PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Joonas Ragnarsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Siam Suramongkol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Suramongkol has chosen Traditional Muay Thai Music (Sarama) as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Ragnarsson
vs
Suramongkol

182 cm
18
186 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

176 cm
18
176 lbs
1 - 0 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Joonas Ragnarsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 1, fighting out of London, Siam Suramongkol!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, William Gold and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ragnarsson moves into the clinch.
Ragnarsson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ragnarsson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ragnarsson has a couple of punches blocked by Suramongkol.
Ragnarsson tries a body shot but Suramongkol blocks it.
Ragnarsson managing to block the knees to the body from Suramongkol.
Suramongkol blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ragnarsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson throws a head punch that misses.
Ragnarsson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ragnarsson as Suramongkol tries to tie him up.
Ragnarsson lands with a left to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Suramongkol is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ragnarsson as Suramongkol tries to tie him up.
Suramongkol is looking to control Ragnarsson's arms but Ragnarsson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Suramongkol has his back to the cage.
Suramongkol with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suramongkol crunches a lovely knee into Ragnarsson's ribcage.
Suramongkol trying to stall but Ragnarsson improves his position.
Ragnarsson definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Suramongkol stalling in the clinch but Ragnarsson improves position.
Suramongkol is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Siam Suramongkol.

Ragnarsson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ragnarsson working aggressively here.
Ragnarsson is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Ragnarsson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Suramongkol misses with a knee strike.
Ragnarsson misses with a punch to the body.
Suramongkol effectively controlling the action here.
Ragnarsson lands a right hand.
Ragnarsson misses with some punches.
Ragnarsson slows down the pace here.
Suramongkol looking to throw knees to the head but Ragnarsson is blocking nicely.
Ragnarsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Suramongkol uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Ragnarsson fails to land.
Ragnarsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ragnarsson managing to block the knees to the body from Suramongkol.
Ragnarsson lands with a left to the head.
Suramongkol tries to land knees in the clinch but Ragnarsson avoids the damage to the body.
Ragnarsson throws a head punch that misses.
Ragnarsson tries to work over Suramongkol's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ragnarsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ragnarsson stalling against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice left hand lands by Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson pushes Suramongkol back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ragnarsson misses with some punches.
Suramongkol is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Suramongkol is pushing Ragnarsson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Ragnarsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarsson lands with a left to the head.
Suramongkol tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ragnarsson avoids it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ragnarsson.
Nice body punch from Ragnarsson - that landed with a thud.
Ragnarsson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Suramongkol tries to land knees in the clinch but Ragnarsson avoids the damage to the body.
Ragnarsson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Suramongkol is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ragnarsson is defending well for now.
Ragnarsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Suramongkol tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ragnarsson avoids it.
A head punch on the inside from Ragnarsson fails to land.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Suramongkol is looking to control Ragnarsson's arms but Ragnarsson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Suramongkol has his back to the cage.
Suramongkol is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ragnarsson is defending well for now.
Suramongkol taking a breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suramongkol blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ragnarsson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ragnarsson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ragnarsson scores with a shot to the side of Suramongkol's head.

It looks like Siam Suramongkol has been cut.
A head punch on the inside from Ragnarsson fails to 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!
A nice left hand lands by Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson lands with a right to the head.
Suramongkol throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ragnarsson blocks it with crossed arms.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Ragnarsson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Suramongkol looks winded!
Ragnarsson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ragnarsson digs a right hand underneath Suramongkol's ribcage. Suramongkol let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ragnarsson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Suramongkol tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short uppercut from Ragnarsson.
A shot in the inside from Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Suramongkol is rocked!
Suramongkol misses with a knee strike.
Suramongkol is still on wobbly legs! Can Ragnarsson finish him?
Ragnarsson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ragnarsson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Suramongkol backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joonas Ragnarsson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Siam Suramongkol's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Ragnarsson has Suramongkol up against the cage in a clinch.
Suramongkol seems to have recovered his senses.
Suramongkol blocks an uppercut.
Suramongkol looking to stall.
Ragnarsson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Suramongkol's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Suramongkol missing with knees to the body.
Ragnarsson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Suramongkols head.
Ragnarsson has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ragnarsson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ragnarsson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Suramongkol can do to turn this around?
Ragnarsson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Suramongkol missing with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Suramongkol blocks a body shot from Ragnarsson.
Suramongkol looking to slow down the pace here.
A short uppercut from Ragnarsson.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ragnarsson misses with a body punch.
Ragnarsson swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ragnarsson lands with a short shot to the head.
Ragnarsson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ragnarsson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Suramongkol trying to control the position but instead, Ragnarsson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Suramongkol into the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ragnarsson.
Suramongkol is breathing heavily.
Suramongkol misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ragnarsson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ragnarsson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short right from Ragnarsson on the inside.
Suramongkol blocks an uppercut.
Ragnarsson avoiding damage as Suramongkol throws knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson dips a shoulder and cracks Suramongkol with a mighty uppercut! Suramongkol falls back against the cage and Ragnarsson unloads with a barrage of strikes! Suramongkol is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Ragnarsson screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joonas Ragnarsson!