PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Richard Ramirez (ranked 2341 p4p, 5899 weight class) and Christian Blake (ranked 295 p4p, 575 weight class). Ramirez's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Get Lucky. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Ramirez
vs
Blake

177 cm
26
160
5 - 5 - 0

180 cm
25
165
0 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Richard Ramirez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Christian Blake!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Phil Schofield and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Blake gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Blake jumps guard and drags Ramirez to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Ramirez drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Ramirez jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Ramirez works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Ramirez is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Blake doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Ramirez.
Ramirez missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blake wants to get back to full guard.
Ramirez not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ramirez is controlling the pace.
Ramirez has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ramirez seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Blake is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Richard Ramirez!
After the fight, Richard Ramirez was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.