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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jay Simon (ranked 1189 p4p, 1985 weight class) and Razor Ramano (ranked 167 p4p, 264 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Very quick |
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 34 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jay Simon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Razor Ramano!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Taro Takaoka and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Simon takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
The fight stays on the outside here - Simon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Simon tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ramano manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ramano scores with a hook to the body. Simon takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ramano throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Simon's head.
Simon has Ramano up against the cage in a clinch.
Ramano manages to break the clinch.
Simon wants to clinch.
Simon closes the distance and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Simon misses with some punches.
Ramano breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Simon tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A nice side step and Ramano releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Simon moves into range and clinches up with Ramano.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Simon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ramano blocking some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramano trying to control the position but instead, Simon has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ramano into the cage.
A short uppercut from Ramano.
Ramano jumps into guard, dragging Simon to the mat.
Ramano looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Simon passes into side control.
Ramano tries to bench press Simon off him but Simon keeps the position.
Ramano misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Ramano is trying to get back to half guard.
Ramano is still trying to improve position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramano manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Simon is controlling Ramano's trapped leg to prevent Ramano from advancing to side control.
Ramano throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ramano thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Simon's head.
Ramano throwing shots but Simon is blocking nicely.
Ramano throws a strike but Simon avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Simon seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Simon preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramano in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ramano keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Simon's head.
Ramano postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ramano throws a big elbow that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Simon avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ramano throwing strikes from guard but Simon blocks nicely.
Simon working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ramano.
Simon wants to sweep here but Ramano controlling him for the moment.
Ramano postures up in Simon's guard and throws a big left but Simon blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Simon preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ramano with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ramano content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Ramano postures up in Simon's guard and throws a big left but Simon blocks it.
Ramano throwing strikes but missing.
Ramano missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Simon not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Ramano scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Simon utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ramano in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ramano with a flurry of punches that miss.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Razor Ramano dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Simon tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ramano swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ramano bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Simon's head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Simon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
As Simon backs off Ramano throws a huge counter combo but Simon manages to avoid it all.
Simon tries to close the distance and clinch but Ramano swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ramano pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Simon back to the cage. Ramano follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Simon fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ramano, pushing him back against the cage.
Ramano blocks an uppercut.
Ramano has picked Simon up - he's going for a ride! Ramano dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Ramano has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ramano thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ramano not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Simon on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ramano missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ramano looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Ramano throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramano missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Simon blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ramano.
Simon keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Simon regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Ramano.
Ramano throwing strikes but missing.
Ramano throws a big elbow that misses.
That's two 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.
Ramano loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ramano throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ramano throwing strikes but missing.
Ramano is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ramano throws a big elbow that misses.
Ramano throwing strikes but missing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ramano postures up in Simon's guard and throws a big left but Simon blocks it.
Simon preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ramano throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ramano has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simon is trying to keep Ramano in close.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Ramano in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ramano postures up in Simon's guard and throws a big left but Simon blocks it.
Ramano loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ramano throws a big right hand that misses.
Razor Ramano has got the better of the ground game so far.
Simon preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ramano throwing strikes but missing.
Ramano stands up over Simon, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Ramano content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Ramano throwing strikes but missing.
Simon seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramano postures up and lands a big shot to Simon's brow.
Ramano content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Ramano drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Simon dives on top into guard.
Ramano thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Ramano has his foot on Simon's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Simon works his way back into a safe position though.
Ramano looking to hit a scissor sweep but Simon is one step ahead there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Simon sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Ramano's guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Razor Ramano showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Simon tries to clinch but Ramano moves away
and Ramano counters with a stiff right hand.
Simon tries to close the distance and clinch but Ramano swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Simon tries to clinch
and Ramano makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Simon tries to clinch but Ramano moves away
and Ramano counters with a three punch combo that has Simon backing up. Simon nods at Ramano to acknowledge the strikes.
Ramano connects with a looping right hand.
Ramano throws a nice head kick!
Simon fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ramano throws a sloppy head kick and Simon moves out of range easily.
Simon throwing a counter right hand but Ramano manages to avoid it.
Ramano scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Simon moves in looking to clinch but Ramano pushes him off.
Ramano lands a jab to Simon's midsection.
Simon gets a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Simon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ramano manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Ramano is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Ramano looking for a guillotine here but Simon defends easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramano looking for a sweep. Not yet Ramano, not yet.
Ramano looking for subs off his back but Simon has passed one foot through into half guard.
Ramano actively working from the bottom here.
Jay Simon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Razor Ramano is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two 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.
Ramano keeping control of the position.
Ramano is trying to control but can't.
Ramano is looking to improve his position.
Ramano has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Simon is working away from the top position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Simon darts in trying to clinch
and Ramano counters with a nice body shot.
Simon looks to clinch
and Ramano counters with a three punch combo that has Simon backing up. Simon nods at Ramano to acknowledge the strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Simon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Simon tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ramano manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ramano lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A right-left combo lands from Ramano.
Simon tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Simon tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jay Simon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ramano throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Simon fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Simon is looking to clinch but Ramano is avoiding it.
Simon doesn't manage to clinch there - Ramano circles away.
Simon misses with an uppercut
enabling Ramano to counter with a crisp jab.
Ramano scores with a leg kick.
Simon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ramano paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Simon moves into the clinch successfully.
Simon swings wildly with an uppercut but Ramano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Simon misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Simon.
Ramano blocking some punches.
Ramano pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Razor Ramano is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Simon takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Ramano looks to land a combination but Simon avoids it well.
A big right from Simon misses.
A nice side step and Ramano releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
And that's the end of the fight!
Razor Ramano comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Ramano winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Razor Ramano!
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energy
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hype
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mgr
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FIGHT
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