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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vinicius Ramos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maverick Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ramos comes to the cage accompanied by The Killers - Somebody Told Me. Maverick Anderson told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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205 lbs
12 - 8 - 1 |
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210 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Dangerous knees
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vinicius Ramos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Maverick Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Edson Gomes and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramos lands a nice hook to Anderson's body. Anderson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Anderson scores with a punch to the head.
Anderson is looking to clinch but Ramos is avoiding it.
A cross from Ramos lands.
It looks like Maverick Anderson has been cut.
Anderson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
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!
Ramos fails with the takedown
and Anderson counters with a straight right hand.
Anderson wants to clinch up but Ramos keeps it at a distance.
Anderson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ramos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ramos throws a hook but Anderson blocks it.
Nice body punch from Ramos.
Ramos swats away the attempt to clinch by Anderson.
Anderson throws a series of punches but Ramos moves out of range.
Ramos circles away from the clinch attempt.
A cross from Anderson lands.
Anderson tries to clinch up but Ramos circles away and keeps his distance.
Anderson throws out a loose jab but Ramos uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson moves to clinch but Ramos breaks away
and Ramos counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Anderson thinking.
Anderson misses with a low kick.
Anderson rushes Ramos and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Anderson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Anderson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ramos avoids the elbow strike from Anderson, against the cage.
Ramos avoiding damage as Anderson throws knees to the body.
Anderson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ramos throws an elbow but misses.
Anderson missing with knees to the body.
Ramos takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Vinicius Ramos has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anderson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ramos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Anderson tries a knee to the head but Ramos blocks it.
Anderson is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ramos's face.
Anderson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ramos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Anderson avoids it.
Anderson scores with a knee to the head.
Anderson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Anderson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Anderson misses with a knee strike.
Anderson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Anderson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ramos decides to pull guard.
Ramos has control of Anderson's left arm, preventing Anderson from doing any damage.
Anderson tries to stand but Ramos is controlling from the bottom.
Anderson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramos being controlled here, momentarily.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Ramos holds on and takes a little breather.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Anderson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ramos lands a glancing blow to the side of Anderson's head.
Ramos staying out of range there.
Maverick Anderson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Anderson misses with a wild body shot.
Ramos on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Anderson works over Ramos's head and body with a nice combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anderson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Anderson tries to clinch but Ramos moves out of range.
Anderson misses with the combination.
Ramos throws a hook but Anderson blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Ramos misses.
Anderson lands a lovely overhand right.
Anderson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ramos moves away.
Ramos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Anderson manages to avoid it.
Ramos throws out a loose jab but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ramos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Anderson.
Ramos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Anderson circles away quickly and effectively.
The fight stays on the outside here - Anderson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ramos moves out of range as Anderson strikes.
Anderson misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Anderson slips under a jab from Ramos.
Ramos tries to move into range but Anderson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Anderson wants to clinch up but Ramos keeps it at a distance.
Anderson wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Maverick Anderson dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Ramos misses with a looping left.
Anderson is looking to clinch but Ramos is avoiding it.
Ramos throws an overhand right that lands on Anderson's shoulder, as Anderson tries to avoid the shot.
Maverick Anderson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Anderson moves in looking to clinch but Ramos pushes him off.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anderson. Ramos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ramos throws a hook to the side of Anderson's head but Anderson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Anderson dodges the punch combination from Ramos.
Ramos feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Andersons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The fighters circle momentarily. Anderson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Ramos takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nice sprawl there from Anderson as Ramos shoots in.
Jab, jab by Anderson - just one landing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ramos slips a straight right by Anderson.
Anderson rushes Ramos and presses him up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Anderson tries to land knees in the clinch but Ramos avoids the damage to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ramos blocks an elbow strike.
Ramos keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Anderson's efforts to push away.
Anderson is fighting off a takedown attempt but Ramos is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Anderson to the mat. Anderson regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Ramos stands and throws Anderson's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Anderson bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Anderson feints a jab promting Ramos to slip. Anderson then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Ramos slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Anderson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Anderson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Anderson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Anderson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Anderson throws a right and a left that Ramos avoids nicely.
Anderson throws a hook to the side of Ramos's head but Ramos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ramos scores with a decent looking hook.
Ramos waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Anderson.
Nice jab there from Anderson.
Ramos thows a body shot but no joy.
Anderson tries to clinch but Ramos is having none of it.
Ramos slips a jab and a cross from Anderson.
Anderson throws an overhand right that lands on Ramos's shoulder, as Ramos tries to avoid the shot.
Ramos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Anderson is breathing heavily.
Anderson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Jab by Ramos.
That has opened up Maverick Anderson's cut even more.
Anderson throws a right hand that Ramos ducks under and follows up with a left that Ramos also avoids with ease.
Anderson wants to clinch.
Anderson tries to clinch up but Ramos circles away and keeps his distance.
Maverick Anderson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson tries to clinch but Ramos is having none of it.
Anderson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Anderson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ramos.
Anderson pushes Ramos up against the cage in a clinch.
Ramos is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Anderson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Ramos manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Ramos is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ramos has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Anderson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Ramos keeping moving, preventing Anderson from controlling successfully.
Anderson throws a big right hand that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson wants to control from the top but Ramos keeps moving.
Anderson trying to stand up but can't free himself from Ramos's guard.
Ramos has his foot on Anderson's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Anderson works his way back into a safe position though.
Ramos is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anderson preventing the sweep.
Ramos has a closed guard, preventing Anderson from standing up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ramos looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Anderson stands and steps away. Ramos gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Vinicius Ramos will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!
Anderson clinches up with Ramos and pushes him back against the cage.
Anderson pressing his opponent against the cage.
Anderson misses with a knee strike.
Ramos has hold of one of Anderson's legs. Anderson is fighting the takedown attempt but Ramos gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Anderson keeping full guard, as Ramos tries to pass.
Ramos trying to control the position from guard on top but Anderson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Anderson is looking to stand up but Ramos isn't so interested in that idea.
Ramos postures up in Anderson's guard and throws a big left but Anderson blocks it.
Anderson trying to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramos has gone for a leg lock! Anderson slips out almost immediately though and dives into Ramos's guard.
Ramos throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Anderson wants to stand but Ramos is controlling his posture from full guard.
Anderson trying to control the position from guard on top but Ramos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ramos working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Anderson.
Ramos is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Anderson wants to stand but Ramos is controlling his posture from full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vinicius Ramos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ramos looking for a guillotine here but Anderson defends easily.
Ramos looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Anderson stands up over Ramos, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Anderson tries to stand but Ramos is controlling from the bottom.
Ramos manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Anderson manages to get himself to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson keeping moving, preventing Ramos from controlling successfully.
Ramos looking to sit in guard and control but Anderson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Ramos is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Ramos preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Anderson trying to stand up but can't free himself from Ramos's guard.
Ramos tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ramos is working hard here to advance position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramos wants to stand but Anderson is controlling the position.
Anderson controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Anderson trying to control but Ramos is working from the bottom.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Maverick Anderson wasn't active enough on the ground.
Anderson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ramos circles away quickly and effectively.
Anderson moves out of range of the strikes.
Anderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Anderson has closed the distance and engaged Ramos in a clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Anderson prevents a takedown attempt there.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
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 Vinicius Ramos.
I think Ramos 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:28
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:28
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vinicius Ramos!
A very excited looking Vinicius Ramos 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.
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