PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mairbek Krylov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jackson Ramos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mairbek Krylov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Krylov
vs
Ramos

188 cm
26
209 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

165 cm
26
152 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Brawler
Determined

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mairbek Krylov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jackson Ramos!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krylov fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Krylov with a body punch. A glancing blow.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Ramos has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Ramos dives in and grabs Krylov's left leg, looking for a takedown. Krylov pushes down on Ramos's head and hops out.
Krylov is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Ramos wants to clinch.
Krylov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Krylov lands a nice looking body shot.
Ramos misses with a takedown attempt - Krylov sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ramos tries for a takedown but Krylov circles away easily
and Krylov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mairbek Krylov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jackson Ramos.
Krylov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ramos shoots and misses
and Krylov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramos shoots for a double leg takedown but Krylov sprawls well. He's pushed Ramos's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Ramos changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Krylov tries to avoid it but Ramos manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Krylov to the ground. Krylov escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Jackson Ramos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ramos gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
enabling Krylov to counter with a crisp jab.

Ramos is rocked!
Ramos doesn't manage to clinch there - Krylov circles away.
Ramos takes one to the chin there.
Ramos is still on wobbly legs! Can Krylov finish him?
Ramos doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Krylov scores with a counter punch that sends Ramos to the canvas! Krylov smells blood - he's punishing Ramos with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Ramos has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mairbek Krylov!
A very excited looking Mairbek Krylov made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.