PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Selfrid Bergman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Hart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tired and clearly flustered, he entered the arena late and after a little discussion it was decided that the bout should take place.
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Selfrid Bergman and Gabriel Hart. Gabriel Hart is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Bergman
vs
Hart

191 cm
23
218 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

186 cm
25
224 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Good kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

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 Los Angeles, Selfrid Bergman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gabriel Hart!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Tiny Johnson and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bergman paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bergman scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hart stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hart wants it to stay on the feet.
Bergman connects with a leg kick. Hart looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
We've been hearing reports that Bergman has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Hart tries to clinch up.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Bergman!
Bergman buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Selfrid Bergman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Bergman shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hart wants to get back to full guard.

Bergman is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Hart has managed to free his arm - good work.
Hart is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bergman looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Hart wants to improve his position but Bergman is controlling well.
Hart keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hart trying to control from the bottom.
Bergman thows a huge punch but Hart dodges it nicely.
Bergman throwing shots but Hart is blocking nicely.
Bergman seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Bergman prevents Hart from improving his position.
Bergman working Hart over with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bergman drops an elbow to the side of Hart's head.
Bergman is keen to just control but Hart is a slippery customer.
Hart has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Bergman is stalling here. Hart is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Bergman seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Hart has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Bergman struggling a bit here.
Hart tries to advance to mount but can't.

Hart swings around for an armbar but Bergman sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Hart's guard.
Bergman postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bergman is working Hart over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Bergman is looking to work some ground and pound but Hart has wrist control.

Hart working for a triangle but Bergman defends it easily.
Hart is pulling down on Bergman's head to control his posture.
Bergman slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Hart is trying to control the position but Bergman postures up.
Bergman is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Hart is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Hart working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bergman.
Bergman passes into half guard.
Bergman sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hart defending well though.
Bergman is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Hart!
Bergman throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Bergman lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The referee warns Hart that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Bergman landing shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Selfrid Bergman dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Bergman misses the shot to the body.
Bergman connects with the punch.
Bergman shoots for a double leg takedown but Hart sprawls well. He's pushed Bergman's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A punch combination from Bergman misses.

Bergman closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Hart quickly recovers to half guard.
Bergman sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hart defending well though.
Hart regains full guard. Nicely done.
Bergman forces his way into half guard.
Bergman is trying to control. Hart wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Bergman is thwarting Hart's attempts to control the position.
Bergman landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bergman thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hart's head.
Bergman works his way into full mount!
Bergman with the ground and pound from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Bergman cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Bergman unloading with bombs!
Bergman unloading with bombs!
Bergman scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hart?
Hart is looking to get to half guard.
Hart sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hart tries to roll over but Bergman keeps him under control.
Bergman thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hart wants to control but Bergman is keeping busy.
Hart keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bergman not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bergman slips a nice elbow through Hart's hands, connecting with Hart's forehead.
Bergman stalling away here and it's allowed Hart to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bergman trying to control the position from guard on top but Hart is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bergman pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hart is keeping the position for now.
Hart pulls Bergman in close to prevent any damage.
Bergman trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Hart manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

Hart stopping the sweep attempt from Bergman.

That's four 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.
Bergman keeping moving, preventing Hart from controlling successfully.
Bergman wants to sweep but no luck.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hart landing with the ground and pound.
Hart trying to control but Bergman is working from the bottom.
Hart pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bergman is keeping the position for now.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Hart darts in and clinches Bergman up against the cage.
Bergman looking for a takedown.

Hart gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Selfrid Bergman dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Bergman scores with a punch to the head.
Bergman fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bergman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hart can do to turn this around?

Bergman throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Hart was covering up waiting for the punch and Bergman finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Hart controls Bergman momentarily but Bergman frees himself.
Bergman postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hart is trying to control the position from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bergman advances to half guard.
Bergman is trying to control the action in half guard but Hart is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bergman takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Bergman prevents Hart from improving his position.
Bergman missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bergman throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Bergman with the ground and pound but Hart uses the opportunity to regain guard.

Hart is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Bergman in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bergman looking to pass the guard.
Bergman slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hart looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Bergman wants to pass the guard but Hart is keeping the position.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Bergman shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Hart sprawls well. Hart wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Bergman gets slowly back to his feet.
Bergman lands a right hook to the body.
Hart looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bergman is fending him off so far but Hart persists. Nope, Bergman circles away and we're back to standing.
Hart takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hart defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bergman.

Bergman looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bergman is looking to pass into half guard but Hart pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Hart is in guard.

Bergman trying to control the position here.
Bergman is trying to control the position but Hart postures up.
Selfrid Bergman overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hart looking to pass the guard.
Hart showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Hart stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bergman swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Hart wants to control from the top but Bergman keeps moving.
Bergman wants to improve his position but instead Hart has moved into half guard.
Bergman is staying active underneath Hart, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hart passes to full mount!
Gabriel Hart has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hart lands a couple of good shots and Bergman has given up his back, trying to escape the position!

And that's the end of the fight!
Selfrid Bergman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bergman, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Selfrid Bergman!