PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Harry Cederqvist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Eggman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harry Cederqvist had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Cederqvist
vs
Eggman

180 cm
18
192 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

195 cm
21
185 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Harry Cederqvist!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dan Eggman!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Russell Pearce and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eggman looks for a takedown but Cederqvist sprawls well.
Eggman looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Cederqvist loads up on a big right hand but Eggman slips the punch.
Eggman scores with a three punch combo!

Eggman shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Cederqvist's guard.
Cederqvist keeping moving, preventing Eggman from controlling successfully.
Eggman slips nicely into half guard.
Cederqvist is looking for a sweep. Eggman is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Cederqvist is defending against the submission attempts here by Eggman.
Cederqvist trying to control from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eggman seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Cederqvist does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Eggman is working for a submission of some sort.
Eggman trying to control from half guard but Cederqvist is working away.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Cederqvist wants to control but Eggman is keeping busy.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

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.
Cederqvist fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Eggman shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Cederqvist defends it nicely.
Cederqvist connects with a body shot.
Cederqvist with a nice cross.
Eggman fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Cederqvist connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Eggman shoots in but Cederqvist avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Harry Cederqvist has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dan Eggman.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cederqvist throws a jab but it's blocked by Eggman.
Eggman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cederqvist misses with an uppercut. Eggman saw that one coming.
Cederqvist just misses with a punch to the body.

Cederqvist gets caught napping as Eggman dives in and scores a takedown. Cederqvist manages to retain guard.
Eggman wants to control from the top but Cederqvist keeps moving.

Eggman is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Eggman preventing the sweep.
We've been hearing good reports from Cederqvist's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eggman trying to control the position from guard on top but Cederqvist is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Eggman is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Cederqvist is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Eggman tries to free his leg and advance position but Cederqvist is retaining full guard.
Cederqvist working a defensive guard but Eggman manages to pass into side control anyway.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Eggman decides to stand back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Eggman dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Eggman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cederqvist.
Sloppy strikes from Cederqvist. Those never looked like landing.
Eggman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cederqvist.
Cederqvist listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Eggman throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Cederqvist connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Cederqvist takes a swing at Eggman's ribcage but misses.
Cederqvist throws a looping overhand right but Eggman ducks down to avoid it.
Eggman wants to counter with a clinch but Cederqvist pushes him away.
Nice shot by Cederqvist.
Cederqvist is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Eggman.
Eggman feints the counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Eggman takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Eggman shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The fighters circling - Cederqvist throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Eggman is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Cederqvist thows a left - swing and a miss!
Harry Cederqvist is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cederqvist misses with a hook.
Cederqvist scores with a jab. Eggman acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Cederqvist lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Eggman slips a jab from Cederqvist.
Cederqvist throws a big shot that misses.
Cederqvist lands a slapping body shot.
Cederqvist leaves Eggman with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Eggman tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Cederqvist counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cederqvist is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Eggman can do to turn this around?
Nice cross by Cederqvist.
Eggman defending well as Cederqvist loads up on a big left hand.
Eggman fails with the takedown.
Eggman shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Cederqvist counters with a stiff right hand.
Harry Cederqvist has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dan Eggman.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eggman wants to clinch up but Cederqvist keeps it at a distance.
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 defenses there by Eggman.
Eggman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cederqvist.
Eggman looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cederqvist jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Eggman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cederqvist manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dan Eggman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Eggman shoots in but Cederqvist avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Eggman tries to score a power double leg takedown but Cederqvist sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Eggman somewhat.
Cederqvist lands with an uppercut that bounces Eggman off the cage and back into range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eggman takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Cederqvist is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Cederqvist lands a slapping body shot.
Cederqvist digs a good hook to Eggman's body.
Cederqvist throws an overhand right that lands on Eggman's shoulder, as Eggman tries to avoid the shot.
Eggman shoots in for a takedown but Cederqvist shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Cederqvist throws a big counter combination but Eggman scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Cederqvist scores with a hook.

Eggman drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Eggman is breathing heavily.
Eggman being controlled here momentarily.
Eggman slips nicely into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cederqvist avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Eggman.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cederqvist tries to get to full guard but Eggman has control of the leg.
Eggman seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Cederqvist does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Cederqvist wants to control but Eggman is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Eggman wants to lay and pray for a moment but Cederqvist keeps working.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harry Cederqvist dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Cederqvist stuffs the takedown attempt from Eggman. Eggman gets slowly back to his feet.
Sloppy strikes from Cederqvist. Those never looked like landing.
Nice straight punches there by Cederqvist. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Cederqvist.
Eggman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Eggman closes the distance and clinches up with Cederqvist, looking for a takedown. Eggman pushes Cederqvist against the cage but Cederqvist circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Cederqvist closes the distance and pushes Eggman back into the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Cederqvist lands with a right to the head.
Cederqvist stalling in the clinch but Eggman improves position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Eggman tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Harry Cederqvist has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dan Eggman.
Cederqvist cracks Eggman with a nice body shot.

Cederqvist breaks the clinch.
Cederqvist scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Eggman doesn't seem bothered though.
Cederqvist throws an overhand right that lands on Eggman's shoulder, as Eggman tries to avoid the shot.
Harry Cederqvist is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Eggman takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cederqvist scores with a three punch combo!
Cederqvist digs a good hook to Eggman's body.
Cederqvist connects with a right that clearly hurt Eggman. He's backed up against the cage with nowhere to go as Cederqvist proceeds to tee off with vicious combinations till Eggman collapses and taps out under the pressure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Harry Cederqvist!