PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Simon White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kjell Sjoberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

White
vs
Sjoberg

181 cm
25
178 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
24
179 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

Good takedowns
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Simon White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kjell Sjoberg!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White blocks a head kick by Sjoberg.
White misses with a straight right.
White throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sjoberg sees it coming and avoids it easily.
White throws a head kick that half lands.
Sjoberg tries to clinch up but White circles away and keeps his distance.
White throws a jab when Sjoberg was well out of range.
White lands a head kick!
White tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sjoberg was well out of range. Poor timing from White.
Sjoberg throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sjoberg fails with a takedown attempt.
White tries a head kick but it misses.
Sjoberg is looking to clinch.
White defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sjoberg.
White connects with a high kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sjoberg doesn't manage to clinch there - White circles away.
White tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Simon White is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Sjoberg.
Simon White has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kjell Sjoberg.
White plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Sjoberg throws a body punch but White moves out of range.

Sjoberg looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for White!
Sjoberg misses with a head shot.
Sjoberg tries to control but White wriggling away.
White really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
White knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sjoberg on the ground.
Sjoberg trying to control but White is having none of it.
Sjoberg sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Sjoberg trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Sjoberg throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sjoberg tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
White avoids a series of strikes thrown by Sjoberg.
Sjoberg trying to control but he's not successful this time.
White tries to hold on but Sjoberg postures up.
Sjoberg trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sjoberg punching from mount but White doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
White is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kjell Sjoberg dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Sjoberg bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
White tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.

White fending off the submission attempt from Sjoberg.
White looking very determined here, making life difficult for Sjoberg.
White wants to escape the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
I would not like to be White right now.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Sjoberg has managed to slip his arm under White's chin. This could be all over... yep, White is tapping out! Submission win for Sjoberg.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Kjell Sjoberg!