PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alex Ramirez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drake Vendo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ramirez's entrance music is Megadeth-Trust. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ramirez
vs
Vendo

180 cm
32
202 lbs
18 - 14 - 0

191 cm
20
200 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 18 - 14 - 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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Drake Vendo!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Daniel Cesar and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Vendo dives in and scores a takedown into Ramirez's guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Vendo won't allow Ramirez to sweep him here.
Ramirez keeping moving, preventing Vendo from controlling successfully.
Vendo tries to stand but Ramirez is controlling from the bottom.
Ramirez has his hands on Vendo's head, controlling the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Ramirez looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Ramirez takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vendo is trying to get back to full guard.
Vendo moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Ramirez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Ramirez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Vendo is keeping the position for now.
Ramirez sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Vendo has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ramirez can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Ramirez engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Ramirez postures up and lands a big shot to Vendo's brow.
Ramirez trying to control the position from guard on top but Vendo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ramirez works over Vendo with some ground and pound from guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ramirez landing some decent shots from guard.
Ramirez slips nicely into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez is nestled in close to Vendo, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Ramirez is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Vendo has hold of Ramirez's hands but Ramirez slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ramirez trying to mount his opponent but Vendo defends it.
Ramirez stalling.

Ramirez is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Vendo doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Ramirez.
Ramirez lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Ramirez trying to control from half guard but Vendo is working away.

Vendo is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Ramirez pulls his head out easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ramirez takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ramirez winds up and cracks Vendo with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Ramirez dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ramirez gets a takedown into half guard.
Vendo is looking to improve his position.

Ramirez seems to be looking for submissions.
Ramirez lands with a punch from half guard.
Ramirez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Vendo taking some punishment here, with Ramirez in his half guard.
Alex Ramirez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ramirez trying to control the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Vendo is staying active underneath Ramirez, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Ramirez is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Ramirez is trying to control. Vendo wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Ramirez is looking for a kimura here.

Ramirez is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Vendo defends it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Ramirez seems content to control.
Ramirez prevents Vendo from improving his position.
Ramirez tries to pass the half guard into mount. Vendo knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Ramirez missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ramirez not doing much here.
Ramirez missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ramirez thows a huge punch but Vendo dodges it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Vendo looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Vendo is breathing heavily.
Ramirez working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Ramirez is nestled in close to Vendo, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Ramirez scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ramirez passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Vendo!

Ramirez has hold of Vendo's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Vendo manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Ramirez lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

It looks like Drake Vendo has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ramirez lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Vendo is rocked!

Ramirez working for a guillotine from mount but Vendo is in no mood to give up.
Ramirez raining down hammerfists from mount.
Vendo is still in real trouble! Can Ramirez finish him?
Ramirez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Vendo seems to have recovered his senses.
Ramirez with good strikes from the mount here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ramirez with good strikes from the mount here!

Ramirez looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Ramirez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Drake Vendo's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Ramirez closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Vendo to the mat! Vendo manages to get full guard.
Ramirez throwing strikes but missing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ramirez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ramirez might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Ramirez slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Ramirez trying to control the position from guard on top but Vendo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ramirez cracks Vendo with a solid left hand.
Ramirez looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez postures up and lands a big shot to Vendo's brow.
Ramirez lands a couple of digs.
Ramirez is in close to Vendo's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Ramirez landing some decent shots from guard.
Ramirez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Vendo's head.
Ramirez sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Ramirez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Vendo's head.
Vendo can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Ramirez controls the pace.
Ramirez has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez trying to control the position from guard on top but Vendo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ramirez's corner is telling him to maintain position.

We're going to have a standup here because Alex Ramirez wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Ramirez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Vendo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Ramirez gets caught flat footed, as Vendo shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Ramirez trying to control the position here.
Vendo throws a big elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez has his hands on Vendo's head, controlling the position.
Ramirez throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.
Vendo is fighting to break Ramirez's control of his arms but Ramirez is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Ramirez trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

Ramirez working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Vendo doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Ramirez is tightening it up a little... Vendo has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Vendo reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Vendo taps out! Nice BJJ there by Ramirez!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Alex Ramirez!