PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between James Grestch (ranked 3847 p4p, 337 weight class) and Ricky Ramathorn (ranked 4280 p4p, 364 weight class). James Grestch could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ricky Ramathorn's chin.

Grestch
vs
Ramathorn

180 cm
25
145 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

172 cm
26
150 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Grestch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ricky Ramathorn!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grestch doesn't succeed with the takedown
letting Ramathorn counter with a right hand.
Grestch fails with a takedown attempt.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ramathorn! But no joy.
Ramathorn keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
It seemed like Ramathorn was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Grestch. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grestch with a lazy takedown attempt
and Ramathorn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Grestch tries for a takedown but Ramathorn circles away easily
and Ramathorn cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Grestch is rocked!

It looks like James Grestch has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramathorn keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ramathorn throws a counter combo.
Grestch misses with a takedown
and Ramathorn counters with a huge left! Grestch is in big trouble! He's backing up but Ramathorn isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Grestch from any more damage. A dominating finish by Ramathorn!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricky Ramathorn!