PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ragnar Danneskjöld (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roque Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson has chosen Never Go Where the Pagans Go (Warrior King) as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Danneskjöld
vs
Johnson

185 cm
20
209 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

190 cm
26
205 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 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 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ragnar Danneskjöld!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Roque Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Franklyn Lucas and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Johnson gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Danneskjöld breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Danneskjöld closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Johnson to the mat! Johnson manages to get full guard.
Johnson wants to sweep here but Danneskjöld controlling him for the moment.
Danneskjöld is in close to Johnson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Johnson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Danneskjöld. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Johnson being controlled here, momentarily.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Danneskjöld from controlling successfully.
Danneskjöld stopping the sweep attempt from Johnson.
Danneskjöld chips away with some ground and pound.
Danneskjöld controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danneskjöld loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Danneskjöld won't allow Johnson to sweep him here.
Johnson told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Danneskjöld has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Danneskjöld postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Danneskjöld trying to control the position from guard on top but Johnson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Johnson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Danneskjöld wants to pass the guard but Johnson is keeping the position.
We've been hearing that Danneskjöld has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Danneskjöld throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Danneskjöld is working Johnson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Johnson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Danneskjöld manages to get himself to full guard.
Johnson wants to control from the top but Danneskjöld keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is fighting to break Danneskjöld's control of his arms but Danneskjöld is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Johnson looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Johnson preventing the sweep.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson wants to get up but he can't break Danneskjöld's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Roque Johnson has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Danneskjöld gets cracked there but stands up to it.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Danneskjöld.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danneskjöld throws a strike aimed at the side of Johnson's head but Johnson avoids it well.
Johnson taking a bit of punishment here - Danneskjöld scoring with strikes.
Danneskjöld working the body and head with strikes.
Johnson taking a bit of punishment here - Danneskjöld scoring with strikes.
Danneskjöld tries to move to mount but Johnson blocks the move with his legs.

Danneskjöld tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Danneskjöld has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Danneskjöld works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Johnson defending against the ground and pound.
Johnson takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson taking a bit of punishment here - Danneskjöld scoring with strikes.
Danneskjöld wants to control but Johnson is keeping him busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Danneskjöld in side control, just content to control the action for now.
You can see the frustration on Johnson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Johnson tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Danneskjöld easily slips into full mount!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Danneskjöld pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Danneskjöld with shots to the head and body - Johnson looks very uncomfortable down there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ragnar Danneskjöld dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Danneskjöld drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Johnson pushes Danneskjöld away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Danneskjöld gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Danneskjöld is chipping away with strikes.
Danneskjöld landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Danneskjöld wants to lay and pray for a moment but Johnson keeps working.
The ground and pound from Danneskjöld seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Danneskjöld has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Johnson!
Danneskjöld controlling the pace for now.
Johnson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Danneskjöld lands a heavy elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danneskjöld tries to control but Johnson wriggling away.
Johnson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Danneskjöld lands a heavy elbow.

Johnson is rocked!
Danneskjöld postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Johnson bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Danneskjöld and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ragnar Danneskjöld!
Ragnar Danneskjöld retains his light heavyweight title!
Ragnar Danneskjöld seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.