PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Einar Ragnarsen (ranked 5653 p4p, 3130 weight class) and Ciro Terranova (ranked 587 p4p, 430 weight class). Ciro Terranova has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Einar Ragnarsen's chin.

Ragnarsen
vs
Terranova

193 cm
20
213
4 - 2 - 0

181 cm
42
208
40 - 21 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Conquer

Bondi MMA 🏝️

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Einar Ragnarsen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 40 - 21 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ciro Terranova!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Frank Dennis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ragnarsen lands with a hook. Terranova tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Einar Ragnarsen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ragnarsen misses with a left hand
and Terranova makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Ragnarsen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Terranova is out of range and Ragnarsen settles back down.
Terranova uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ragnarsen.
Ragnarsen lands a jab to Terranova's midsection.
Terranova blocks a low kick nicely.
Terranova pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ragnarsen is out of range and Terranova settles back down.
Terranova throws a leg kick but Ragnarsen sees it coming and moves out of range.
Terranova walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ragnarsen checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Ragnarsen throws a leg kick which misses Terranova's front leg but catches the back leg as Terranova tries to avoid it.
Ragnarsen misses with a wild combination.
Terranova flicks out a counter leg kick but Ragnarsen steps away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Terranova.
Terranova throws a hook to the side of Ragnarsen's head but Ragnarsen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
An inside leg kick from Ragnarsen misses.
Terranova connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nice uppercut lands for Ragnarsen. That snapped Terranova's head back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ragnarsen throws a head kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ragnarsen tried to score with a low kick but Terranova checks it.
Terranova keeps the fight on the outside.
A clash of legs there as Terranova blocks the low kick.
Terranova throws a nice inside leg kick.
Terranova throws a hook to the side of Ragnarsen's head but Ragnarsen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ragnarsen closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Terranova takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Terranova dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ragnarsen. That did some damage!
Terranova feints and then cracks Ragnarsen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ragnarsen down.
Ragnarsen takes a swing at Terranova's ribcage but misses.
Terranova was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
A jab from Terranova finds it's way through Ragnarsen's defenses.
The fighters circling - Ragnarsen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ragnarsen is looking to clinch.
Ragnarsen looks to land a right hand but Terranova moved out of range.
Ragnarsen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Terranova is out of range and Ragnarsen settles back down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ragnarsen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ragnarsen misses with a body kick.
Ragnarsen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Terranova can pounce on him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarsen throws a chopping leg kick but Terranova manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Ragnarsen keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Terranova finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ragnarsen misses with a straight left.
Terranova misses with a low kick.
Terranova avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ragnarsen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Terranova stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Terranova checks a leg kick.
Ragnarsen throws a head kick that misses
and Terranova counters with a slapping leg kick.
Ragnarsen lands a leg kick that knocks Terranova off balance momentarily.
Terranova motions for Ragnarsen to come forward. Terranova throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Terranova ducks right into an uppercut from Ragnarsen.
Ragnarsen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A bone on bone clash there as Ragnarsen blocks the leg kick.
Ragnarsen checks a leg kick.
Ragnarsen misses with a wild combination.
Terranova feints a counter leg kick.
Ragnarsen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarsen misses with a looping right.
Ragnarsen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Terranova counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ragnarsen's knee momentarily.
Ragnarsen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ragnarsen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Terranova.
Ragnarsen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Terranova.
Ragnarsen throws the left hand but Terranova avoids the punch easily.
Terranova with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nice jab there from Ragnarsen.
A low kick lands for Terranova.
Ragnarsen swinging wildly here.
Ragnarsen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ragnarsen misses with a wild combination.
Ragnarsen is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Ragnarsen misses with a wild body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Terranova.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarsen thumps Terranova with a low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ragnarsen takes a swing at Terranova's ribcage but misses.
Terranova scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Terranova checks a leg kick.
Terranova misses with a leg kick.
Terranova swats away the attempt to clinch by Ragnarsen.
Ragnarsen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Terranova.
Terranova looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ragnarsen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Terranova is out of range and Ragnarsen settles back down.
Terranova with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Terranova uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ragnarsen.
Terranova appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Ragnarsen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Terranova takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Ragnarsen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A good leg kick by Terranova.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Terranova throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ragnarsen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Einar Ragnarsen dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ragnarsen clinches up against the ropes.
Ragnarsen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Terranova breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ragnarsen looks to score with a jab to the body but Terranova is just out of range.
Ragnarsen lands a leg kick that knocks Terranova off balance momentarily.
An inside leg kick from Ragnarsen misses.
Ragnarsen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ragnarsen thumps Terranova with a low kick.
Terranova throws a nice inside leg kick.
Terranova lands a nice shot that snaps Ragnarsen's head back.
Ragnarsen checks a leg kick.
Ragnarsen looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ragnarsen lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Terranova has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Terranova and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ragnarsen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Terranova can do to turn this around?
Terranova lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ragnarsen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ragnarsen tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
An inside leg kick from Ragnarsen misses.
Terranova checks the leg kick nicely there.
Einar Ragnarsen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Terranova ducks under a wild hook from Ragnarsen.
A good leg kick by Terranova.
Ragnarsen throws a lazy head kick
and Terranova counters with a leg kick.
Terranova tries to land a leg kick but Ragnarsen saw it coming and moves away.
Ragnarsen is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Ragnarsen attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Terranova lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Terranova tries to land a leg kick but Ragnarsen saw it coming and moves away.
Terranova wants to slow Ragnarsen down by chopping away at his legs.
Terranova scores with a leg kick.
Ragnarsen misses with a straight left.
Terranova was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Einar Ragnarsen is winning the standup battle so far.
Terranova loads up on a big right hand but Ragnarsen slips the punch.
Ragnarsen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Terranova.
Ragnarsen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice leg kick from Terranova, right into the meat of the thigh.
A punch combination from Ragnarsen misses.
A leg kick checked by Ragnarsen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarsen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Terranova.
Ragnarsen throws a nice looking combination but Terranova bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Terranova flicks out a counter leg kick but Ragnarsen steps away.
A shot to the liver by Ragnarsen. Beautiful body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ragnarsen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Terranova checks a leg kick.
Ragnarsen lands a high kick!
Terranova connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ragnarsen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Terranova looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Terranova moves out of range of the leg kick from Ragnarsen.
Ragnarsen backing away here, and Terranova unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Terranova throws a nice inside leg kick.
Terranova finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ragnarsen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ragnarsen misses with a hook. Terranova ducked under it nicely.
Ragnarsen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Terranova throws a low kick but Ragnarsen avoids it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Terranova.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarsen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Terranova.
Terranova throws a leg kick that is checked
and Ragnarsen counters with a thumping low kick.
Ragnarsen throws a half hearted mid kick.
Terranova looks to land a right hand but Ragnarsen moved out of range.
Ragnarsen walks into a left hand.
Terranova throws a leg kick but Ragnarsen checks it.
Ragnarsen throws a low kick, looking for Terranova's leg but Terranova calmly moves out of range.
Terranova flicks out a counter leg kick but Ragnarsen steps away.
Ragnarsen throws a front kick aimed at Terranova's knee but Terranova avoids it well.
Ragnarsen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Terranova. Terranova obviously looking to wear him down.
Terranova chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ragnarsen can pounce on him.
Ragnarsen tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ragnarsen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ragnarsen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Terranova uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ragnarsen.
Ragnarsen misses with a series of wild punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarsen wants to slow Terranova down by chopping away at his legs.
Terranova with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Terranova avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Terranova lands with a hook. Ragnarsen tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Terranova is looking to score with low kicks.
Ragnarsen is looking for a counter combo.
Ragnarsen throws a head kick but Terranova moves out of range.
Ragnarsen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Good leg kick by Terranova.
Terranova gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ragnarsen walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Terranova checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Terranova feints a counter leg kick.
Ragnarsen throws a leg kick but Terranova checks it.
Terranova blocks a jab.
Terranova dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ragnarsen. That did some damage!
Terranova scores with a leg kick.
Ragnarsen motions for Terranova to come forward. Ragnarsen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Terranova turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Ciro Terranova will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Ragnarsen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Terranova misses with an uppercut. Ragnarsen saw that one coming.
Ragnarsen swings for the body but Terranova moves out of range.
Terranova only half commits to the counter leg kick.
That kick from Terranova tenderised Ragnarsen's leg. Ragnarsen is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ragnarsen blocks a jab.
Terranova takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ragnarsen misses with a leg kick
and Terranova counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ragnarsen's knee momentarily.
Ragnarsen tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Terranova attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Terranova swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Terranova throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ragnarsen wants to slow Terranova down by chopping away at his legs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ragnarsen checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
The crowd cheers as Ragnarsen lands an impressive looking overhand right. Terranova doesn't seem phased though.
Terranova ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ragnarsen checks a leg kick.
Terranova checks a leg kick.
Ragnarsen moves out of range of the leg kick from Terranova.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Terranova throws a jab but it's blocked by Ragnarsen.
Ragnarsen motions for Terranova to come forward. Ragnarsen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Terranova blocks a jab.
Terranova dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ragnarsen. That did some damage!
Terranova chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ragnarsen tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ragnarsen tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ragnarsen misses with a body shot.
Terranova throws out a leg kick but Ragnarsen moves out of range and Terranova only half commits.
Terranova connects with an inside leg kick.
Ragnarsen scores with a jab to the head.
A big right from Terranova misses.
Terranova connects with an inside leg kick.
Ragnarsen misses with a low kick.
Ragnarsen is looking to score with low kicks.
Terranova only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Ragnarsen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Terranova.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Terranova.
No joy there for Ragnarsen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
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!
Terranova throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ragnarsen on the side of the head.
Ragnarsen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Terranova.
A solid leg kick lands there for Terranova.
Ragnarsen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Terranova takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ragnarsen swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Terranova checks a leg kick.
Ragnarsen blocks a jab.
Terranova fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ragnarsen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Terranova avoids the head kick by Ragnarsen.
Ragnarsen scores with a jab to the body.
Terranova connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Terranova connects with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terranova scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Terranova throws a leg kick but Ragnarsen sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Terranova dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ragnarsen. That did some damage!
Ragnarsen motions for Terranova to come forward. Ragnarsen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Terranova tries a quick counter leg kick but Ragnarsen is wise to it.
Ragnarsen catches Terranova with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
An inside leg kick lands from Terranova.
Ragnarsen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Terranova. That did some damage!
Ragnarsen's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
An inside leg kick from Terranova misses.
Terranova keeps the fight on the outside.
Ragnarsen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ragnarsen throws a leg kick
and Terranova counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Ragnarsen fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Terranova is out of range.
Ragnarsen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Terranova.
Terranova moves away from the strike by Ragnarsen.
Terranova scores with a nice strike.
Ragnarsen swings widly with a right hand
and Terranova counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Terranova.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A slow jab from Terranova misses its intended target.
Ragnarsen misses with a two punch combination.
Ragnarsen scores with a one two! Terranova had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Terranova connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Terranova with a nice calf kick.
Ragnarsen checks a low kick from Terranova.
Ragnarsen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Terranova. Terranova obviously looking to wear him down.
Ragnarsen misses the shot to the body.
Ragnarsen takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Terranova connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ragnarsen.
Ragnarsen misses with a jab to the body
and Terranova counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ragnarsen's knee momentarily.
Ragnarsen goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Ragnarsen keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ciro Terranova comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Terranova has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Ciro Terranova!