PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ragnar Ragnarsson (ranked 1530 p4p, 1801 weight class) and Walter Payton (ranked 208 p4p, 242 weight class). Payton comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Andre Nickatina - Yeah kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Ragnarsson
vs
Payton

170 cm
31
220
21 - 15 - 0

194 cm
28
215
9 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Fantasy Threads

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 21 - 15 - 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 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Walter Payton!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Alyssa Summers and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Payton lands with a thumping leg kick.
Payton misses with a wild combination.
Payton throws a hook to the side of Ragnarsson's head but Ragnarsson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ragnarsson defending well as Payton loads up on a big left hand.
Payton scores with a sloppy right hand. Ragnarsson should have avoided that one.

It looks like Ragnar Ragnarsson has been cut.
Payton throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ragnarsson lands a nice shot to the body.
Ragnarsson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ragnarsson misses the jab.
Payton avoids the body shot from Ragnarsson.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Payton! But no joy.
Ragnarsson throws a lazy right hand but Payton sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ragnarsson ducks under a wild hook from Payton.
Payton fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Payton feints and then cracks Ragnarsson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ragnarsson down.
Payton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ragnarsson was well out of range. Poor timing from Payton.
Payton throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ragnarsson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

It looks like Walter Payton has been cut.
Ragnarsson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ragnarsson misses with a straight left.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Payton.
Payton misses with a straight right.
Ragnarsson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A jab from Payton misses.
Ragnarsson throwing a counter right hand but Payton manages to avoid it.
Ragnarsson throws a shot from downtown. Payton moves away and avoids it.
Ragnarsson is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Payton's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Ragnarsson thuds a left hand into Payton's body.
Ragnarsson misses with a right hand
enabling Payton to counter with a crisp jab.
Ragnarsson scores with a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ragnarsson lands a nice shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Payton jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Payton throws a hook but Ragnarsson avoids it easily.
Ragnarsson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Payton moves out of range of the strikes.
Payton digs a good body shot into Ragnarsson's ribs.
Payton ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Payton throws out a counter right but Ragnarsson avoids it with no problem.
Payton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Payton throws a poor cross that misses
and Ragnarsson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ragnarsson throws a looping overhand right but Payton ducks down to avoid it.
Ragnarsson walks into a stiff left hand from Payton.
Payton ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Payton takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Payton swings for the body but Ragnarsson moves out of range.
Ragnarsson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Payton bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ragnarsson's head backwards.

Ragnarsson is rocked!
Payton knocks out Ragnarsson with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Payton before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Payton picks up the big W with a huge KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Walter Payton!
A very excited looking Walter Payton rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.