PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marcio Ramsay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and damien cook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). damien cook will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Ramsay
vs
cook

182 cm
21
184 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

200 cm
22
175 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcio Ramsay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, damien cook!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Stewart Dunkirk and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramsay wants to clinch up but cook keeps it at a distance.
Ramsay looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Ramsay clinches.
cook wants to break free but Ramsay has control.
cook wants to get back to striking at distance but Ramsay won't allow it.
cook misses with a punch on the inside.
cook on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
cook is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
cook lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Marcio Ramsay has been cut.

Ramsay has picked cook up - he's going for a ride! Ramsay dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
cook tries to kick Ramsay off but Ramsay keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
cook has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Ramsay is working away from the top position though.
cook flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Ramsay blocks the strikes from cook.
cook trying to control but Ramsay postures up.
cook punching from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramsay blocks the strikes from cook.
cook wants to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
cook throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Ramsay's waist but Ramsay gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing cook off to one side.
cook looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
cook tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ramsay slips a jab and a cross from cook.
cook lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ramsay circles away quickly and effectively.

Ramsay rushes cook and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ramsay tries to land knees in the clinch but cook avoids the damage to the body.
cook throws a punch but it's blocked by Ramsay.
cook throws an elbow but it's blocked.
cook is looking to break free of the clinch but Ramsay has double underhooks.
cook comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Ramsay's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice takedown defense from Ramsay. No joy for cook on that attempt.
cook throws a series of punches but Ramsay avoids them all with ease.
Ramsay tries to clinch up
and cook counters with a one-two to the body.
cook closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ramsay circles away.
Marcio Ramsay has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of damien cook.

Ramsay clinches up with cook and pushes him back against the cage.
cook wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
cook managing to block the knees to the body from Ramsay.
cook misses with an elbow over the top.

Ramsay has picked cook up - he's going for a ride! Ramsay dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
cook is trying to stand up here but Ramsay is controlling him well.
cook is trying to control but can't.
cook tries to get to full guard but Ramsay has control of the leg.
cook has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
cook wants to control but Ramsay is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Ramsay stops cook from getting back to his feet.
cook flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ramsay prevents cook from standing back up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
cook swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Ramsay clinches up with cook and pushes him back against the cage.
cook throws a punch but it's blocked by Ramsay.
cook pushes off an throws an elbow but Ramsay leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ramsay has cook pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. cook manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Ramsay landing some nice looking knees to the body.
cook wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ramsay with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ramsay is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Ramsay lands an elbow that stopped cook in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Knees to the body from Ramsay.
Ramsay tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcio Ramsay dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marcio Ramsay's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Ramsay shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Ramsay avoids the attempt from cook to control.
Ramsay blocks cook's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
cook can't escape the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
cook wants to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
cook throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
cook flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Ramsay controlling from the full mount.
cook is working to get back to half guard.
cook tries to hold on but Ramsay pushes him away.
cook throwing hammer fists to the chest of Ramsay. What's that going to do exactly?
cook is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Ramsay wants to control the pace but cook is squirming around nicely.

cook bucks up and throws Ramsay to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Ramsay misses with a double jab.
cook throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Ramsay counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Ramsay.

Ramsay breaks from the clinch.
cook fails with the takedown
and Ramsay counters with a thumping low kick.

Ramsay fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with cook, pushing him back against the cage.
Nice elbow from cook.
cook on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by cook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramsay fails to pull the fight into his guard.
cook throws an elbow but it misses.
cook misses with some punches.
Ramsay landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
cook is looking to break free of the clinch but Ramsay has double underhooks.
cook tries to break the clinch but Ramsay is controlling the position.
Ramsay lands a knee to the head.
Ramsay lands a nice elbow.
Ramsay has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. cook is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
cook on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Ramsay.
cook misses with an elbow strike.

Ramsay turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!

cook explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by cook or perhaps it was just good defense by Ramsay which made him look bad.
Ramsay closes the distance and clinches up with cook, looking for a takedown. Ramsay pushes cook against the cage but cook circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcio Ramsay. That's going to take a lot out of him.
cook with a poor takedown
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

Ramsay moves into range and clinches up with cook.
cook has had enough of the clinch but Ramsay keeps him there for the moment.
cook misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ramsay unloads a knee to the mid-section. cook lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ramsay scores a nice knee to the body.
cook wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
cook fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ramsay is trying to work for a single leg takedown but cook pulls him back up using the underhooks.
cook wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Ramsay breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcio Ramsay dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Marcio Ramsay's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

cook with a poor takedown
and Ramsay counters with a leg kick.
Ramsay closes the distance but cook moves to the side
and cook counters with a two punch combo.

Ramsay closes the distance and pushes cook back into the cage.
Ramsay avoids the elbow strike from cook, against the cage.
cook wants to get back to striking at distance but Ramsay won't allow it.
cook is trying to break free.
cook lands an elbow that stopped Ramsay in his tracks for a moment.
cook is trying to break the clinch but Ramsay has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for cook.
Ramsay avoids a wild elbow strike from cook.
Ramsay throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
cook is looking to break free of the clinch but Ramsay has double underhooks.

Ramsay breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ramsay gets the takedown into side control.
cook gets back to half guard.
cook trying to hold on to Ramsay's head to control him but Ramsay postures up.
cook misses with some strikes from the bottom.
cook wants to control but Ramsay is keeping busy and won't allow it.
cook wants to get back to his feet.
cook throws a strike from the bottom but Ramsay passes into side control!
cook struggling a bit here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
cook wants to get back to his feet but Ramsay drags him back down.

Ramsay stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Ramsay slips a jab and a cross from cook.
cook avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
cook tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Ramsay counters by moving into the clinch.
cook swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Ramsay turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Ramsay manages to end up in side control.
Ramsay knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for cook on the ground.
You can see the frustration on cook's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ramsay decides to stand back up.
Marcio Ramsay is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ramsay fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt cook.
Ramsay shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says cook as he avoids it easily.
cook misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
cook keeps the fight on the outside.

Ramsay moves into the clinch successfully.
cook avoiding damage as Ramsay throws knees to the body.
Ramsay can't get the takedown.
Ramsay stalling.
cook wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramsay using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from cook.
Ramsay landing knees to the body.
Ramsay slows down the pace here.
cook swings wildly with an uppercut but Ramsay uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ramsay avoiding damage.
cook is trying to break free.
Ramsay drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcio Ramsay. That's going to take a lot out of him.
cook misses with a short punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marcio Ramsay showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ramsay has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcio Ramsay!