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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tyreek Ramon (ranked 4566 p4p, 5874 weight class) and Kelley Funro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tyreek Ramon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kelley Funro!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Funro gets the takedown into side control.
Ramon bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Nice takedown defense from Funro. No joy for Ramon on that attempt.
Funro gets caught napping as Ramon dives in and scores a takedown. Funro manages to retain guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ramon looking to pass the guard.
Funro really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ramon. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ramon's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Ramon stands and steps away. Funro gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Funro feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Ramon throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Ramon trying to control the position here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ramon is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Ramon has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramon has Funro pulled in close to control his posture.
Funro would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Ramon throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Ramon is on top in guard.
Funro is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Funro controls Ramon momentarily but Ramon frees himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramon working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Funro's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ramon 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.
Funro has his foot on Ramon's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Ramon works his way back into a safe position though.
Ramon slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramon connects with a couple of short punches.
Funro working a defensive guard here.
Funro can't keep his opponent in guard - Ramon advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Still in half guard, Ramon seems content to control.
Funro keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Still in half guard, Ramon seems content to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ramon drops an elbow to the side of Funro's head.
Ramon is working for a submission of some sort.
Funro tries to get to full guard but Ramon has control of the leg.
Ramon perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Ramon works his foot free and advances to mount.
Ramon with good strikes from the mount here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyreek Ramon dominated that round.
That's time! Ramon's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Ramon closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Funro did well to prevent Ramon getting side control.
Ramon stalling.
Tyreek Ramon overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ramon is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Funro wants to control but Ramon is keeping busy and won't allow it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ramon wants to free his trapped foot but Funro is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Ramon stands up from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramon feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Funro utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ramon avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Funro controls Ramon momentarily but Ramon frees himself.
Ramon works over Funro with some ground and pound from guard.
Funro looking to control but Ramon passes into half guard.
Ramon tries to pass the half guard into mount. Funro knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramon working the head and body with strikes.
Ramon working over Funro with some ground and pound. Funro looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ramon is controlling the pace.
Funro looking for subs from the bottom but Ramon mounts him!
Funro is breathing heavily.
Ramon lands a nice shot to the head.
Ramon controlling from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Funro taking shots to the head.
Ramon takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Ramon jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Funro is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Funro and Ramon has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Ramon working the head and body with strikes.
Funro is looking to regain half guard here but Ramon keeps moving and retains side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramon lands a decent elbow from side control.
Funro on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Ramon has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Funro shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ramon pinned against the cage. Ramon gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Funro tries to sprawl but Ramon drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Funro wants to stand back up but Ramon manages to pass into side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ramon grinds an elbow into Funro's temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyreek Ramon dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Ramon shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Ramon decides to stand up.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ramon drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Funro gets the underhooks and prevents it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ramon is trying to pull guard but Funro turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Ramon tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Funro smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyreek Ramon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Funro dives in and scores a takedown into Ramon's guard.
Ramon looking to hit a scissor sweep but Funro is one step ahead there.
Ramon lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Ramon slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Ramon stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Ramon looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Funro throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Ramon postures up in Funro's guard and throws a big left but Funro blocks it.
Ramon is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Ramon trying to control but Funro is working from the bottom.
Funro had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Ramon defends it easily.
Ramon's corner is telling him to maintain position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Funro connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ramon scores with a takedown into Funro's guard.
Ramon throwing strikes from guard but Funro blocks nicely.
Ramon lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramon lands a couple of digs.
Ramon working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ramon thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Ramon controls from within his opponent's guard.
Funro looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ramon is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Kelley Funro has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tyreek Ramon is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ramon is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tyreek Ramon showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ramon, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyreek Ramon!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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