PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alex Ramirez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Ramirez
vs
Santos

180 cm
22
194 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
22
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Solid chin

BioPharm Nutrition

Lightning Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alex Ramirez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jimmy Santos!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Edson Gomes and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos keeps the fight on the outside.
Ramirez looks for a takedown but Santos sprawls well.
Alex Ramirez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ramirez just misses with a punch to the body.

Santos closes the distance and clinches.
Ramirez tries to pull guard but Santos holds him up against the cage and eventually Ramirez drops back down to his feet.

Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ramirez misses with a body shot.
Ramirez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alex Ramirez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ramirez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ramirez wants to clinch but Santos slips to the side
and Santos counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Ramirez fails with the takedown
and Santos makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Ramirez is breathing heavily.
Santos cracks the inside of Ramirez's front leg.
Ramirez with a poor takedown
and Santos makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

A head kick lands from Santos that sends Ramirez to the canvas. Ramirez tries to scramble back to his feet but Santos brings him back down into side control.

It looks like Alex Ramirez has been cut.

Santos decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Ramirez wants to clinch

and Santos counters by clinching up.

Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ramirez with a poor takedown
and Santos counters with a slapping leg kick.
Santos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ramirez.
Ramirez on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Santos. Santos obviously looking to wear him down.
Ramirez tries for a takedown but Santos circles away easily
and Santos counters with a body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ramirez doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Santos counters with a flying knee that drops Ramirez!
Santos is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Santos trying to stand up but can't free himself from Ramirez's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ramirez working for a triangle but Santos defends it easily.
Santos stops Ramirez from standing up.
Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but Ramirez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Santos wanted to stand there but Ramirez had control of the position.
Ramirez keeping full guard, as Santos tries to pass.

Ramirez working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Santos doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Santos manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Ramirez is looking to sinch up a triangle. Santos throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Ramirez's body to avoid the submission. Ramirez has instead reached around Santos's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Ramirez arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Alex Ramirez!