisbani counters with a nice body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fafnisbani looks to score with a jab to the body but Herberg is just out of range.
Johan Herberg is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fafnisbani delivers a nice body kick.
Fafnisbani lands a body shot.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Herberg checks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fafnisbani lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Herberg can't get the takedown.
Fafnisbani lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Herberg or not.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fafnisbani lands a body shot.
Fafnisbani missing with knees to the body.
Herberg managing to block the knees to the body from Fafnisbani.
Herberg swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Herberg blocks a body shot from Fafnisbani.
Fafnisbani utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Fafnisbani lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Herberg backwards.
Fafnisbani lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Herberg or not.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Fafnisbani lands an uppercut.
Herberg struggles to land a body shot inside as Fafnisbani controls his hands.
Fafnisbani controlling the action here for a moment.
Fafnisbani is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Fafnisbani tries to throw a body punch but Herberg avoids it by throwing Fafnisbani back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Herberg tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Fafnisbani creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Herberg is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johan Herberg. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fafnisbani digs a right hand underneath Herberg's ribcage. Herberg let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Fafnisbani misses with a hook to the ribs.
Herberg looking to slow down the pace here.
Fafnisbani working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fafnisbani tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fafnisbani taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Fafnisbani lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Herberg or not.
Fafnisbani trying to land knees to the body.
Fafnisbani tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fafnisbani lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Fafnisbani.
Fafnisbani presses Herberg against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Herberg avoiding damage as Fafnisbani throws knees to the body.
Fafnisbani prevents a takedown attempt there.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Fafnisbani lands an elbow that stopped Herberg in his tracks for a moment.
Fafnisbani is looking to control Herberg's arms but Herberg gets an underhook and turns him. Now Fafnisbani has his back to the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Fafnisbani.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Herberg as Fafnisbani tries to tie him up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Fafnisbani.
Herberg takes a knee to the side of the body.
Herberg doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fafnisbani lands an uppercut.
Fafnisbani lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fafnisbani lands a shoulder strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Herberg is trying to break free.
Herberg has a couple of punches blocked by Fafnisbani.
Fafnisbani stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Fafnisbani unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Fafnisbani lands with a short shot to the head.
Fafnisbani gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Herberg.
Fafnisbani lands a shot to the body.
Fafnisbani displaying some good clinch control by pressing Herberg up against the cage.
Fafnisbani is working Herberg over against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Nice body punch from Fafnisbani - that landed with a thud.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sigurd Fafnisbani showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Fafnisbani fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Herberg swats away the attempt to clinch by Fafnisbani.
Herberg misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Johan Herberg seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fafnisbani misses with a body punch

so Herberg counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Fafnisbani is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
A hook to the body from Fafnisbani.
Fafnisbani lands a nice shot to the body.
Herberg doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fafnisbani is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Herberg managing to block the knees to the body from Fafnisbani.
Fafnisbani lands a nice shot to the body.
Fafnisbani is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Herberg blocks a body shot from Fafnisbani.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Herberg being controlled against the cage.
Fafnisbani scores with a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fafnisbani throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Fafnisbani trying to stall but Herberg improves his position.
Fafnisbani lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Herberg.
Fafnisbani working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fafnisbani lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Fafnisbani.
Fafnisbani is pressed up against the cage. Herberg has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Fafnisbani down to the mat. Fafnisbani avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Fafnisbani scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Herberg on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Fafnisbani comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Fafnisbani thumps Herberg with a low kick.
Fafnisbani has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Herberg has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Fafnisbani.
Fafnisbani lands with a thumping leg kick.

Fafnisbani moves into the clinch.
Herberg is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Fafnisbani prevents a body shot from Herberg.
Fafnisbani lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fafnisbani lands a body punch in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Fafnisbani.
Fafnisbani trying to land knees to the body.
Sigurd Fafnisbani seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Fafnisbani is leaning against Herberg and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Fafnisbani.
Fafnisbani can't find room to land a body shot as Herberg controls the action.
Fafnisbani prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johan Herberg. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nice body punch from Fafnisbani.
Herberg letting Fafnisbani take a breather here.
Fafnisbani digs a right hand into Herberg's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Herberg's gas tank.
Fafnisbani leaning against his opponent.
Fafnisbani misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fafnisbani leaning his opponent against the cage.
Fafnisbani lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Herberg or not.
Fafnisbani wants to stall.
Herberg has a couple of punches blocked by Fafnisbani.
Fafnisbani tries a body shot but Herberg blocks it.
Fafnisbani is looking to control Herberg's arms but Herberg gets an underhook and turns him. Now Fafnisbani has his back to the cage.
Herberg is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Fafnisbani.
Fafnisbani misses with a punch to the body.
Fafnisbani tries to throw a body punch but Herberg avoids it by throwing Fafnisbani back against the cage.
Fafnisbani gets underhooks to prevent Herberg's takedown attempt.
Fafnisbani is working Herberg over against the cage.
Herberg managing to block the knees to the body from Fafnisbani.
Herberg blocks a body shot from Fafnisbani.
Herberg wants a takedown.
Fafnisbani putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Herberg in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fafnisbani is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Fafnisbani lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Herberg backwards.
Fafnisbani is looking to control Herberg's arms but Herberg gets an underhook and turns him. Now Fafnisbani has his back to the cage.
Fafnisbani lands a shot to the body.
A body shot lands from Fafnisbani.
Fafnisbani pushes Herberg back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Fafnisbani lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fafnisbani lands a left hand that snaps the head of Herberg backwards.
Fafnisbani displaying some good clinch control by pressing Herberg up against the cage.
Herberg doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fafnisbani lands with a short shot to the head.
Fafnisbani is pushing Herberg up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fafnisbani prevents a takedown attempt there.
Fafnisbani lands a good knee to the midsection. Herberg won't want to take too many of those.
Fafnisbani tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fafnisbani is looking to control Herberg's arms but Herberg gets an underhook and turns him. Now Fafnisbani has his back to the cage.
A hook to the body from Fafnisbani.
Fafnisbani landing knees to the body.
Fafnisbani lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Herberg.
Fafnisbani missing with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Herberg.
Fafnisbani lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Herberg backwards.
Fafnisbani scores with a hook to the body.
Fafnisbani stops a takedown attempt from Herberg.
Fafnisbani is trying to stall.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Fafnisbani obliges.
Johan Herberg has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Fafnisbani takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Fafnisbani tries to throw a body punch but Herberg avoids it by throwing Fafnisbani back against the cage.
Fafnisbani will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Herberg up against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sigurd Fafnisbani comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Fafnisbani winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sigurd Fafnisbani!