PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Benny Andersson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bjorn Ragnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ragnar is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Shook Ones II. Bjorn Ragnar has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Benny Andersson's chin.

Andersson
vs
Ragnar

186 cm
20
212 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

186 cm
22
217 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Benny Andersson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Bjorn Ragnar!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Paul Tew and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andersson misses the shot to the body.
Ragnar scores with a punch to the head.
Ragnar lands a nice leg kick that just misses Andersson's sensitive parts.
Andersson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ragnar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Andersson swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Ragnar blocks a jab.
Andersson scores with the left hand. Ragnar knows he should have avoided that one.
Bjorn Ragnar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ragnar misses the jab.
Andersson seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Nice defenses there by Andersson.
A cross from Ragnar lands.
Andersson thuds a left hand into Ragnar's body.
Andersson avoids the body shot from Ragnar.
Andersson appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Ragnar jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ragnar throws a body punch but Andersson moves out of range.
It looked like Andersson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ragnar throws a head kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andersson blocks a jab.
Ragnar works Andersson's body with a nice hook.
Andersson scores with a jab to the body.
Ragnar has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Andersson just misses with a punch to the body.
A nice side step and Ragnar releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Andersson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ragnar was well out of range. Poor timing from Andersson.
Ragnar throws a hook but Andersson avoids it easily.
Ragnar misses the body punch
and Andersson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Bjorn Ragnar has been cut.
Andersson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ragnar moves away.
Ragnar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Andersson was well out of range. Poor timing from Ragnar.
Nice defenses there by Andersson.
Ragnar misses with a looping left.
Ragnar takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ragnar throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Andersson.
Andersson throws a chopping leg kick but Ragnar manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ragnar throws an off balance right hand
and Andersson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ragnar tries to bum rush Andersson with a series of wild strikes but Andersson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Andersson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Andersson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ragnar.
Andersson lands a two punch combo.
Andersson cracks Ragnar with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ragnar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Andersson circles away quickly and effectively.
Ragnar moves out of range of the leg kick from Andersson.
Ragnar swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ragnar connects with a body shot that sends Andersson's belly button to the back.
Ragnar is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Andersson.
Ragnar gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Andersson misses with an uppercut.
Andersson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ragnar.
A looping hook to the body misses from Andersson. Ragnar does a little dance to reset his feet.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ragnar! But no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ragnar blocks a leg kick.
Ragnar lands an overhand right.
Andersson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Ragnar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Andersson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A quick step to the side and Andersson tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ragnar connects with a single shot there.
Andersson lands with a right hand.
Decent striking displayed by Andersson there.
Ragnar lands with a nice body kick.
Andersson just misses with a punch to the body.
Ragnar throws out a counter right but Andersson avoids it with no problem.
Ragnar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Andersson.
Andersson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ragnar was well out of range. Poor timing from Andersson.
Andersson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ragnar.
Andersson throws a shot from downtown. Ragnar moves away and avoids it.
A big left from Andersson misses.
Andersson is looking to wear down Ragnar with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ragnar gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ragnar swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Andersson counters with a straight right hand.
Andersson is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Andersson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ragnar throws an off balance right hand
and Andersson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That has opened up Bjorn Ragnar's cut even more.
Ragnar scores with a leg kick.
Andersson lands a jab to the nose.
Andersson misses with a wild body shot.
Ragnar takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Ragnar is rocked!
Andersson is stalking Ragnar. Ragnar circles to his left. Keeps circling left. Bam! Straight right from Andersson, and it's lights out! Ragnar really payed the price for that rookie mistake.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Benny Andersson!
Benny Andersson retains his light heavyweight title!