PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ragnar Bjornson (ranked 3456 p4p, 6035 weight class) and Austin Norris (ranked 405 p4p, 517 weight class). Austin Norris has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Ragnar Bjornson's chin.

Bjornson
vs
Norris

180 cm
18
200
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
18
150
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ragnar Bjornson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Austin Norris!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Illya Tyunina and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Norris fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bjornson checks the leg kick nicely there.
A low kick from Bjornson misses
and Norris counters with a slapping leg kick.
Bjornson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Norris.
Norris throws a solid leg kick but Bjornson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Norris.
Bjornson seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.

Bjornson darts in and clinches Norris up against the cage.
Norris is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Norris throws a punch but it's blocked by Bjornson.
Norris pushes off an throws an elbow but Bjornson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Bjornson has clasped his hands together around Norris's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Bjornson is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Norris will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Bjornson lands a decent elbow from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
Norris struggling a bit here.
A lull in the action here as Bjornson stalls from top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Bjornson is chipping away with strikes.
Norris is trying to improve his position.
Bjornson in side control lands a decent elbow.
Check out the look on Bjornson's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Bjornson lands a decent elbow from side control.
Bjornson takes a little break here. Norris wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norris is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Bjornson is working Norris over with some ground and pound from side control.
Bjornson lands a decent elbow from side control.
Bjornson scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Norris to see if he's OK.
Bjornson cracks Norris with a big elbow.

Norris is rocked!
Bjornson content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bjornson scoring with punches from side control.
Bjornson cracks Norris with a big elbow.
Norris is still in real trouble! Can Bjornson finish him?
Norris is looking to reverse the position.
Bjornson cracks Norris with an elbow. That is naaassty.
We've been informed that Norris has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Bjornson passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Norris!
Norris seems to have recovered his senses.
Norris wants to hold on but Bjornson pushes him away.
Bjornson 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.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Norris tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bjornson controlling the position easily from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Norris wants to hold on but Bjornson pushes him away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ragnar Bjornson dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Norris misses with a leg kick

and Bjornson counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Bjornson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Ground and pound from Bjornson.
Bjornson is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Norris has hold of Bjornson's hands but Bjornson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Bjornson slows the pace down in half guard.
Bjornson seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Norris for as long as he can get away with.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bjornson has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bjornson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Bjornson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bjornson perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Bjornson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Norris wants to get back to his feet.
Norris punching from the bottom.
Bjornson is nestled in close to Norris, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bjornson frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Bjornson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Bjornson lands a big shot there that rocks Norris but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Bjornson lands a big elbow.
Bjornson lands a heavy shot. That's hurt Norris! Bjornson sees the opportunity and turns up the heat - strike after strike land to the defenseless Norris and the ref dives in to save him! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Ragnar Bjornson!
Ragnar Bjornson decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.