PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ragnar Danneskjold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diablo Rage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Danneskjold comes to the ring accompanied by Bang Your Head by Quiet Riot. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Danneskjold
vs
Rage

182 cm
20
190 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

185 cm
23
188 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Purity Fight Nutrition

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ragnar Danneskjold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Diablo Rage!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rage takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Rage shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Danneskjold defends it nicely.
Danneskjold throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Danneskjold closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Danneskjold lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rage or not.

Danneskjold gets a trip takedown into half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Danneskjold is trying to control the action in half guard but Rage is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Danneskjold stops Rage from getting back to his feet.
Danneskjold thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rage's head.
Rage on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Rage is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Danneskjold scores with a couple of nice shots.
Danneskjold working the head and body with strikes.
Danneskjold thows a huge punch but Rage dodges it nicely.
Danneskjold is trying to control. Rage wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Danneskjold lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danneskjold throwing shots but Rage is blocking nicely.
Rage blocking the ground and pound attempt from Danneskjold.
Danneskjold scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Danneskjold is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Rage doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Danneskjold.
Danneskjold throwing shots but Rage is blocking nicely.
Rage on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Rage is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Danneskjold missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rage is looking to improve his position.
Danneskjold not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Rage wants to control but Danneskjold is keeping busy.
Rage is in trouble now - Danneskjold has advanced to mount!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rage tries to hold on but Danneskjold postures up.
Rage is looking to improve his position but Danneskjold isn't that keen on the idea.
Rage manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Danneskjold missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danneskjold throwing shots but Rage is blocking nicely.
Danneskjold is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Rage trying to control here.
Rage is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Rage is refusing to be controlled, as Danneskjold sits in half guard.
Danneskjold is looking to advance position but Rage won't allow it.
Rage is looking for a sweep. Danneskjold is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Danneskjold rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rage moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

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.
Rage drops his hands momentarily and Danneskjold takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Danneskjold looks to land a body kick but Rage moved away.
Rage shoots in for a takedown but Danneskjold shows good takedown defense.

Danneskjold scores with a takedown into Rage's guard.
Danneskjold working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Rage looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Danneskjold in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Danneskjold with a nice head shot there.
Rage is trying to keep Danneskjold in close.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Danneskjold throws a big right hand that misses.

Rage had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Danneskjold is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Rage Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Danneskjold's back instead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ragnar Danneskjold dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Danneskjold throws a chopping leg kick but Rage manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Danneskjold throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rage fails with the takedown.
A nice leg kick lands there from Danneskjold.
Danneskjold throws a series of punches but Rage moves out of range.
Rage with a poor takedown
and Danneskjold makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Danneskjold lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Rage at a distance.
Ragnar Danneskjold is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rage tries to clinch but fails miserably

so Danneskjold counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Danneskjold thows a big elbow that misses.
Danneskjold missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Danneskjold has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Danneskjold connects with a couple of short punches.
Rage keeping full guard, as Danneskjold tries to pass.
Danneskjold stands up over Rage, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Rage is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rage working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Danneskjold.
Rage looking to control.
Danneskjold throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rage working a defensive guard here.
Danneskjold preventing the sweep.
Danneskjold distracts Rage with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Danneskjold advances to half guard.
Danneskjold looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Rage with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Danneskjold slips a nice elbow through Rage's hands, connecting with Rage's forehead.
Danneskjold throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Rage is trying to stand up here but Danneskjold is controlling him well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rage has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Danneskjold is working away from the top position though.
Rage taking some punishment here, with Danneskjold in his half guard.
Rage keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Rage wants to control but Danneskjold is keeping busy.
Rage keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Danneskjold thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rage's head.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Rage with a poor takedown
enabling Danneskjold to counter with a crisp jab.
Ragnar Danneskjold has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diablo Rage.
Rage shoots and misses

and Danneskjold decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Rage's guard.
Danneskjold stands up over Rage, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Danneskjold throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rage works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Danneskjold working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Rage's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danneskjold works over Rage with some ground and pound from guard.
Danneskjold working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Rage's head.
Danneskjold throws a big right hand that misses.
Danneskjold throwing strikes but missing.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Danneskjold throws and elbow that misses. Rage uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Danneskjold's guard. Nice move by Rage!
Rage has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Danneskjold is proving hard to escape from.
Rage trying to control but Danneskjold is working from the bottom.
Rage wanted to stand there but Danneskjold had control of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Danneskjold wants to control but Rage passes easily into half guard.
Danneskjold is trying to control but Rage manages to pass to mount!
Rage punching from mount but Danneskjold doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Rage tries to control but Danneskjold wriggling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ragnar Danneskjold dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Danneskjold has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rage goes for a takedown in the clinch but Danneskjold prevents it.
Danneskjold lands a left hand.
Danneskjold lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Rage's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Danneskjold swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rage misses with a takedown

and Danneskjold counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Danneskjold thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rage's head.
Rage wants to get back to full guard.
Rage regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Danneskjold.
Rage takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Danneskjold tries to free his leg and advance position but Rage is retaining full guard.
Danneskjold thows a big elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danneskjold throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Danneskjold is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rage can do to turn this around?
Danneskjold throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rage works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Rage trying to control the position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Danneskjold looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Rage blocking the ground and pound attempt from Danneskjold.
Rage makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Rage.
Danneskjold working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Rage's head.
Danneskjold scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Rage looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Danneskjold is looking to work some ground and pound but Rage has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danneskjold thows a big elbow that misses.
Danneskjold throwing strikes from guard but Rage blocks nicely.

Danneskjold has gone for a leg lock! Rage slips out almost immediately though and dives into Danneskjold's guard.
Rage postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Danneskjold looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rage trying to control the position from guard on top but Danneskjold is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rage might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Danneskjold kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Danneskjold is trying to control the position but Rage postures up.
Rage tries to free his leg and advance position but Danneskjold is retaining full guard.
Danneskjold has Rage pulled in close to control his posture.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Rage misses with a takedown

and Danneskjold counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Ragnar Danneskjold has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diablo Rage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danneskjold loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Danneskjold thows a big elbow that misses.
Danneskjold thows a big elbow that misses.
Rage looking for a sweep. Not yet Rage, not yet.
Rage controls Danneskjold momentarily but Danneskjold frees himself.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Danneskjold accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ragnar Danneskjold is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rage working a defensive guard here.
Danneskjold working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Danneskjold lands a nice hook to Rage's body. Rage takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Diablo Rage has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rage has his takedown stuffed
and Danneskjold counters with a left and a right that stings Rage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ragnar Danneskjold showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Danneskjold has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight for Ragnar Danneskjold!
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight for Ragnar Danneskjold!
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight for Ragnar Danneskjold!

Ragnar Danneskjold wins by unanimous decision!