QFC Tournament 859 Round 3 PBP Commentary

Co-main event

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ragnar Bjarnasson (ranked 5255 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dont Forget (ranked 5356 p4p, 0 weight class). Ragnar Bjarnasson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bjarnasson
vs
Forget

193 cm
24
194 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

178 cm
24
192 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Heavy handed

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ragnar Bjarnasson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dont Forget!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Winston Howard and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Forget misses with a wild body shot.
Forget tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bjarnasson was well out of range. Poor timing from Forget.
Forget showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bjarnasson.
Bjarnasson throws out a leg kick but Forget moves out of range and Bjarnasson only half commits.
Bjarnasson throws a combination that misses
and Forget counters with a nice uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Forget.
Bjarnasson slips a jab from Forget.
Bjarnasson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A big left from Forget misses.
Forget pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bjarnasson.
Bjarnasson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Forget circles away quickly and effectively.
Forget jabs Bjarnasson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A swing and a miss from Forget.
Bjarnasson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Forget misses with a wild body shot.
Forget throws an overhand right that lands on Bjarnasson's shoulder, as Bjarnasson tries to avoid the shot.
It looked like Bjarnasson was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Bjarnasson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Forget moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bjarnasson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Forget counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Forget misses the jab.
Forget connects with a looping right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Forget dodges the punch combination from Bjarnasson.
Forget waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bjarnasson.
Forget throws a hook to the side of Bjarnasson's head but Bjarnasson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bjarnasson misses with a few strikes there.
Bjarnasson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Forget looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bjarnasson misses with a few strikes there.
Bjarnasson ducks under a wild hook from Forget.
The crowd cheers as Forget lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bjarnasson doesn't seem phased though.
Forget scores with a sloppy right hand. Bjarnasson should have avoided that one.
Forget missing with a left hand there. Bjarnasson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Forget lands a nice shot that snaps Bjarnasson's head back.
Ragnar Bjarnasson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bjarnasson throws a combination. Forget tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bjarnasson throws a combination that misses
and Forget makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Bjarnasson blocks a jab.
Bjarnasson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Forget moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Forget throws the left hand but Bjarnasson avoids the punch easily.
Bjarnasson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Forget connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bjarnasson scrambles back to his feet.
Sloppy strikes from Bjarnasson. Those never looked like landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Forget bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Bjarnasson is rocked!
Forget is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Bjarnasson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Forget scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Oh Bjarnasson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bjarnasson is breathing heavily.
Bjarnasson tries to clinch but Forget is having none of it.
Forget is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Bjarnasson throws a jab but it's blocked by Forget.
Forget cracks a nice hook into Bjarnasson's ribs.
Forget lands with a nice body punch.
BOOM! Forget lands a beautiful left hook that drops Bjarnasson. Bjarnasson tries to recover but Forget is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Bjarnasson lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dont Forget!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
71%

Main event

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Evander Kuchinello (ranked 5319 p4p, 501 weight class) and Jose Goncalves (ranked 5749 p4p, 0 weight class). Evander Kuchinello has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kuchinello
vs
Goncalves

189 cm
24
198 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
135 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Inexperienced

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Evander Kuchinello!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jose Goncalves!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Ben Watson and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuchinello throws a sloppy head kick and Goncalves moves out of range easily.
Goncalves is looking for the big counter here.
Kuchinello throws a right and a left that Goncalves avoids nicely.
Kuchinello with a jab.
Goncalves connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kuchinello's hands.
Goncalves looks to land a combination but Kuchinello avoids it well.
Goncalves throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kuchinello sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Goncalves lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Kuchinello dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Goncalves takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kuchinello throws a head kick that misses.

Kuchinello drives through and clinches with Goncalves against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kuchinello breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kuchinello takes a swing at Goncalves's ribcage but misses.

Kuchinello rushes Goncalves and presses him up against the cage.
Kuchinello stalling.

Goncalves manages to break the clinch.

Kuchinello rushes Goncalves and presses him up against the cage.
Kuchinello lands a good knee to the midsection. Goncalves won't want to take too many of those.

Goncalves's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Goncalves jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Goncalves lands a jab to the nose.
Goncalves throws a nice looking combination but Kuchinello bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Goncalves is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kuchinello lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuchinello moves out of range as Goncalves throws a body kick.
Goncalves looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Goncalves slips under a jab.
A little jabbing left from Goncalves on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Goncalves swings widly with a right hand

and Kuchinello holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Goncalves breaks from the clinch.
Goncalves misses with a looping right.
Goncalves looks to land a body kick but Kuchinello moved away.
Goncalves connects with the punch.
Kuchinello throws a hook but Goncalves blocks it.
Goncalves lands a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goncalves throws the left hand but Kuchinello avoids the punch easily.
Kuchinello lands a nice shot that snaps Goncalves's head back.

Goncalves is rocked!
Kuchinello seems to be stalking Goncalves here. He circles momentarily and then unleashes a devastating head kick! Goncalves drops like a stone, out cold! WOW! Are you kidding me!? What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Evander Kuchinello!
During a confident post fight interview, Evander Kuchinello thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.