PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alex Ramirez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mickey Halliday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ramirez comes to the cage accompanied by Megadeth-Trust. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ramirez
vs
Halliday

180 cm
44
197 lbs
33 - 35 - 0

194 cm
35
196 lbs
11 - 15 - 3

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 33 - 35 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alex Ramirez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 15 - 3, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mickey Halliday!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Paulsen Ambrosius and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramirez lands a right hook to the body.

Halliday gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Ramirez to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Ramirez throws a big right hand that misses.
Ramirez lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Ramirez trying to control the position from guard on top but Halliday is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Halliday is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Ramirez throws a big elbow that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Halliday is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Ramirez presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Halliday is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Halliday wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ramirez jumps guard but Halliday stands there with Ramirez around his waist. Ramirez gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Halliday pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Halliday missing with a left hand there. Ramirez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Horrible takedown attempt by Ramirez or perhaps it was just good defense by Halliday, which made it look bad.
Halliday fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Halliday lunges at Ramirez with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ramirez's hand.
Ramirez throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Halliday lunges at Ramirez with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ramirez's hand.

Halliday gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ramirez's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Ramirez postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Halliday trying to control the position here.
Halliday tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ramirez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Halliday preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Halliday looking to control.
Ramirez connects with a couple of short punches.
Ramirez preventing the sweep.
Ramirez trying to control the position from guard on top but Halliday is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ramirez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ramirez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Ramirez wants to control from the top but Halliday keeps moving.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halliday avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Ramirez throws a right and a left that Halliday avoids nicely.
Halliday just misses with a punch to the body.

Ramirez decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Ramirez thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Halliday's head.
Ramirez seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Halliday does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Ramirez stops Halliday from getting back to his feet.
Ramirez thows a huge punch but Halliday dodges it nicely.
Halliday is staying active underneath Ramirez, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Ramirez stops Halliday from getting back to his feet.
Ramirez scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez is trying to control. Halliday wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Ramirez stops Halliday from getting back to his feet.
Halliday avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ramirez.
Ramirez winds up and cracks Halliday with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ramirez takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Halliday keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Halliday has hold of Ramirez's hands but Ramirez slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Halliday is staying active underneath Ramirez, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Halliday is trying to stand back up but Ramirez is controlling him
Ramirez trying to control from half guard but Halliday is working away.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Halliday scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Ramirez dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Halliday takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ramirez fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Halliday avoids it really well and circles away.
Ramirez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Halliday is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Ramirez throws a nice looking combination but Halliday bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A left and a right from Halliday both land. Nice combination.
Halliday scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Alex Ramirez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Halliday tries to clinch but Ramirez moves out of range.
Ramirez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Halliday manages to avoid it.

Ramirez gets the takedown into side control.
Ramirez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Halliday can do to turn this around?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ramirez wants to control but Halliday is keeping him busy.
Halliday tries to buck Ramirez off but Ramirez is having none of it.
Ramirez working away.

Ramirez wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Halliday, who protects the arm well.
Halliday has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Halliday pushes Ramirez away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Ramirez gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Ramirez cracks Halliday with a big right hand but Halliday just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Ramirez cracks Halliday with a big right hand but Halliday just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Ramirez working the ground and pound.
Halliday is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Ramirez has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Halliday can't do much from the bottom here.
Ramirez cracks Halliday with a big elbow.
Ramirez throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez scores with a couple of short elbows.
Sloppy strikes there by Ramirez.
Ramirez lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Halliday down.
The ground and pound from Ramirez seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Halliday is pushing Ramirez's head away, looking to escape. Ramirez manages to hold on to the position though.
Ramirez cracks Halliday with a big elbow.
Ramirez is working Halliday over with some ground and pound from side control.
Halliday is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Ramirez asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Halliday tries to improve position but can't.
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 three minutes gone in the round.
Halliday avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Ramirez.
Ramirez is looking to take a break and control but Halliday is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ramirez grinds an elbow into Halliday's temple.
Ramirez scoring with punches and elbows.

Halliday is rocked!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Halliday can do anything to dispel that myth.
Ramirez lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Halliday is still in real trouble! Can Ramirez finish him?
Ramirez scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Halliday is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Ramirez can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alex Ramirez!