PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jinjing Yan (ranked 1884 p4p, 1953 weight class) and Nils Ragnaar (ranked 255 p4p, 266 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Ragnaar's choice of entrance music: Mustasch - The Wave. 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.

Yan
vs
Ragnaar

184 cm
27
185
12 - 7 - 1

188 cm
41
194
24 - 17 - 1

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
KO power

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

Urban Fighter

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Brooklyn Threads

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 12 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jinjing Yan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Nils Ragnaar!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Francis DeMontford and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ragnaar throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Jab from Ragnaar.
A big left from Ragnaar misses.
Ragnaar works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Yan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ragnaar uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Yan has time to react.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ragnaar. Yan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ragnaar scoring well with a low kick there.
Yan throws a looping overhand right but Ragnaar ducks down to avoid it.
Ragnaar lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ragnaar wants to land a leg kick but Yan is out of range.
Ragnaar lands a really nice looking cross but Yan seems unphased.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ragnaar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yan.
Yan swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ragnaar lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Yan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ragnaar.
An attempted straight right counter from Yan misses the target.
Some bone on bone action there as Yan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ragnaar has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Ragnaar - that will leave a mark!
Yan ducks under a wild hook from Ragnaar.
Yan throwing a counter right hand but Ragnaar manages to avoid it.
Yan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ragnaar cracks Yan with a good jab.
Ragnaar rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Yan counters with a right hand to the body.
A big left from Yan misses.
Ragnaar lands an overhand right.
Ragnaar is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Yan had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Ragnaar pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ragnaar misses with an uppercut.
Ragnaar scoring well with a low kick there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ragnaar swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Yan.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yan takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Ragnaar looks to score with a jab to the body but Yan is just out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Yan misses its target.
Ragnaar lands with a straight right. Yan didn't see that one coming.
Ragnaar connects with a leg kick.
Ragnaar getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Yan misses with a body shot
and Ragnaar counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nils Ragnaar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ragnaar jabs at Yan's body.
Ragnaar goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ragnaar scores with a nice head shot.
A jab from Ragnaar does it's job there.
Ragnaar lands a nice looking body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ragnaar digs a good hook to Yan's body.
Ragnaar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ragnaar throws a low kick but Yan avoids it.
Ragnaar misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ragnaar misses with a few strikes there.
Yan is looking to counter punch.
Ragnaar paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ragnaar thuds his shin into the meat of Yan's side.
Nice defenses there by Yan.
Ragnaar rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yan tries to move into range but Ragnaar moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A good leg kick by Ragnaar.
Ragnaar throws a low kick but it's checked well by Yan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Ragnaar tenderised Yan's leg. Yan is trying to keep his angry face on.
Some bone on bone action there as Yan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Yan swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ragnaar lands with a kick to the ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yan misses the body punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Ragnaar throws a solid leg kick but Yan takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ragnaar.
Yan swings for the body but Ragnaar moves out of range.
Ragnaar lands a nice leg kick that just misses Yan's sensitive parts.
Ragnaar ducks under a wild hook from Yan.
Ragnaar scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Ragnaar jabs at Yan's body.
A big right from Yan misses.
Ragnaar let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
An inside leg kick lands from Ragnaar.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Nils Ragnaar dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Ragnaar slips a jab from Yan.
Ragnaar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ragnaar throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Yan is looking to counter punch.
That kick from Ragnaar tenderised Yan's leg. Yan is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ragnaar lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A decent looking cross lands there for Ragnaar.
Ragnaar throws a body kick that misses.
A low kick from Ragnaar is predictable there
and Yan counters with a straight right hand.
Ragnaar wants to slow Yan down by chopping away at his legs.
Ragnaar has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ragnaar misses with an uppercut.
Ragnaar throws a low kick but Yan moves out of range easily.
Ragnaar throws a body kick that misses
and Yan counters with a stiff right hand.
Ragnaar throws a lazy body kick
enabling Yan to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yan takes one to the chin there.
Yan misses with a body shot.
Yan gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nice straight punches there by Ragnaar. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ragnaar.
Ragnaar is looking to score with low kicks.
Yan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ragnaar.
An attempted straight right counter from Yan misses the target.
A cross from Ragnaar lands.
Ragnaar throws a chopping leg kick but Yan manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Ragnaar throws a low kick but it's checked well by Yan.
Ragnaar throws a right hand that misses

and Yan counters with a crisp right hand that drops Ragnaar! Yan lets Ragnaar back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Ragnaar is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yan knocks out Ragnaar with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Yan before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Yan picks up the big W with a huge KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jinjing Yan!
Jinjing Yan bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
Nils Ragnaar spoke after the fight, saying 'Gonna Train Hard Again And Get The Next Win'.