PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ramsey Wood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roy Munson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ramsey Wood has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Wood
vs
Munson

220 cm
26
275 lbs
11 - 10 - 0

207 cm
23
283 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ramsey Wood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Roy Munson!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Munson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wood paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Munson avoids the head kick by Wood.
Wood throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wood misses with a series of wild punches.
Munson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Wood.
Munson takes one on the button.
Munson checks a low kick from Wood.
Munson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wood lands with a nice combination. Munson backs away looking to recover.

Munson clinches.
Munson trying to land knees to the body.
Munson missing with knees to the body.
Munson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wood is defending well for now.
Wood blocks the elbow strike.
Munson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Munson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wood trying to control the position but instead, Munson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Wood into the cage.
Wood tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Munson's elbow.
Munson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wood wants to stall.
Munson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Munson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Wood's efforts to push away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Munson.
Munson lands a body punch.
Wood is breathing heavily.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Munson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wood's brow.
Munson lands with a left to the head.
Munson working Wood over with knees to the body.
Wood blocks an elbow strike from Munson.
Munson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Munson lands a hook that snaps the head of Wood backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Munson lands an elbow that stopped Wood in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Ramsey Wood has been cut.
Wood is trying to maintain a safe position but Munson gets an underhook and turns Wood into the cage.
Munson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wood in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Munson throws an elbow but misses.
Munson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wood avoiding damage as Munson throws knees to the body.
Munson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Munson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Munson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wood has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Munson misses with a knee strike.
Munson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Munson lands a body shot in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Munson.
Munson lands a nice elbow.
Munson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Munson misses with an elbow strike.
Wood taking a breather.
Munson lands an elbow inside.
Munson misses with a knee strike.
Wood content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Wood's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Munson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Munson lands a left hand.
Munson keeps control of Wood as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Munson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Wood is trying to maintain a safe position but Munson gets an underhook and turns Wood into the cage.
Nice elbow from Munson.
Munson blocks an elbow strike.
Munson tries to land knees in the clinch but Wood avoids the damage to the body.
Wood is trying to break the clinch but Munson has him pressed against the cage.
Munson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Munson.
Wood tries to circle away but Munson has him pinned against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Wood.
Munson misses with a knee strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Munson lands a damaging elbow.
Munson lands a knee to the body.
Wood blocks an elbow strike from Munson.
Wood tries to break free but Munson pushes him back against the cage.
Wood is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Wood has Munson pushed against the cage.
Munson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Knees in the clinch landing for Munson.
Munson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wood lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Munson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Munson.
Munson lands a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Munson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Munson.
A right handed body shot lands from Munson.
Munson scores with a shoulder strike.
Munson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Munson crunches a lovely knee into Wood's ribcage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Munson lands a knee to the head.
Munson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Wood takes an elbow to the forehead.
Wood on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wood is trying to push Munson away but Munson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Munson throws an elbow that misses.
Munson lands an elbow inside.
Munson misses with a knee to the head.
Munson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Munson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Munson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wood's brow.
Wood blocking some punches.
Wood avoids the elbow strike from Munson, against the cage.

Wood pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wood circles away from the clinch attempt
and Munson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Munson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Munson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wood.
Wood lands with a slapping head kick.
Wood connects with a right hand. Munson shakes it off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roy Munson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ramsey Wood's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Wood scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Wood scores with a three punch combo!
Wood throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Munson.
A left lands for Wood.
Wood goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Wood scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

It looks like Roy Munson has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wood misses with a series of wild punches.
Wood misses with a two punch combination.
Wood throws a series of punches but Munson moves out of range.
No joy there for Wood, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Munson dodges the punch combination from Wood.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A jab lands there for Wood.
Munson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Wood counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Munson thinking.
Roy Munson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Munson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Wood tries to stall but Munson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Munson lands a shoulder strike.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wood misses with a knee strike.
Roy Munson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Munson lands a nice knee to the body.
Wood tries a body shot but Munson blocks it.
Munson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Munson trying to land knees to the body.
Wood avoiding damage as Munson throws knees to the body.
Munson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wood wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Munson misses with an elbow over the top.
Munson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wood has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Wood breaks from the clinch.
Wood throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Munson.
A combination from Wood does no damage.
Munson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Munson is looking to clinch.
A left and a right from Wood both land. Nice combination.
Wood jabs at Munson's body.
Munson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Wood throws a nice looking combination but Munson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Munson blocks a leg kick.
Wood scores with a head kick. Munson tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood throws a right hand that Munson ducks under and follows up with a left that Munson also avoids with ease.
Wood is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Munson lands a high kick!
Wood circles away from the clinch attempt
and Wood counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Munson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Munson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Wood works over Munson's head and body with a nice combination.
Wood is looking to wear down Munson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Wood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Munson moves away.
Wood throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Munson tries to clinch there but Wood circles away.
Munson wants to clinch.
Ramsey Wood is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wood lunges at Munson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Munson's hand.
Munson wants to clinch but Wood slips to the side
and Wood counters with a head kick. That will keep Munson thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wood throws a right and a left that both miss.
Munson wants to clinch but Wood slips to the side
and Wood counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Munson misses with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Munson slips a jab and a cross from Wood.
A nice inside leg kick there by Munson. That's going to slow Wood down.
Wood has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

Munson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Munson scores a nice knee to the body.
Munson scores with a knee to the head.
Wood avoids the elbow strike from Munson, against the cage.
Wood throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A hook to the body from Munson.

Wood breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wood scores with a one two! Munson had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Wood is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Munson goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Munson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Munson wants to clinch but Wood slips to the side
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Munson swings widly with a right hand
and Wood counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Munson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wood throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Munson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wood scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Munson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Munson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wood.
Munson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Munson wants to clinch.
Munson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wood moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wood lands a nice hook to Munson's body. Munson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Wood looks to land a combination. Munson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Wood moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Wood dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wood swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice cross by Munson.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Munson tries to clinch but Wood moves away
and Wood counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Wood throws a combination. Munson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Munson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Wood is working the combinations to good effect here.
Munson misses with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ramsey Wood dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Wood throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Munson on the side of the head.
Wood takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Wood connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Munson momentarily.
Jab, jab by Wood - just one landing.
Munson throws a sloppy head kick
and Wood counters with a two punch combo.
Wood throws a nice looking combination but Munson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wood throws a right and a left that Munson avoids nicely.
Wood misses with a double jab.
Wood throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wood fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Munson has closed the distance and engaged Wood in a clinch.
Munson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Munson lands a damaging elbow.
Wood dodges an elbow strike from Munson.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Wood tries to break the clinch but Munson is controlling the position.
Munson lands with a light punch inside.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Munson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wood is looking to control Munson's arms but Munson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Wood has his back to the cage.
Munson lands with a right to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Wood's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Wood lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Munson backwards.
Wood wants to stall.
Munson lands an elbow that stopped Wood in his tracks for a moment.
Munson lands a damaging elbow.
Munson digs a right hand underneath Wood's ribcage. Wood let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Munson trying to land knees to the body.
Munson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Wood tries to break free but Munson pushes him back against the cage.
Munson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Munson lands an elbow just above Wood 's eye.
Wood avoiding damage as Munson throws knees to the body.
Munson lands an uppercut.
Wood using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Munson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wood looking to slow down the pace here.
Munson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Wood wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Wood breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wood throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Munson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Munson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Munson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wood throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Munson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Munson scores with a shot to the side of Wood's head.
Wood landing knees to the body.
Munson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Munson lands a nice elbow.
Nice elbow from Munson.
Wood wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Munson throws an elbow that misses.
Munson misses with the head strike.
Munson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Wood escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wood looks for the body kick but Munson saw that one coming.
Wood throws a series of punches but Munson avoids them all with ease.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Munson!

Munson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Wood tries to break free but Munson pushes him back against the cage.
Wood dodges an elbow strike from Munson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Munson misses with a knee to the head.
Munson pushes off an throws an elbow but Wood leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Munson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Wood's efforts to push away.

Wood pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Munson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A head kick by Munson misses
and Wood counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wood lands a nice looking body shot.
Munson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Wood lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Munson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Wood scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Wood lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Munson misses with a head kick.
Munson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Wood tries to keep at a distance but Munson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Munson throws an elbow but it misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Munson.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Wood takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood avoids a wild elbow strike from Munson.
Munson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Munson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wood's elbow.
Wood is trying to break the clinch but Munson has him pressed against the cage.
Wood tries to break the clinch but Munson is controlling the position.
With the fighters up against the cage, Munson throws an elbow but misses.
Wood tries to circle away but Munson has him pinned against the cage.
Wood wants to break the clinch but can't.
Munson with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Wood breaks the clinch.
Wood looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wood throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Some wild striking there from Wood.
Munson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wood paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Munson checks a low kick from Wood.
Wood throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Munson.
Ramsey Wood is winning the standup battle so far.
Munson throws a sloppy head kick
and Wood makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Munson tries to clinch there but Wood circles away.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ramsey Wood.
I think Wood has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ramsey Wood!