PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Righteous Crusader (ranked 23226 p4p, 24034 weight class) and Einar Ragnarsen (ranked 547 p4p, 569 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Crusader
vs
Ragnarsen

182 cm
29
200
8 - 15 - 1

193 cm
21
213
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Righteous Crusader !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Einar Ragnarsen!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Alan Glass and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A good leg kick by Ragnarsen.
Crusader falls off balance throwing a combination

and Ragnarsen counters by clinching up.
Still in the clinch, Ragnarsen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Knees to the body from Ragnarsen.
A shot in the inside from Ragnarsen.
Ragnarsen lands a knee to the body.
Ragnarsen pressing his opponent against the cage.

Ragnarsen breaks from the clinch.
Nice cross by Ragnarsen.
Ragnarsen darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Crusader misses with a jab, cross combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ragnarsen fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Crusader on the side of the head.
Ragnarsen scores with a shot to the body.

Crusader has closed the distance and engaged Ragnarsen in a clinch.
A short right from Ragnarsen on the inside.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ragnarsen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Crusader on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ragnarsen. Ragnarsen obviously looking to wear him down.
Crusader stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ragnarsen.
Crusader loads up on a big right hand but Ragnarsen slips the punch.
Crusader has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Cozad MMA Las Vegas in the buildup to the fight.

Crusader moves into the clinch.
Crusader tries to throw a body punch but Ragnarsen avoids it by throwing Crusader back against the cage.
Crusader is trying to break the clinch but Ragnarsen is controlling him.
Crusader wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ragnarsen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ragnarsen holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Ragnarsen displaying some good clinch control by pressing Crusader up against the cage.
Ragnarsen dodges an elbow strike from Crusader .
Ragnarsen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crusader drops down looking for an ankle pick but Ragnarsen pulls his leg out and moves away.
Crusader swinging wildly here.

Oooh a lovely combination from Ragnarsen sends Crusader down but not out. Ragnarsen dives into side control looking to finish.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ragnarsen cracks Crusader with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Crusader is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Crusader is trying to escape the position but Ragnarsen is controlling the position.
Crusader is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Ragnarsen slows the pace down.
Let's hope that Ragnarsen has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Check out the look on Ragnarsen's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Ragnarsen working the ground and pound from side control.
Crusader might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ragnarsen stands up.

Crusader forces Ragnarsen back against the cage and clinches.
Ragnarsen is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Ragnarsen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Crusader drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ragnarsen gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Ragnarsen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Crusader wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ragnarsen lands an elbow inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ragnarsen.
Crusader is breathing heavily.
Ragnarsen slowing the pace effectively.
Ragnarsen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ragnarsen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ragnarsen has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Crusader seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Ragnarsen can turn it around.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarsen landing knees to the body.
Ragnarsen lands an 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!
Ragnarsen lands an elbow inside that Crusader shrugs off.
Ragnarsen lands a nice shot to the body.
Ragnarsen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Ragnarsen - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Crusader is working for takedown but Ragnarsen is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Righteous Crusader . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ragnarsen scores a nice knee to the body.
The referee calls for Ragnarsen to work.
Knees to the body from Ragnarsen.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ragnarsen scores with a shoulder strike.
Ragnarsen lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ragnarsen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Ragnarsen breaks the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Einar Ragnarsen dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Ragnarsen lands a head shot.
Ragnarsen lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Crusader misses with a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A nice leg kick from Ragnarsen, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ragnarsen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Crusader has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ragnarsen lands a high kick!
Einar Ragnarsen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Ragnarsen closes the distance and pushes Crusader back into the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ragnarsen.
Ragnarsen taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Ragnarsen lands a left hand.
Crusader takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ragnarsen stalls.
Ragnarsen lands with a light punch inside.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ragnarsen tries to keep at a distance but Crusader has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ragnarsen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ragnarsen lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Einar Ragnarsen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ragnarsen stalling.
Crusader is trying to pull guard but Ragnarsen has him pressed against the cage.
Ragnarsen'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.
Nice elbow from Ragnarsen.

Ragnarsen breaks from the clinch.
Ragnarsen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

A jab-cross combination lands for Ragnarsen and sends Crusader crashing to the mat! Ragnarsen follows him down to the mat - Crusader regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!

Crusader is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ragnarsen seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Oh Crusader is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ragnarsen looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Crusader seems to have got his legs back now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarsen is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ragnarsen performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Ragnarsen is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Ragnarsen working over Crusader with some ground and pound. Crusader looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ragnarsen lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ragnarsen drops an elbow to the side of Crusader 's head.
Ragnarsen is taking a breather. Crusader says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Crusader knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ragnarsen on the ground.
Ragnarsen landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Ragnarsen connects with a nice short shot to Crusader 's temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarsen drops an elbow to the side of Crusader 's head.
Ragnarsen scores with a big shot! Crusader 's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Crusader ! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Einar Ragnarsen!
After the fight, Einar Ragnarsen was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.