PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Ramrod (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick Ross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Ramrod might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to 2Pac - Hit Em Up. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Ramrod
vs
Ross

201 cm
27
194 lbs
9 - 5 - 1

185 cm
22
190 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 9 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Jeff Ramrod!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rick Ross!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramrod tries to clinch but Ross moves out of range.
Ramrod tries to clinch but Ross is having none of it.
Ramrod misses with an uppercut. Ross saw that one coming.
Ramrod moves in looking to clinch but Ross pushes him off.
Ramrod fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ramrod slips under a jab from Ross.
Ramrod wants to clinch.
Ross circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ramrod tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Ross manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramrod avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ross throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ramrod tries to clinch but Ross moves out of range.
Ross lands a jab to the head.

It looks like Jeff Ramrod has been cut.
Ross looks to throw the jab but Ramrod is out of range.
Ross looks to land a combination but Ramrod avoids it well.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ramrod looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ramrod is looking to clinch but Ross is avoiding it.
Ross does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ross scores with a jab.
Ramrod really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Ross misses with a head kick.
Ramrod doesn't manage to clinch there - Ross circles away.
Ramrod just misses with a punch to the body.
Ramrod avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ross throws a sloppy body shot
and Ramrod counters with a nice uppercut.
Ramrod fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ross misses with a jab to the body

and Ramrod holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Ramrod has a couple of punches blocked by Ross.
Ramrod doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ramrod misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ramrod.
Ramrod has a couple of punches blocked by Ross.

Ross breaks the clinch.
Ramrod tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ross paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ramrod tries to clinch up but Ross circles away and keeps his distance.
Ramrod tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Ross manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ramrod is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ramrod tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ross catches Ramrod with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The fight stays on the outside here - Ramrod looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

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.
Ross keeps the fight on the outside.
Ramrod bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jeff Ramrod seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ramrod is looking to clinch but Ross is avoiding it.
Ramrod wants to clinch.
Ross just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ramrod tries to clinch up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rick Ross dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jeff Ramrod's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Ramrod moves in looking to clinch but Ross pushes him off.
Ramrod is looking to clinch but Ross is avoiding it.
Ross stalks Ramrod and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Ramrod's face. Ramrod staggers backwards, shaken.
Ramrod ducks under a wild hook from Ross.
Ramrod fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ramrod tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ramrod tries to clinch there but Ross circles away.
Ross cracks Ramrod with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Ross cracks Ramrod with an open hand slap.

Jeff Ramrod's cut is getting worse.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Ross drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ross is working Ramrod over with some ground and pound from side control.
Ross tries to score with some ground and pound. Ramrod controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Ramrod is trying to control Ross's posture but Ross avoids it.

Ross wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Ramrod, who protects the arm well.
Ross creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The ground and pound from Ross seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Ross working the ground and pound.

Jeff Ramrod's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Ross has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Ross.
Ramrod tries to bench press Ross off him but Ross keeps the position.
Ross wants to control but Ramrod is keeping him busy.
Ross working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Ramrod tries to improve position but can't.
Ross misses with the ground and pound.
Ross working the ground and pound.
Ramrod takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ross throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

Ross tries for a kimura but Ramrod is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ross throws an elbow but Ramrod slips to the side and avoids it well.
Ross in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Ross lands a nice forearm strike.

Jeez, Jeff Ramrod's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jeff Ramrod's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Rick Ross!