PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Einar Ragnarsen (ranked 5494 p4p, 2631 weight class) and Ricardo P Cruz (ranked 584 p4p, 336 weight class). Ricardo P Cruz is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Ragnarsen
vs
P Cruz

193 cm
19
213
1 - 0 - 0

193 cm
24
225
4 - 0 - 0

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Excellent MT
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HELLBENT

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Einar Ragnarsen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricardo P Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Alexandre Firmino and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ragnarsen misses the shot to the body.
Ragnarsen definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
P Cruz throws a one two combo.
Ragnarsen swinging wildly here.
Ragnarsen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ragnarsen takes a kick to the side of the head.
Ragnarsen connects with a jab.
Ragnarsen walks into a stiff left hand from P Cruz.
Ragnarsen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by P Cruz.

P Cruz moves into range and clinches up with Ragnarsen.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

P Cruz manages to break the clinch.
P Cruz tries a head kick but it misses.
A head kick by Ragnarsen misses
and P Cruz counters with a straight right hand.
Ragnarsen misses with a series of wild punches.
Ragnarsen misses with a two punch combination.
A combination from P Cruz does no damage.
As P Cruz looks to move away, Ragnarsen throws a big counter combo but P Cruz just gets out of the way.

P Cruz has Ragnarsen up against the ropes in a clinch.

P Cruz manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

P Cruz darts in and clinches Ragnarsen up against the ropes.

P Cruz breaks the clinch.
Ragnarsen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ragnarsen stuns P Cruz with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

P Cruz rushes Ragnarsen and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Ragnarsen.
Ragnarsen throws an elbow that misses.
Ragnarsen looking to stall.
Ragnarsen trying to land knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
P Cruz avoids a wild elbow strike from Ragnarsen.
Ragnarsen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from P Cruz.

P Cruz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ragnarsen doesn't manage to clinch there - P Cruz circles away.
Ragnarsen throws the left hand but P Cruz avoids the punch easily.
P Cruz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ragnarsen.
P Cruz tries a quick counter leg kick but Ragnarsen is wise to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
P Cruz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ragnarsen.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ragnarsen misses with a few strikes there.
P Cruz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ragnarsen.
P Cruz lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by P Cruz.
P Cruz works the jab nicely.
P Cruz throws a series of punches but Ragnarsen moves out of range.

P Cruz closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.

P Cruz breaks from the clinch.
Ragnarsen scores with a nice strike.
Ricardo P Cruz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ragnarsen on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Ragnarsen is rocked!
P Cruz ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Ragnarsen out cold! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ricardo P Cruz!