PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ragnar Danneskjold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sidney Wonder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Danneskjold's entrance music is Dragonforce - Operation Ground and Pound. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Wonder's choice of entrance music: Unforgiven 3. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Danneskjold
vs
Wonder

182 cm
26
190 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

182 cm
23
199 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ragnar Danneskjold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sidney Wonder!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab from Wonder.
Wonder moves out of range of the leg kick from Danneskjold.
Danneskjold lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Wonder at a distance.
Some wild striking there from Danneskjold.

Wonder gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
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 throws and elbow that misses. Wonder uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Danneskjold's guard. Nice move by Wonder!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wonder stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Danneskjold swivels though and keeps the full 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danneskjold seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Wonder trying to control the position from guard on top but Danneskjold is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Danneskjold wants to sweep but no luck.
Danneskjold seems keen to control Wonder's posture.
Danneskjold looking to hit a scissor sweep but Wonder is one step ahead there.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Ragnar Danneskjold wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Wonder takes a swing at Danneskjold's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Danneskjold shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Wonder with a lazy takedown attempt
and Danneskjold counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Good standup being displayed there by Danneskjold as he connects with a hook.
Wonder misses with a body shot

and Danneskjold counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Danneskjold wants to control from the top but Wonder keeps moving.
Danneskjold tries to free his leg and advance position but Wonder is retaining full guard.

Wonder is working an open guard so Danneskjold takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Danneskjold throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Wonder feints and as Danneskjold raises his hands in defense, Wonder changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danneskjold controlling the position.
Danneskjold looking to control.
Wonder looking to pass the guard.
Wonder preventing the sweep.
Wonder trying to control but Danneskjold is working from the bottom.
Danneskjold bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Wonder's guard.
Danneskjold wants to control from the top but Wonder keeps moving.

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.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
The fighters circling - Danneskjold throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Danneskjold fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Wonder looks gassed!
Danneskjold misses with a combination
and Wonder counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Danneskjold throws a combination that misses
and Wonder counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Danneskjold jabs Wonder to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Danneskjold throws a jab when Wonder was well out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wonder swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Danneskjold counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Wonder keeping moving, preventing Danneskjold from controlling successfully.
Danneskjold throws a big right hand that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ragnar Danneskjold 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.

Danneskjold chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Wonder slaps away a takedown attempt from Danneskjold, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Ragnar Danneskjold seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Danneskjold looks to land a left hand but Wonder moved out of range nicely.
Danneskjold fails with an attempt to clinch.
Danneskjold throws a hook but Wonder blocks it.
Wonder throws a predictable looking body shot
and Danneskjold counters with a nice low kick that buckles Wonder's knee momentarily.
Danneskjold connects with a body shot that sends Wonder's belly button to the back.
Wonder has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Wonder there as he acknowledges the shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Danneskjold connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wonder is breathing heavily.
Danneskjold misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Danneskjold fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wonder is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Danneskjold rather than just go for the knockout.
Danneskjold lands a nice leg kick that just misses Wonder's sensitive parts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danneskjold swinging wildly here.
Good work by Wonder as he checks the leg kick.
Danneskjold ducks under a wild hook from Wonder.
Wonder takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Danneskjold lands a nice leg kick that just misses Wonder's sensitive parts.

Danneskjold moves into the clinch.
Danneskjold lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Wonder.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Danneskjold lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Wonder backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danneskjold lands with a short shot to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Danneskjold creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Danneskjold pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wonder takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Decent striking displayed by Danneskjold there.
Wonder misses with a shot to the body
and Danneskjold makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wonder takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Ragnar Danneskjold is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Danneskjold's jab looks to have found its range, popping Wonder under the eye.
Wonder takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Danneskjold jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Danneskjold throws a jab when Wonder was well out of range.
Danneskjold feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Wonders jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danneskjold has a takedown stuffed.
Ragnar Danneskjold is winning the standup battle so far.
Danneskjold lands a jab to the head.
Wonder misses with a body shot
and Danneskjold counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Wonder takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Some bone on bone action there as Wonder checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Danneskjold is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wonder can do to turn this around?
Wonder is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Danneskjold uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Danneskjold takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Danneskjold cracks Wonder with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Danneskjold catches Wonder with a right, a left, a right. It's raining punches and Wonder forgot an umbrella! Another punch and he's down. This one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Ragnar Danneskjold!