PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ragnar Sigurdsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Balboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sigurdsson
vs
Balboa

188 cm
20
210 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

190 cm
26
215 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Four Aces Nutrition

Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ragnar Sigurdsson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rocky Balboa!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Tiny Johnson and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sigurdsson misses with a kick to the body
and Balboa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sigurdsson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sigurdsson moves out of range as Balboa strikes.
Sigurdsson misses with a lunging right hand
and Balboa counters with a nice body shot.
Nice defenses there by Sigurdsson.
Sigurdsson is looking to counter punch.
Balboa misses with an uppercut.
Balboa throws a jab when Sigurdsson was well out of range.

Balboa gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sigurdsson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Sigurdsson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sigurdsson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Balboa or not.

Sigurdsson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Sigurdsson moves into the clinch.
Sigurdsson tries to work over Balboa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sigurdsson misses with a short punch on the inside.

Sigurdsson manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sigurdsson.
Sigurdsson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Balboa. That did some damage!

Sigurdsson closes the distance and pushes Balboa back into the cage.
I was talking to Sigurdsson's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Balboa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sigurdsson blocks an uppercut.
Sigurdsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Balboa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sigurdsson throws a head punch that misses.
The referee is keeping an eye on Balboa - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sigurdsson.
Balboa lands with a right to the head.
A short right from Sigurdsson.
Sigurdsson lands a left hand.
Sigurdsson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Balboa stalling in the clinch but Sigurdsson improves position.
Sigurdsson trying to stall but Balboa improves his position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Balboa.
Sigurdsson scores with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sigurdsson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Balboa backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A right hand to the body from Balboa.
Sigurdsson lands with a light punch inside.

Sigurdsson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Balboa avoids the head kick by Sigurdsson.
Balboa has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Balboa on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Sigurdsson thows a body kick. Balboa tries to catch it but that hurt him.
The fighters circling - Balboa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Good exchange - Sigurdsson coming out on top.
Sigurdsson scores with a kick to the body.
Balboa looks winded!
Sigurdsson scores with a head kick. Balboa tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Balboa tries to clinch up but Sigurdsson circles away and keeps his distance.
Sigurdsson throws a quick counter kick to the body but Balboa avoids it.
Sigurdsson throws a poor cross that misses
and Balboa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sigurdsson lands a nice looking kick to the body. Balboa takes a step back to recover.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sigurdsson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sigurdsson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Sigurdsson lands a body shot.
Sigurdsson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sigurdsson jabs Balboa right on the nose. Balboa blinks but takes it well.
Balboa walks into a stiff left hand from Sigurdsson.
Balboa takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Sigurdsson cracks Balboa with an open hand slap.
Sigurdsson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sigurdsson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Balboa has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sigurdsson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sigurdsson, right into the meat.
Sigurdsson throws a sloppy head kick and Balboa moves out of range easily.
Balboa throws out a counter right but Sigurdsson avoids it with no problem.
Balboa has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sigurdsson.
Balboa misses with a lunging right hand
and Sigurdsson counters with a nice kick to the body.
Sigurdsson lands a nice hook to Balboa's body. Balboa takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sigurdsson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sigurdsson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ragnar Sigurdsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sigurdsson scores with a kick to the midsection.
Balboa has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Sigurdsson.

Sigurdsson moves into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sigurdsson lands with a right to the head.
Sigurdsson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Still in the clinch, Sigurdsson scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short uppercut from Sigurdsson.
Sigurdsson lands with a short shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ragnar Sigurdsson dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A good leg kick by Sigurdsson.
A jab from Sigurdsson misses.
Balboa tries to clinch but Sigurdsson is having none of it.
Sigurdsson lands with a good body shot.
Sigurdsson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Balboa can do to turn this around?
Sigurdsson catches Balboa with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Balboa swings for the body but Sigurdsson moves out of range.
Sigurdsson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Balboa has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sigurdsson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sigurdsson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Balboa takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Balboa is breathing heavily.
Balboa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sigurdsson.
Balboa takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Sigurdsson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Balboa, pushing him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sigurdsson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sigurdsson lands a right hand.
Sigurdsson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sigurdsson lands a right hand.
Sigurdsson lands a shoulder strike.
Balboa throws a head punch that misses.
Sigurdsson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sigurdsson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Still in the clinch, Sigurdsson scores with a nice short uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Sigurdsson.
Sigurdsson lands with a right to the head.
You can see that Balboa has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Sigurdsson lands with a right to the head.

Balboa is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short right from Sigurdsson.
Balboa is still on wobbly legs! Can Sigurdsson finish him?
Nice body punch from Sigurdsson.
Balboa struggles to land a body shot inside as Sigurdsson controls his hands.
Sigurdsson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Balboa backwards.
Sigurdsson lands a big right hand that drops Balboa! The killer instinct kicks in and Sigurdsson finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Sigurdsson!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ragnar Sigurdsson!
Ragnar Sigurdsson is the new light heavyweight champion!