PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ragnar Ragnarsson (ranked 3168 p4p, 345 weight class) and Paavo Sienipesu (ranked 3608 p4p, 381 weight class). Paavo Sienipesu will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Ragnarsson
vs
Sienipesu

170 cm
20
220 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

189 cm
20
220 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Sportivité

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ragnar Ragnarsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Paavo Sienipesu!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Trevor Gratis and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ragnarsson misses with a hook to the body
enabling Sienipesu to counter with a crisp jab.
Ragnarsson cracks Sienipesu with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

It looks like Paavo Sienipesu has been cut.
Sienipesu looks to land a left hand but Ragnarsson moved out of range nicely.
Ragnarsson walks into a jab.
Ragnarsson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nice straight punches there by Ragnarsson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ragnarsson.
Sienipesu takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Ragnarsson rushes Sienipesu and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ragnarsson pushes Sienipesu back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ragnarsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Sienipesu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ragnarsson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ragnarsson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sienipesu tries to throw a body punch but Ragnarsson avoids it by throwing Sienipesu back against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ragnarsson lands a shot to the body.
Ragnarsson misses with some punches.
Sienipesu misses with a punch to the body.
Ragnarsson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sienipesu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sienipesu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ragnarsson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sienipesu misses with a punch on the inside.
Ragnarsson lands with a right to the head.
Sienipesu misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ragnarsson.
Sienipesu struggles to land a body shot inside as Ragnarsson controls his hands.
A short uppercut from Sienipesu.
Ragnarsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ragnarsson working aggressively here.
Ragnarsson misses with some punches.
Sienipesu has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Ragnarsson seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Sienipesu can turn it around.
Ragnarsson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sienipesu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sienipesu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ragnarsson lands a nice uppercut.
Ragnarsson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ragnarsson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ragnarsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ragnarsson lands a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ragnarsson can't find room to land a body shot as Sienipesu controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarsson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ragnarsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Sienipesu uses good head movement to avoid it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ragnarsson.

Sienipesu is rocked!

That has opened up Paavo Sienipesu's cut even more.
Ragnarsson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sienipesu is still on wobbly legs! Can Ragnarsson finish him?
Ragnarsson throws a big uppercut that drops Sienipesu! More strikes from Ragnarsson and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Sienipesu lies dazed against the cage as Ragnarsson celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ragnar Ragnarsson!