PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Octavio Ramos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henrik Torhammer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Torhammer has chosen Doom Unit - Killing Time as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ramos
vs
Torhammer

170 cm
20
145 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

178 cm
21
152 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good chin

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Octavio Ramos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Henrik Torhammer!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torhammer moves out of range of the strikes.
Ramos fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Torhammer misses the jab.
Ramos takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ramos loads up on a big right hand but Torhammer slips the punch.
Ramos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Torhammer moves away.
Torhammer moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Ramos scores with a nice head shot.
Ramos misses with a lunging right hand
and Torhammer counters with a one-two to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ramos throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Torhammer counters with a slapping leg kick.
Ramos throws a body punch but Torhammer moves out of range.
Torhammer cracks Ramos with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ramos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Torhammer.
Ramos moves forwards but Torhammer connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramos throws a big shot that misses.
Torhammer chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A chopping leg kick lands by Torhammer.
Ramos misses with a wild combination.
A shot to the liver by Torhammer. Beautiful body shot.
Torhammer connects with a crisp jab.
Ramos throws a hook but Torhammer avoids it easily.
Ramos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Torhammer fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ramos looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A jab from Torhammer misses.
Torhammer lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ramos on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ramos is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Torhammer's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Torhammer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ramos bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Torhammer feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Ramos's calf.
Ramos takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Torhammer has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Torhammer bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Torhammer connects with an inside leg kick.
Ramos moves away from the strike by Torhammer.
Ramos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Torhammer throws out the jab.
Torhammer connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Torhammer moves away from the strike by Ramos.
A slow jab from Ramos misses its intended target.
Ramos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Torhammer.
Henrik Torhammer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab by Torhammer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramos takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Torhammer fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ramos has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Torhammer shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ramos has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Torhammer.
Ramos is breathing heavily.
Torhammer darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Jab, jab by Torhammer - just one landing.
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!
Torhammer staying out of range there.
Good leg kick by Torhammer there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Torhammer scores with a leg kick.
Torhammer getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Ramos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Torhammer moves away.
Torhammer moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Ramos is rocked!
Ramos throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Torhammer makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Torhammer is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Ramos had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torhammer scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ramos takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Oh Ramos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Torhammer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Torhammer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ramos.
Ramos seems to have got his legs back now.
Torhammer jabs Ramos to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Ramos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Torhammer fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ramos.
A big left from Ramos misses.
Torhammer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ramos.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ramos fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Torhammer connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ramos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henrik Torhammer dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Ramos needs to keep his hands up - Torhammer had a free shot at his head there.
Torhammer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ramos gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Torhammer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ramos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Torhammer was well out of range. Poor timing from Ramos.
Torhammer lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A big left from Torhammer misses.
Torhammer paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Torhammer has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Torhammer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A big left from Torhammer misses.
Torhammer lands a nice shot to the body.
Torhammer with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Torhammer misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torhammer throws a poor cross that misses
and Ramos counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Ramos is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Torhammer lands a right hook to the body.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Torhammer in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Nice defenses there by Ramos.
Torhammer scores with a nice strike.
Ramos takes one on the button.
Torhammer lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Torhammer scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Ramos's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Torhammer connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ramos scrambles back to his feet.
Henrik Torhammer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ramos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Torhammer scores with a jab to the head.
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!
Torhammer lands with an uppercut that bounces Ramos off the cage and back into range.
Ramos looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ramos uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Torhammer.
Ramos misses with a hook. Torhammer ducked under it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torhammer lands with a slapping head kick.
Torhammer chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Torhammer cracks Ramos with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Torhammer lands the left hand.
Torhammer slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ramos rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Torhammer counters with a crisp right that sends Ramos to the canvas! Torhammer follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Henrik Torhammer!
A very excited looking Henrik Torhammer made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.