PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Mohamed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seth Rydell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Mohamed
vs
Rydell

178 cm
23
215 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

194 cm
25
215 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Joe Mohamed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Seth Rydell!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Arvi Lind and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rydell uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Mohamed walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

Mohamed lands a big uppercut and Rydell crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Rydell looks OK. Mohamed waves Rydell back to his feet!

It looks like Seth Rydell has been cut.

Rydell drives through and clinches with Mohamed against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mohamed throws a head punch that misses.
Rydell scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Mohamed pushes Rydell back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mohamed fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mohamed swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rydell looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Mohamed misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mohamed.
Rydell has a couple of punches blocked by Mohamed.
Mohamed misses with a punch on the inside.
Mohamed throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Mohamed fails to land.
Rydell tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mohamed fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mohamed misses with a punch on the inside.
Mohamed softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rydell tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mohamed managing to block the knees to the body from Rydell.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mohamed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Mohamed fails to land.
Rydell misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mohamed swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mohamed blocks an uppercut.
Rydell tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rydell.
Mohamed lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rydell backwards.
Rydell misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rydell.
Mohamed throws a punch but it's blocked by Rydell.
Mohamed throws a punch but it's blocked by Rydell.
Mohamed working aggressively here.
Mohamed blocks an uppercut.
Mohamed throws a head punch that misses.
Rydell lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mohamed backwards.
Mohamed throws a punch but it's blocked by Rydell.
Rydell lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rydell misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mohamed fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mohamed misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rydell blocking some punches.
Rydell blocking some punches.
Mohamed throws a head punch that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mohamed lands a shoulder strike.
Mohamed misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mohamed working aggressively here.
Rydell trying to land knees to the body.
Rydell blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mohamed blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rydell.
Mohamed working aggressively here.
Mohamed swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mohamed scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rydell has a couple of punches blocked by Mohamed.
Rydell misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rydell misses with a punch on the inside.
Rydell blocks an uppercut.
Mohamed misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rydell trying to land knees to the body.
Rydell blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mohamed blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rydell working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Rydell fails to land.
Mohamed fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rydell lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mohamed has a couple of punches blocked by Rydell.
A nice left hand lands by Rydell.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mohamed.
Mohamed working aggressively here.
Mohamed misses with a punch on the inside.
Rydell blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mohamed.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rydell.
Rydell lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short left from Rydell.
A head punch on the inside from Rydell fails to land.
Mohamed softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mohamed misses with a punch on the inside.
Mohamed misses with some punches.
Mohamed lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rydell backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mohamed working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rydell misses with the head strike.
Rydell lands a hook that snaps the head of Mohamed backwards.
Mohamed misses with the head strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mohamed.
Rydell swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mohamed blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mohamed fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mohamed scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rydell trying to land knees to the body.
Mohamed misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rydell fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mohamed misses with some punches.
Mohamed misses with the head strike.
Mohamed misses with some punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rydell blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mohamed blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rydell blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rydell.
Mohamed misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Mohamed dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Seth Rydell's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Rydell lands with a hook. Mohamed tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Mohamed moves in looking to clinch but Rydell pushes him off.
Rydell works the jab nicely.
Rydell lands the left hand.
Rydell wants to clinch up but Mohamed keeps it at a distance.
It looked like Mohamed wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Mohamed is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rydell can do to turn this around?

Mohamed closes the distance and clinches.
Mohamed blocks an uppercut.
Rydell working aggressively here.
Rydell trying to land knees to the body.
Rydell fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mohamed misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Mohamed fails to land.
Mohamed misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mohamed tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mohamed misses with the head strike.
Rydell swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rydell swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mohamed swings wildly with an uppercut but Rydell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rydell throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mohamed lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Mohamed working aggressively here.
A left hand lands to the body for Rydell.
Mohamed swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rydell lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rydell lands with a left to the head.
A short uppercut from Rydell.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mohamed.
Rydell trying to land knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Rydell scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mohamed working aggressively here.
Rydell blocking some punches.
Rydell misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mohamed blocking some punches.
Mohamed swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rydell swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rydell tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rydell pushes Mohamed back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mohamed blocking some punches.
Rydell lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mohamed blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rydell throws a punch but it's blocked by Mohamed.
Rydell blocking some punches.
Mohamed misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Mohamed fails to land.
Rydell blocking some punches.
Mohamed scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rydell blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rydell obliges.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mohamed gets through Rydell's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rydell blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rydell misses with a punch on the inside.
Rydell throws a punch but it's blocked by Mohamed.
Rydell lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mohamed backwards.
Rydell scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rydell blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mohamed tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rydell goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mohamed creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Mohamed misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rydell misses with the head strike.
Mohamed tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rydell misses with a punch on the inside.
Rydell misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mohamed.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mohamed.
Rydell scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rydell swings wildly with an uppercut but Mohamed uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rydell is working Mohamed over against the cage.
Mohamed lands with a short shot to the head.
Rydell blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Joe Mohamed has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rydell scores with a shot to the side of Mohamed's head.
Rydell lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rydell working aggressively here.
Rydell fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mohamed misses with some punches.
Mohamed's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rydell lands with a left to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rydell blocks an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mohamed throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mohamed.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mohamed.
Rydell misses with the head strike.
Mohamed working aggressively here.
Rydell misses with the head strike.
Rydell fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mohamed scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mohamed swings wildly with an uppercut but Rydell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rydell stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rydell throws a head punch that misses.
Rydell lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mohamed backwards.
Rydell swings wildly with an uppercut but Mohamed uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mohamed swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mohamed misses with a punch on the inside.
Mohamed throws a head punch that misses.
Mohamed misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seth Rydell showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Seth Rydell'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. And we move into the final round!

Mohamed tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mohamed thows a left - swing and a miss!

Rydell rushes Mohamed and presses him up against the cage.
Mohamed swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rydell blocks an uppercut.
Mohamed lands a left hand.
A head punch on the inside from Mohamed fails to land.
Rydell misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rydell working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rydell.
Mohamed misses with some punches.
Mohamed misses with some punches.
Mohamed tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mohamed tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short left from Rydell.
Rydell blocking some punches.
Rydell pushes Mohamed back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rydell misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mohamed swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mohamed misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rydell tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rydell misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rydell blocks an uppercut.
Mohamed swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mohamed misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mohamed has a couple of punches blocked by Rydell.
Rydell tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A shot in the inside from Rydell.
Rydell misses with a punch on the inside.
Mohamed misses with a punch on the inside.
Rydell has a couple of punches blocked by Mohamed.
Rydell misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rydell blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mohamed takes a shot to the head.
Rydell misses with the head strike.
Mohamed scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Mohamed misses with some punches.
Rydell misses with some punches.
Rydell working aggressively here.
Rydell has a couple of punches blocked by Mohamed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mohamed blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rydell swings wildly with an uppercut but Mohamed uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mohamed working aggressively here.
Rydell misses with the head strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rydell misses with a body punch.
Rydell lands a right hand.
A shot in the inside from Mohamed.
Rydell misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mohamed swings wildly with an uppercut but Rydell uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice left hand lands by Mohamed.
Rydell blocking some punches.
Mohamed misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rydell blocks an uppercut.
Mohamed lands a hook that snaps the head of Rydell backwards.
Mohamed misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Mohamed fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rydell.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mohamed lands with a left to the head.
Mohamed swings wildly with an uppercut but Rydell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rydell scores with a shot to the side of Mohamed's head.
Mohamed working aggressively here.
Rydell misses with the head strike.
Rydell misses with some punches.
Rydell has a couple of punches blocked by Mohamed.
Mohamed misses with some punches.
A short right from Mohamed on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mohamed.
Rydell blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rydell scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rydell blocks an uppercut.
Mohamed avoiding damage as Rydell throws knees to the body.
Rydell blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mohamed lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rydell backwards.
Mohamed working aggressively here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rydell softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A shot in the inside from Rydell.
A short right from Mohamed on the inside.
Rydell tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mohamed blocks an uppercut.
Rydell misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rydell.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rydell.
Rydell blocking some punches.
Mohamed takes a shot to the head.
Rydell lands an uppercut.
Mohamed blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rydell trying to land knees to the body.
Mohamed throws a head punch that misses.
Rydell throws a head punch that misses.
Rydell lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mohamed backwards.
Mohamed fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mohamed swings wildly with an uppercut but Rydell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mohamed misses with a punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Seth Rydell.
I think Rydell has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 29:29
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!