PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Biff Rydberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sub Hero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hero is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Giant Squid - Panthalassa. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Rydberg
vs
Hero

165 cm
24
144 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

164 cm
30
146 lbs
19 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very quick

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Perkele!
Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Biff Rydberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sub Hero!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Igor Prikhodko and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rydberg avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Rydberg clinches with his opponent.
Hero can't find room to land a body shot as Rydberg controls the action.
Rydberg is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hero is defending well for now.
Rydberg lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Sub Hero has been cut.
Hero drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Rydberg gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Rydberg creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rydberg tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rydberg misses with a punch to the body.
Hero fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Nice elbow from Rydberg.
Hero jumps guard but Rydberg stands there with Hero around his waist. Hero gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Biff Rydberg has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sub Hero.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rydberg lands a good knee to the midsection. Hero won't want to take too many of those.
Rydberg tries to work over Hero's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rydberg misses with an elbow strike.
Hero blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hero jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Rydberg walks away with a smile on his face. Hero gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Hero closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Rydberg to the mat! Rydberg manages to get full guard.
Hero stopping the sweep attempt from Rydberg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hero is looking to work some ground and pound but Rydberg has wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hero trying to control but Rydberg is working from the bottom.
Rydberg trying to keep a closed guard but Hero is proving a slippery customer.
Rydberg bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hero's guard.
Rydberg tries to free his leg and advance position but Hero is retaining full guard.
Rydberg tries to stand but Hero is controlling from the bottom.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rydberg pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hero is keeping the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rydberg trying to control but Hero is working from the bottom.
Rydberg wants to get up but he can't break Hero's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Hero wants to sweep here but Rydberg controlling him for the moment.
Hero can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Rydberg controls the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Biff Rydberg.
Rydberg avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rydberg is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rydberg avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rydberg avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hero thuds his right hand into Rydberg's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Rydberg jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rydberg misses with a straight right.
Hero thows a body shot but no joy.
Biff Rydberg is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Rydberg moves into the clinch successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Biff Rydberg dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sub Hero's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Hero throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hero lands a nice looking body shot.
Rydberg misses with a looping right.
Hero thuds a left hand into Rydberg's body.
Rydberg misses with a hook.

Hero looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Hero trying to pass the guard but Rydberg defending well.
Hero trying to control the pace.
Hero working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Rydberg's thigh. Rydberg counters though and makes it back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hero lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Rydberg 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.
Hero working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hero trying to control the position from guard on top but Rydberg is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hero in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hero preventing the sweep.
Hero postures up in Rydberg's guard and throws a big left but Rydberg blocks it.
Rydberg can't keep his opponent in guard - Hero advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Hero sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Rydberg defending well though.
Rydberg is looking for a sweep. Hero is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Hero has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Rydberg wants to sweep but Hero has passed to side control!

Hero wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Rydberg, who protects the arm well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hero is trying to get an arm triangle but Rydberg is defending well.
Hero throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

Hero working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Hero throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rydberg bucks up and tries to throw Hero off but instead Hero has got his back!
Hero is landing with strikes from the back.
Rydberg can't escape the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hero lands shots from the back.

Rydberg showing good submission defense here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sub Hero showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sub Hero's cut.
That's time! Rydberg's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Rydberg looks to throw the jab but Hero is out of range.
Rydberg misses with a right hand
letting Hero counter with a right hand.
Hero avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rydberg uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hero.
A big left from Hero misses.
Hero shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Rydberg defends it nicely.
A jab from Rydberg finds it's way through Hero's defenses.
Rydberg swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Hero throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hero ducks under a wild hook from Rydberg.
Biff Rydberg seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rydberg looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rydberg ducks under a wild hook from Hero.
Hero defending well as Rydberg loads up on a big left hand.
Rydberg ducks under a wild hook from Hero.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rydberg looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice jab there from Rydberg.
Rydberg tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hero was well out of range. Poor timing from Rydberg.
Rydberg tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hero takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rydberg throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hero sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hero avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rydberg takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Rydberg lands an overhand right.
Rydberg paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Biff Rydberg is winning the standup battle so far.
Hero throws an off balance right hand
and Rydberg counters with a stiff right hand.
Rydberg lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Rydberg is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Rydberg tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hero counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hero shoots in for a double leg but Rydberg sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Rydberg clinches with his opponent.
Hero fails to pull guard.
Biff Rydberg has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sub Hero.
Hero jumps guard but Rydberg stands there with Hero around his waist. Hero gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Rydberg lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hero fails to pull guard.
Rydberg tries to work over Hero's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rydberg prevents Hero from breaking the clinch.
Rydberg misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rydberg keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hero's efforts to push away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hero blocks a body shot from Rydberg.
Rydberg trying to land knees to the body.
Rydberg lands a body punch in the clinch.
Rydberg lands a left hand.
Rydberg lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rydberg lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hero jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Rydberg walks away with a smile on his face. Hero gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hero shoots for a takedown but Rydberg saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Hero closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Rydberg quickly recovers to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Biff Rydberg showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Rydberg has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 29:28
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Biff Rydberg!