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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexy Innokenti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bjorn Ragnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Innokenti might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Russian National Anthem. Ragnar has chosen Shook Ones II as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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13 - 9 - 2 |
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202 lbs
15 - 8 - 0 |
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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
13 - 9 - 2, fighting out of New York, Alexy Innokenti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Bjorn Ragnar!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Andrew Berry and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Innokenti tries to close the distance and clinch but Ragnar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ragnar cracks a nice hook into Innokenti's ribs.
Innokenti takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
It looks like Alexy Innokenti has been cut.
Ragnar dips to his left and cracks Innokenti with an uppercut!
Innokenti scores with a kick to the midsection.
Innokenti tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Ragnar counters with a nice low kick that buckles Innokenti's knee momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Innokenti clinches.
Ragnar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ragnar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Innokenti lands a body punch.
Innokenti has a couple of punches blocked by Ragnar.
Ragnar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Innokenti.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ragnar.
A shot in the inside from Ragnar.
Ragnar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ragnar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ragnar blocks an uppercut.
Ragnar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ragnar blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ragnar tries a knee to the head but Innokenti blocks it.
Ragnar lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Innokenti backwards.
Ragnar lands a right hand that snaps the head of Innokenti backwards.
Innokenti misses with a punch to the body.
Innokenti lands a knee to the head.
Ragnar scores with a shot to the side of Innokenti's head.
Ragnar manages to break the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Innokenti misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ragnar swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ragnar thuds his shin into the meat of Innokenti's side.
We've been informed that Ragnar has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Innokenti blocks the body kick.
Innokenti takes a jab right on the kisser.
Innokenti darts in and clinches Ragnar up against the cage.
Innokenti on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ragnar effectively controlling the action here.
Innokenti misses with some punches.
Ragnar misses with a hook from the clinch.
Innokenti tries to land knees in the clinch but Ragnar avoids the damage to the body.
Innokenti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ragnar lands a hook to the side of the head.
Innokenti blocks a body shot from Ragnar.
Our sources have told us that Innokenti has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Innokenti lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ragnar backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ragnar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ragnar.
Ragnar thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Innokenti if he has to take too many more of those.
Innokenti tries a head kick but it misses.
Ragnar throws a body shot but no joy.
Ragnar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ragnar throws a lazy uppercut
and Innokenti moves into the clinch.
Ragnar misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Ragnar.
Innokenti is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Ragnar can't find room to land a body shot as Innokenti controls the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Innokenti stalling.
Ragnar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ragnar scores with a hook to the body.
Innokenti misses with a knee to the head.
Ragnar lands with a short shot to the head.
Innokenti managing to block the knees to the body from Ragnar.
Innokenti tries to land knees in the clinch but Ragnar avoids the damage to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ragnar takes an elbow to the forehead.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ragnar.
Innokenti throws a punch but it's blocked by Ragnar.
Innokenti tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ragnar avoids it.
Ragnar will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Innokenti up against the cage.
Innokenti blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bjorn Ragnar dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alexy Innokenti's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Ragnar lands a really nice looking cross but Innokenti seems unphased.
Innokenti clinches up with Ragnar and pushes him back against the cage.
Ragnar missing with knees to the body.
Innokenti blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Innokenti tries to throw a body punch but Ragnar avoids it by throwing Innokenti back against the cage.
Ragnar has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Innokenti throws an elbow that misses.
Innokenti digs a right hand into Ragnar's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ragnar's gas tank.
Innokenti blocks an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Innokenti - that landed with a thud.
Innokenti doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Innokenti missing with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Innokenti on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Innokenti is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Innokenti stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Innokenti lands a hook that snaps the head of Ragnar backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ragnar softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Innokenti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Innokenti tries a body shot but Ragnar blocks it.
Innokenti is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Innokenti.
Ragnar is trying to maintain a safe position but Innokenti gets an underhook and turns Ragnar into the cage.
Innokenti throws a head punch that misses.
Ragnar prevents a body shot from Innokenti.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ragnar takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Innokenti.
Innokenti just leaning against Ragnar, taking a breather.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Innokenti takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Ragnar swings wildly with an uppercut but Innokenti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ragnar lands a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Innokenti just leaning against Ragnar, taking a breather.
Still in the clinch, Ragnar scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ragnar effectively controlling the action here.
Innokenti being controlled against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Ragnar fails to land.
Ragnar scores with a nice hook to the head.
Alexy Innokenti's cut is getting worse.
Ragnar looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ragnar breaks from the clinch.
A cross from Innokenti lands.
Ragnar thuds his right hand into Innokenti's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ragnar scores with a nice body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Innokenti doesn't manage to clinch there - Ragnar circles away.
Innokenti misses with a wild combination.
Alexy Innokenti is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ragnar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Innokenti looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ragnar looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Innokenti seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Ragnar throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ragnar throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Innokenti tries to counter by clinching up but Ragnar breaks away and moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ragnar lands a nice looking body shot.
Ragnar throws an overhand right that lands on Innokenti's shoulder, as Innokenti tries to avoid the shot.
Ragnar misses with a hook.
Ragnar lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Innokenti chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ragnar can pounce on him.
Innokenti tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ragnar manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Innokenti is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ragnar is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Innokenti with a body shot.
Ragnar lands a right hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bjorn Ragnar showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Alexy Innokenti's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Innokenti takes the fight into the clinch.
Ragnar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Innokenti is looking to control Ragnar's arms but Ragnar gets an underhook and turns him. Now Innokenti has his back to the cage.
Ragnar looking to throw knees to the head but Innokenti is blocking nicely.
Ragnar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Innokenti tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ragnar manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ragnar counters with a body kick.
Innokenti slips under a jab from Ragnar.
Innokenti tries to clinch up
and Ragnar cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ragnar looks to land a left hand but Innokenti moved out of range nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Innokenti has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ragnar working Innokenti over with knees to the body.
Ragnar stalling.
Ragnar manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Ragnar is trying to stall.
Innokenti takes a knee to the side of the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Ragnar.
Ragnar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Innokenti misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Innokenti misses with a wild combination.
Ragnar lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Innokenti is looking to clinch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ragnar! But no joy.
Innokenti closes the distance and clinches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Innokenti with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ragnar's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ragnar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bjorn Ragnar seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ragnar prevents a body shot from Innokenti.
Ragnar makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Innokenti scores with a shot to the side of Ragnar's head.
Ragnar working aggressively here.
Ragnar pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ragnar tries a body shot but Innokenti blocks it.
Ragnar working aggressively here.
Ragnar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Innokenti wants to clinch up but Ragnar keeps it at a distance.
Ragnar loads up on a big right hand but Innokenti slips the punch.
Innokenti is looking to counter the offense by Ragnar and move into the clinch.
Ragnar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Innokenti was well out of range. Poor timing from Ragnar.
Innokenti wants to clinch
and Ragnar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ragnar misses with a hook
and Innokenti counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Innokenti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Innokenti is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Innokenti tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ragnar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Innokenti tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ragnar manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ragnar misses with a body shot.
Innokenti throws a counter high kick but Ragnar was just alert enough to avoid it.
Alexy Innokenti has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Innokenti takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ragnar.
Innokenti tries to clinch up
and Ragnar counters with a nice uppercut.
Ragnar tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Innokenti manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bjorn Ragnar comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ragnar has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bjorn Ragnar!
A very excited looking Bjorn Ragnar made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
The defeated Alexy Innokenti had this to say: 'Damn, it feels as if I have lost my mojo.. '.
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FIGHT
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