PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pippo Inzaghi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hector Ramirez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pippo Inzaghi could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Hector Ramirez's chin.

Inzaghi
vs
Ramirez

225 cm
18
300 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

206 cm
18
282 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Determined

EFC Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Pippo Inzaghi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hector Ramirez!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Inzaghi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Inzaghi throws a series of punches but Ramirez moves out of range.

Ramirez looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Inzaghi has his feet on Ramirez's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Ramirez lands an overhand right.
Inzaghi throws a right and a left that Ramirez avoids nicely.
Inzaghi fails to land with a series of punches.
Inzaghi throws a right hand that Ramirez ducks under and follows up with a left that Ramirez also avoids with ease.

Ramirez gets a takedown into half guard.
Ramirez keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Ramirez is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Inzaghi!
Ramirez looking to control but Inzaghi is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Inzaghi's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez wants to control the pace but Inzaghi is squirming around nicely.
Ramirez sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Ramirez throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Ramirez wants to control the pace but Inzaghi is squirming around nicely.
Inzaghi on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Inzaghi tries to get out of the position.
Inzaghi tries to buck Ramirez off but Ramirez takes his back!
Ramirez wants to control but Inzaghi is keeping busy.
Ramirez punches the canvas rather than the man.
Ramirez tries to keep control of the position but Inzaghi is staying busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Despite being in the dominant position, Hector Ramirez just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Inzaghi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Inzaghi tries to land a leg kick but Ramirez saw it coming and moves away.
Inzaghi is breathing heavily.
Inzaghi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ramirez jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Inzaghi tries a head kick but it misses.
Ramirez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ramirez fails to land the takedown.
Nice takedown defense from Inzaghi. No joy for Ramirez on that attempt.
Inzaghi wants to land a leg kick but Ramirez is out of range.
Ramirez avoids the head kick by Inzaghi.
Inzaghi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pippo Inzaghi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ramirez shoots in but no luck this time.
Pippo Inzaghi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hector Ramirez.

Ramirez decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Ramirez thows a huge punch but Inzaghi dodges it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez is trying to control the action in half guard but Inzaghi is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Ramirez works his way into side control.
Ramirez trying to control the position but Inzaghi is working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ramirez fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Inzaghi stuffs the takedown.
Ramirez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Ramirez fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Inzaghi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pippo Inzaghi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ramirez lands a jab to the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ramirez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Inzaghi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ramirez dips to his left and cracks Inzaghi with an uppercut!
Ramirez fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Inzaghi misses with the combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hector Ramirez dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Ramirez.
Ramirez has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Inzaghi really wants to buck Ramirez off and get back to his feet.
Inzaghi is squirming around, avoiding Ramirez's attempts to control the action.
Ramirez takes Inzaghi's back.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ramirez missing with strikes from the back.
Inzaghi prevents Ramirez from getting a body triangle.
Ramirez missing with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Inzaghi is trying to stand back up.
Ramirez trying to control momentarily.
Inzaghi is trying to stand back up.
Inzaghi tries to escape the position.
Well, with Ramirez on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Inzaghi is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
I would not like to be Inzaghi right now.
Ramirez tries to get the hooks in deep but Inzaghi pushed the leg off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Ramirez has good solid back control here.
Inzaghi knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ramirez on the ground.

Despite being in the dominant position, Hector Ramirez just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Ramirez gets the takedown into side control.
Inzaghi tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Inzaghi is pushing Ramirez's head away, looking to escape. Ramirez manages to hold on to the position though.
Inzaghi is not content to let Ramirez control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Ramirez is looking to take a break and control but Inzaghi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ramirez fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Ramirez is looking to take a break and control but Inzaghi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Inzaghi looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Inzaghi shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Inzaghi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Inzaghi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Ramirez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Inzaghi pinned against the cage. Inzaghi gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Ramirez fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Inzaghi on the side of the head.

Ramirez scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Ramirez controls the position.
Sloppy strikes there by Ramirez.
Inzaghi gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Ramirez thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Inzaghi is working to get back to half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Ramirez has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Inzaghi is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Hector Ramirez!