PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stanley Messie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Law Ramey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Messie
vs
Ramey

187 cm
26
180 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

185 cm
25
176 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stanley Messie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Law Ramey!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, George Francis and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Messie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ramey was well out of range. Poor timing from Messie.
Messie takes a swing at Ramey's ribcage but misses.
Messie swings for the body but Ramey moves out of range.
Messie throws a series of punches but Ramey moves out of range.
Ramey wants to counter the offense by Messie and move into the clinch position.
Ramey slips a straight right by Messie.
Ramey wants to counter the offense by Messie and move into the clinch position.

Ramey gets a clinch.
A short body shot lands from Messie as the two fighters clinch.
Ramey misses with a knee strike.
Ramey tries a knee to the head but Messie blocks it.
Messie is working Ramey over against the cage.
Ramey misses with a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Messie creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Messie tries a body shot but Ramey blocks it.
Ramey is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Messie is defending well for now.
Ramey comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Knees to the body from Ramey.
Messie throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ramey looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Messie lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ramey backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Messie throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rameys head.
Ramey throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Messie blocks it with crossed arms.
Ramey tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Messie lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Ramey blocks a body shot from Messie.
Messie avoids a wild elbow strike from Ramey.
Messie lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ramey backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Messie.
Messie tries to work over Ramey's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ramey using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Messie misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Messie struggles to land a body shot inside as Ramey controls his hands.
Messie misses with a punch to the body.
Ramey lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Stanley Messie has been cut.
Messie working aggressively here.
Ramey lands a nice knee to the body.
Messie has a couple of punches blocked by Ramey.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Messie misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramey blocking some punches.
Messie lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ramey backwards.
Messie misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ramey looking to throw knees to the head but Messie is blocking nicely.
Messie wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ramey using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Messie avoids the elbow strike from Ramey, against the cage.
Ramey missing with knees to the body.
Ramey tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ramey throws an elbow but it misses.
Messie throws a head punch that misses.
Messie lands a body punch in the clinch.
Messie doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice elbow from Ramey.
Messie tries to break the clinch but Ramey is controlling the position.
Messie presses Ramey against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Messie just leaning against Ramey, taking a breather.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ramey throws an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Messie blocks the elbow strike.
Ramey using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Messie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ramey misses with a knee strike.
Messie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ramey misses with an elbow strike.
Messie works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Messie misses with the head strike.
Messie softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Messie wants to break free but Ramey has control.
Ramey scores with a knee to the head.
Messie misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ramey misses with a knee to the head.
Messie misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ramey working Messie over with knees to the body.
Messie lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ramey.

Messie escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Messie connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ramey momentarily.
Messie ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Messie just misses with a punch to the body.

Ramey clinches with his opponent.
Messie scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ramey working Messie over with knees to the body.
Ramey lands a knee to the head.
Ramey comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ramey lands a good knee to the midsection. Messie won't want to take too many of those.
Messie gets through Ramey's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Messie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ramey lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ramey lands an elbow just above Messie 's eye.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ramey scores with a knee to the head.
Messie working aggressively here.
Ramey crunches a lovely knee into Messie's ribcage.
Messie is breathing heavily.
Ramey misses with a knee strike.
Messie tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ramey's elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Law Ramey will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Stanley Messie's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Ramey has Messie up against the cage in a clinch.
Messie working hard to break the clinch.
Ramey scores with a knee to the head.
Ramey lands a good knee to the midsection. Messie won't want to take too many of those.
Ramey tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Messie avoids it.
Messie misses with a body punch.
Messie pushes Ramey back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ramey tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Ramey blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ramey is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Messie is defending well for now.
Messie avoids the elbow strike from Ramey, against the cage.
Messie works on Ramey's body with a couple of short punches.
Ramey with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Messie working aggressively here.
Ramey creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Messie lands a shot to the body.
Ramey prevents Messie from breaking the clinch.
Messie misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ramey creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Messie's defenses.

Stanley Messie's cut is getting worse.
Messie lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ramey tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Messie avoids it.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Messie doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Messie looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Messie can't find room to land a body shot as Ramey controls the action.
Messie goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Messie.
Ramey creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Messie can't break the clinch.
Messie managing to block the knees to the body from Ramey.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ramey.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Messie wants to break the clinch but can't.
Messie misses with a hook to the ribs.
Messie pushes Ramey back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ramey tries to land a knee to the head but Messie blocks with his arms.
Messie lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Law Ramey seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Messie lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Messie creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Messie lands a nice shot to the body.
Ramey throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ramey pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ramey comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Messie lands a nice shot to the body.
Ramey is breathing heavily.
Ramey blocks a body shot from Messie.
A right hook to the body lands for Messie.
Messie lands a left hand.
Ramey throws an elbow but it misses.
Messie lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ramey backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramey misses with a knee strike.
Ramey putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Messie in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Messie creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Messie tries a body shot but Ramey blocks it.
Messie scores with a shoulder strike.

Ramey is rocked!
Ramey tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ramey is still on wobbly legs! Can Messie finish him?
A shot in the inside from Messie.
Messie scores with a shoulder strike.
Messie lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ramey backwards.
Messie pushes Ramey against the cage. Messie is working some dirty boxing. Messie pushes off with a quick right hook! Ramey goes down! Ramey tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Messie moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stanley Messie!
A very excited looking Stanley Messie 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.