PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randall Cunningham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bjorn Ragnarsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Randall Cunningham has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Cunningham
vs
Ragnarsson

188 cm
38
210 lbs
30 - 19 - 1

190 cm
28
210 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

Sully's Bar & Grill
KAISER

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 30 - 19 - 1, fighting out of New York, Randall Cunningham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bjorn Ragnarsson!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Andrew Berry and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cunningham getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Good shot there by Cunningham.
Cunningham lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Cunningham will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cunningham wants to clinch
and Ragnarsson counters with a thumping low kick.
Ragnarsson lands with a right hand.
Cunningham definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Cunningham scores with a kick to the midsection.
Good standup being displayed there by Cunningham as he connects with a hook.
Cunningham bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ragnarsson's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cunningham misses with an uppercut.
Ragnarsson walks into a stiff left hand from Cunningham.
Cunningham doesn't manage to clinch there - Ragnarsson circles away.
Ragnarsson throws out a loose jab but Cunningham uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cunningham looks to land a right hand but Ragnarsson moved out of range.
Cunningham thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cunningham takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cunningham throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cunningham takes a swing at Ragnarsson's ribcage but misses.
Ragnarsson takes one on the button.
Cunningham works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Cunningham tries to work over Ragnarsson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ragnarsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cunningham is leaning against Ragnarsson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Cunningham misses with a punch to the body.
Ragnarsson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ragnarsson prevents a body shot from Cunningham.

Cunningham breaks the clinch.
A shot to the liver by Cunningham. Beautiful body shot.
Cunningham throws a leg kick that misses.
Cunningham looks to land a right hand but Ragnarsson moved out of range.
A nice side step and Ragnarsson releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Cunningham misses with a kick to the body
and Ragnarsson counters with a nice body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarsson tests Cunningham's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ragnarsson lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Cunningham throws a push kick but Ragnarsson slaps the foot to one side.
Ragnarsson appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

Ragnarsson clinches.
Cunningham misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ragnarsson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ragnarsson lands with a left to the head.
Ragnarsson lands with a light punch inside.
Cunningham tries to throw a body punch but Ragnarsson avoids it by throwing Cunningham back against the cage.
Cunningham trying to control the position but instead, Ragnarsson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cunningham into the cage.
Ragnarsson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ragnarsson is working Cunningham over against the cage.
Ragnarsson gets through Cunningham's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Cunningham fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarsson lands a hook that snaps the head of Cunningham backwards.
Ragnarsson scores with a knee to the head.
Cunningham misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ragnarsson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Cunningham is breathing heavily.
Ragnarsson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cunningham takes a shot to the head.
Ragnarsson scores with a shoulder strike.
Ragnarsson has Cunningham pressed against the cage, preventing Cunningham from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ragnarsson tries a body shot but Cunningham blocks it.
Ragnarsson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ragnarsson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cunningham backwards.
Cunningham tries to score a body lock takedown but Ragnarsson shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Ragnarsson lands a right hand.
Ragnarsson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cunningham avoiding damage as Ragnarsson throws knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ragnarsson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Cunningham.
A hook to the body from Ragnarsson.
A body shot lands from Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cunningham backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarsson lands a knee to the body.
Cunningham blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ragnarsson pushes Cunningham back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ragnarsson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ragnarsson working Cunningham over with knees to the body.
Ragnarsson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cunningham backwards.
Still in the clinch, Ragnarsson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ragnarsson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cunningham's face.
Ragnarsson crunches a lovely knee into Cunningham's ribcage.
Ragnarsson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Cunningham is rocked!
Ragnarsson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Oh Cunningham is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cunningham has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Cunningham seems to have got his legs back now.
Ragnarsson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Cunningham up against the cage.
Ragnarsson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ragnarsson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cunningham.
Ragnarsson throws a head punch that misses.
Ragnarsson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bjorn Ragnarsson dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Cunningham takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cunningham lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ragnarsson's sensitive parts.
Randall Cunningham seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cunningham throws a body punch but Ragnarsson moves out of range.

Ragnarsson closes the distance and pushes Cunningham back into the cage.
Ragnarsson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ragnarsson lands an uppercut.
Ragnarsson working aggressively here.
Cunningham effectively controlling the action here.
Ragnarsson missing with knees to the body.
Ragnarsson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ragnarsson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cunningham is trying to maintain a safe position but Ragnarsson gets an underhook and turns Cunningham into the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Ragnarsson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Cunningham breaks the clinch.
Ragnarsson cracks Cunningham with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Ragnarsson moves into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A body shot lands from Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ragnarsson scores with a shot to the side of Cunningham's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ragnarsson is working Cunningham over against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ragnarsson lands with a short shot to the head.
Ragnarsson pushes Cunningham back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ragnarsson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ragnarsson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cunningham blocks a body shot from Ragnarsson.
Cunningham takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ragnarsson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ragnarsson unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Cunningham! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Ragnarsson is unloading with more strikes now! Cunningham drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bjorn Ragnarsson!
A victorious Bjorn Ragnarsson thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.