PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rogers Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jean Sibelius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nelson comes to the cage accompanied by Housequake. Jean Sibelius has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Rogers Nelson's chin.

Nelson
vs
Sibelius

175 cm
23
159 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

175 cm
23
165 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rogers Nelson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jean Sibelius!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sibelius takes a swing at Nelson's ribcage but misses.
Sibelius looks to land a right hand but Nelson moved out of range.
Sibelius lands a jab.
Rogers Nelson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nelson misses with a left hand

and Sibelius counters with a nice double leg into side control. Nelson won't be happy with that.
Nelson is holding Sibelius down, trying to stall.
Nelson is trying to escape the position but Sibelius is controlling the position.
Nelson manages to get back to half guard.
Sibelius lands strikes from half guard.
Sibelius takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Nelson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sibelius.
Sibelius is trying to control. Nelson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Sibelius controlling the action here.
Sibelius prevents Nelson from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sibelius wants to take a breather but Nelson is having none of it.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Jean Sibelius wasn't active enough on the ground.
Sibelius swings and misses with a hook to the body.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Sibelius.
Nelson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sibelius moves away.
Nelson misses with a combination
letting Sibelius counter with a right hand.
Nelson takes a swing at Sibelius's ribcage but misses.
Sibelius comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sibelius scores with a jab to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Sibelius darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Nelson moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson walks into a jab.
Sibelius digs a good body shot into Nelson's ribs.
A solid leg kick lands there for Nelson.
Nelson misses with a right hand
and Sibelius counters with a left to the body.
Nelson with a jab.
A shot to the body from Sibelius misses
and Nelson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nelson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sibelius counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sibelius slips a jab and a cross from Nelson.
Nelson misses with a wild combination.
Sibelius lands a nice hook to Nelson's body. Nelson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sibelius throws a big shot that misses.

Nelson looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson is stalling here. Sibelius is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Nelson seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Sibelius has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Sibelius trying to control the action but Nelson is working from the bottom.
Nelson gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Nelson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Sibelius controlling the position easily from mount.
Nelson tries to hold on but Sibelius pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Sibelius thowing shots but they're missing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sibelius throwing strikes here but Nelson is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Nelson is looking to improve his position but Sibelius isn't that keen on the idea.
Sibelius looking to finish Nelson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Nelson!
Sibelius is landing with some decent strikes but Nelson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Sibelius throws some wild stikes that Nelson manages to avoid easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nelson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Sibelius controlling from the full mount.
Sibelius with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sibelius lands a nice shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jean Sibelius dominated that round.
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.

Nelson misses with a two punch combination.
Nelson with a hook.
Nelson throws a poor cross that misses
and Sibelius counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sibelius swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Nelson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sibelius misses with a jab to the body
and Nelson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

Nelson scores a takedown into full mount!
Sibelius is in all sorts of trouble here.
Sibelius blocking the ground and pound.
Nelson prevents Sibelius from getting the reversal.

Nelson moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Sibelius has worked his arm free - good work by Sibelius!
Sibelius gets back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sibelius is staying active underneath Nelson, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Sibelius moves into full guard.
Nelson trying to control the position from guard on top but Sibelius is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nelson is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Sibelius is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Sibelius wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Nelson is now in half guard.
Sibelius is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Nelson's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Nelson's back!
Sibelius has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Nelson's body.
Nelson tries to escape but Sibelius has the hooks in and won't let him break free.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sibelius is looking to control Nelson but Nelson is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Sibelius just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Nelson just trying to survive but Sibelius is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Nelson grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Sibelius lands punches and elbows.
Sibelius is punishing Nelson with some ground and pound.
Nelson trying to survive by controlling the hands.
Sibelius scores with punches to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sibelius lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Sibelius misses with a punch to the head.

Nelson fending off the submission attempt from Sibelius.
Nelson looking very determined here, making life difficult for Sibelius.
Sibelius has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sibelius struggling to land strikes to the head as Nelson covers up.
Nelson tries to escape but Sibelius has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
The referee is taking a good look at Nelson as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Sibelius!
Nelson is trying to break free.
Nelson turns into Sibelius and is now in his guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson postures up in Sibelius's guard and throws a big left but Sibelius blocks it.

Nelson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Nelson trying to control but Sibelius is working from the bottom.
Sibelius looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Nelson controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Nelson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sibelius swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nelson stopping the sweep attempt from Sibelius.
Nelson controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jean Sibelius showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Sibelius drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Nelson working a defensive guard here.
Nelson wants to sweep here but Sibelius controlling him for the moment.

Sibelius drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Nelson manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Sibelius has Nelson in his guard.
Nelson looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Nelson won't allow Sibelius to sweep him here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Nelson trying to control the position from guard on top but Sibelius is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nelson stands and throws Sibelius's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Sibelius is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Sibelius can't do much from the bottom here.
Nelson working the head and body with strikes.
Rogers Nelson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sibelius prevents Nelson from improving position.
Sibelius is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Sibelius manages to work his way to half guard, despite Nelson's best efforts.
Nelson drops an elbow to the side of Sibelius's head.
Nelson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sibelius is trying to maintain the position but Nelson is very close to passing his half guard.
Sibelius regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Nelson.
Nelson looking to pass the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson trying to control the position from guard on top but Sibelius is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nelson wants to pass the guard but Sibelius is keeping the position.
Sibelius working a defensive guard here.
Nelson passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Jean Sibelius is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nelson creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Jean Sibelius has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sibelius tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Sibelius is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Nelson is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Sibelius is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The ground and pound from Nelson seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Nelson lands a decent elbow from side control.
Sibelius can't do much from the bottom here.
Nelson in side control, throwing shots but Sibelius defends.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Nelson goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Sibelius has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Nelson but great work by Sibelius.
Sibelius working the ground and pound.
Nelson throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Rogers Nelson.
Well Sibelius 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jean Sibelius!