PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bjorn Lothbrok (ranked 3991 p4p, 414 weight class) and Jon Rudskogen (ranked 4045 p4p, 421 weight class). Lothbrok's entrance music is Vikings. A fine choice. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Lothbrok
vs
Rudskogen

189 cm
19
227 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

190 cm
19
190 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bjorn Lothbrok!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jon Rudskogen!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Tiny Johnson and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Rudskogen. Lothbrok shrugs it off though.
Lothbrok closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Rudskogen ducks under a wild hook from Lothbrok.
Rudskogen lands a leg kick that knocks Lothbrok off balance momentarily.
Rudskogen takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Lothbrok punishes Rudskogen's body with a nice straight punch.
Rudskogen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lothbrok throws a body shot but no joy.
Rudskogen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lothbrok was well out of range. Poor timing from Rudskogen.
Rudskogen's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lothbrok connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Rudskogen scrambles back to his feet.
Lothbrok misses with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rudskogen tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Lothbrok is able to avoid easily.
Lothbrok looks to score with a jab to the body but Rudskogen is just out of range.
Rudskogen throws a low kick but it's checked well by Lothbrok.
Lothbrok keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rudskogen.
Rudskogen tries to move into range but Lothbrok moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Rudskogen throws a hook but Lothbrok avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lothbrok throws the left hand but Rudskogen avoids the punch easily.
Lothbrok misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rudskogen.
Rudskogen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Lothbrok momentarily.
Rudskogen pushes Lothbrok away with a front kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Lothbrok darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Lothbrok takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Rudskogen misses with a looping right.
Lothbrok throws a body punch but Rudskogen moves out of range.
Rudskogen connects with a body shot that sends Lothbrok's belly button to the back.
Rudskogen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Lothbrok throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Lothbrok misses with a looping left.
Rudskogen now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Rudskogen scores with a nice head shot.
Rudskogen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lothbrok manages to avoid it.
Rudskogen wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rudskogen misses with a low kick.
It looked like Lothbrok wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Lothbrok tries to work over Rudskogen's front leg with a kick but Rudskogen checks it.
Lothbrok misses with an uppercut. Rudskogen saw that one coming.
Rudskogen misses with a straight right.
A big right from Lothbrok misses.
Lothbrok looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A jab from Rudskogen misses.
Lothbrok uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rudskogen.
Rudskogen misses with the body kick
and Lothbrok counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Lothbrok checks a leg kick.
Lothbrok moves away from the strike by Rudskogen.
Rudskogen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rudskogen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rudskogen feints a counter leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rudskogen cracks Lothbrok with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Lothbrok ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Rudskogen misses with a right hand
and Lothbrok counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rudskogen thinking.
Rudskogen misses with a wild body shot.
Rudskogen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lothbrok cracks Rudskogen with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Rudskogen walks into a stiff left hand from Lothbrok.
Lothbrok keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lothbrok fires out a quick counter leg kick but Rudskogen just manages to avoid it.
Lothbrok ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rudskogen moves away.
Rudskogen throws a lazy body kick
enabling Lothbrok to counter with a crisp jab.
Lothbrok waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rudskogen.
Rudskogen stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Rudskogen looks to land a body kick but Lothbrok moved away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Rudskogen moves away from the strike by Lothbrok.
A little jabbing left from Rudskogen on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Rudskogen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Lothbrok throws a big counter combination but Rudskogen scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Rudskogen misses with a straight right.
Lothbrok checks a low kick from Rudskogen.
Rudskogen throws a push kick but Lothbrok slaps the foot to one side.
Rudskogen is looking to land body kicks.
Decent striking displayed by Lothbrok there.
Lothbrok moves out of range of the leg kick from Rudskogen.
Lothbrok throws an off balance right hand
and Rudskogen counters with a left to the body.
Lothbrok misses with a right hand
and Rudskogen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rudskogen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lothbrok.
Lothbrok throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lothbrok swings widly with a right hand
and Rudskogen counters with a straight right hand.
Rudskogen wants to slow Lothbrok down by chopping away at his legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Bjorn Lothbrok will probably get the nod.
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.

Rudskogen looks for the body kick but Lothbrok saw that one coming.
Rudskogen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lothbrok throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And Rudskogen responds with a good body kick, but Lothbrok manages to step out the way in time.
Lothbrok lands a nice shot to the body.
A jab from Lothbrok misses.
Good work by Rudskogen as he checks the leg kick.
Lothbrok throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lothbrok attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Lothbrok takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Lothbrok lands a slapping body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Lothbrok does it's job there.
Lothbrok missing with a left hand there. Rudskogen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A nice combination there by Lothbrok.
Rudskogen throws a lazy uppercut
and Rudskogen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rudskogen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lothbrok.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lothbrok misses with a looping right.
Lothbrok misses with a wild body shot.
Rudskogen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rudskogen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rudskogen looks to land a body kick but Lothbrok moved away.
Lothbrok misses the shot to the body.
Lothbrok throws a poor cross that misses
and Rudskogen counters with a body kick that stops Lothbrok in his tracks momentarily.
Rudskogen is looking to clinch but Lothbrok is avoiding it.
Lothbrok misses the jab.
Rudskogen misses with a low kick.
Rudskogen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lothbrok's calf.
Rudskogen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lothbrok jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lothbrok misses with an uppercut. Rudskogen saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lothbrok looks to land a left hand but Rudskogen moved out of range nicely.
Rudskogen throws an overhand right that lands on Lothbrok's shoulder, as Lothbrok tries to avoid the shot.
Rudskogen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lothbrok has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Lothbrok does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Lothbrok misses with a jab to the body
and Rudskogen counters with a nice body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rudskogen misses with a low kick.
Lothbrok fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lothbrok will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rudskogen defending well as Lothbrok loads up on a big left hand.
Lothbrok looks to score with a jab to the body but Rudskogen is just out of range.
Rudskogen punishes Lothbrok's body with a nice straight punch.
Rudskogen moves out of range of the strikes.
Rudskogen appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Rudskogen looks to land a left hand but Lothbrok moved out of range nicely.
Rudskogen gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lothbrok throws a hook to the side of Rudskogen's head but Rudskogen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bjorn Lothbrok is winning the standup battle so far.
Lothbrok misses with a body shot
and Rudskogen counters with a series of strikes. Lothbrok will be more careful next time no doubt.
Rudskogen tries to land a front kick but Lothbrok steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Lothbrok connects with a body shot that sends Rudskogen's belly button to the back.
Rudskogen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rudskogen misses with a straight right.
Lothbrok misses with a jab to the body
and Rudskogen makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Lothbrok really felt that one!
Lothbrok will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lothbrok scores with the left hand. Rudskogen knows he should have avoided that one.
Rudskogen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lothbrok manages to avoid it.
Rudskogen throws out a powerful jab.
Nice straight punches there by Lothbrok. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lothbrok.
Lothbrok throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rudskogen is looking to land body kicks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice defenses there by Lothbrok.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rudskogen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Rudskogen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rudskogen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Lothbrok momentarily.
Rudskogen throws a leg kick but Lothbrok sees it coming and moves out of range.
Lothbrok throwing a counter right hand but Rudskogen manages to avoid it.
Rudskogen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Rudskogen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rudskogen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lothbrok throws out the jab.
Lothbrok displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rudskogen throws out the jab.
Rudskogen defending well as Lothbrok loads up on a big left hand.
Rudskogen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Lothbrok tried to counter with a leg kick but Rudskogen avoided it.
Lothbrok takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rudskogen throws a body shot but no joy.
Rudskogen stuns Lothbrok with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Rudskogen throws a wild body kick that Lothbrok sees coming a mile off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jon Rudskogen will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Rudskogen slips a jab and a cross from Lothbrok.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Rudskogen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rudskogen looks to land a left hand but Lothbrok moved out of range nicely.
Lothbrok takes a swing at Rudskogen's ribcage but misses.
Rudskogen throws a body punch but Lothbrok moves out of range.
Lothbrok misses with a looping left.
Lothbrok defending well as Rudskogen loads up on a big left hand.
Lothbrok misses with a double jab.
Lothbrok throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lothbrok lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lothbrok takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Good work by Lothbrok as he checks the leg kick.
Lothbrok needs to keep his hands up - Rudskogen had a free shot at his head there.
Lothbrok misses with a few strikes there.
Rudskogen replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Lothbrok blocks it well.
Lothbrok blocks the body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lothbrok takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Rudskogen tries to land a leg kick but Lothbrok saw it coming and moves away.
Nice defenses there by Lothbrok.
Lothbrok throwing a counter right hand but Rudskogen manages to avoid it.
Rudskogen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lothbrok swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Rudskogen scores with a spinning back kick!
Lothbrok lands a slapping body shot.
Lothbrok digs a good hook to Rudskogen's body.
Lothbrok throws a jab but it's blocked by Rudskogen.
Lothbrok fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Rudskogen is out of range.
Lothbrok swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rudskogen! But no joy.
Lothbrok fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rudskogen tries to counter by closing the distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rudskogen. Lothbrok does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rudskogen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rudskogen scores with a nice body kick.
A big left from Rudskogen misses.
Lothbrok appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Lothbrok throws a lazy right hand but Rudskogen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rudskogen works Lothbrok's body with a nice hook.
Lothbrok keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rudskogen misses with an uppercut. Lothbrok saw that one coming.
Rudskogen connects with a jab.
Rudskogen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rudskogen scores with a kick to the midsection.
Rudskogen misses with a shot to the body
and Lothbrok counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lothbrok throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rudskogen.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Rudskogen.
Rudskogen looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Rudskogen swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lothbrok misses with a jab to the body
letting Rudskogen counter with a right hand.
Lothbrok misses the jab.
Lothbrok misses with a hook.
Rudskogen misses with a body kick.
Rudskogen is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Lothbrok is rocked!
Rudskogen scores with a jab to the body.
Oh Lothbrok is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rudskogen lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Lothbrok up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Rudskogen from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Lothbrok's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jon Rudskogen!
After winning the bout, Jon Rudskogen thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.