PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Havar Kristiansen (ranked 1168 p4p, 1911 weight class) and Bruin Ritcey (ranked 166 p4p, 272 weight class). Kristiansen's entrance music is War Pigs- Black Sabbath. A fine choice. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Kristiansen
vs
Ritcey

206 cm
26
288
9 - 4 - 0

194 cm
26
260
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Excellent 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 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Havar Kristiansen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bruin Ritcey!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, John Kavanagh and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kristiansen misses the shot to the body.
Kristiansen lands with a nice body punch.
Kristiansen misses with a looping left.
Ritcey unleashes a big counter combination but Kristiansen bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
A jab from Kristiansen misses.
Ritcey closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ritcey staying out of range there.
Kristiansen throws the left hand but Ritcey avoids the punch easily.
Ritcey connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kristiansen's hands.
Ritcey avoids the head kick by Kristiansen.
Kristiansen is looking to chop away at Ritcey's legs.
Kristiansen is looking to chop away at Ritcey's legs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice shot lands for Kristiansen.
Kristiansen throws a leg kick but Ritcey sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Kristiansen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ritcey moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ritcey ducks under a wild hook from Kristiansen.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kristiansen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ritcey gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kristiansen dodges an elbow strike from Ritcey.
Ritcey lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Havar Kristiansen has been cut.
Ritcey throws a head punch that misses.
Ritcey tries to throw a body punch but Kristiansen avoids it by throwing Ritcey back against the cage.
Ritcey lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ritcey lands a nice elbow.
Ritcey misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ritcey doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ritcey tries to throw a body punch but Kristiansen avoids it by throwing Ritcey back against the cage.
Ritcey looking to stall.
Ritcey misses with a body punch.
Our sources have told us that Kristiansen has been working on his elbows in the gym.

Kristiansen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kristiansen scores with a nice head shot.
Ritcey tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kristiansen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
It looked like Kristiansen wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ritcey throws a right and a left that Kristiansen avoids nicely.
Kristiansen throws the kick towards the body but Ritcey avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kristiansen misses with a body shot
enabling Ritcey to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ritcey avoids the body shot from Kristiansen.

Ritcey closes the distance and clinches.

Kristiansen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ritcey lands a nice looking body shot.
Kristiansen throws a looping overhand right but Ritcey ducks down to avoid it.
Kristiansen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ritcey throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Ritcey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ritcey misses with a straight right.
Kristiansen circles away from the clinch attempt.

Ritcey has closed the distance and engaged Kristiansen in a clinch.

Kristiansen breaks the clinch.
Kristiansen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kristiansen throws a hook but Ritcey avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kristiansen throws out a powerful jab.
Kristiansen takes a swing at Ritcey's ribcage but misses.
Ritcey steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Kristiansen.
Kristiansen throws a big shot that misses.
Ritcey gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kristiansen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ritcey. That did some damage!
Ritcey lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Kristiansen backs up against the cage.
Kristiansen is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Kristiansen misses the jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ritcey! But no joy.
Ritcey scores with a nice right hand.
A left lands for Ritcey.

Havar Kristiansen's cut is getting worse.
Kristiansen wants to land a leg kick but Ritcey is out of range.
A little jabbing left from Ritcey on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kristiansen tried to score with a low kick but Ritcey checks it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ritcey checks a leg kick.
Kristiansen lands a head kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kristiansen throws out a leg kick but Ritcey moves out of range and Kristiansen only half commits.
Ritcey tries to counter by closing the distance.
Ritcey lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kristiansen at a distance.
Kristiansen is breathing heavily.
Ritcey throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kristiansen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ritcey lands a jab to the nose.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kristiansen. Ritcey does a little dance to reset his feet.

Ritcey lands a big uppercut and Kristiansen crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Kristiansen looks OK. Ritcey waves Kristiansen back to his feet!

Kristiansen is rocked!
Ritcey with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Oh Kristiansen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kristiansen throws a leg kick
and Ritcey counters with a right hand from hell and Kristiansen is out cold! A vicious knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bruin Ritcey!
Bruin Ritcey bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.