PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Oji San (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ragnar Danneskjold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Danneskjold has chosen Destroy Everything - Hatebreed as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

San
vs
Danneskjold

189 cm
24
189 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

182 cm
30
191 lbs
23 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Oji San!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ragnar Danneskjold!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Josh West and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
That kick from San tenderised Danneskjold's leg. Danneskjold is trying to keep his angry face on.
San takes one to the chin there.
Danneskjold misses with a double jab.
A clash of legs there as Danneskjold blocks the low kick.
San throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Danneskjold on the side of the head.
Danneskjold throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Danneskjold throws a combination. San tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

It looks like Oji San has been cut.
San ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Danneskjold moves away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Danneskjold takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Danneskjold throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Danneskjold circles away from the clinch attempt.
San lands a jab to the head.
Danneskjold moves out of range of the body kick from San.
San slips a jab from Danneskjold.
Danneskjold rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and San counters with a nice body shot.

San clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
San lands a left hand that snaps the head of Danneskjold backwards.
San lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Danneskjold is trying to break free.
Danneskjold tries to pull guard but San forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Danneskjold blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
San controlling the action here for a moment.
San stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
San with an attempt at a knee that misses.
San blocking some punches.
Danneskjold is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but San is defending well.
San lands a nice shot to the body.
San misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Danneskjold drops to a knee looking for a takedown but San gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Oji San has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ragnar Danneskjold.
Stalling in the clinch from San.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
San comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Ragnar Danneskjold has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
San lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
San swings wildly with an uppercut but Danneskjold uses good head movement to avoid it.
San missing with knees to the body.
San lands a right hand that snaps the head of Danneskjold backwards.
San throws a head punch that misses.
San misses with some punches.
San lands a shoulder strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Danneskjold.
Knees to the body from San.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
San gets through Danneskjold's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Danneskjold struggles to land a body shot inside as San controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from San.
Danneskjold looking to slow down the pace here.
San takes a shot to the head.
San pushes Danneskjold back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
San scores with an uppercut up the middle.
San stalling against the cage.
San lands a body shot.
San lands with a light punch inside.
Danneskjold is looking for a takedown up against the cage. San gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Danneskjold tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
San working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
San prevents a takedown attempt there.
San lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
San blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from San as the two fighters clinch.
Still in the clinch, San scores with a nice short uppercut.
Danneskjold misses with a punch to the body.
San landing knees to the body.
Danneskjold looks gassed!
Danneskjold on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
San stalling in the clinch.
San goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Danneskjold drags the fight down to the ground.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
San is stalling in the full guard.
San has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Danneskjold looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oji San dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! San's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Danneskjold fails to land the takedown.
San connects with a leg kick. Danneskjold looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by San.
A shot to the liver by San. Beautiful body shot.

San gets tackled into the cage by Danneskjold. Danneskjold maintains the clinch.
San lands with a left to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Danneskjold.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Danneskjold is looking for a takedown.
Danneskjold misses with a punch on the inside.
San's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
San tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Danneskjold's elbow.
San creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Danneskjold's defenses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Danneskjold.
Oji San has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nice elbow from San.
Danneskjold lands a left hand that snaps the head of San backwards.
San misses with the head strike.
Danneskjold wants to break free but San has control.
Danneskjold wants to stall.
San on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Danneskjold managing to block the knees to the body from San.
Danneskjold misses with a hook to the ribs.
Danneskjold being controlled against the cage.
San lands a damaging elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danneskjold is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but San is defending well.
Oji San has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ragnar Danneskjold.
Danneskjold stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Danneskjold stalling in the clinch but San improves position.
Danneskjold throws a punch but it's blocked by San.
Danneskjold looking to stall.
Danneskjold tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Danneskjold takes an elbow to the forehead.

That has opened up Ragnar Danneskjold's cut even more.
Still in the clinch, San scores with a nice short uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
San wants to stall.
Danneskjold letting San take a breather here.
San throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Danneskjold tries to throw a body punch but San avoids it by throwing Danneskjold back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from San.
Danneskjold is working for takedown but San is calmly controlling the position for now.
Danneskjold tries to work over San's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A shot in the inside from San.
Danneskjold's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

Danneskjold breaks from the clinch.
San cracks the inside of Danneskjold's front leg.
Ragnar Danneskjold is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Danneskjold fails with a takedown attempt.
San connects with a solid leg kick.
Danneskjold swats away the attempt to clinch by San.
San is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danneskjold waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract San.
Oji San is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
San throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
San lands a head kick. Danneskjold smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

The cut above Ragnar Danneskjold's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

San moves into the clinch.
San can't find room to land a body shot as Danneskjold controls the action.
Danneskjold misses with a short punch on the inside.
Danneskjold avoiding damage as San throws knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from San.
San throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Danneskjold blocks it with crossed arms.
Danneskjold is looking to control San's arms but San gets an underhook and turns him. Now Danneskjold has his back to the cage.
San will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Danneskjold up against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Danneskjold wants to stall.
San swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oji San dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

San lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Danneskjold stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from San.
San misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
San throws a nice inside leg kick.
San tries to bum rush Danneskjold with a series of wild strikes but Danneskjold uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Danneskjold throws a right and a left that San avoids nicely.
Danneskjold throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Danneskjold steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from San. That one must have hurt.
San defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Danneskjold.
San looks to land a combination but Danneskjold avoids it well.
Oji San is winning the standup battle so far.
San dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Danneskjold. That did some damage!
Danneskjold walks into a jab.
Danneskjold walks into a stiff left hand from San.
Danneskjold misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
San wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by San!
Oji San seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
San throws a right hand that Danneskjold ducks under and follows up with a left that Danneskjold also avoids with ease.
A low kick from San misses
and Danneskjold counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Danneskjold fails with the takedown.
San defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Danneskjold.
Oji San has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ragnar Danneskjold.
Danneskjold takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
San fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
San lands with an uppercut that bounces Danneskjold off the cage and back into range.
San keeps Danneskjold at a distance using the push kick.
San tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Danneskjold paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Danneskjold takes the fight into the clinch.
San tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danneskjold tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Danneskjold is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. San can't fight it off and eventually Danneskjold manages to take the fight to the floor. San looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
San has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
San has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Danneskjold looking to pass the guard.
San is pulling down on Danneskjold's head to control his posture.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Oji San just wasn't active enough.
San lands a nice leg kick that just misses Danneskjold's sensitive parts.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danneskjold throws the left hand but San avoids the punch easily.
Danneskjold moves out of range of the body kick from San.

Danneskjold takes the fight into the clinch.
Danneskjold working aggressively here.
San blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
San tries a body shot but Danneskjold blocks it.
Danneskjold takes an elbow to the forehead.
Danneskjold misses with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Danneskjold.
Danneskjold misses with some punches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Danneskjold as San tries to tie him up.
San lands a body shot.
Oji San is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
San with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Danneskjold goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Danneskjold fails to land.
Ragnar Danneskjold has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
San will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Danneskjold up against the cage.
San fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
San softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
San lands a nice elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Danneskjold is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. San is defending well for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
San lands a nice shot to the body.
Danneskjold working some nice short punches in the clinch.
San lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
San scores with a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Oji San showed his dominance in that final round.
Well San 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 Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Josh West scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Oji San!
A very excited looking Oji San rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.