PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ragnar Lothbrok (ranked 4547 p4p, 4767 weight class) and Gareth Keenan (ranked 504 p4p, 516 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Lothbrok
vs
Keenan

183 cm
18
160
0 - 0 - 0

177 cm
18
150
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ragnar Lothbrok!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gareth Keenan!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Atkins and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lothbrok connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Keenan's hands.
Lothbrok looks to land a left hand but Keenan moved out of range nicely.
Keenan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Lothbrok scores with a body shot.
Keenan moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Lothbrok misses the body punch
and Keenan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lothbrok swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lothbrok misses with a looping right.
Lothbrok changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Lothbrok throws a lazy uppercut
and Keenan counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Lothbrok misses with a left hand
and Lothbrok takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lothbrok misses with a right hand
and Keenan counters with a nice body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left lands for Lothbrok.
Keenan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lothbrok.
Keenan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lothbrok catches Keenan with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Lothbrok throws an overhand right that lands on Keenan's shoulder, as Keenan tries to avoid the shot.
A cross from Lothbrok lands.
Lothbrok misses with a body shot.
Keenan throws out a counter right but Lothbrok avoids it with no problem.
Lothbrok lands a nice hook to Keenan's body. Keenan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Keenan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lothbrok.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Lothbrok misses.
Lothbrok misses with a straight right.
Keenan appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Lothbrok misses with a left hand
and Keenan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lothbrok misses with a wild body shot.
Keenan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Lothbrok throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lothbrok scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lothbrok throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Keenan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Keenan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Lothbrok lunges at Keenan with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Keenan's hand.
Keenan slips under a jab from Lothbrok.
Keenan is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Lothbrok with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lothbrok throws a poor cross that misses
and Keenan counters with a right hand to the body.
Lothbrok throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A nice side step and Keenan releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Keenan takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Keenan moves away from the strike by Lothbrok.
Keenan let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
The fighters circling - Lothbrok throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lothbrok throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Keenan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lothbrok swings for the body but Keenan moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Lothbrok misses the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lothbrok lands with a straight right. Keenan didn't see that one coming.
Lothbrok misses with an uppercut
and Keenan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lothbrok misses with a right hand
and Keenan counters with a nice uppercut.
Lothbrok throws a shot from downtown. Keenan moves away and avoids it.
Keenan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lothbrok misses with a hook. Keenan ducked under it nicely.
Lothbrok misses with a shot to the body
and Keenan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lothbrok throws out a loose jab but Keenan uses good head movement to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Keenan! But no joy.
Lothbrok is breathing heavily.
Lothbrok throws a jab when Keenan was well out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ragnar Lothbrok dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Lothbrok throws the left hand but Keenan avoids the punch easily.
A nice side step and Keenan releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Lothbrok lands a jab to Keenan's midsection.
Lothbrok misses with a jab to the body
and Lothbrok takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lothbrok rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Keenan counters with a nice body shot.
Lothbrok connects with a body shot that sends Keenan's belly button to the back.
Keenan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lothbrok.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Keenan might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Lothbrok has got the better of the exchanges.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lothbrok misses with a wild body shot.
Lothbrok misses with a looping left.
Keenan doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Lothbrok throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Keenan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lothbrok misses with a straight right.
Keenan on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Keenan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ragnar Lothbrok seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lothbrok swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Keenan counters with a nice body shot.
Keenan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lothbrok.
Keenan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Lothbrok throws a sloppy body shot
and Keenan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lothbrok misses with an uppercut
and Keenan counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Ragnar Lothbrok is winning the standup battle so far.
Lothbrok lands with a cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keenan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Keenan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Keenan avoids a punch combination nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lothbrok. Keenan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lothbrok misses with a hook
and Keenan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lothbrok is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Keenan.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lothbrok misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Keenan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lothbrok throws a poor cross that misses
and Keenan counters with a stiff right hand.
Lothbrok throws out a powerful jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lothbrok throws a right hand that misses
and Keenan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Lothbrok throws a body shot but no joy.
Lothbrok throws a right hand that misses
and Keenan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lothbrok throws a sloppy body shot
and Keenan counters with a nice uppercut.
Lothbrok throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Keenan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Keenan doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Lothbrok throws an off balance right hand
and Keenan counters with a stiff right hand.
Keenan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Keenan now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Lothbrok throws an off balance right hand
and Keenan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lothbrok swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lothbrok is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Keenan can do to turn this around?
Lothbrok throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Keenan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Lothbrok throws a big shot that misses.
Keenan doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Lothbrok throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Keenan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lothbrok throws a big shot that misses.
Lothbrok misses with a left hand
and Keenan counters with a nice uppercut.
Keenan slips a straight right by Lothbrok.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lothbrok misses with a hook to the body
and Keenan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Gareth Keenan will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Lothbrok throws a hook but Keenan blocks it.
Lothbrok misses with a body shot.
Keenan doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Lothbrok misses with an uppercut.
Lothbrok ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Keenan moves away.
Lothbrok scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Lothbrok swings for the body but Keenan moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lothbrok misses with an uppercut
and Keenan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lothbrok rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Keenan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lothbrok misses the body punch
and Keenan counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Lothbrok as he connects with a hook.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lothbrok lands a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lothbrok. Keenan does a little dance to reset his feet.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Keenan! But no joy.
Lothbrok jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Keenan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lothbrok moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Lothbrok throws an off balance right hand
and Keenan counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Lothbrok thinking.
Keenan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lothbrok.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Keenan! But no joy.
Lothbrok throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Keenan counters with a stiff right hand.
Lothbrok looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keenan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lothbrok.
Keenan let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Lothbrok throws a looping overhand right but Keenan ducks down to avoid it.
Keenan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lothbrok throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lothbrok loads up on a big right hand but Keenan slips the punch.
Lothbrok pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A nice side step and Keenan releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Lothbrok misses with a straight left.
A telegraphed right hand from Lothbrok misses the target.
Lothbrok connects with a nice looking jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lothbrok throws a lazy uppercut
and Keenan counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lothbrok throws a sloppy body shot
and Keenan counters with a stiff right hand.
Keenan moves out of range as Lothbrok strikes.
Keenan appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Lothbrok misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Keenan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lothbrok misses with a looping right.
Keenan now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Lothbrok misses the target.
Lothbrok ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Keenan moves away.
Keenan let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Lothbrok misses with a right hand
and Keenan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Lothbrok loads up on a big right hand but Keenan slips the punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lothbrok misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Keenan counter with a right hand.
Lothbrok swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Keenan throws out a counter right but Lothbrok avoids it with no problem.
Lothbrok just misses with a punch to the body.
Keenan let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Lothbrok misses the body punch
and Keenan counters with a straight right hand.
Lothbrok fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Keenan manages to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from Keenan on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Lothbrok throws an overhand right that lands on Keenan's shoulder, as Keenan tries to avoid the shot.
Keenan now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Lothbrok swings away with a body shot that misses
and Keenan counters with a nice uppercut.
Lothbrok throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Keenan counter with a right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ragnar Lothbrok.
Well Lothbrok has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Ragnar Lothbrok!