PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Namor McKenzie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erik Ragnaar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McKenzie comes to the cage accompanied by Man From Atlantis. Ragnaar has chosen Mustasch - Into The Arena as his entrance music. Erik Ragnaar has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

McKenzie
vs
Ragnaar

200 cm
34
241 lbs
27 - 13 - 1

195 cm
31
260 lbs
19 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Affordable Quality

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 27 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Namor McKenzie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Erik Ragnaar!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Donald Grub and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McKenzie moves away from the strike by Ragnaar.
Namor McKenzie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Donk. Ragnaar catches McKenzie right on the button with a cross.

It looks like Namor McKenzie has been cut.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ragnaar.
Ragnaar throws the left hand but McKenzie avoids the punch easily.
A slow jab from Ragnaar misses its intended target.
A big left from McKenzie misses.
Ragnaar uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McKenzie.

McKenzie pushes Ragnaar up against the cage in a clinch.
Ragnaar has a couple of punches blocked by McKenzie.
A head punch on the inside from Ragnaar fails to land.
Ragnaar can't find room to land a body shot as McKenzie controls the action.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McKenzie scores with a shot to the side of Ragnaar's head.

It looks like Erik Ragnaar has been cut.
Ragnaar blocks an uppercut.
McKenzie misses with a punch on the inside.
Ragnaar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McKenzie lands a left hand.
Ragnaar lands a left hand that snaps the head of McKenzie backwards.
Ragnaar lands a nice knee to the body.
McKenzie has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
McKenzie working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
McKenzie lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ragnaar backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McKenzie misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ragnaar.
Ragnaar is trying to maintain a safe position but McKenzie gets an underhook and turns Ragnaar into the cage.
McKenzie throws a punch but it's blocked by Ragnaar.
A nice right hand lands inside from McKenzie.
Ragnaar blocking some punches.
McKenzie pushes off an throws an elbow but Ragnaar leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
McKenzie scores with a shoulder strike.
Ragnaar lands a shoulder strike.
Ragnaar digs a right hand underneath McKenzie's ribcage. McKenzie let out a lung full of air as it connected.
McKenzie misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ragnaar blocking some punches.
Ragnaar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McKenzie misses with the head strike.
Ragnaar misses with some punches.
McKenzie doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ragnaar digs a right hand into McKenzie's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on McKenzie's gas tank.
Ragnaar scores with a shoulder strike.
Ragnaar lands a right hand that snaps the head of McKenzie backwards.
McKenzie prevents a body shot from Ragnaar.
McKenzie misses with a body punch.
McKenzie blocks a body shot from Ragnaar.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ragnaar landing knees to the body.
McKenzie is breathing heavily.
Ragnaar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McKenzie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ragnaar's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
McKenzie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Ragnaar.
Ragnaar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ragnaar can't find room to land a body shot as McKenzie controls the action.
Ragnaar tries to throw a body punch but McKenzie avoids it by throwing Ragnaar back against the cage.
Ragnaar takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ragnaar working aggressively here.
McKenzie lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ragnaar backwards.
McKenzie lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right from McKenzie.
McKenzie lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
McKenzie lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ragnaar has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A nice left hand lands by Ragnaar.
Ragnaar wants to stall.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ragnaar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ragnaar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Ragnaar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ragnaar swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from McKenzie lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Ragnaar has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ragnaar and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ragnaar lands a lovely overhand right.
Ragnaar avoids the body shot from McKenzie.
Ragnaar throws a solid leg kick but McKenzie takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ragnaar.
Ragnaar misses with a straight right.
McKenzie swings widly with a right hand
and Ragnaar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

McKenzie is rocked!

Namor McKenzie's cut is getting worse.
Ragnaar takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Oh McKenzie is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That has opened up Erik Ragnaar's cut even more.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ragnaar takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
McKenzie seems to have got his legs back now.
McKenzie moves out of range of the strikes.
A big right from McKenzie misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ragnaar scores with a hook.
McKenzie throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
McKenzie steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ragnaar.
McKenzie misses with a two punch combination.
McKenzie doesn't manage to clinch there - Ragnaar circles away.
Ragnaar moves out of range of the body kick.
A jab from Ragnaar misses.
McKenzie moves away from the strike by Ragnaar.
Namor McKenzie is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ragnaar.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McKenzie ducks under a wild hook from Ragnaar.
McKenzie misses with a body kick.
Ragnaar throws a shot from downtown. McKenzie moves away and avoids it.
Ragnaar avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Erik Ragnaar dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Some bone on bone action there as McKenzie checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ragnaar misses with a hook. McKenzie ducked under it nicely.
McKenzie listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
McKenzie cracks Ragnaar with a right hand to the side of the head.
McKenzie tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ragnaar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ragnaar is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McKenzie.
McKenzie throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
McKenzie misses with a looping right.
Ragnaar with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling McKenzie to score with a decent uppercut.
Ragnaar misses with a wild body shot.
Ragnaar attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
McKenzie connects with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McKenzie throws a head kick but Ragnaar moves out of range.
McKenzie misses with a low kick.
Ragnaar dodges the punch combination from McKenzie.
Ragnaar just misses with a punch to the body.
Erik Ragnaar seems to be getting the better of the standup.
McKenzie misses with an uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
McKenzie displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ragnaar throws out the jab.
Ragnaar looks to throw the jab but McKenzie is out of range.
Jab, jab by Ragnaar - just one landing.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts McKenzie, as that shot connected.
Ragnaar takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ragnaar throws a hook to the side of McKenzie's head but McKenzie sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ragnaar lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens McKenzie up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Ragnaar from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw McKenzie's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Erik Ragnaar!
A very excited looking Erik Ragnaar made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Namor McKenzie was interviewed post fight and said 'He was so slippery I think he greased himself? but you know what I'm still getting my money anyway but I he did some fishy things'.