PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Erik Magnusson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gunrak Ironshield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Magnusson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Animal by Disturbed. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Magnusson
vs
Ironshield

208 cm
22
285 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

185 cm
20
278 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

BioPharm Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Erik Magnusson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gunrak Ironshield!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, John Roberts and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ironshield missing with a left hand there. Magnusson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Magnusson misses with a double jab.
Magnusson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ironshield circles away.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Magnusson is defended easily by Ironshield.
Magnusson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Erik Magnusson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Magnusson misses with a double jab.
Ironshield misses with a straight right.
Ironshield swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Magnusson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Ironshield sprawls well. Ironshield wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Magnusson gets slowly back to his feet.
A combination from Ironshield does no damage.
Magnusson misses with a hook. Ironshield ducked under it nicely.
Ironshield works Magnusson's body with a nice hook.
Magnusson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ironshield connects with a left and a right that sees a clearly hurt Magnusson covering up! Ironshield comes in with a big uppercut and Magnusson goes doooown! He's slumped up against the cage, eyes staring blankly into space.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Gunrak Ironshield!
In his post fight interview, Gunrak Ironshield started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.