PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alfred Hammarskjold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Katla Vanagandr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hammarskjold might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Rasmus på luffen - Luffarvisan. Alfred Hammarskjold could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Katla Vanagandr's chin.

Hammarskjold
vs
Vanagandr

183 cm
25
290 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

199 cm
26
230 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Fast

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alfred Hammarskjold!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Katla Vanagandr!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Viktor Lagutenko and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vanagandr dodges the punch combination from Hammarskjold.
Vanagandr throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hammarskjold's waist but Hammarskjold gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Vanagandr off to one side.
Hammarskjold rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Vanagandr moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Vanagandr fails with a takedown attempt.

Hammarskjold closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Vanagandr taking a bit of punishment here - Hammarskjold scoring with strikes.

It looks like Katla Vanagandr has been cut.
Vanagandr wants to get back to his feet but Hammarskjold drags him back down.
Hammarskjold 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.
Hammarskjold lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Vanagandr down.

That has opened up Katla Vanagandr's cut even more.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hammarskjold working the head and body with strikes.

The cut above Katla Vanagandr's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Vanagandr wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Vanagandr really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hammarskjold. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hammarskjold lands a few punches from side control.

Katla Vanagandr's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Katla Vanagandr's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Alfred Hammarskjold!
Alfred Hammarskjold retains his heavyweight title!
Alfred Hammarskjold decided to call for a title shot in his post fight interview, which was very strange given the fact this fight was for a title and he's already the champion. I guess that's what getting punched in the head does for you.