PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruin Ritcey (ranked 1546 p4p, 1355 weight class) and Havar Bjornbak (ranked 202 p4p, 180 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Bjornbak's choice of entrance music: Danheim - Berserkir. Bruin Ritcey has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ritcey
vs
Bjornbak

194 cm
24
260
4 - 1 - 0

206 cm
24
288
7 - 3 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bruin Ritcey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Havar Bjornbak!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ritcey fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bjornbak looks to land a body kick but Ritcey moved away.
Bjornbak scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bjornbak misses with a hook.
A little feinted left hand from Ritcey on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

Ritcey closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ritcey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bjornbak pushes Ritcey back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ritcey has a couple of punches blocked by Bjornbak.
Bjornbak wants to break free but Ritcey has control.
Ritcey doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Bjornbak breaks from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bjornbak lands with a straight right. Ritcey didn't see that one coming.
Bjornbak bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Ritcey misses with a body shot.
Bjornbak throws a hook but Ritcey blocks it.
Bjornbak throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bjornbak misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ritcey.
Ritcey misses with a two punch combination.
Bjornbak throws an off balance right hand
and Ritcey counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bjornbak 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.
Ritcey fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bjornbak looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bjornbak.
Bjornbak throws a hook to the side of Ritcey's head but Ritcey sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The fighters circle momentarily. Bjornbak darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Bjornbak looks to land a body kick but Ritcey moved away.
Bjornbak connects with a solid leg kick.
Ritcey moves out of range as Bjornbak throws a body kick.
Ritcey swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bjornbak paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ritcey moves out of range as Bjornbak strikes.
Bjornbak with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bjornbak looks to land a body kick but Ritcey moved away.
A low kick from Bjornbak is predictable there
and Ritcey counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Havar Bjornbak has been cut.
Ritcey takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Ritcey tries to clinch but Bjornbak moves out of range.
Bjornbak misses with a straight left.
Bjornbak misses with a few strikes there.
The fighters circle momentarily. Bjornbak darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Ritcey checks a low kick from Bjornbak.
An attempted straight right counter from Ritcey misses the target.
Ritcey takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Bjornbak chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ritcey avoids the body shot from Bjornbak.
A counter left hand to the body from Ritcey misses its target.
Bjornbak lands with a kick to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bjornbak misses with an uppercut. Ritcey saw that one coming.
Bjornbak throws out a loose jab but Ritcey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bjornbak throws a hook to the side of Ritcey's head but Ritcey sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ritcey gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ritcey misses with a looping right.
A left lands for Bjornbak.

Ritcey has Bjornbak up against the cage in a clinch.
Ritcey digs a right hand underneath Bjornbak's ribcage. Bjornbak let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Ritcey breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bjornbak throws a lazy uppercut

and Ritcey counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Ritcey.
Ritcey lands a hook that snaps the head of Bjornbak backwards.
Ritcey tries to work over Bjornbak's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ritcey has a couple of punches blocked by Bjornbak.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ritcey tries to work over Bjornbak's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bjornbak lands an uppercut.
Ritcey manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ritcey lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ritcey can't find room to land a body shot as Bjornbak controls the action.
Ritcey blocks an uppercut.

Bjornbak manages to break the clinch.
Bjornbak swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Ritcey holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Bjornbak takes a shot to the head.
Ritcey misses with some punches.
Ritcey lands with a left to the head.
Bjornbak has had enough of the clinch but Ritcey keeps him there for the moment.
Ritcey lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ritcey tries to throw a body punch but Bjornbak avoids it by throwing Ritcey back against the cage.
Ritcey digs a right hand into Bjornbak's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bjornbak's gas tank.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Havar Bjornbak dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Havar Bjornbak's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Bjornbak with a nice calf kick.
Bjornbak scores with a kick to the body.
Ritcey throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bjornbak sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bjornbak throws a series of punches but Ritcey moves out of range.
Ritcey is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Bjornbak has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bjornbak misses with a right hand
and Ritcey counters with a nice body shot.
Bjornbak throws an off balance right hand
and Ritcey counters with a stiff right hand.
Bjornbak scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Bjornbak swings for the body but Ritcey moves out of range.
Ritcey throws a sloppy head kick and Bjornbak moves out of range easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Ritcey pushes Bjornbak up against the cage in a clinch.
Ritcey tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bjornbak has a couple of punches blocked by Ritcey.
Ritcey swings wildly with an uppercut but Bjornbak uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bjornbak tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ritcey's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bjornbak swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ritcey has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Ritcey working aggressively here.
Ritcey tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ritcey lands a shot to the body.

Ritcey breaks from the clinch.
Bjornbak throws a push kick but Ritcey slaps the foot to one side.
Ritcey connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Bjornbak pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bjornbak walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ritcey checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A punch combination from Ritcey misses.
Bjornbak takes a swing at Ritcey's ribcage but misses.
Bjornbak throws a body kick despite being completely out of range

and Ritcey counters by moving into the clinch.
Ritcey lands with a right to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ritcey lands with a light punch inside.
Bjornbak is trying to push Ritcey away but Ritcey has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ritcey presses Bjornbak against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bjornbak is breathing heavily.
Bjornbak is trying to push Ritcey away but Ritcey has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ritcey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ritcey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bjornbak has a couple of punches blocked by Ritcey.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A body shot lands from Ritcey.
Ritcey lands a body punch.
Nice body punch from Ritcey.
Still in the clinch, Ritcey scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bruin Ritcey has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ritcey pushes Bjornbak back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ritcey tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bjornbak's elbow.
Ritcey lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ritcey missing with knees to the body.
Ritcey tries a body shot but Bjornbak blocks it.
Ritcey misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ritcey tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ritcey struggles to land a body shot inside as Bjornbak controls his hands.
Bjornbak wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ritcey has him pressed against the cage.
Ritcey working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bjornbak managing to block the knees to the body from Ritcey.
Bjornbak is trying to break the clinch but Ritcey has him pressed against the cage.
Ritcey tries a body shot but Bjornbak blocks it.
Bjornbak is trying to break the clinch but Ritcey has him pressed against the cage.
Ritcey prevents Bjornbak from breaking the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ritcey takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Bjornbak breaks from the clinch.
Bjornbak jabs at Ritcey's body.
Bjornbak misses with an uppercut.
As Bjornbak tries to get set, Ritcey tries to push him back and clinch up but Bjornbak manages to avoid the attempt.

Ritcey moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bjornbak is trying to break free.

Bjornbak's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ritcey fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bjornbak swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Havar Bjornbak seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bjornbak lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ritcey's sensitive parts.
Bjornbak motions for Ritcey to come forward. Bjornbak throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ritcey swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Ritcey moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bjornbak is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Bjornbak digs a good body shot into Ritcey's ribs.
Bjornbak is looking to slow Ritcey down with leg kicks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ritcey throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A lazy body kick from Bjornbak

and Ritcey counters with a crisp right hand that drops Bjornbak! Ritcey lets Bjornbak back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Bjornbak is rocked!
Ritcey drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Bjornbak right on the button. Bjornbak goes down! Ritcey follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Ritcey gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bruin Ritcey!