PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kelvin Handleman (ranked 1715 p4p, 251 weight class) and Ophelius Ragnar (ranked 3001 p4p, 411 weight class). Handleman's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Pride FC Theme. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Handleman
vs
Ragnar

176 cm
30
210 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

191 cm
22
222 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Sully's Bar & Grill
Freebok (85% Laundry)

Conviction

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 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kelvin Handleman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ophelius Ragnar!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Gwen Towbar and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ragnar digs a good hook to Handleman's body.
Ragnar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Handleman misses with a looping left.
Ragnar looks to throw the jab but Handleman is out of range.
Ragnar slips under a jab from Handleman.
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.
Ragnar moves out of range as Handleman strikes.
Ragnar connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ragnar slips a jab from Handleman.
Ragnar misses with a low kick.
A swing and a miss from Handleman.
Ragnar is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Ragnar fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ragnar misses with a hook to the body
and Handleman counters with a stiff right hand.
Ragnar thumps Handleman with a low kick.
A swing and a miss from Handleman.
Ragnar throws a body punch but Handleman moves out of range.
Ragnar lands a nice looking body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ragnar lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Handleman swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Ragnar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Handleman misses with an uppercut. Ragnar saw that one coming.
Ragnar gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Ragnar takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ragnar lands a nice hook to Handleman's body. Handleman takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ragnar has a takedown stuffed.
It looked like Handleman wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ragnar slips under a jab from Handleman.
Ragnar only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Ragnar lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Handleman uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ragnar has time to react.
Ragnar throws a sloppy body shot
and Handleman counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Handleman swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ragnar throws out a loose jab but Handleman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Handleman connects with a combination that backs up Ragnar into the cage. Handleman lands a flurry of punches that gets past Ragnar's guard. Ragnar is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! Handleman bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kelvin Handleman!
An out of breath and clearly excited Kelvin Handleman thanked Freebok (85% Laundry) for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).