PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Cerrone (ranked 1282 p4p, 161 weight class) and Bjorn Ragnarsson (ranked 551 p4p, 70 weight class). Bjorn Ragnarsson will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Cerrone
vs
Ragnarsson

198 cm
23
261 lbs
7 - 1 - 1

209 cm
23
278 lbs
10 - 0 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank

King of Clothes

Aspire Clothing
King of Clothes

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, David Cerrone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bjorn Ragnarsson!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Saam Ante and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cerrone looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cerrone ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ragnarsson moves away.
Cerrone tries a low kick but Ragnarsson avoids it.
Cerrone throws a leg kick which misses Ragnarsson's front leg but catches the back leg as Ragnarsson tries to avoid it.
Ragnarsson tries to land a leg kick but Cerrone saw it coming and moves away.
Cerrone is looking to counter punch.
Cerrone is looking to land body kicks.
Ragnarsson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ragnarsson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cerrone.
Cerrone with a jab.
Cerrone looks for the body kick but Ragnarsson saw that one coming.
Cerrone throws a low kick, looking for Ragnarsson's leg but Ragnarsson calmly moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Ragnarsson. Those never looked like landing.
Cerrone buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Cerrone connects with a body shot that sends Ragnarsson's belly button to the back.
Ragnarsson's coach down at Phoenix Fight Team was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Ragnarsson's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Cerrone swats away the attempt to clinch by Ragnarsson.
Cerrone fires out a quick counter leg kick but Ragnarsson just manages to avoid it.
Cerrone is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ragnarsson.
Cerrone steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ragnarsson.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ragnarsson is looking to chop away at Cerrone's legs.
Ragnarsson ducks under a wild hook from Cerrone.
Nice defenses there by Ragnarsson.
Cerrone lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cerrone swings for the body but Ragnarsson moves out of range.
Ragnarsson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Cerrone checks a low kick from Ragnarsson.
Cerrone avoids the body shot from Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Ragnarsson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cerrone sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cerrone seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Ragnarsson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cerrone.
Cerrone throws a poor cross that misses
and Cerrone takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ragnarsson avoids the body shot from Cerrone.
Nice body kick from Cerrone.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cerrone.
Ragnarsson throws a big shot that misses.
Cerrone misses the shot to the body.
Ragnarsson now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Ragnarsson misses with a jab, cross combination.
A big right from Cerrone misses.
Ragnarsson misses with the combination.
Cerrone throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cerrone tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cerrone throws a low kick but it's checked well by Ragnarsson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarsson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ragnarsson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Cerrone lands with a thumping leg kick.
A big right from Ragnarsson misses.
Cerrone throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson tries to work over Cerrone's front leg with a kick but Cerrone checks it.
Ragnarsson moves out of range of the leg kick from Cerrone.
Ragnarsson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Ragnarsson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ragnarsson checks a low kick from Cerrone.
Ragnarsson checks a leg kick.
Ragnarsson let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Ragnarsson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Cerrone takes a swing at Ragnarsson's ribcage but misses.
Cerrone throws a leg kick
and Ragnarsson counters with a straight right hand.
Cerrone throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson cracks Cerrone with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Ragnarsson lands a jab to Cerrone's midsection.
Cerrone throws a low kick but Ragnarsson moves out of range easily.
Ragnarsson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cerrone sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cerrone appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Cerrone misses with the combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Cerrone.
Cerrone looks to land a right hand but Ragnarsson moved out of range.
Cerrone changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Cerrone tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ragnarsson was well out of range. Poor timing from Cerrone.
Ragnarsson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Ragnarsson tries to clinch but Cerrone is having none of it.
Ragnarsson scores with the left hand. Cerrone knows he should have avoided that one.
Cerrone moves out of range of the leg kick from Ragnarsson.
David Cerrone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cerrone ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cerrone throws a hook but Ragnarsson blocks it.

Ragnarsson takes the fight into the clinch.
Cerrone scores with a shoulder strike.

It looks like Bjorn Ragnarsson has been cut.
Ragnarsson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ragnarsson blocks a body shot from Cerrone.
Cerrone tries to work over Ragnarsson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cerrone tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ragnarsson tries to throw a body punch but Cerrone avoids it by throwing Ragnarsson back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarsson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cerrone digs a right hand underneath Ragnarsson's ribcage. Ragnarsson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cerrone wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ragnarsson has him pressed against the cage.
Ragnarsson lands with a right to the head.

Cerrone escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ragnarsson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ragnarsson throws the left hand but Cerrone avoids the punch easily.
Cerrone keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ragnarsson.
Cerrone scoring well with a low kick there.
Cerrone thows a leg kick but Ragnarsson checks it
and Ragnarsson counters with an inside leg kick.
A slow jab from Cerrone misses its intended target.

Ragnarsson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cerrone tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cerrone fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cerrone throws a punch but it's blocked by Ragnarsson.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ragnarsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Cerrone uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cerrone is looking to break free of the clinch but Ragnarsson has double underhooks.
Cerrone lands a left hand.
Ragnarsson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cerrone's efforts to push away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that David Cerrone will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bjorn Ragnarsson's cut.
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.

Cerrone looks to score with a jab to the body but Ragnarsson is just out of range.
Cerrone scores with a kick to the midsection.
Ragnarsson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ragnarsson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cerrone throwing a counter right hand but Ragnarsson manages to avoid it.
Cerrone slips a jab from Ragnarsson.
Cerrone misses with a wild body shot.
Cerrone feints and then cracks Ragnarsson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ragnarsson down.
Jab, jab by Cerrone - just one landing.
Cerrone misses with the combination.
Ragnarsson looks to land a left hand but Cerrone moved out of range nicely.
Ragnarsson connects with an inside leg kick.
Cerrone connects with the punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ragnarsson throws a body punch but Cerrone moves out of range.
Cerrone misses with a double jab

and Ragnarsson counters by moving into the clinch.
Cerrone wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cerrone tries to work over Ragnarsson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short left from Ragnarsson.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ragnarsson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ragnarsson has a couple of punches blocked by Cerrone.
Ragnarsson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ragnarsson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ragnarsson misses with a punch on the inside.
Cerrone can't find room to land a body shot as Ragnarsson controls the action.
Ragnarsson works on Cerrone's body with a couple of short punches.
Ragnarsson prevents Cerrone from breaking the clinch.
Bjorn Ragnarsson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ragnarsson misses with a punch on the inside.
Cerrone blocks an uppercut.
Cerrone lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ragnarsson.
Cerrone misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson prevents a body shot from Cerrone.
Ragnarsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cerrone wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ragnarsson misses with a punch on the inside.
Cerrone blocking some punches.
Ragnarsson throws a punch but it's blocked by Cerrone.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cerrone.
Cerrone wants to get back to striking at distance but Ragnarsson won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarsson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cerrone throws a head punch that misses.
Ragnarsson misses with some punches.
Ragnarsson misses with a punch to the body.
Ragnarsson lands an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ragnarsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ragnarsson presses Cerrone against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cerrone doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ragnarsson lands a right hand.
Cerrone blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ragnarsson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cerrones head.
Ragnarsson lands a shot to the body.
Ragnarsson lands with a short shot to the head.
Ragnarsson lands with a short shot to the head.
Ragnarsson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ragnarsson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A shot in the inside from Ragnarsson.

Cerrone is rocked!
Ragnarsson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cerrone misses with some punches.
Ragnarsson pushes Cerrone back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarsson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Oh Cerrone is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cerrone blocking some punches.
Cerrone seems to have got his legs back now.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ragnarsson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ragnarsson pushes Cerrone against the cage. Ragnarsson is working some dirty boxing. Ragnarsson pushes off with a quick right hook! Cerrone goes down! Cerrone tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Ragnarsson moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bjorn Ragnarsson!
Bjorn Ragnarsson decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
David Cerrone was interviewed post fight and said 'Whuuuut?!?!'.