PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ron Burgundy (ranked 2085 p4p, 3494 weight class) and Ragnar Ragnarsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Burgundy
vs
Ragnarsson

178 cm
35
205
23 - 16 - 1

170 cm
30
220
17 - 12 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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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 23 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Ron Burgundy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ragnar Ragnarsson!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Trevor Gratis and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ragnarsson throws a one two combo.

It looks like Ron Burgundy has been cut.
Burgundy has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Ragnarsson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Burgundy finds it's way round the side to connect with Ragnarsson's head.
Ragnarsson misses with a looping right.
Burgundy misses with a body shot.
Burgundy scores with a nice strike.
Burgundy throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ragnarsson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

Burgundy forces Ragnarsson back against the cage and clinches.
Burgundy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ragnarsson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Burgundy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Burgundy tries for a takedown but Ragnarsson manages to get underhooks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ragnarsson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ragnarsson pushes Burgundy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ragnarsson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Burgundy swings wildly with an uppercut but Ragnarsson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ragnarsson cracks Burgundy with a nice body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Burgundy.
Ragnarsson blocking some punches.
Burgundy swings wildly with an uppercut but Ragnarsson uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ragnarsson tries a body shot but Burgundy blocks it.
Ragnarsson prevents a takedown attempt there.
Ragnarsson trying to land knees to the body.
Burgundy is trying to pull guard but Ragnarsson turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ron Burgundy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Burgundy blocking some punches.
Burgundy has a couple of punches blocked by Ragnarsson.
Still in the clinch, Burgundy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ragnarsson is leaning against Burgundy and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ragnarsson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Ragnarsson.
Burgundy swings wildly with an uppercut but Ragnarsson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Burgundy is looking to take this one to the mat.
Ragnarsson blocking some punches.
Ragnarsson is leaning against Burgundy and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Burgundy is breathing heavily.
Burgundy misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarsson misses with a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ragnarsson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ragnarsson crunches a lovely knee into Burgundy's ribcage.
Ragnarsson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Burgundy.
Burgundy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Ragnarsson fails to land.
Ragnarsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Burgundy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ragnarsson tries a body shot but Burgundy blocks it.
Ragnarsson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Burgundy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ragnarsson backwards.
Burgundy misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Burgundy decides to pull guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Burgundy trying to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarsson engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Ragnarsson won't allow Burgundy to sweep him here.
Ragnarsson trying to control the position from guard on top but Burgundy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Burgundy wants to sweep here but Ragnarsson controlling him for the moment.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Ron Burgundy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Ragnarsson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Burgundy dips to his left and cracks Ragnarsson with an uppercut!
Burgundy tries to clinch there but Ragnarsson circles away.
A nice leg kick from Ragnarsson, right into the meat of the thigh.
Burgundy connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ragnarsson. Ragnarsson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Burgundy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Burgundy fails with the takedown
and Ragnarsson counters with a nice uppercut.
Ragnarsson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ragnarsson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Burgundy misses with a hook. Ragnarsson ducked under it nicely.
Ragnarsson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Burgundy throws out the jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ragnar Ragnarsson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ron Burgundy's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Burgundy cracks Ragnarsson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Burgundy looks to land a right hand but Ragnarsson moved out of range.
Ron Burgundy is winning the standup battle so far.
Burgundy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ragnarsson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A countering left hand to the body from Ragnarsson misses.
Burgundy misses with a hook to the body
and Ragnarsson counters with a good low kick that Burgundy was not able to check.
Ragnarsson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Burgundy works the jab nicely.
Ragnarsson sizes up Burgundy with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Ragnarsson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Burgundy.
Ragnarsson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Burgundy counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ragnarsson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Burgundy is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Burgundy with a poor takedown
and Burgundy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Burgundy throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ragnarsson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ragnarsson throws a hook but Burgundy avoids it easily.
Ragnarsson looks to land a left hand but Burgundy moved out of range nicely.
Burgundy fails with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ragnarsson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Burgundy.
Ragnarsson throws a jab but it's blocked by Burgundy.
Ragnarsson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Burgundy closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Ragnarsson is looking to get back to is feet but Burgundy passes into side control.
Burgundy controls the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Burgundy trying to control the position but Ragnarsson is working away.
Burgundy wants to take a breather but Ragnarsson manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Burgundy.
Burgundy scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ragnarsson can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Burgundy accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ragnarsson managing to control the position.
Burgundy trying to control but Ragnarsson is working from the bottom.
Ragnarsson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Burgundy. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Burgundy slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Ragnarsson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burgundy throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Burgundy forces his way into half guard.

Burgundy is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Burgundy sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Ragnarsson defending well though.
Burgundy thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ragnarsson's head.
Burgundy has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Burgundy missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Burgundy not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Burgundy sitting and controlling from the half guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarsson wants to improve his position but Burgundy is controlling well.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
A jab lands there for Burgundy.
Burgundy slips under a jab.
Ragnarsson drops his hands momentarily and Burgundy takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Burgundy shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ron Burgundy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ragnarsson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ragnarsson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Donk. Burgundy catches Ragnarsson right on the button with a cross.

Ragnarsson is rocked!
Ragnarsson is holding his hands too far apart here. Burgundy throws a hard, straight punch right down the pipe and BOOM! Ragnarsson is out! That punch landed square on the jaw - what a shot!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ron Burgundy!
Ron Burgundy made sure to mention his sponsor, Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing in his post fight interview.