PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Keke Aijala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Ramirez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Keke Aijala could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Victor Ramirez's chin.

Aijala
vs
Ramirez

180 cm
20
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

172 cm
18
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Determined

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Keke Aijala!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Victor Ramirez!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Matheus Silva and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aijala looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Keke Aijala seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aijala throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

Ramirez is rocked!
Aijala fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Aijala instigates a clinch.
Aijala lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ramirez is still on wobbly legs! Can Aijala finish him?

Aijala breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ramirez seems to have recovered his senses.

Aijala closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Ramirez wants to get back to full guard.
Aijala tries to stand but can't do so whilst Ramirez controls his leg.
Ramirez is trying to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Aijala pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ramirez is keeping the position for now.
Aijala has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Ramirez bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Aijala's guard.
Ramirez looking to pass the guard.

Ramirez is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Ramirez is pushing down on Aijala's leg trying to pass to half guard. Aijala is fighting to maintain full guard but Ramirez has managed to sneak the leg through.

Ramirez is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Ramirez looks gassed!
Ramirez works his way into side control.

Ramirez wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Aijala, who protects the arm well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ramirez working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
You can see the frustration on Aijala's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Aijala is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Ramirez is controlling him well.

Ramirez tries for a kimura but Aijala is defending well.

Ramirez looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Ramirez thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Aijala knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ramirez on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ramirez tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Ramirez thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Ramirez in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Aijala is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Victor Ramirez!