PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ragnar Ragnarsson (ranked 2802 p4p, 346 weight class) and Juan De Souza (ranked 2377 p4p, 301 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ragnarsson
vs
De Souza

170 cm
21
220 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

185 cm
21
210 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 8 - 4 - 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 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Juan De Souza!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Ian Loll and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ragnarsson looks to score with a jab to the body but De Souza is just out of range.
De Souza misses with a hook. Ragnarsson ducked under it nicely.
Ragnarsson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between De Souza's hands.
Ragnarsson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
De Souza showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson throws a hook but De Souza avoids it easily.
Ragnarsson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
De Souza shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ragnarsson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and De Souza cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

It looks like Ragnar Ragnarsson has been cut.
A swing and a miss from De Souza.
Ragnarsson misses with a hook to the body
enabling De Souza to counter with a crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Ragnarsson clinches up with De Souza and pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza avoiding damage as Ragnarsson throws knees to the body.
De Souza fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A nice left hand lands by Ragnarsson.
De Souza swings wildly with an uppercut but Ragnarsson uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Souza tries to circle away but Ragnarsson has him pinned against the cage.
De Souza wants to break free but Ragnarsson has control.
De Souza is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Ragnarsson - that landed with a thud.
Ragnarsson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A right handed body shot lands from Ragnarsson.
De Souza looks winded!
Ragnarsson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt De Souza or not.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson scores with a nice hook to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Ragnarsson.
De Souza looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Ragnarsson gets through De Souza's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ragnarsson pushes De Souza back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ragnarsson missing with knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ragnarsson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ragnarsson lands with a left to the head.
Ragnarsson lands with a short punch from the clinch.

De Souza is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarsson scores with a shot to the side of De Souza's head.
De Souza is still on wobbly legs! Can Ragnarsson finish him?
Ragnarsson lands with a left to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ragnarsson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ragnarsson creates a bit of space for himself and rocks De Souza with a big uppercut! De Souza tries to clinch up but Ragnarsson pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples De Souza to the mat! De Souza covers up and Ragnarsson unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Ragnar Ragnarsson!