PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ali Hasanov (ranked 5258 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thor Ragnarok (ranked 5552 p4p, 0 weight class). Ali Hasanov has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Hasanov
vs
Ragnarok

184 cm
22
211 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

192 cm
25
204 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ali Hasanov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Thor Ragnarok!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Valeri Chadov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hasanov rushes Ragnarok and presses him up against the cage.

Hasanov gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Hasanov advances position into side control!
Hasanov controls the position.
Ragnarok felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Ragnarok struggling a bit here.
Hasanov advances to full mount.
Hasanov wants to control the pace but Ragnarok is squirming around nicely.

Hasanov looking for a guillotine from mount but Ragnarok is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Hasanov working for a submission but Ragnarok is keeping him at bay.
Hasanov looking to ground and pound but Ragnarok is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hasanov looking to finish with strikes here!
Ragnarok is in all sorts of trouble here.
Ragnarok is squirming around, avoiding Hasanov's attempts to control the action.
Ragnarok really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hasanov. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hasanov looking to finish with strikes here!
Hasanov tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Ragnarok is trying desperately to improve position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hasanov is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Ragnarok can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Hasanov throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Ragnarok is wriggling around trying to escape.

Hasanov looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Ragnarok tries to reverse the position but Hasanov maintains control.
Hasanov has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hasanov controlling the position easily from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hasanov is working for a guillotine from mount but Ragnarok frees his head quite easily.
Ragnarok is trying desperately to improve position.
Ragnarok wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Hasanov.
Ragnarok is in a horrible position here. Hasanov smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Ragnarok is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hasanov controlling the position easily from mount.
Hasanov has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Ragnarok's face.
Hasanov tries to control but Ragnarok wriggling away.
Hasanov raining down shots from the mount!
Hasanov lands a big elbow.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hasanov controlling his opponent.
Hasanov trying to control but Ragnarok is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ali Hasanov dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Ragnarok tries to sprawl but Hasanov drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Ragnarok pushes Hasanov off but Hasanov dives into side control.
Hasanov wants to control but Ragnarok is keeping him busy.
Hasanov creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Ragnarok sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Hasanov throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Hasanov throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ragnarok tries to improve position but can't.
Ragnarok managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Hasanov.
Ali Hasanov overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Hasanov has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Ragnarok is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Hasanov yanks on the arm and Ragnarok is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Hasanov.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ali Hasanov!