PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vasilos Radu (ranked 5225 p4p, 3461 weight class) and Jaden Ramirez (ranked 469 p4p, 354 weight class). Jaden Ramirez is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Radu
vs
Ramirez

188 cm
25
179
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
25
177
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Black Lab Clothing

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Vasilos Radu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jaden Ramirez!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Ramirez.
Ramirez changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Radu throws a looping overhand right but Ramirez ducks down to avoid it.
Radu throws a poor cross that misses

and Ramirez counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Ramirez.
Radu is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Ramirez dives into side control.

The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ramirez working the ground and pound but Radu is defending the strikes.
Radu is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Ramirez controlling from side mount.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ramirez working the body and head with strikes.
Ramirez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ramirez lands a nice forearm strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez takes a little break here. Radu wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Ramirez working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Ramirez lands some shots froms side control.
Radu trying to remain calm as Ramirez controls from the top position.
Ramirez connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Radu some visible discomfort.
Ramirez cracks Radu with a big right hand but Radu just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Ramirez lands an elbow.
Ramirez scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Radu to see if he's OK.
Ramirez creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Radu sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ramirez looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Ramirez lands a few punches from side control.
Ramirez taking a breather here.
Radu knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ramirez on the ground.
An elbow from Ramirez crashes against the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez working the ground and pound.
Ramirez scoring with punches from side control.
Radu looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Ramirez happy to just control the position for now.
Sloppy strikes there by Ramirez.
Ramirez in side control lands a decent elbow.
Ramirez connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Radu some visible discomfort.
Ramirez scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Radu to see if he's OK.
The referee asks Ramirez politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Ramirez prefers to stall for the moment though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez working the head and body with strikes.
Ramirez controlling the position.
Ramirez throws a strike aimed at the side of Radu's head but Radu avoids it well.
Ramirez cracks Radu with a big right hand but Radu just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Ramirez lands a few punches from side control.
Ramirez is chipping away with strikes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ramirez lands a decent elbow from side control.
Ramirez scoring with punches and elbows.
Radu takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jaden Ramirez dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ramirez slips under a jab.
Ramirez scores with a three punch combo!
Radu looks to land a left hand but Ramirez moved out of range nicely.
Ramirez ducks under a wild hook from Radu.
Ramirez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Radu gets caught flat footed, as Ramirez shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Ramirez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Ramirez controls from within his opponent's guard.
Ramirez's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Jaden Ramirez has got the better of the ground game so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ramirez throwing strikes from guard but Radu blocks nicely.
Ramirez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez controls from within his opponent's guard.
Ramirez trying to control but Radu is working from the bottom.
Ramirez is in close to Radu's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Ramirez advances position into side control!
An elbow from Ramirez crashes against the mat.
Ramirez advances to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Ramirez with a couple of short strikes.
Ramirez tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Ramirez connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Ramirez with the ground and pound from mount.
Ramirez lands with some strikes.

Radu is rocked!
Ramirez content just to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez cracks Radu with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Radu wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Ramirez lands with some strikes.
Radu in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Ramirez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Ramirez lands a big elbow.
Oh Radu is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ramirez postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Radu in real trouble here! The ref calls for Radu to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jaden Ramirez!
A victorious Jaden Ramirez thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.