PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Svend Haraldsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathan Fisher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fisher is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Wasiu - Bout 02 Blow. Svend Haraldsson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Haraldsson
vs
Fisher

186 cm
24
171 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

186 cm
26
201 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Conviction

Voodoo Nutrition

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Svend Haraldsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nathan Fisher!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Haraldsson, right into the meat.
Haraldsson misses with an uppercut.
Haraldsson plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like Nathan Fisher has been cut.
Fisher throws a body kick that misses.
Haraldsson appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Haraldsson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Haraldsson throws a low kick, looking for Fisher's leg but Fisher calmly moves out of range.
Haraldsson misses with a lunging right hand

and Fisher counters with a shoot takedown. Haraldsson fights it but they end up in guard.
Haraldsson is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Haraldsson seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Fisher looking to pass the guard.

Fisher has gone for a leg lock! Haraldsson slips out almost immediately though and dives into Fisher's guard.

Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fisher wants to improve his position but instead Haraldsson has moved into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fisher is trying to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fisher controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.

Fisher looking for submissions off his back.
Fisher trying to hold on to Haraldsson's head to control him but Haraldsson postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Fisher wants to improve his position but Haraldsson is controlling well.
Haraldsson passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Fisher!
Fisher is trying desperately to improve position.
Fisher keeps trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fisher is still trying to improve position.
Fisher reaches up to try and control the position but Haraldsson seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Fisher rolls and tries to escape and now Haraldsson has his back!
Haraldsson avoiding Fisher 's attempts to control his hands.
Haraldsson is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Fisher rolls, trying to escape but Haraldsson keeps control of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Haraldsson controlling the positon.
Fisher just trying to survive but Haraldsson is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Haraldsson biding his time, controlling Fisher.
I really don't envy Fisher right now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Haraldsson is not going to allow Fisher to sit and survive in this position.
Fisher tries to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Svend Haraldsson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nathan Fisher's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A solid leg kick lands there for Haraldsson.
Fisher scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Haraldsson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Fisher looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Haraldsson is fending him off so far but Fisher persists. Nope, Haraldsson circles away and we're back to standing.
Haraldsson tries a head kick but it misses.
Fisher throws out a counter right but Haraldsson avoids it with no problem.
Haraldsson scoring well with a low kick there.
Haraldsson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Fisher on the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fisher misses with a right hand
letting Haraldsson counter with a right hand.
Haraldsson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
No joy there for Haraldsson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fisher changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haraldsson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Haraldsson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Haraldsson lands a body shot.
Haraldsson ducks right into an uppercut from Fisher.
Fisher misses with a hook
and Haraldsson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Fisher's knee momentarily.
A lazy body kick from Haraldsson
and Fisher counters with a straight right hand.
Svend Haraldsson is winning the standup battle so far.
Fisher 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.
Haraldsson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Haraldsson throws a body punch but Fisher moves out of range.
Fisher avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haraldsson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Haraldsson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Haraldsson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Fisher.
Haraldsson misses with a leg kick

and Fisher counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Haraldsson!
You can see the frustration on Haraldsson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Haraldsson stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
Fisher has knee on belly momentarily but Haraldsson bucks him off and regains half guard.
Fisher misses with a head shot. Haraldsson uses the momentum to regain guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fisher looking to sit in guard and control but Haraldsson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Fisher escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Haraldsson gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Haraldsson slips nicely into half guard.
Haraldsson keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fisher is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Fisher manages to get to full guard.
Fisher looking to hit a scissor sweep but Haraldsson is one step ahead there.
Fisher looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Svend Haraldsson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nathan Fisher's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Haraldsson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Fisher checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Haraldsson throws a solid leg kick but Fisher takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Haraldsson.
Haraldsson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Haraldsson tries to land a body kick

and Fisher counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Haraldsson is pulling down on Fisher's head to control his posture.
Haraldsson working a defensive guard here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fisher scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Fisher throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Haraldsson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Fisher lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fisher throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Fisher working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Fisher trying to move into half guard but instead Haraldsson has managed to sweep!

Fisher wants to sweep but no luck.
Fisher is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Haraldsson slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Fisher manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Haraldsson trying to control the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fisher is looking for a sweep. Haraldsson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Fisher looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Fisher is looking for a sweep. Haraldsson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Fisher gets back to full guard.
Fisher is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Fisher wants to sweep but no luck.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Svend Haraldsson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fisher controlling Haraldsson's posture.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Haraldsson throws a predictable looking body shot
and Fisher cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Haraldsson is looking to wear down Fisher with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Haraldsson cracks Fisher with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Haraldsson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nathan Fisher has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Haraldsson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Fisher's head.
Haraldsson blocks a jab.
Fisher thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fisher's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Good work by Fisher as he checks the leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Haraldsson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Haraldsson throws a low kick but Fisher moves out of range easily.
Fisher throws a lazy uppercut
and Haraldsson counters with a stiff right hand.
Fisher walks into a jab.
Both fighters circling a little - Fisher finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Haraldsson lands a nice looking body shot.
Fisher misses with a hook.
An attempted straight right counter from Haraldsson misses the target.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Haraldsson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Haraldsson wants it to stay on the feet.
Haraldsson throws a one two combo.

And that's the end of the fight!
Svend Haraldsson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Haraldsson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 30:27
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Svend Haraldsson!
Svend Haraldsson spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.