PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ragnar Odin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeden Island Jedeni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Odin
vs
Island Jedeni

197 cm
25
212 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

172 cm
25
204 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Experienced

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 Odin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jeden Island Jedeni!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Sandra Marshall and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jedeni moves into the clinch.
Jedeni leaning against his opponent.
Jedeni jumps guard but Odin turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Jedeni's coach down at KING OF PAIN was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Jedeni's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Jedeni jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Odin walks away with a smile on his face. Jedeni gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Jedeni shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Jedeni was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Odin explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Jedeni misses with a left hand
and Odin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Odin looks to land a left hand but Jedeni moved out of range nicely.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Jedeni has eaten all the pies!

Jedeni gets the takedown into side control.
Odin is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Jedeni wants to lay and pray for a moment but Odin keeps working.
Odin wants to control but Jedeni postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jedeni creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Odin sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Jedeni lands a decent elbow from side control.

It looks like Ragnar Odin has been cut.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jedeni scores with a couple of short elbows.
Jedeni working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Odin sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Jedeni thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Odin's head.
Odin wants to control but Jedeni is keeping busy.
Jedeni is keen to just control but Odin is a slippery customer.
Jedeni looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Jedeni thows a huge punch but Odin dodges it nicely.
Jedeni landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Odin is rocked!
Jedeni seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Oh Odin is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Odin tries to get to full guard but Jedeni has control of the leg.
Jedeni lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Odin quite badly. Odin pulls Jedeni in close trying to recover. Jedeni postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Odin on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Odin doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jeden Island Jedeni!