PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between The Sun God Ra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hjalmar Soderberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sun God Ra
vs
Soderberg

189 cm
34
222 lbs
11 - 11 - 1

189 cm
41
225 lbs
28 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Red Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition 160Q with Proof

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 11 - 11 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, The Sun God Ra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hjalmar Soderberg!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Valeri Chadov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soderberg takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Ra avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Ra wants to clinch up but Soderberg keeps it at a distance.
Ra comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ra is looking to clinch.
Ra definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Soderberg feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Ra is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Soderberg presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Soderberg blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ra landing knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ra pushes Soderberg back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ra presses Soderberg against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Soderberg looks winded!
Ra effectively controlling the action here.
Soderberg goes for a takedown in the clinch but Ra prevents it.
Soderberg changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Ra fights it off and pushes away nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ra tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Soderberg counters with a nice uppercut.
The Sun God Ra seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Soderberg keeps the fight on the outside.
Ra scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ra darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Ra tries to clinch but Soderberg moves out of range.
Soderberg backs away from a small jab... but Ra lunges forward with a huge superman punch! Soderberg crumples to the ground as his mouth piece is sent flying! Ra with a spectacular finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). The Sun God Ra!
Hjalmar Soderberg was interviewed post fight and said 'This was my retirement-fight. Thank you for everything. My chin just didn't hold up in past fights.'.