PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nils Dacke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Javier Hernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nils Dacke has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Dacke
vs
Hernandez

185 cm
19
205 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

178 cm
22
208 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Very confident

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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nils Dacke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Javier Hernandez!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hernandez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dacke pinned against the cage. Dacke gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Dacke looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Hernandez lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

It looks like Nils Dacke has been cut.

Hernandez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Hernandez pulls guard effortlessly.

Hernandez looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Hernandez looking for a sweep. Not yet Hernandez, not yet.
Dacke is pushing down on Hernandez's leg trying to pass to half guard. Hernandez is fighting to maintain full guard but Dacke has managed to sneak the leg through.
Hernandez is looking for a sweep. Dacke is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Dacke seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Hernandez does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Hernandez is looking for a sweep. Dacke is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez is pressing down on Dacke's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Hernandez is pulling down on Dacke's head to control his posture.
Hernandez wants to sweep here but Dacke controlling him for the moment.

Hernandez pushes Dacke off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

Hernandez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hernandez tries to pull guard but Dacke won't allow it.
Hernandez is working for takedown but Dacke is calmly controlling the position for now.
Nils Dacke has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Javier Hernandez.
Hernandez fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Hernandez'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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dacke has had enough of the clinch but Hernandez keeps him there for the moment.

Hernandez drags the fight down to the ground.

Hernandez looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hernandez has Dacke pulled in close to control his posture.

Hernandez uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Hernandez throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Dacke's waist but Dacke gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hernandez off to one side.

Hernandez takes the fight into the clinch.
Dacke prevents a takedown attempt there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez tries to pull guard but Dacke won't allow it.
Dacke jumps guard but Hernandez stands there with Dacke around his waist. Dacke gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Hernandez tries for a takedown but Dacke manages to get underhooks.

Hernandez successfully pulls guard.
Dacke stops Hernandez from standing up.
Hernandez lands a decent shot there.

Hernandez has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Dacke off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Hernandez throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Dacke's waist but Dacke gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hernandez off to one side.
Hernandez fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez tries to clinch there but Dacke circles away.
Hernandez looks to land a combination but Dacke avoids it well.
Hernandez has a takedown stuffed.
Dacke shoots in looking for a takedown. Hernandez tries to sprawl out of it but Dacke keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Hernandez manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Hernandez scores a takedown into full mount!
Hernandez working Dacke over with strikes here.
Hernandez putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Javier Hernandez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nils Dacke'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.

Hernandez shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Dacke defends it nicely.
Hernandez scores with the left hand. Dacke knows he should have avoided that one.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hernandez.

Hernandez feints and as Dacke raises his hands in defense, Hernandez changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hernandez controlling from the top position.
Hernandez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dacke swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hernandez won't allow Dacke to sweep him here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez throwing strikes but missing.

Dacke working for a triangle but Hernandez defends it easily.
Hernandez is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Hernandez distracts Dacke with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hernandez seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Hernandez stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Hernandez shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Dacke but Dacke pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Nils Dacke has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Javier Hernandez.
Hernandez tries to clinch there but Dacke circles away.
Dacke slaps away a takedown attempt from Hernandez, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Hernandez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hernandez misses with the combination.
Hernandez scores with a one two! Dacke had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez throws a series of punches but Dacke avoids them all with ease.
Hernandez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dacke paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hernandez shoots in for a takedown but Dacke shows good takedown defense.
Hernandez scores with a nice body kick.
Hernandez shoots in looking for a takedown. Dacke tries to sprawl out of it but Hernandez keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Dacke manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Hernandez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dacke paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hernandez lands a high kick!
Dacke takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Hernandez takes the fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez looking for a takedown.

Hernandez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hernandez paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A left and a right from Hernandez both land. Nice combination.
Dacke walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

Hernandez gets the takedown into side control.
Dacke can't do much from the bottom here.
Hernandez slows the pace down.
Dacke tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Javier Hernandez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Nils Dacke's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Hernandez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hernandez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Hernandez has closed the distance and engaged Dacke in a clinch.

Hernandez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hernandez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hernandez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Dacke is fending him off so far but Hernandez persists. Nope, Dacke circles away and we're back to standing.
Dacke takes one to the side of the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dacke fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hernandez.
Nils Dacke has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Javier Hernandez.
Hernandez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nils Dacke is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hernandez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Hernandez controlling the position easily from mount.
Hernandez is landing with some decent strikes but Dacke is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hernandez working Dacke over with strikes here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Dacke is in all sorts of trouble here.
Hernandez controlling the pace for now.
Hernandez lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dacke is trying desperately to improve position.
Hernandez unloading with bombs!
Hernandez controlling his opponent.
Hernandez is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Dacke can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Dacke is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Hernandez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Dacke tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hernandez tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Hernandez working the ground and pound effectively.

And that's the end of the fight!
Javier Hernandez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hernandez has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Javier Hernandez!