PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dame Nitro (ranked 24960 p4p, 5020 weight class) and Rio Ramos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Nitro
vs
Ramos

165 cm
18
143
4 - 3 - 0

170 cm
25
140
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Good chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dame Nitro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rio Ramos!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, George Francis and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ramos shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Ramos not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ramos thows a huge punch but Nitro dodges it nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ramos lands strikes from half guard.
Ramos is keen to just control but Nitro is a slippery customer.
Nitro keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ramos trying to pass the guard but Nitro defending well.
Ramos looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ramos tries to pass the half guard into mount. Nitro knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Ramos seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ramos is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramos pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nitro is keeping the position for now.
Ramos passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Ramos scores with punches from side control.
Ramos throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Ramos is chipping away with strikes.
Ramos has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Ramos lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Nitro is in a horrible position here. Ramos smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Ramos scoring with strikes but Nitro is staying in there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramos postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Nitro looks a forlorn figure.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ramos working the ground and pound effectively.
Ramos unloading with bombs!
Ramos landing strikes from the mount.
Ramos lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Ramos with good strikes from the mount here!
Nitro is bucking up trying to escape but Ramos cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Nitro is in a horrible position here. Ramos smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
BOOM! Ramos connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Nitro is breathing heavily.
Ramos lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Ramos punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramos fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Ramos lands a big elbow.
The referee warns Nitro that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Ramos with the ground and pound from mount.
Ramos postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Nitro looks a forlorn figure.
Ramos has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Nitro's face.
Ramos lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ramos scoring with strikes but Nitro is staying in there.

Nitro is rocked!
Ramos with shots to the head and body - Nitro looks very uncomfortable down there.
Oh Nitro is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ramos raining down shots from the mount!
Ramos with shots to the head and body - Nitro looks very uncomfortable down there.
Nitro knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ramos on the ground.
Ramos raining down shots from the mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramos landing punches.
Ramos raining down shots from the mount!
Ramos has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ramos punishing his opponent with strikes.
Ramos raining down shots from the mount!
Ramos scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Nitro?
Ramos lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Ramos landing punches.
Ramos looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ramos raining down shots from the mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ramos breaks from Nitro's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Ramos postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Nitro in real trouble here! The ref calls for Nitro to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rio Ramos!