PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Gacy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mato Ramljak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Gacy
vs
Ramljak

172 cm
21
230 lbs
9 - 9 - 2

190 cm
25
250 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Gacy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mato Ramljak!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Daniel Bishop and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gacy on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Mato Ramljak seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch combination from Ramljak misses.
Gacy shoots and misses
and Ramljak counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ramljak scores with a sloppy right hand. Gacy should have avoided that one.
Ramljak rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gacy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Gacy feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Gacy makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

It looks like Mato Ramljak has been cut.
Gacy showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Gacy trying to control but Ramljak is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramljak wants to stand but Gacy is controlling the position.
Ramljak preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ramljak keeping moving, preventing Gacy from controlling successfully.
Ramljak is wriggling around but Gacy manages to pass to half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Gacy lands a nice short elbow.
Gacy not doing much here.
Gacy thows a huge punch but Ramljak dodges it nicely.
Ramljak should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramljak on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Gacy looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Gacy sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Ramljak defending well though.
Gacy seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Ramljak wants to get back to his feet.
Ramljak really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gacy. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gacy is looking to advance position but Ramljak won't allow it.
Gacy missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gacy looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ramljak can do anything to dispel that myth.
Gacy seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Ramljak does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Ramljak tries to kick Gacy off but Gacy keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Ramljak throws a series of punches but Gacy moves out of range.
Ramljak loads up on a big right hand but Gacy slips the punch.
Gacy appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Gacy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice sprawl there from Ramljak as Gacy shoots in.
A swing and a miss from Ramljak.
Ramljak swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

so Gacy counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gacy postures up and lands a big shot to Ramljak's brow.
Ramljak looks winded!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gacy missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Gacy not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Gacy postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ramljak is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Gacy works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ramljak has hold of Gacy's hands but Gacy slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Gacy working over Ramljak with some ground and pound. Ramljak looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Gacy looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ramljak with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Gacy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mato Ramljak's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Gacy tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Ramljak swivels and escapes.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ramljak! But no joy.

Gacy shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Ramljak napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Gacy looks up at the clock and then as Ramljak takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Gacy smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Ramljak bucks up and tries to throw Gacy off but instead Gacy has got his back!
Ramljak covers up after that shot from Gacy.

Ramljak is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Gacy softening up his opponent with strikes here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ramljak preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Gacy.
Gacy throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Ramljak!
Gacy scores with punches to the body.
Gacy wants to control the position but Ramljak frees himself and scrambles - Gacy manages to regain control in side control.
Gacy working the head and body with strikes.
Ramljak is breathing heavily.
Gacy works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

Ramljak is rocked!
Ramljak is not content to let Gacy control the position.
Gacy working the ground and pound.
Ramljak is still in real trouble! Can Gacy finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramljak is trying to escape the position but Gacy is controlling the position.
Ramljak seems to have recovered his senses.
Gacy working the ground and pound.
Ramljak takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

Ramljak is rocked!
Gacy lands a big elbow and you can see that really hurt Ramljak! Gacy senses the opportunity and scores with more strikes - he's put Ramljak out! The ref tackles him out of the way to prevent him landing more strikes - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). John Gacy!