PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Arcot Ramathorn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Janhino Suerto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Suerto has chosen 50 Cent-Ready For War (Remix) as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Arcot Ramathorn could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Janhino Suerto's chin.

Ramathorn
vs
Suerto

175 cm
22
146 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

170 cm
24
151 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arcot Ramathorn!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Janhino Suerto!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Felipe Paraventi and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramathorn scores with a crisp jab that stopped Suerto in his tracks.

Suerto scores a takedown into full mount!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Suerto throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Ramathorn squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Ramathorn knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Suerto on the ground.
Suerto controlling the pace for now.
Suerto has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Suerto has hold of Ramathorn's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Ramathorn manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

Suerto is working for a guillotine from mount but Ramathorn frees his head quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramathorn really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Suerto lands a big shot there that rocks Ramathorn but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Suerto is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Ramathorn can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

Suerto is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Suerto!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Janhino Suerto!
Janhino Suerto is the new featherweight champion!