PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ragnar Lodbrok (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Toyama Tokanawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lodbrok comes to the cage accompanied by If I Had a Heart. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Lodbrok
vs
Tokanawa

191 cm
25
213 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
199 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ragnar Lodbrok!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Toyama Tokanawa!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lodbrok scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Tokanawa has hold of Lodbrok's hands but Lodbrok slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Lodbrok working Tokanawa over with strikes.
Lodbrok will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Tokanawa is not content to let Lodbrok control the position.
Lodbrok trying to pass the guard but Tokanawa defending well.
Lodbrok missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Tokanawa makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Tokanawa.
Lodbrok has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tokanawa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lodbrok lands a couple of digs.
Lodbrok makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Tokanawa wants to stand but Lodbrok is controlling the position.
Tokanawa is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Lodbrok scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tokanawa is trying to control the position but Lodbrok postures up.
Lodbrok controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Toyama Tokanawa hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Lodbrok dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tokanawa moves in looking to clinch but Lodbrok pushes him off.

Lodbrok darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Lodbrok wants to pass to mount but Tokanawa is defending the position.
Tokanawa is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Lodbrok scores with a couple of nice shots.
Lodbrok is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tokanawa looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Tokanawa looks winded!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lodbrok is nestled in close to Tokanawa, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Tokanawa has hold of Lodbrok's hands but Lodbrok slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Lodbrok tries to pass the half guard into mount. Tokanawa knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Lodbrok is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Lodbrok drops an elbow to the side of Tokanawa's head.
Lodbrok working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Lodbrok wants to control but Tokanawa is keeping him busy.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Lodbrok lands a nice short elbow.
Ground and pound from Lodbrok.
Tokanawa is trying to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lodbrok working the head and body with strikes.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Lodbrok connects with a nice short shot to Tokanawa's temple.
Lodbrok moves nicely into side control.
Lodbrok is working Tokanawa over with some ground and pound from side control.
Lodbrok cracks Tokanawa with a big right hand but Tokanawa just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Lodbrok landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lodbrok lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Lodbrok landing strikes.
Lodbrok looks up at the clock and then as Tokanawa takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Lodbrok smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Lodbrok is working Tokanawa over with some ground and pound from side control.

Tokanawa is rocked!
Lodbrok lands some shots froms side control.
Lodbrok lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Tokanawa down.
Tokanawa is still in real trouble! Can Lodbrok finish him?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lodbrok landing a few strikes.
Lodbrok cracks Tokanawa with a big elbow.
A big shot lands for Lodbrok! That's hurt Tokanawa! Will he recover? Lodbrok fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ragnar Lodbrok!
After winning the bout, Ragnar Lodbrok thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.