PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bjorn Ragnar (ranked 608 p4p, 81 weight class) and Andriy Voronin (ranked 843 p4p, 115 weight class). Ragnar comes into the arena with Shook Ones II blaring out of the sound system. Bjorn Ragnar could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Andriy Voronin's chin.

Ragnar
vs
Voronin

186 cm
40
195 lbs
40 - 19 - 0

186 cm
30
195 lbs
20 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

UnderGround Clothing Co.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 40 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bjorn Ragnar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andriy Voronin!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shirou Masuda and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Voronin misses with a two punch combination.
Voronin throws a lazy head kick
and Ragnar counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Voronin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
It looked like Ragnar was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Voronin throws a head kick but Ragnar moves out of range.
Voronin throws a head kick that misses.
Ragnar throws a quick counter kick to the body but Voronin avoids it.
Voronin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ragnar counters with a nice low kick that buckles Voronin's knee momentarily.
Ragnar turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ragnar blocks the body kick.
Voronin tried to score with a low kick but Ragnar checks it.
Ragnar lands with a cross.
Voronin tries a head kick but it misses.
Ragnar uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Voronin.
Ragnar lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ragnar avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ragnar scores with a leg kick.
Ragnar takes a swing at Voronin's ribcage but misses.
Ragnar looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ragnar scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Voronin doesn't seem bothered though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ragnar checks the leg kick.
Voronin throws a lazy uppercut
and Ragnar makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Voronin throws a low kick but it's checked well by Ragnar.
Ragnar fires out a quick counter leg kick but Voronin just manages to avoid it.
Ragnar lands a nice hook to Voronin's body. Voronin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ragnar misses with a body shot.
Ragnar fails to land with a series of punches.
Crunch! Voronin slams his shin into Ragnar's torso.
Ragnar looks to land a body kick but Voronin moved away.
Nice defenses there by Voronin.
Voronin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ragnar tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ragnar uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Voronin.
Ragnar lands a nice shot to the body.
Voronin blocks a head kick by Ragnar.
Voronin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Voronin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Voronin misses with a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voronin connects with a body shot.
Ragnar throws the kick towards the body but Voronin avoids it.
Voronin is looking to score with low kicks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Voronin tried to score with a low kick but Ragnar checks it.
Ragnar throwing a counter right hand but Voronin manages to avoid it.

Voronin has managed to clinch.
Voronin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ragnar scores with a nice hook to the head.
Voronin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ragnar tries to break the clinch but Voronin is controlling the position.
Ragnar lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ragnar working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ragnar working hard to break the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Voronin.
Ragnar lands a right hand that snaps the head of Voronin backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Voronin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voronin working aggressively here.
Voronin is leaning against Ragnar and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ragnar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ragnar stalling the fight.
A shot in the inside from Voronin.
Ragnar throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Voronin misses with a punch on the inside.
Ragnar taking a breather.
Ragnar tries to break the clinch but Voronin is controlling the position.
Ragnar blocks a body shot from Voronin.
Voronin misses with the head strike.
Ragnar pushes Voronin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Voronin lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ragnar.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ragnar.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Voronin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Voronin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ragnar tries to break the clinch but Voronin is controlling the position.
Ragnar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short left from Voronin.
Ragnar throws a punch but it's blocked by Voronin.
Ragnar lands with a right to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ragnar misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice left hand lands by Voronin.
Ragnar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Voronin lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ragnar or not.
Voronin scores with a shoulder strike.
Ragnar takes a shot to the head.
Ragnar blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Ragnar breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Andriy Voronin will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Voronin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ragnar finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Voronin now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Ragnar misses with a body shot.
Ragnar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ragnar is looking to land body kicks.
Voronin throws a lazy right hand but Ragnar sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Voronin takes a swing at Ragnar's ribcage but misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Voronin.
Voronin throws a hook but Ragnar blocks it.
Bjorn Ragnar is winning the standup battle so far.
Ragnar connects with a body shot that sends Voronin's belly button to the back.
Ragnar moves out of range as Voronin strikes.
Ragnar misses with a straight right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ragnar is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Voronin.
Ragnar missing with a left hand there. Voronin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A little jabbing left from Voronin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Voronin slips a jab from Ragnar.
Voronin's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ragnar under the eye.
Nice shot by Voronin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Voronin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Voronin pushes Ragnar away with a front kick.
Voronin works Ragnar's body with a nice hook.
Voronin misses with a looping left.
Voronin misses with a body kick.
Ragnar thows a body kick. Voronin tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Voronin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A slow jab from Voronin misses its intended target.
Voronin blocks a head kick by Ragnar.
Voronin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Voronin throws a jab when Ragnar was well out of range.
Voronin looks to throw the jab but Ragnar is out of range.
Ragnar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Voronin was well out of range. Poor timing from Ragnar.
Voronin does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ragnar throws a leg kick but Voronin moved away.
Voronin throws a head kick but Ragnar moves out of range.
Voronin slips a straight right by Ragnar.
Voronin jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Ragnar.
Voronin throws a body shot but no joy.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ragnar.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ragnar throws a body punch but Voronin moves out of range.
Voronin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ragnar.
Voronin walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Ragnar fakes the leg kick and cracks Voronin in the body.
Ragnar takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

It looks like Bjorn Ragnar has been cut.
A lazy body kick from Voronin
and Ragnar counters with a nice body shot.
That kick from Ragnar tenderised Voronin's leg. Voronin is trying to keep his angry face on.
Voronin looks to land a body kick but Ragnar moved away.
A shot to the body from Voronin misses
and Ragnar counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Voronin throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Ragnar throws a half hearted mid kick.
Voronin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Voronin throws a body punch but Ragnar moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ragnar throws a body punch but Voronin moves out of range.
An inside leg kick from Ragnar misses.
Ragnar lands a nice shot that snaps Voronin's head back.
Ragnar throws out a powerful jab.
Voronin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A punch lands to the side of Voronin 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Ragnar walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Voronin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ragnar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Voronin darts in and clinches Ragnar up against the cage.
Voronin struggles to land a body shot inside as Ragnar controls his hands.
Ragnar tries a body shot but Voronin blocks it.
Voronin misses with some punches.
Voronin tries to throw a body punch but Ragnar avoids it by throwing Voronin back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ragnar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ragnar slows down the pace here.
Voronin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ragnar backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Voronin letting Ragnar take a breather here.
Ragnar misses with a hook to the ribs.
Voronin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Voronin throws a head punch that misses.
Ragnar throws a punch but it's blocked by Voronin.
Voronin's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Voronin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ragnar tries to break free but Voronin pushes him back against the cage.
Ragnar lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Andriy Voronin will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Bjorn Ragnar's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Ragnar throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Voronin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Voronin throws a right hand that misses
and Ragnar counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Voronin thinking.
Ragnar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Voronin.
Ragnar lands with a good body shot.
Voronin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Voronin is looking to chop away at Ragnar's legs.
Voronin is looking to slow Ragnar down with leg kicks.
Ragnar misses with a head kick.
A jab from Voronin misses.
Ragnar swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Voronin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ragnar appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Voronin drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Voronin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ragnar throws a body shot but no joy.
An inside leg kick from Ragnar misses.
Voronin just misses with a punch to the body.
Jab from Voronin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ragnar connects with the punch.
Voronin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Voronin misses with a left hand
and Ragnar counters with a nice uppercut.
Voronin tries a head kick but it misses.
Ragnar avoids a kick to the body.
Voronin looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A slow jab from Voronin misses its intended target.
Ragnar is looking to slow Voronin down with leg kicks.
Voronin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Voronin gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ragnar thuds a left hand into Voronin's body.
Voronin tried to score with a low kick but Ragnar checks it.
Voronin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ragnar.
Voronin scores with a head kick. Ragnar tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ragnar lands a leg kick that knocks Voronin off balance momentarily.
Ragnar drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Ragnar does it's job there.
Ragnar scores with the left hand. Voronin knows he should have avoided that one.
Voronin throws a poor cross that misses
and Ragnar counters with a nice uppercut.
Ragnar cracks Voronin with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Voronin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ragnar takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ragnar tests Voronin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Voronin misses with a lunging right hand
and Ragnar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ragnar swings away with a leg kick that misses.
No joy there for Voronin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ragnar checks the leg kick.
Ragnar lands a jab to the head.
Ragnar thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Voronin if he has to take too many more of those.
Voronin misses with a low kick.
Ragnar lands with a good body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ragnar tries a low kick but Voronin avoids it.
Voronin appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Ragnar uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Voronin.
Ragnar throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Voronin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ragnar slips under a jab from Voronin.
Ragnar clobbers Voronin with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Voronin looks to throw the jab but Ragnar is out of range.
Ragnar walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Ragnar buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ragnar, right into the meat.
Ragnar throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Voronin to counter with a crisp jab.
Ragnar lands a nice shot that snaps Voronin's head back.
Voronin feints and then cracks Ragnar's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ragnar down.
Voronin just misses with a punch to the body.
Ragnar moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ragnar misses with a hook. Voronin ducked under it nicely.
Andriy Voronin is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ragnar throws an overhand right that lands on Voronin's shoulder, as Voronin tries to avoid the shot.
Voronin has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Ragnar throws a low kick but it's checked well by Voronin.
Voronin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Voronin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Voronin, as that shot connected.
Ragnar throws a lazy head kick
and Voronin counters with a nice body shot.
Ragnar throws a body kick that misses
and Voronin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A big left from Ragnar misses.
Ragnar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Voronin manages to avoid it.
Ragnar throws a leg kick
and Voronin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Voronin throws out a loose jab but Ragnar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Voronin throws out a loose jab but Ragnar uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Voronin on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A jab from Voronin misses.
Ragnar tried to counter with a leg kick but Voronin avoided it.
Ragnar misses with a straight right.
Bjorn Ragnar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ragnar takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Bjorn Ragnar.
I think Voronin has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:29
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:28

The fight is ruled a draw!