PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Nathan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seth Rydell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Nathan could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Seth Rydell's chin.

Nathan
vs
Rydell

190 cm
22
195 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

194 cm
25
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Nathan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Seth Rydell!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rydell has closed the distance and engaged Nathan in a clinch.
Nathan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rydell lands with a light punch inside.
Nathan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rydell lands a left hand.
Rydell scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rydell makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rydell is working Nathan over against the cage.
Rydell tries to land knees in the clinch but Nathan avoids the damage to the body.
Nathan is trying to stall.
Nathan tries to circle away but Rydell has him pinned against the cage.
Nathan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nathan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rydell lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rydell lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nathan avoiding damage as Rydell throws knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Rydell.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nathan jumps guard but Rydell turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Rydell tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nathan avoids it.
Rydell lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rydell missing with knees to the body.
Nathan wants a takedown.
Nathan is breathing heavily.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rydell creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nathan takes a shot to the head.
Rydell is pressed up against the cage. Nathan has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Rydell down to the mat. Rydell avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Nathan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nathan shoots for a double leg takedown but Rydell sprawls well. He's pushed Nathan's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Rydell lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Nathan goes down and covers up as Rydell starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Seth Rydell!
The defeated John Nathan had this to say: 'I have the utmost respect for my opponent for beating me and I hope to fight him again and settle the score. This loss has only made me more determined to get better and keep on winning so that I can be champion one day.'.