PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Henrick Sedin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dork Fish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henrick Sedin could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Dork Fish's chin.

Sedin
vs
Fish

190 cm
19
190 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
190 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Henrick Sedin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dork Fish!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Yves DeLean and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sedin throws a series of punches but Fish avoids them all with ease.
Sedin tries to clinch up.

Fish shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Fish is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Sedin is looking to stand up but Fish isn't so interested in that idea.

Fish drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Fish jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Sedin looking to control.
Fish stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sedin swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Fish drops back looking for a leg! Sedin is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Sedin manages to kick Fish off! Fish jumps back into Sedin's guard.
Sedin not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sedin misses with a head kick.
Fish tries to clinch there but Sedin circles away.
Fish stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sedin.
Sedin throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

It looks like Dork Fish has been cut.
No joy there for Fish, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sedin looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fish throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fish getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A thudding body kick lands there by Sedin!
Fish looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sedin lands a head kick. Fish smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Sedin lands with a nice body kick.
Fish takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Sedin scores with a kick to the body.
Henrick Sedin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice body kick from Sedin.
Sedin throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sedin throws a combination that misses
and Fish connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sedin throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Fish.
Sedin throws a sloppy head kick and Fish moves out of range easily.
Fish fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Sedin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sedin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Some bone on bone action there as Fish checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sedin stuffs the takedown attempt from Fish. Fish gets slowly back to his feet.
Sedin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fish tries to clinch up but Sedin circles away and keeps his distance.
Fish fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fish has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Sedin.

Fish gets the takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sedin is trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fish works to advance to full mount. Sedin defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.

Fish working for a submission but Sedin is keeping him at bay.

Fish is working for a guillotine from mount but Sedin frees his head quite easily.
Sedin controls the position.
Sedin tries to hold on but Fish pushes him away.

Fish with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

Fish is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Sedin to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Sedin shrugs it off.

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.
Sedin wants to hold on but Fish pushes him away.
Sedin really wants to buck Fish off and get back to his feet.

Fish is working for a guillotine from mount but Sedin frees his head quite easily.
Sedin is looking to get to half guard.

Fish jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Sedin manages to avoid the submission attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Fish wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Sedin, who protects the arm well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henrick Sedin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dork Fish's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Sedin clinches but Fish breaks the clinch
and Fish counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Fish tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sedin swivels and escapes.
Fish takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Sedin moves into the clinch.
Sedin can't find room to land a body shot as Fish controls the action.
Sedin is trying to break the clinch but Fish is controlling him.
Sedin misses with an elbow strike.
Sedin wants to break free but Fish has control.
Sedin is trying to force a seperation but Fish has the dominant position.
Sedin can't break the clinch.
Sedin looking to throw knees to the head but Fish is blocking nicely.
Fish drops down looking for an ankle pick but Sedin pulls his leg out and moves away.
Fish on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Sedin lands with a slapping head kick.
Fish is breathing heavily.
Sedin takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sedin moves in looking to clinch but Fish pushes him off.
Fish swats away the attempt to clinch by Sedin.
Sedin doesn't manage to clinch there - Fish circles away.
Fish dodges the punch combination from Sedin.
Fish takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sedin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fish misses with the combination.

Fish tries to keep at a distance but Sedin has taken the fight into the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sedin.
Fish keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sedin's efforts to push away.
Sedin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fish has him pressed against the cage.

That's two 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.
Fish keeps control of Sedin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sedin tries to land knees in the clinch but Fish avoids the damage to the body.
Fish lands a left hand.
Sedin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Fish decides to pull guard.

Fish is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Sedin is aware though and is defending well.
Sedin tries to free his leg and advance position but Fish is retaining full guard.

Fish working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Sedin doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Sedin manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Sedin tries to stand but Fish is controlling from the bottom.

Fish is looking for a triangle but Sedin pushes his legs off easily.

Sedin stands up from guard. Let's bang!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sedin thumps Fish with a low kick.
Henrick Sedin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Fish changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Sedin looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fish working away.
Fish in side control, throwing shots but Sedin defends.
Fish tries to move to mount but Sedin blocks the move with his legs.
Sloppy strikes there by Fish.
Sedin stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
Fish scores with a couple of short elbows.
Sedin wants to control but Fish postures up.

Fish looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sedin is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Fish is controlling him well.

Fish tries for a kimura but Sedin is defending well.

Fish is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Sedin is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Sedin sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

Fish is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Sedin pushes Fish off looking to stand but Fish dives back in and keeps control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henrick Sedin dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dork Fish's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Sedin throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sedin tries to clinch but Fish is having none of it.
Good leg kick by Sedin there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sedin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fish tries to clinch up.

Fish has managed to clinch.
Fish tries to land knees in the clinch but Sedin avoids the damage to the body.

Sedin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sedin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Fish.
Fish just misses with a punch to the body.
Henrick Sedin is winning the standup battle so far.
Sedin buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sedin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sedin lands a head kick!
Sedin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fish's sensitive parts.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sedin wants to clinch but Fish slips to the side
and Fish counters with a good low kick that Sedin was not able to check.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sedin explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Sedin scores with a kick to the body.
Sedin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sedin throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Fish crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Sedin - the referee stops the clock and Fish gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Sedin. Fish manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Sedin feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Fish's calf.
Sedin doesn't manage to clinch there - Fish circles away.
Sedin throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

That has opened up Dork Fish's cut even more.
Sedin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sedin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fish blocks the body kick.
A low kick from Fish misses
and Sedin counters with an inside leg kick.
Sedin tries to close the distance and clinch but Fish swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fish lands with an uppercut that bounces Sedin off the cage and back into rage.
Sedin connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Fish momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sedin misses with a head kick.
Fish lands a jab.
Sedin pushes Fish away with a front kick.
Dork Fish has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fish's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sedin ducks under a wild hook from Fish.
Sedin lands a head kick!
No joy there for Fish, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fish fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sedin misses with a two punch combination.
Fish blocks a head kick by Sedin.
Fish throws a series of punches but Sedin avoids them all with ease.
Fish looks to land a right hand but Sedin moved out of range.
Fish swinging wildly here.
Sedin throws a head kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sedin throws a series of punches but Fish avoids them all with ease.
Sedin doesn't manage to clinch there - Fish circles away.
Sedin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fish can do to turn this around?
Sedin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Fish.
Fish throws a right and a left that Sedin avoids nicely.

Fish shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Sedin tries to roll over but Fish keeps him under control.

Fish is looking for a kimura here.
Fish is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Sedin!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Fish goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Sedin is on top in guard.

Fish is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Fish throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Sedin sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Fish looking for subs off his back but Sedin has passed one foot through into half guard.
Henrick Sedin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sedin controlling the action here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Henrick Sedin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sedin, 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 William Peck scores the fight for Henrick Sedin!
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight for Henrick Sedin!
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight for Henrick Sedin!

Henrick Sedin wins by unanimous decision!