PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vinicius Ramos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Javier Gattuso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ramos comes to the cage accompanied by The Killers - Somebody Told Me. Gattuso has chosen WAR-Low Rider as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Ramos
vs
Gattuso

185 cm
29
205 lbs
13 - 8 - 1

194 cm
32
212 lbs
25 - 13 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Steel Penn's All 160

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 13 - 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 25 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Javier Gattuso!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Thiago Cunha and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gattuso throws a jab when Ramos was well out of range.
Ramos lands a nice hook to Gattuso's body. Gattuso takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Gattuso slips a straight right by Ramos.
Ramos throws a hook to the side of Gattuso's head but Gattuso sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vinicius Ramos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ramos cracks Gattuso with a right hand to the side of the head.

It looks like Javier Gattuso has been cut.
Gattuso looks to score with a jab to the body but Ramos is just out of range.
Gattuso pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gattuso dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ramos. That did some damage!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ramos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gattuso lands a head kick. Ramos smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Gattuso fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Gattuso swings for the body but Ramos moves out of range.
Gattuso misses with a looping left.
Gattuso throws a right hand that Ramos ducks under and follows up with a left that Ramos also avoids with ease.
A telegraphed right hand from Ramos misses the target.
Gattuso slips under a jab.
Gattuso swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramos connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gattuso's hands.
Ramos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gattuso lands an overhand right.
Ramos throws a shot from downtown. Gattuso moves away and avoids it.
Ramos scores with a jab to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice sprawl there from Gattuso as Ramos shoots in.
Ramos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A jab from Ramos misses.

Gattuso tries to sprawl but Ramos drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Ramos stops Gattuso from getting back to his feet.

Ramos is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Ramos wants to control but Gattuso is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Ramos is looking for a kimura here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gattuso keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Gattuso wants to control but Ramos is keeping busy.

Ramos is looking for a kimura but Gattuso is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Ramos to get the leverage.
Ramos trying to mount his opponent but Gattuso defends it.
Gattuso is trying to maintain the position but Ramos is very close to passing his half guard.
Gattuso tries to get to full guard but Ramos has control of the leg.
Gattuso trying to control but Ramos postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ramos is working for a kimura but Gattuso is defending it quite comfortably.
Gattuso is trying to get back to full guard.

Gattuso is defending against the submission attempts here by Ramos.
Ramos is taking a breather. Gattuso says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Gattuso is trying to control but can't.

Ramos is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Ramos looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gattuso is trying to stand.
Ramos working Gattuso over with strikes.
Gattuso gets full guard.
Gattuso bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ramos's guard.
Gattuso throws a big right hand that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gattuso trying to control the position from guard on top but Ramos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Ramos is trying to control the position but Gattuso postures up.

Gattuso avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ramos keeping moving, preventing Gattuso from controlling successfully.
Gattuso prevents Ramos from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vinicius Ramos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Javier Gattuso's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Gattuso wants to land a leg kick but Ramos is out of range.
Gattuso is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Gattuso fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ramos looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A telegraphed right hand from Ramos misses the target.
Ramos misses with a wild body shot.
Gattuso looks to throw the jab but Ramos is out of range.
Donk. Ramos catches Gattuso right on the button with a cross.
A punch combination from Gattuso misses.
Good exchange - Ramos coming out on top.
Ramos throws a jab when Gattuso was well out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gattuso scores with a decent looking hook.
Gattuso lands a head kick!
Ramos looks to land a right hand but Gattuso moved out of range.
Nice defenses there by Ramos.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gattuso steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ramos.
Ramos lands a jab to the head.
I'm just looking down at my notes here and I see that.... oh! Ramos has cracked Gattuso with a big right, followed by a left! He's out on his feet! Ramos lands another huge swinging hook and Gattuso tumbles to the canvas! The ref dives in to save Gattuso, before Ramos can land any more shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Vinicius Ramos!
A relieved looking Vinicius Ramos thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.