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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mohamed Walal (ranked 3516 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Ramano (ranked 4444 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
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183 cm
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205 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Good wrestler
Counter fighter
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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
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mohamed Walal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ray Ramano!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Santiago Holmes and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walal with a lazy takedown attempt
and Ramano counters with a shoot takedown. Walal fights it but they end up in guard.
Ramano working some strikes from top position.
Ramano scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ramano works over Walal with some ground and pound from guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Walal keeping moving, preventing Ramano from controlling successfully.
Ramano throws a big right hand that misses.
Ramano stopping the sweep attempt from Walal.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ramano accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ramano content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Ramano won't allow Walal to get back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walal controls Ramano momentarily but Ramano frees himself.
Walal knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ramano on the ground.
Ramano lands a couple of elbows.
Ramano trying to control the position from guard on top but Walal is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ramano stands and throws Walal's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Ramano looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramano is putting a hurting on Walal here, landing some big shots from side control.
Ramano landing strikes.
Walal is trying to control Ramano's posture but Ramano avoids it.
Ramano scoring with punches and elbows.
Ramano cracks Walal with a big elbow.
Ramano scoring with punches from side control.
Check out the look on Ramano's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Ramano trying to control the action but Walal is working from the bottom.
Ramano wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Walal, who protects the arm well.
Ramano wants to lay and pray for a moment but Walal keeps working.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramano is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Walal has escaped the position, nice work there.
Ramano scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Walal to see if he's OK.
Walal taking punishment in the form of punches.
Walal takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Check out the look on Ramano's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ramano working away.
Ramano creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Ramano is trying to get an arm triangle but Walal is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramano in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Walal on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Walal tries to get out of the position.
Walal is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Ramano wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Walal, who protects the arm well.
Walal is not content to let Ramano control the position.
Walal taking punishment in the form of punches.
Walal is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Walal taking punishment in the form of punches.
Walal takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramano is chipping away with strikes.
Ramano lands a decent elbow from side control.
Ramano works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Walal taking punishment in the form of punches.
Ramano is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Walal is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Ramano is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Walal has escaped the position, nice work there.
Ramano looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ramano working the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ray Ramano dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Walal rushes Ramano and presses him up against the cage.
Walal gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Walal wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ramano keeps working.
Ramano controlling the position well.
Ramano tries to get to full guard but Walal has control of the leg.
We've been hearing that Walal has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Ramano preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ramano works his way to full guard. Good work.
Ramano controlling the position.
Walal passes easily into side control. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramano is not content to let Walal control the position.
Ramano has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
You can see the frustration on Ramano's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Ramano has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ramano manages to get back to half guard.
Ramano is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Walal's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Walal's back!
Ramano loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Walal hold on?
Walal covers up after that shot from Ramano.
Ramano has Walal flattened out and is raining down punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramano working from the back looking to end the fight with a rear naked choke. Walal is doing well to defend. Ramano seems to have got his hand under the chin though and he's sunk the choke in! Walal is forced to tap and this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Ray Ramano!
A relieved looking Ray Ramano thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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