PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Milos Ragnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kazaki Eskot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ragnar comes to the cage accompanied by The ice man. Kazaki Eskot acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Ragnar
vs
Eskot

178 cm
25
154 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

179 cm
25
150 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight 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, Milos Ragnar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kazaki Eskot!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Santiago Holmes and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Eskot decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Eskot gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ragnar is trying to break the clinch but Eskot has him pressed against the cage.

Eskot gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Ragnar wants to control but Eskot is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Ragnar is looking for a sweep. Eskot is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Eskot decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Ragnar plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice takedown defense from Eskot. No joy for Ragnar on that attempt.
Eskot feints the counter takedown.

Eskot moves into the clinch.
Eskot throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ragnar blocks it with crossed arms.
Eskot prevents Ragnar from breaking the clinch.

Eskot lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Eskot decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Ragnar lands a head kick!

Eskot gets a takedown into half guard.

Eskot decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Ragnar misses with a head kick.
Eskot tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Ragnar throws a sloppy head kick and Eskot moves out of range easily.

Eskot darts in and clinches Ragnar up against the cage.
Eskot lands a right hand.

Eskot lands a takedown into guard.

Eskot stands and steps away. Ragnar gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Eskot moves into the clinch.
Eskot working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ragnar wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Eskot lands with a light punch inside.
Eskot tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Eskot working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Eskot misses with a knee to the head.
Eskot lands with a light punch inside.
Eskot lands with a short shot to the head.
Ragnar is trying to push Eskot away but Eskot has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Eskot creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Eskot has Ragnar pressed against the cage, preventing Ragnar from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Eskot turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!

Eskot decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Eskot ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eskot tries to score a power double leg takedown but Ragnar sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Eskot somewhat.
Eskot looks winded!
Ragnar fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Eskot misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Eskot shoots in looking for a takedown. Ragnar tries to sprawl out of it but Eskot keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ragnar manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Eskot takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice sprawl there from Eskot as Ragnar shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Milos Ragnar. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Eskot has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ragnar landing knees to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ragnar trying to land knees to the body.

Ragnar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Eskot closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Ragnar quickly recovers to half guard.
Eskot wants to stand but his hand is trapped. Ragnar uses the opportunity to regain full guard.
Eskot wants to stand but Ragnar has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Ragnar is on top in guard.

This has been an exciting period of action!
Ragnar wants to control from the top but Eskot keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kazaki Eskot dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Eskot takes a kick to the side of the head.

Eskot pushes Ragnar up against the cage in a clinch.
Ragnar wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ragnar looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Eskot prevents Ragnar from breaking the clinch.
Eskot throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ragnar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ragnar wants to break the clinch but can't.
Eskot working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Eskot has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Eskot wants the takedown. Ragnar is fighting it off but Eskot persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Ragnar's guard against the cage.

Ragnar working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Eskot doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Ragnar is tightening it up a little... Eskot has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Eskot reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Eskot taps out! Nice BJJ there by Ragnar!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Milos Ragnar!
Milos Ragnar spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.