PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gary White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Ramon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think White might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Kanye West - Stronger. Ramon has chosen Public Service Announcement by Jay Z as his entrance music. Mike Ramon is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

White
vs
Ramon

176 cm
18
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
23
155 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gary White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Ramon!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, John Kavanagh and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White ducks under a wild hook from Ramon.
White thuds his shin into the meat of Ramon's side.

White closes the distance and clinches.
Ramon tries to break free but White pushes him back against the cage.
White trying to land knees to the body.
White throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ramon is trying to force a seperation but White has the dominant position.
White tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ramon avoids it.
White is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ramon is defending well for now.
Ramon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ramon wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but White has him pressed against the cage.
White misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ramon.
Ramon wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ramon has had enough of the clinch but White keeps him there for the moment.
Ramon is trying to break the clinch but White is controlling him.
Ramon avoiding damage as White throws knees to the body.
White prevents Ramon from breaking the clinch.
Ramon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
White using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ramon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ramon avoids the elbow strike from White, against the cage.
Ramon is trying to force a seperation but White has the dominant position.
Ramon takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ramon tries to break free but White pushes him back against the cage.
Ramon is trying to force a seperation but White has the dominant position.
White is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ramon is defending well for now.
Ramon is trying to break the clinch but White is controlling him.
White trying to land knees to the body.
Ramon has had enough of the clinch but White keeps him there for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White lands a knee to the body.
White throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
White misses with a knee strike.
Ramon stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
White has Ramon pressed against the cage, preventing Ramon from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ramon has had enough of the clinch but White keeps him there for the moment.
Ramon wants to get back to striking at distance but White won't allow it.
Ramon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ramon wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ramon can't break the clinch.
White misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ramon.
Ramon avoiding damage as White throws knees to the body.
Ramon tries to circle away but White has him pinned against the cage.
White pushes off an throws an elbow but Ramon leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ramon avoiding damage as White throws knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Ramon's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ramon has had enough of the clinch but White keeps him there for the moment.
Ramon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the fighters up against the cage, White throws an elbow but misses.
Ramon tries to break free but White pushes him back against the cage.
White missing with knees to the body.
White is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ramon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
White missing with knees to the body.
Ramon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Ramon wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
White has Ramon pressed against the cage, preventing Ramon from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
White tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ramon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ramon wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but White has him pressed against the cage.
White being controlled against the cage.
Ramon takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ramon wants to break free but White has control.
White tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ramon avoiding damage as White throws knees to the body.
White landing knees to the body.
Ramon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
White missing with knees to the body.
Ramon is trying to break the clinch but White is controlling him.
White tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ramon has had enough of the clinch but White keeps him there for the moment.
Ramon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ramon has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, White just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ramon's brow.
White throws a knee to the head but misses.
White tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ramon avoids it.
Ramon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramon can't break the clinch.
Ramon is trying to break the clinch but White has him pressed against the cage.
Ramon has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
White prevents Ramon from breaking the clinch.
Ramon can't break the clinch.
White keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ramon's efforts to push away.
White landing some nice looking knees to the body.
White lands an elbow that stopped Ramon in his tracks for a moment.
White is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ramon is defending well for now.
White trying to land knees to the body.
White throws a knee to the head but misses.
White lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ramon avoiding damage as White throws knees to the body.
Ramon working hard to break the clinch.
White throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ramon blocks it with crossed arms.
White is breathing heavily.
Ramon tries to circle away but White has him pinned against the cage.
White keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ramon's efforts to push away.
Ramon is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
White landing knees to the body.

Ramon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
White ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ramon misses with a jab, cross combination.

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.
White throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
White gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Mike Ramon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
White ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Good standup being displayed there by Ramon as he connects with a hook.
Ramon throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ramon walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. White checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
White lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Ramon attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ramon takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
White throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Ramon.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from White.
White misses with an attempted mid kick.
White lands with a kick to the ribs.
Ramon takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
White lands a nice hook to Ramon's body. Ramon takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
White uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ramon.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gary White 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.

Ramon ducks right into an uppercut from White.
White throws the kick towards the body but Ramon avoids it.
A slow jab from Ramon misses its intended target.
White slips a jab and a cross from Ramon.
Ramon misses with a straight right.
White throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
White throws a head kick that misses.
White throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Ramon's head.
White takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
White with a jab.
White goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ramon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
White showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ramon.
Ramon is breathing heavily.
White throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Ramon loads up on a big right hand but White slips the punch.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from White. Ramon shrugs it off though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White throws a wild body kick that Ramon sees coming a mile off.
Ramon throws a hook to the side of White's head but White sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The fight stays on the outside here - White looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
White keeps Ramon at a distance using the push kick.
White slips a jab and a cross from Ramon.
White cracks the inside of Ramon's front leg.
A solid body kick from White.

White clinches with his opponent.
Ramon tries to circle away but White has him pinned against the cage.
White is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ramon is defending well for now.
White is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ramon is defending well for now.
Ramon is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ramon tries to break the clinch but White is controlling the position.
Ramon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
White lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ramon is looking to break free of the clinch but White has double underhooks.
Ramon has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from White.
A frustrated look appears on Ramon's face as he tries to break the clinch.
White tries to land knees in the clinch but Ramon avoids the damage to the body.
Ramon managing to block the knees to the body from White.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White pushes off an throws an elbow but Ramon leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ramon has had enough of the clinch but White keeps him there for the moment.
White tries to land knees in the clinch but Ramon avoids the damage to the body.
White tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ramon lands a right hand that snaps the head of White backwards.
White tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ramon avoids it.
White prevents Ramon from breaking the clinch.
Ramon wants to get back to striking at distance but White won't allow it.
White tries to land a knee to the head but Ramon blocks with his arms.
White prevents Ramon from breaking the clinch.
Ramon can't break the clinch.
White tries to land a knee to the head but Ramon blocks with his arms.
White using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ramon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
White trying to land knees to the body.
Ramon is trying to break the clinch but White has him pressed against the cage.
Ramon working hard to break the clinch.
White crunches a lovely knee into Ramon's ribcage.
Ramon is looking to break free of the clinch but White has double underhooks.
Ramon is trying to break the clinch but White is controlling him.
Ramon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
White tries to land a knee to the head but Ramon blocks with his arms.
White tries to land knees in the clinch but Ramon avoids the damage to the body.

Ramon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White wants to clinch.
The fighters circling - Ramon throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ramon looks to land a combination but White avoids it well.
White doesn't manage to clinch there - Ramon circles away.
White is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
White showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ramon.
White throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Ramon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from White.
White throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ramon connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Ramon scores with a body shot.
No joy there for Ramon, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
White throws a head kick that misses.
White plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
White throws a wild body kick that Ramon sees coming a mile off.
White takes one to the chin there.
Mike Ramon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
White is looking to clinch.
Ramon lands with an uppercut that bounces White off the cage and back into rage.
White uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ramon.
Ramon lands the left hand.
White looking to land some kicks to the body here.
White throws a head kick that Ramon semi-blocks.
Ramon connects with a right hand. White shakes it off.
White throws a looping overhand right but Ramon ducks down to avoid it.
Ramon swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by White.
White tries a head kick but it misses.
Ramon lands with a hook. White tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
White throws a nice head kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gary White dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

The crowd cheers as Ramon lands an impressive looking overhand right. White doesn't seem phased though.
Ramon fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
White thows a body shot but no joy.
Ramon connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between White's hands.
A low kick from Ramon is predictable there
and White counters with a nice body kick.
Ramon looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ramon sizes up White with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
White thumps Ramon with a low kick.
White connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
White tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ramon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ramon keeps the fight on the outside.
White lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
White lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
White lands a head kick. Ramon smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
White lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ramon throws a big shot that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White looks for the body kick but Ramon saw that one coming.
White checks a low kick from Ramon.
The fight stays on the outside here - White looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
White tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ramon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
White lands with a slapping head kick.
Ramon throws a looping overhand right but White ducks down to avoid it.
White goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ramon lands a jab.
Ramon takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Ramon throws a sloppy body shot
and White counters with a body kick that stops Ramon in his tracks momentarily.
Nice body kick there by White.
White throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

White moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ramon is defending well for now.
Ramon wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
White tries to land knees in the clinch but Ramon avoids the damage to the body.
White lands a knee to the head.
Ramon wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but White has him pressed against the cage.
Ramon tries to break free but White pushes him back against the cage.
Ramon tries to break free but White pushes him back against the cage.
Ramon is trying to break the clinch but White has him pressed against the cage.
White throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
White keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ramon's efforts to push away.
Ramon takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ramon avoiding damage as White throws knees to the body.
White utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ramon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ramon blocks an elbow strike from White.
Ramon wants to break the clinch but can't.
White tries to land a knee to the head but Ramon blocks with his arms.
Ramon has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ramon wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ramon is trying to break free.
White misses with a knee strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White trying to land knees to the body.
White is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ramon is defending well for now.
Ramon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ramon wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ramon wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ramon is looking to break free of the clinch but White has double underhooks.
Ramon avoiding damage as White throws knees to the body.
White tries to land knees in the clinch but Ramon avoids the damage to the body.
Ramon avoiding damage as White throws knees to the body.
White lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
White throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ramon blocks it with crossed arms.
Ramon is trying to force a seperation but White has the dominant position.
Ramon working hard to break the clinch.
Ramon looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ramon tries to break free but White pushes him back against the cage.
Ramon is trying to break the clinch but White has him pressed against the cage.
Ramon wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but White has him pressed against the cage.
White using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ramon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ramon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ramon is trying to break the clinch but White has him pressed against the cage.
White prevents Ramon from breaking the clinch.
Ramon avoiding damage as White throws knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
White trying to land knees to the body.
Ramon avoiding damage as White throws knees to the body.
Ramon tries to circle away but White has him pinned against the cage.
Ramon tries to break free but White pushes him back against the cage.
White tries to land knees in the clinch but Ramon avoids the damage to the body.
Ramon wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mike Ramon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Ramon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
White misses the body punch
and Ramon counters with a three punch combo that has White backing up. White nods at Ramon to acknowledge the strikes.
White blocks a jab.
White fakes the leg kick and cracks Ramon in the body.
The fighters circling - Ramon throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Donk. White catches Ramon right on the button with a cross.
Ramon throws a jab when White was well out of range.
White tries to clinch there but Ramon circles away.
White throws a right and a left that both miss.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ramon darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
The fighters circling - Ramon throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gary White showed his dominance in that final round.
Well White has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gary White!