PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kin Korn Karn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Ramirez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ramirez comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Get Money by Stat Quo & Young Jeezy kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Kin Korn Karn has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Korn Karn
vs
Ramirez

225 cm
18
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
22
306 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kin Korn Karn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Ramirez!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Thiago Cunha and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramirez is looking to clinch.
Karn shoots in for a takedown but Ramirez shows good takedown defense.
Ramirez tries to clinch but Karn moves out of range.
Ramirez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Karn lands a left and a right that sends Ramirez crashing to the canvas! Karn dives into mount looking to finish!

Ramirez is rocked!

It looks like Thiago Ramirez has been cut.
Ramirez is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Ramirez is still in real trouble! Can Karn finish him?
Ramirez tries to lock up and control but Karn gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Ramirez is desperately trying to improve his position but Karn has a good base and remains in mount.
Karn looking to control but Ramirez is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Karn prevents Ramirez from getting the reversal.
Ramirez seems to have recovered his senses.
Ramirez throwing hammer fists to the chest of Karn. What's that going to do exactly?
Ramirez tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ramirez looks gassed!
Karn controlling from the full mount.
Karn prevents Ramirez from getting the reversal.

Karn is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Ramirez has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Karn wants to control the pace but Ramirez is squirming around nicely.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez is in all sorts of trouble here.
Karn punishing his opponent with strikes.
Karn controlling from mount.
Karn unloads with some shots from mount but Ramirez bucks and avoids them well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ramirez regains half guard.
Ramirez misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Ramirez wants to get back to full guard.
Karn tries to stand and escape but Ramirez is controlling the position.
Ramirez gets back to full guard.
Ramirez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ramirez throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Ramirez lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Karn!
BOOM! Ramirez connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez with the ground and pound from mount.
Karn taking shots to the head.
Karn is in a horrible position here. Ramirez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Karn is in a horrible position here. Ramirez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
A nice elbow there by Ramirez.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!

Ramirez working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Ramirez landing strikes from the mount and Karn is in trouble!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ramirez fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Ramirez looking to finish Karn with some ground and pound. This is bad for Karn!
Ramirez lands a big elbow.
Ramirez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Karn has left one of his arms exposed and Ramirez doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Karn screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Thiago Ramirez!