PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Maximus Ragnarsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mad Rob (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mad Rob is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Ragnarsson
vs
Rob

175 cm
27
153 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

200 cm
27
170 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

M.O. Fight Wear
MayheM sportswear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Maximus Ragnarsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mad Rob!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, John Roberts and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ragnarsson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ragnarsson.
Rob blocks an uppercut.
Rob goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Rob pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Ragnarsson clinches up with Rob and pushes him back against the cage.
Rob throws a punch but it's blocked by Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ragnarsson tries to throw a body punch but Rob avoids it by throwing Ragnarsson back against the cage.
Rob is leaning against Ragnarsson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ragnarsson throws a punch but it's blocked by Rob.
Ragnarsson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rob is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Rob is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

Rob breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A leg kick checked by Ragnarsson.
A head kick misses from Rob.
Ragnarsson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rob. Rob obviously looking to wear him down.
A punch combination from Ragnarsson misses.
Rob avoids the body shot from Ragnarsson.
Rob now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Ragnarsson looks to throw the jab but Rob is out of range.
Rob keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ragnarsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ragnarsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Rob uses good head movement to avoid it.

Rob escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ragnarsson throws a shot from downtown. Rob moves away and avoids it.
Rob misses with a looping right.
Rob throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Rob lands a head shot.
Ragnarsson slips a straight right by Rob.
Ragnarsson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rob.
Ragnarsson scores with the left hand. Rob knows he should have avoided that one.
Rob lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Ragnarsson rushes Rob and presses him up against the cage.
Ragnarsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ragnarsson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rob blocks an uppercut.
Rob misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rob's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rob lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ragnarsson misses with a body punch.
Ragnarsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ragnarsson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rob prevents a body shot from Ragnarsson.
Rob prevents a body shot from Ragnarsson.
Rob lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rob swings wildly with an uppercut but Ragnarsson uses good head movement to avoid it.

Rob pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Ragnarsson closes the distance and pushes Rob back into the cage.
Ragnarsson working aggressively here.
Ragnarsson scores with a shot to the side of Rob's head.
Ragnarsson misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ragnarsson.
A nice left hand lands by Ragnarsson.

Rob's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Ragnarsson rushes Rob and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ragnarsson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rob blocking some punches.
Ragnarsson pushes Rob back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ragnarsson digs a right hand underneath Rob's ribcage. Rob let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Rob manages to break the clinch.
Rob takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Rob scores with a kick to the midsection.
Rob on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Rob is rocked!
Ragnarsson throws a hook but Rob avoids it easily.
Rob is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Ragnarsson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A swing and a miss from Rob.
Rob looks to land a left hand but Ragnarsson moved out of range nicely.
Ragnarsson swinging wildly here.

Ragnarsson moves into the clinch successfully.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ragnarsson.
Rob is still on wobbly legs! Can Ragnarsson finish him?

Rob breaks the clinch.
Rob seems to have recovered his senses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
This has been an exciting period of action!

Ragnarsson has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rob leaning his opponent against the cage.
Ragnarsson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ragnarsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ragnarsson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Ragnarsson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rob working hard to break the clinch.
A short uppercut from Rob.
Rob lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Ragnarsson fails to land.
Ragnarsson struggles to land a body shot inside as Rob controls his hands.
Ragnarsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rob lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ragnarsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Rob uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rob misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ragnarsson throws a head punch that misses.
Rob struggles to land a body shot inside as Ragnarsson controls his hands.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice body punch from Ragnarsson - that landed with a thud.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maximus Ragnarsson 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.

Rob fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice straight punches there by Rob. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rob.
Decent striking displayed by Rob there.
Rob staying out of range there.
Rob misses with a straight left.
Ragnarsson throws a jab when Rob was well out of range.

Ragnarsson moves into the clinch.
Ragnarsson misses with the head strike.
Ragnarsson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rob can do to turn this around?

Rob breaks the clinch.
Ragnarsson misses with a hook. Rob ducked under it nicely.
Ragnarsson misses with a hook.
Ragnarsson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ragnarsson moves out of range of the strikes.
Ragnarsson is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Rob.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ragnarsson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ragnarsson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
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!
Rob moves out of range as Ragnarsson strikes.
Rob is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Ragnarsson is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Rob keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rob slips a straight right by Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Rob counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ragnarsson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ragnarsson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ragnarsson is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Rob's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Ragnarsson misses with a punch on the inside.
Ragnarsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ragnarsson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rob scores with a hook to the body.
Ragnarsson lands a body shot.
Ragnarsson can't find room to land a body shot as Rob controls the action.
Rob lands an uppercut.
Rob lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rob misses with the head strike.
Ragnarsson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ragnarsson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rob blocks a body shot from Ragnarsson.
Rob prevents a body shot from Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Rob uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ragnarsson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ragnarsson throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rob lands a body shot in the clinch.
Rob lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ragnarsson backwards.
Ragnarsson blocks an uppercut.
Ragnarsson prevents a body shot from Rob.
Ragnarsson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rob backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ragnarsson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rob's elbow.
Ragnarsson throws a punch but it's blocked by Rob.

Rob breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fighters circling - Ragnarsson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rob throws a jab but it's blocked by Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson throws a right and a left that Rob avoids nicely.
Rob staying out of range there.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ragnarsson.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Rob in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
An inside leg kick from Rob misses.

Ragnarsson moves into range and clinches up with Rob.
Ragnarsson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Rob breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Ragnarsson clinches up with Rob and pushes him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarsson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ragnarsson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rob's efforts to push away.

Rob breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rob punishes Ragnarsson's body with a nice straight punch.
Rob waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ragnarsson.
Rob walks into a straight right hand from Ragnarsson.
Rob connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ragnarsson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Ragnarsson drives through and clinches with Rob against the cage.
Rob scores with a shoulder strike.
Rob lands with a short shot to the head.
Rob tries a body shot but Ragnarsson blocks it.
Rob fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ragnarsson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rob's elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ragnarsson tries to throw a body punch but Rob avoids it by throwing Ragnarsson back against the cage.
Ragnarsson has a couple of punches blocked by Rob.
Rob trying to land knees to the body.
Rob can't find room to land a body shot as Ragnarsson controls the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rob misses with a hook to the ribs.
Maximus Ragnarsson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ragnarsson throws a punch but it's blocked by Rob.
Rob works on Ragnarsson's body with a couple of short punches.
Rob lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ragnarsson backwards.
Ragnarsson is working Rob over against the cage.
Rob tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rob works on Ragnarsson's body with a couple of short punches.
Rob throws a head punch that misses.
Rob blocking some punches.

Rob breaks the clinch.
Rob buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ragnarsson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rob slips under a jab from Ragnarsson.

Ragnarsson closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ragnarsson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Rob pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Ragnarsson rushes Rob and presses him up against the cage.
Ragnarsson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maximus Ragnarsson dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Ragnarsson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Rob just misses with a punch to the body.
Rob wants to slow Ragnarsson down by chopping away at his legs.
Ragnarsson feints a jab promting Rob to slip. Ragnarsson then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Rob slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Ragnarsson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rob steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ragnarsson.
Rob misses with an uppercut. Ragnarsson saw that one coming.

Ragnarsson clinches with his opponent.
Rob blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ragnarsson misses with the head strike.
Ragnarsson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ragnarsson scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ragnarsson.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rob creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ragnarsson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rob lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ragnarsson or not.
Rob can't find room to land a body shot as Ragnarsson controls the action.
Rob blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ragnarsson misses with a punch on the inside.
Rob is working Ragnarsson over against the cage.
Ragnarsson misses with a punch on the inside.
Ragnarsson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ragnarsson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rob pushes off an throws an elbow but Ragnarsson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ragnarsson takes a shot to the head.
Ragnarsson tries to break the clinch but Rob is controlling the position.
Ragnarsson throws a punch but it's blocked by Rob.
A short left from Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rob's elbow.
Ragnarsson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rob backwards.
Ragnarsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short uppercut from Rob.
Ragnarsson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ragnarsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Rob uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ragnarsson working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Rob uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson can't find room to land a body shot as Rob controls the action.
Ragnarsson misses with a short punch on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ragnarsson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ragnarsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Rob breaks from the clinch.
Rob lands a jab to Ragnarsson's midsection.
A big right from Rob misses.

Ragnarsson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ragnarsson has a couple of punches blocked by Rob.
Rob tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ragnarsson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ragnarsson blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rob.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ragnarsson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rob lands a hook that snaps the head of Ragnarsson backwards.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rob takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Rob blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ragnarsson misses with a punch on the inside.

Rob manages to break the clinch.
Ragnarsson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rob.
An inside leg kick from Rob misses.

Ragnarsson moves into the clinch.
Maximus Ragnarsson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rob tries a body shot but Ragnarsson blocks it.
Rob lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ragnarsson backwards.
Ragnarsson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rob taking a breather.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ragnarsson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rob.
Mad Rob has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rob lands with a short shot to the head.
Rob misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rob blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rob lands with a right to the head.
Rob has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rob lands a nice uppercut.
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!
Rob pushes Ragnarsson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Rob misses with some punches.
Rob looks to throw an elbow but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Maximus Ragnarsson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ragnarsson 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Maximus Ragnarsson!