PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Pritchard (ranked 1788 p4p, 210 weight class) and Maximus Ragnarsson (ranked 4418 p4p, 454 weight class). Maximus Ragnarsson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Pritchard
vs
Ragnarsson

181 cm
24
165 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

175 cm
32
153 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jimmy Pritchard!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Maximus Ragnarsson!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Matheus Silva and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ragnarsson lands a really nice looking cross but Pritchard seems unphased.
Pritchard throws a lazy right hand but Ragnarsson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ragnarsson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ragnarsson throws a poor cross that misses
and Pritchard counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ragnarsson cracks Pritchard with a good jab.
Maximus Ragnarsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ragnarsson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Pritchard slips a straight right by Ragnarsson.
Pritchard slips a jab from Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson scores with the left hand. Pritchard knows he should have avoided that one.
Pritchard throws a push kick but Ragnarsson slaps the foot to one side.
Ragnarsson tries to clinch up but Pritchard circles away and keeps his distance.
Pritchard looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Good shot there by Ragnarsson.

Pritchard is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Ragnarsson clinches.
Ragnarsson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ragnarsson misses with a body punch.
Ragnarsson misses with the head strike.
Ragnarsson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pritchard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Pritchard fails to land.
Good body shot from Ragnarsson.
Pritchard lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ragnarsson cracks Pritchard with a nice body shot.
Ragnarsson is leaning against Pritchard and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Pritchard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ragnarsson.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pritchard.
Ragnarsson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pritchard obliges.
Pritchard scores with a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pritchard.
Pritchard lands a nice shot to the body.
Pritchard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ragnarsson tries to work over Pritchard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ragnarsson.
A short left from Ragnarsson.
Pritchard tries to throw a body punch but Ragnarsson avoids it by throwing Pritchard back against the cage.
We've been informed that Ragnarsson 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.
Ragnarsson throws a head punch that misses.
Ragnarsson has a couple of punches blocked by Pritchard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pritchard tries to throw a body punch but Ragnarsson avoids it by throwing Pritchard back against the cage.
Pritchard tries to work over Ragnarsson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pritchard scores with a shot to the side of Ragnarsson's head.
Ragnarsson lands a left hand.
Pritchard blocking some punches.
Ragnarsson lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ragnarsson.
A short right from Ragnarsson.
Pritchard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pritchard blocks an uppercut.
Pritchard blocks an uppercut.
Ragnarsson lands an uppercut.
Ragnarsson throws a punch but it's blocked by Pritchard.
Ragnarsson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ragnarsson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Pritchard misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ragnarsson.
Pritchard lands a shoulder strike.
Pritchard working aggressively here.
Ragnarsson scores with a hook to the body.
Pritchard lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Pritchard tries to work over Ragnarsson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ragnarsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ragnarsson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pritchard backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Ragnarsson.
Pritchard lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pritchard misses with some punches.
Ragnarsson blocks the elbow strike.
Ragnarsson lands with a light punch inside.
Oh Pritchard is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A left hand lands to the body for Ragnarsson.
Pritchard is breathing heavily.
Ragnarsson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pritchard backwards.
Ragnarsson gets through Pritchard's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ragnarsson throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ragnarsson.
Pritchard blocking some punches.
Ragnarsson tries to work over Pritchard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ragnarsson gets through Pritchard's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson misses with a body punch.
Ragnarsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ragnarsson throws a head punch that misses.
Pritchard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A shot in the inside from Ragnarsson.
Pritchard lands a right hand.
Pritchard throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ragnarsson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ragnarsson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pritchard tries to work over Ragnarsson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ragnarsson misses with the head strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarsson blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson pushes Pritchard back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ragnarsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ragnarsson scores with a shoulder strike.
Ragnarsson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pritchard throws a punch but it's blocked by Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson takes a shot to the head.

Ragnarsson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ragnarsson throws a right hand that misses
and Pritchard counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Maximus Ragnarsson has been cut.
The fighters circling - Ragnarsson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
As Ragnarsson backs away, Pritchard returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Pritchard scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ragnarsson doesn't seem bothered though.

Ragnarsson clinches up with Pritchard and pushes him back against the cage.
Pritchard seems to have got his legs back now.
Ragnarsson tries a body shot but Pritchard blocks it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Pritchard works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ragnarsson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ragnarsson is leaning against Pritchard and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Pritchard lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ragnarsson backwards.
Pritchard struggles to land a body shot inside as Ragnarsson controls his hands.
Ragnarsson struggles to land a body shot inside as Pritchard controls his hands.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarsson misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Pritchard.
Ragnarsson working aggressively here.
Ragnarsson prevents a body shot from Pritchard.
Ragnarsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pritchard throws a head punch that misses.
Ragnarsson misses with a body punch.
Pritchard lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ragnarsson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pritchard lands a shot to the body.
Ragnarsson lands a shoulder strike.
Ragnarsson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pritchard lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ragnarsson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pritchard lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pritchard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ragnarsson can't find room to land a body shot as Pritchard controls the action.
Pritchard struggles to land a body shot inside as Ragnarsson controls his hands.
Ragnarsson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pritchard backwards.
Ragnarsson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pritchard misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarsson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ragnarsson misses with a body punch.
Pritchard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Good body shot from Ragnarsson.
Pritchard blocking some punches.
Ragnarsson lands with a right to the head.
Ragnarsson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Pritchard misses with a punch to the body.
Ragnarsson can't find room to land a body shot as Pritchard controls the action.
Ragnarsson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ragnarsson prevents a body shot from Pritchard.
Ragnarsson can't find room to land a body shot as Pritchard controls the action.
Pritchard tries a body shot but Ragnarsson blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Ragnarsson fails to land.
Pritchard lands a body punch.
Pritchard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarsson pushes Pritchard back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ragnarsson tries to work over Pritchard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ragnarsson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ragnarsson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pritchard backwards.
Pritchard working aggressively here.
A hook to the body from Ragnarsson.
Pritchard struggles to land a body shot inside as Ragnarsson controls his hands.
Ragnarsson prevents a body shot from Pritchard.
Pritchard misses with a punch to the body.
Ragnarsson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ragnarsson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pritchard misses with the head strike.
Pritchard can't find room to land a body shot as Ragnarsson controls the action.
Pritchard misses with the head strike.
Ragnarsson working aggressively here.
A short right from Ragnarsson on the inside.
Pritchard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pritchard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ragnarsson tries to work over Pritchard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pritchard.
Ragnarsson misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Ragnarsson fails to land.
Pritchard lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ragnarsson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pritchard's elbow.
Ragnarsson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ragnarsson misses with a punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Pritchard.
Pritchard struggles to land a body shot inside as Ragnarsson controls his hands.
Pritchard blocks an uppercut.
Ragnarsson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ragnarsson prevents a body shot from Pritchard.
Ragnarsson working aggressively here.
Ragnarsson pushes Pritchard back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ragnarsson misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Pritchard.
Ragnarsson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Pritchard tries to work over Ragnarsson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pritchard.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson pushes Pritchard back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ragnarsson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ragnarsson tries to throw a body punch but Pritchard avoids it by throwing Ragnarsson back against the cage.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarsson working aggressively here.
Ragnarsson has a couple of punches blocked by Pritchard.
Ragnarsson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Pritchard.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ragnarsson.
Pritchard lands with a right to the head.
Ragnarsson throws a head punch that misses.
Ragnarsson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ragnarsson tries to throw a body punch but Pritchard avoids it by throwing Ragnarsson back against the cage.
Pritchard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ragnarsson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ragnarsson blocks a body shot from Pritchard.
Pritchard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ragnarsson blocks a body shot from Pritchard.
Pritchard lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ragnarsson.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ragnarsson lands with a light punch inside.
Pritchard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ragnarsson can't find room to land a body shot as Pritchard controls the action.
Ragnarsson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ragnarsson throws a punch but it's blocked by Pritchard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maximus Ragnarsson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Maximus Ragnarsson's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Ragnarsson looks to clinch
and Pritchard counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Ragnarsson forces Pritchard back against the cage and clinches.
Ragnarsson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ragnarsson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pritchard blocks a body shot from Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A head punch on the inside from Pritchard fails to land.
Ragnarsson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pritchard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ragnarsson lands a nice uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Ragnarsson.
Pritchard tries to work over Ragnarsson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ragnarsson lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Pritchard to his knees! Ragnarsson keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Maximus Ragnarsson!
Maximus Ragnarsson is the new lightweight champion!