PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mark Ramos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Bryant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bryant has chosen B Boy Stance as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Tim Bryant will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Ramos
vs
Bryant

188 cm
18
195 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

188 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mark Ramos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tim Bryant!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Ren Mimura and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Ramos.
Bryant prevents Ramos from improving position.
Bryant manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Ramos wants to improve his position but Bryant is controlling well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bryant wants to stand but Ramos has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramos tries to roll over but Bryant keeps him under control.
Bryant wants to stand up but Ramos is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Ramos tries to get to full guard but Bryant has control of the leg.
Bryant is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Ramos knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bryant on the ground.
Ramos is looking to control Bryant's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Ramos avoid being mounted?

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Ramos has Bryant up against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ramos lands a takedown into guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Bryant preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bryant preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ramos wants to control from the top but Bryant keeps moving.
Bryant wants to get back to his feet but Ramos is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Bryant keeping moving, preventing Ramos from controlling successfully.
Ramos stands up over Bryant, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramos wants to control from the top but Bryant keeps moving.
Ramos is really struggling to control Bryant but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Ramos tries to free his leg and advance position but Bryant is retaining full guard.

We're going to have a standup here because Mark Ramos wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Ramos shoots in but no luck this time.
Bryant misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Ramos changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Bryant looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bryant is not content to let Ramos control the position.
Bryant takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Ramos dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Ramos blocks a head kick by Bryant.
Bryant throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Ramos looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Bryant!
Ramos raining down shots from the mount!
Ramos trying to control but Bryant is having none of it.
Ramos with the ground and pound from mount.
Ramos lands a heavy elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ramos wants to control but Bryant has made it back to half guard. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramos landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bryant is breathing heavily.
Ramos trying to control the action but Bryant is working from the bottom.
Ramos landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bryant is refusing to be controlled, as Ramos sits in half guard.
Ramos lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Bryant is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramos lands strikes from half guard.
Bryant taking some punishment here, with Ramos in his half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ramos lands a big elbow - Bryant is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Ramos!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark Ramos!