PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ben Edwards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Magnus Ragnarsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Edwards comes into the arena with Gee blaring out of the sound system. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Edwards
vs
Ragnarsson

167 cm
25
143 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

161 cm
24
140 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ben Edwards!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Magnus Ragnarsson!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ragnarsson on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Edwards scoring well with a low kick there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Edwards.
Ragnarsson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Edwards scores with a kick to the body.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Ragnarsson.
Magnus Ragnarsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Edwards dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ragnarsson. That did some damage!
Ragnarsson throws a left and a right that both miss
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Edwards.
Edwards throws a quick inside leg kick.
Edwards scores with a nice body kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Edwards looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ragnarsson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ragnarsson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Edwards tries to sprawl but Ragnarsson drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Edwards is trying to stand back up but Ragnarsson is controlling him
Ragnarsson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Ragnarsson drops an elbow to the side of Edwards's head.
Ragnarsson controlling the pace.
Ragnarsson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ragnarsson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ragnarsson slows the pace down in half guard.
Edwards knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ragnarsson on the ground.
Ragnarsson scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarsson sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Ragnarsson passes to side control.
Ragnarsson grinds an elbow into Edwards's temple.
A lull in the action here.
Ragnarsson scores with a couple of short elbows.
Edwards is breathing heavily.
Ragnarsson working the ground and pound from side control.
You can see the frustration on Edwards's face as Ragnarsson controls the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ragnarsson has hold of Edwards's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Edwards tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Ragnarsson cranks the arm and Edwards screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Edwards, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Magnus Ragnarsson!
The defeated Ben Edwards had this to say: 'fuck this shit'.