PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rudi Serada (ranked 1893 p4p, 253 weight class) and Nils Ragnaar (ranked 1308 p4p, 187 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Ragnaar's choice of entrance music: Mustasch - The Wave. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Serada
vs
Ragnaar

220 cm
22
200 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

188 cm
22
194 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

Riner Clothing and Laundry (85%)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Rudi Serada!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nils Ragnaar!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Bruno Hogan and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ragnaar has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ragnaar unloads a knee to the mid-section. Serada lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ragnaar keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Serada's efforts to push away.
Ragnaar using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Serada really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Serada has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ragnaar lands with a light punch inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ragnaar obliges.
Serada is trying to maintain a safe position but Ragnaar gets an underhook and turns Serada into the cage.
Ragnaar lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ragnaar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Serada avoids it.
Ragnaar lands with a light punch inside.
A short uppercut from Ragnaar.
Ragnaar blocks a body shot from Serada.
Serada is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ragnaar is keeping busy.
Ragnaar tries to land knees in the clinch but Serada avoids the damage to the body.
Knees to the body from Ragnaar.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Serada misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Serada is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A short right from Ragnaar on the inside.
Ragnaar has Serada pressed against the cage, preventing Serada from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ragnaar trying to land knees to the body.
Ragnaar is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Serada is defending well for now.
Serada is trying to break the clinch but Ragnaar has him pressed against the cage.
Ragnaar connects with a knee to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Ragnaar.
Serada tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ragnaar lands with a short shot to the head.
Serada wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A nice left hand lands by Ragnaar.
Ragnaar utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Serada is breathing heavily.
Serada is trying to break free.
A bit of stalling here from Ragnaar.
Serada leaning his opponent against the cage.
Ragnaar stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Ragnaar with a knee to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A short right from Ragnaar on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ragnaar utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ragnaar utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ragnaar lands a nice knee to the body.
Ragnaar landing knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ragnaar obliges.
Ragnaar pressing his opponent against the cage.
A short uppercut from Ragnaar.
Knees to the body from Ragnaar.
Ragnaar is stalling here.
A short left from Ragnaar.
Ragnaar scores with a knee to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ragnaar.
Ragnaar lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Serada's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Ragnaar.
Ragnaar landing knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Ragnaar.
Ragnaar lands with a right to the head.
Ragnaar leaning against his opponent.
Knees to the body from Ragnaar.
Knees to the body from Ragnaar.
Ragnaar utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ragnaar working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ragnaar softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Serada tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ragnaar lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Serada backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ragnaar lands a right hand that snaps the head of Serada backwards.
Ragnaar lands a nice uppercut.
Ragnaar lands with a light punch inside.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Serada.
Serada tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Serada is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ragnaar scores with a shot to the side of Serada's head.
Ragnaar lands a left hand that snaps the head of Serada backwards.
Ragnaar is struggling to control the position.
Ragnaar landing knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ragnaar.
Ragnaar landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ragnaar lands a nice uppercut.
Ragnaar putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Serada in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ragnaar makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ragnaar using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ragnaar obliges.
Ragnaar landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ragnaar lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ragnaar working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Serada is rocked!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ragnaar scores with a nice hook to the head.
Oh Serada is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Knees to the body from Ragnaar.
Ragnaar is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Ragnaar pushes Serada against the cage. Ragnaar is working some dirty boxing. Ragnaar pushes off with a quick right hook! Serada goes down! Serada tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Ragnaar moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nils Ragnaar!
Our winner, Nils Ragnaar, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.