PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between chung lie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Ramsley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). lie comes to the ring accompanied by Face Of Meth. Ramsley is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Trooper. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

lie
vs
Ramsley

151 cm
22
140 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

177 cm
18
145 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

St. Paul's Apparel

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, chung lie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Ramsley!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
lie moves in looking to clinch but Ramsley pushes him off.
lie throws a series of punches but Ramsley moves out of range.

lie pushes Ramsley up against the ropes in a clinch.

Ramsley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
lie swinging wilding here.
lie tries a head kick but it misses.
lie misses with a head kick.
lie tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Ramsley.
A head kick misses from lie.

lie closes the distance and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ramsley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but lie has him pressed against the ropes.
Ramsley wants to break the clinch but can't.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, lie creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ramsley has had enough of the clinch but lie keeps him there for the moment.
lie tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ramsley is trying to break free.
Ramsley is trying to break the clinch but lie has him pressed against the ropes.

Ramsley has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics lie uses from the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramsley is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
lie is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
lie looking to sit in guard and control but Ramsley gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
lie is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Ramsley wants to stand and escape but instead lie has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
lie trying to control the position from guard on top but Ramsley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

lie gets to his feet - Ramsley follows without any prompting.
Ramsley looks gassed!
lie throws a right hand that Ramsley ducks under and follows up with a left that Ramsley also avoids with ease.
lie really is a fat lump.
Ramsley tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramsley avoids the body shot from lie.
lie throws a head kick but Ramsley moves out of range.

lie closes the distance and clinches.

lie escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
chung lie is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
lie doesn't manage to clinch there - Ramsley circles away.

lie clinches up against the ropes.
lie drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ramsley gets the underhooks and prevents it.
lie stalls.

lie escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
lie tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

lie has taken the fight to the clinch.

lie has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Ramsley regains guard immediately.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
lie wants to control from the top but Ramsley keeps moving.
lie is really struggling to control Ramsley but he's trying to hold on to the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
lie seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

chung lie dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Ramsley tries a head kick but it misses.
Ramsley swats away the attempt to clinch by lie.

lie has Ramsley up against the ropes in a clinch.
lie prevents Ramsley from breaking the clinch.
Ramsley is trying to maintain a safe position but lie gets an underhook and turns Ramsley into the ropes.
Ramsley can't break the clinch.
lie slows down the pace here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ramsley stops a takedown attempt from lie.

lie decides to pull guard.

lie is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

lie looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
lie tries to strike from the bottom.

lie looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
lie keeping moving, preventing Ramsley from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
lie looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ramsley trying to control the position from guard on top but lie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
lie is trying to keep Ramsley in close.
lie looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
lie not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ramsley lands with a thumping leg kick.

lie gets a clinch.

lie jumps guard and drags Ramsley to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
lie is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Ramsley is controlling him.
Ramsley would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
lie managing to control the position.

lie throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

lie has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ramsley can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

chung lie dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

lie pulls out of a head kick attempt.
lie lands a body shot.
lie lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ramsley circles away quickly and effectively.
Ramsley misses with a head kick.
Crunch! lie slams his shin into Ramsley's torso.

lie rushes Ramsley and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
The referee calls for lie to work.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
lie effectively controlling the action here.
Ramsley takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

lie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
lie dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ramsley. That did some damage!

That's one minute gone in the round.

lie fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ramsley, pushing him back against the ropes.
lie tries to score a body lock takedown but Ramsley shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

lie gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Ramsley regains guard.
lie would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Ramsley keeping moving, preventing lie from controlling successfully.
lie showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
lie chips away with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
lie is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
lie slips nicely into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
lie lands strikes from half guard.
lie is nestled in close to Ramsley, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Ramsley taking some punishment here, with lie in his half guard.
lie looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ramsley with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
lie trying to control the action but Ramsley is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
lie is looking to advance position but Ramsley won't allow it.
lie wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ramsley keeps working.
John Ramsley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
chung lie is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
lie slows the pace down in half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
chung lie showed his dominance in that final round.
Well lie 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... chung lie!