PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mike Sioldster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Bergen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sioldster comes to the cage accompanied by Chaos - Burgatory. Bergen has chosen Aria - Stand Up, Vanquish Fear as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Sioldster
vs
Bergen

181 cm
21
190 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

192 cm
21
200 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Bad Man Clothing (Nothing Over $40)
Worldwide Nutrition (160q)

AnonymouS

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike Sioldster!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Daniel Bergen!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Wagner Zegers and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bergen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bergen scoring well with a low kick there.
Sioldster throws a head kick but Bergen moves out of range.
Bergen is looking to clinch.
Bergen shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Sioldster eats them both and turns towards Bergen to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Sioldster connects with a body shot.
Bergen tries to clinch up.
Sioldster misses with a wild body shot.
Sioldster lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Sioldster.
We've been informed that Bergen has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Bergen tries to clinch but Sioldster moves out of range.
Bergen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bergen takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bergen slips under a jab from Sioldster.
Sioldster ducks under a wild hook from Bergen.
Sioldster was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Sioldster misses the jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Bergen misses the target.
Sioldster misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sioldster lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sioldster slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Sioldster takes a head kick and keeps coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bergen lets loose with a powerful body kick. Sioldster will feel that in the morning.
Sioldster lands with a slapping head kick.
Bergen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A counter left hand to the body from Sioldster misses its target.
Sioldster misses with a hook. Bergen ducked under it nicely.
Sioldster looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sioldster lands a body shot.
Some wild striking there from Sioldster.
Bergen bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sioldster's head backwards.

Bergen moves into the clinch successfully.
A head punch on the inside from Bergen fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sioldster.
Bergen working Sioldster over with knees to the body.
Bergen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sioldster blocks an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sioldster blocks an uppercut.
Bergen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sioldster fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bergen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sioldster has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sioldster blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sioldster swings wildly with an uppercut but Bergen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bergen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bergen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bergen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sioldster's face.

It looks like Mike Sioldster has been cut.
Sioldster blocking some punches.
Sioldster takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sioldster fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bergen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sioldster backwards.
Bergen missing with knees to the body.
Sioldster's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Sioldster avoiding damage.
Nice body punch from Sioldster - that landed with a thud.
Bergen lands a hook that snaps the head of Sioldster backwards.
Bergen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bergen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Sioldster fails to land.
Bergen being controlled against the cage.
Sioldster wants to stall.
A short uppercut from Bergen.
Sioldster tries a body shot but Bergen blocks it.
Sioldster is looking to control Bergen's arms but Bergen gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sioldster has his back to the cage.
Bergen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bergen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bergen lands a good knee to the midsection. Sioldster won't want to take too many of those.
Bergen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sioldster.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bergen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sioldster is defending well for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bergen trying to land knees to the body.
Bergen swings wildly with an uppercut but Sioldster uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bergen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bergen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sioldster backwards.
Bergen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sioldster.
Bergen lands an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Sioldster.
Bergen throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Sioldster is looking to control Bergen's arms but Bergen gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sioldster has his back to the cage.
Sioldster is trying to stall.
A short left from Sioldster.
Bergen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bergen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sioldster digs a right hand into Bergen's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bergen's gas tank.
Bergen missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Bergen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Sioldster's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Sioldster throws a body punch but Bergen moves out of range.
Bergen appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Sioldster thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sioldster takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Bergen thuds his shin into the meat of Sioldster's side.
Bergen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bergen attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Sioldster moves out of range as Bergen strikes.
Bergen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bergen uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Sioldster has time to react.
Sioldster avoids the body shot from Bergen.
Sioldster misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sioldster throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sioldster looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bergen lands a jab.
Bergen wants to clinch up but Sioldster keeps it at a distance.
Sioldster throws the left hand but Bergen avoids the punch easily.
Bergen throws out a counter right but Sioldster avoids it with no problem.
Sioldster misses with a head kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bergen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sioldster was well out of range. Poor timing from Bergen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bergen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bergen connects with a solid leg kick.
Bergen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sioldster's sensitive parts.
Sioldster bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Bergen's head.
Sioldster pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bergen jabs Sioldster to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Bergen on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Bergen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sioldster has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bergen.
Sioldster wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sioldster avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bergen misses with an uppercut.
Sioldster looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
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!
Sioldster takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A lazy left from Bergen finds it's target.
Bergen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bergen throws an overhand right that lands on Sioldster's shoulder, as Sioldster tries to avoid the shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Sioldster misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sioldster misses with a head kick.
Bergen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sioldster throws out the jab.
Sioldster keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bergen.
Daniel Bergen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bergen lands a jab to the head.
Bergen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sioldster manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bergen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sioldster was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Sioldster throws a chopping leg kick but Bergen manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Bergen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bergen scores with a shot to the body.
Sioldster connects with a crisp jab.
Bergen misses with a left hand
and Sioldster makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The crowd cheers as Sioldster lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bergen doesn't seem phased though.
Bergen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bergen is looking to clinch but Sioldster is avoiding it.
Sioldster looks to land a left hand but Bergen moved out of range nicely.
Sioldster uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bergen.

Bergen drives through and clinches with Sioldster against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bergen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bergen misses with the head strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sioldster creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sioldster throws a head punch that misses.
Sioldster trying to control the position but instead, Bergen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sioldster into the cage.
Bergen working aggressively here.
Sioldster scores with a shoulder strike.
Sioldster lands a body shot.
Bergen misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bergen.
Sioldster throws a punch but it's blocked by Bergen.
Sioldster tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bergen's elbow.
Sioldster avoiding damage as Bergen throws knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Sioldster.
Sioldster lands with a light punch inside.
Sioldster pushes Bergen back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sioldster wants to stall.
Bergen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Daniel Bergen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A shot in the inside from Sioldster.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sioldster lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bergen working Sioldster over with knees to the body.
Bergen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sioldster lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sioldster blocking some punches.
Bergen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bergen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bergen tries to work over Sioldster's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bergen throws a punch but it's blocked by Sioldster.
Sioldster misses with the head strike.
Bergen misses with a punch on the inside.
Bergen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sioldster avoiding damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Daniel Bergen will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Mike Sioldster's cut.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bergen.
Bergen scores with a jab to the head.
Sioldster throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bergen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice defenses there by Bergen.
Bergen throws a front kick that sends Sioldster stumbling back into the cage.
Bergen has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Sioldster throws a body shot but no joy.
Daniel Bergen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bergen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sioldster manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sioldster takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sioldster looks to throw the jab but Bergen is out of range.
Bergen is looking to land body kicks.
Bergen takes a swing at Sioldster's ribcage but misses.
Sioldster swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sioldster ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bergen moves away.
Bergen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sioldster lands a nice shot to the body.
Bergen tries to close the distance and clinch but Sioldster swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bergen misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bergen lands a jab to the head.
Bergen throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Sioldster throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bergen is looking to clinch.
Sioldster is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sioldster missing with a left hand there. Bergen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sioldster scores with a crisp jab that stopped Bergen in his tracks.
A slow jab from Sioldster misses its intended target.
Sioldster throws a hook but Bergen blocks it.
Sioldster blocks a jab.
Bergen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bergen thows a leg kick but Sioldster checks it
and Sioldster counters with a right hand to the body.
Sioldster throws a lazy right hand but Bergen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bergen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sioldster on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sioldster throws a jab when Bergen was well out of range.
Bergen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Daniel Bergen is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sioldster throws a head kick but Bergen moves out of range.
Bergen slips a jab and a cross from Sioldster.
A punch combination from Sioldster misses.
Bergen cracks the inside of Sioldster's front leg.
Bergen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sioldster lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sioldster shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Bergen throws a big shot that misses.
Bergen lands a body shot.
A head kick misses from Sioldster.
Bergen tries to clinch up.
Sioldster was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Bergen blocks a head kick by Sioldster.
Sioldster tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bergen was well out of range. Poor timing from Sioldster.
Sioldster misses with a shot to the body
and Bergen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sioldster scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bergen slips under a jab from Sioldster.
Bergen closes the distance looking to clinch
and Sioldster cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Bergen is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Bergen.
Bergen is still on wobbly legs! Can Sioldster finish him?
Sioldster drops a shoulder and throws a monster hook that connects perfectly to the side of Bergen's head, knocking him out cold! Sioldster is extatic as he celebrates with his cornermen.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mike Sioldster!
Mike Sioldster decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.