PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Macdonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lemmy Ramirez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ramirez has chosen Staring At The Rude Boys by The Ruts as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Macdonald
vs
Ramirez

180 cm
20
175 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

180 cm
22
180 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Tends to cut

LHK Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Andrew Macdonald!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Lemmy Ramirez!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Winston Howard and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramirez throws a head kick but Macdonald moves out of range.
Ramirez throws a leg kick but Macdonald checks it.
Macdonald pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A head kick by Ramirez misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Ramirez misses with a kick to the body
and Macdonald makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Ramirez really felt that one!

Macdonald closes the distance and pushes Ramirez back into the cage.
Ramirez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Ramirez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ramirez swings for the body but Macdonald moves out of range.
Macdonald tries to clinch up.
Macdonald throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Ramirez.
Macdonald scores with a spinning back kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Macdonald misses with a head kick.
Ramirez throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

It looks like Andrew Macdonald has been cut.
Ramirez looks gassed!
Ramirez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A nice inside leg kick there by Macdonald. That's going to slow Ramirez down.
Macdonald lands with a hook. Ramirez tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

It looks like Lemmy Ramirez has been cut.
Macdonald tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ramirez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Macdonald tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Macdonald.
Ramirez blocks a head kick by Macdonald.
Macdonald cracks the inside of Ramirez's front leg.
Macdonald throws a head kick that misses.

Macdonald clinches up with Ramirez and pushes him back against the cage.
Ramirez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Macdonald just leaning against Ramirez, taking a breather.
Macdonald looking to slow down the pace here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Macdonald misses with a knee strike.
Ramirez blocking some punches.
Ramirez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Macdonald is trying to stall.
Macdonald is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ramirez tries to land a knee to the head but Macdonald blocks with his arms.
Macdonald is struggling to control the position.
Macdonald lands a right hand.
Macdonald missing with knees to the body.
Ramirez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ramirez managing to block the knees to the body from Macdonald.
Macdonald is looking to control Ramirez's arms but Ramirez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Macdonald has his back to the cage.
Ramirez takes a knee to the side of the body.

Ramirez breaks the clinch.
Macdonald plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Ramirez tries a head kick but it misses.
Macdonald misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Macdonald looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ramirez fails to land with a series of punches.
Macdonald misses with a head kick.
Macdonald throws a hook but Ramirez blocks it.
A head kick by Ramirez misses

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Macdonald.
Macdonald working aggressively here.
Knees to the body from Ramirez.
Macdonald keeps control of Ramirez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Macdonald pressing his opponent against the cage.
Macdonald is trying to maintain a safe position but Ramirez gets an underhook and turns Macdonald into the cage.
Ramirez trying to land knees to the body.
Macdonald unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ramirez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ramirez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Macdonald blocks an elbow strike.
Macdonald lands a damaging elbow.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ramirez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ramirez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Ramirez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Macdonald staying out of range there.
Macdonald moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Macdonald connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Macdonald blocks a head kick by Ramirez.
Macdonald throws a head kick that half lands.
Macdonald uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ramirez.
Macdonald scores with a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Macdonald keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A punch combination from Macdonald misses.
Macdonald misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Macdonald tries to clinch but Ramirez moves out of range.
Macdonald takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Macdonald tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Macdonald throws a head kick but Ramirez moves out of range.
Ramirez throws a head kick that half lands.
Ramirez connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Macdonald goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A shot to de liver by Ramirez. Beautiful body shot.
Ramirez feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Macdonald's calf.
Macdonald displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ramirez throws out the jab.

Macdonald has taken the fight to the clinch.
Macdonald trying to stall but Ramirez improves his position.
Ramirez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Macdonald in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ramirez misses with a knee strike.
Ramirez lands an elbow that stopped Macdonald in his tracks for a moment.
Macdonald scores a nice knee to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ramirez throws an elbow but misses.
Macdonald managing to block the knees to the body from Ramirez.
Ramirez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Macdonald looking to stall.
Macdonald missing with knees to the body.
Ramirez tries to land a knee to the head but Macdonald blocks with his arms.
Ramirez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Macdonald looking to stall.
Macdonald misses with an elbow over the top.

Ramirez breaks the clinch.
Macdonald fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ramirez.
Nice shot by Ramirez.
Left hook, right uppercut from Ramirez.
Macdonald thumps Ramirez with a low kick.
No joy there for Macdonald, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Macdonald moves out of range of the body kick from Ramirez.
Good work by Ramirez as he checks the leg kick.
Macdonald misses with a head kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ramirez.
The crowd cheers as Ramirez lands an impressive looking overhand right. Macdonald doesn't seem phased though.
Ramirez keeps the fight on the outside.
Ramirez lunges at Macdonald with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Macdonald's hand.
Macdonald jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Macdonald dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Macdonald slips a jab from Ramirez.
Ramirez misses with a low kick.
Andrew Macdonald is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Macdonald thows a body shot but no joy.
Macdonald feints and then cracks Ramirez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ramirez down.
Ramirez avoids the head kick by Macdonald.
Ramirez throws a body kick that misses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Macdonald tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ramirez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Macdonald pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Macdonald throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Ramirez's head.
Andrew Macdonald is winning the standup battle so far.
Macdonald throws a head kick but Ramirez moves out of range.
A jab from Ramirez misses.
Ramirez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ramirez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ramirez throws a head kick that misses.
Ramirez looks to land a right hand but Macdonald moved out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ramirez takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Macdonald, right into the meat.
Macdonald misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ramirez just misses with a punch to the body.
Macdonald takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Ramirez tries a head kick but it misses.

Macdonald pushes Ramirez up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez lands a nice knee to the body.
Ramirez landing knees to the body.
Macdonald misses with a knee strike.
Ramirez stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Macdonald throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ramirez blocks it with crossed arms.
Ramirez lands a nice knee to the body.

Ramirez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jab by Ramirez.
Macdonald throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Ramirez misses with a few strikes there.
Macdonald misses with a body kick.
Macdonald takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Macdonald lands a front kick.
Ramirez throws a lazy head kick
and Macdonald counters with an inside leg kick.
Ramirez throws a leg kick but Macdonald moved away.
Ramirez misses with a straight left.
Ramirez throws a head kick but Macdonald moves out of range.
Macdonald slips a jab and a cross from Ramirez.
Ramirez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A solid body kick from Macdonald.
Ramirez throws a hook to the side of Macdonald's head but Macdonald sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Macdonald lands a nice looking body kick.
Ramirez drops his hands momentarily and Macdonald takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Macdonald lands a with a good body shot.
Ramirez throws the kick towards the body but Macdonald avoids it.
Ramirez takes a kick to the side of the head.
Ramirez jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Macdonald looks for the body kick but Ramirez saw that one coming.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ramirez misses with a body kick.
Macdonald defending well as Ramirez loads up on a big left hand.
Macdonald listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Macdonald tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ramirez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ramirez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Macdonald is looking to clinch.
Ramirez throws a lazy head kick
and Macdonald counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ramirez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Macdonald throws a sloppy head kick and Ramirez moves out of range easily.
Macdonald avoids the head kick by Ramirez.
Ramirez lands a jab-cross combination.
Macdonald buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ramirez lands the left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Macdonald throws a sloppy head kick and Ramirez moves out of range easily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Macdonald.
Ramirez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Macdonald misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ramirez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Macdonald.
Macdonald blocks a leg kick.
Ramirez looks to land a body kick but Macdonald moved away.
Macdonald feints and then cracks Ramirez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ramirez down.
Ramirez tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The fighters circling - Ramirez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Macdonald drives through and clinches with Ramirez against the cage.
Macdonald lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ramirez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Macdonald swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ramirez has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Macdonald.

Ramirez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Macdonald is looking to clinch but Ramirez is avoiding it.
A head kick misses from Ramirez.
Macdonald moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Macdonald showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ramirez.
Macdonald wants to clinch up but Ramirez keeps it at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Ramirez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ramirez throws a series of punches but Macdonald moves out of range.
Macdonald tries to clinch up.
Macdonald moves out of range as Ramirez throws a body kick.
Macdonald is looking to clinch but Ramirez is avoiding it.
Ramirez pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Macdonald closes the distance and clinches.
Macdonald is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ramirez is keeping busy.
A nice right hand lands inside from Macdonald.
Ramirez scores a nice knee to the body.
Ramirez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Macdonald.
Ramirez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Macdonald has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Macdonald misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ramirez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Macdonald.
Macdonald connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ramirez's face.
Ramirez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Macdonald in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ramirez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ramirez as Macdonald tries to tie him up.
Ramirez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Macdonald blocks it with crossed arms.
Macdonald unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ramirez lands a damaging elbow.
Ramirez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Macdonald dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Macdonald's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Macdonald scoring well with a low kick there.
Ramirez keeps the fight on the outside.
Ramirez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Macdonald throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Macdonald fails with an attempt to clinch.
Macdonald moves out of range as Ramirez strikes.
Ramirez does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Macdonald throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Ramirez.
Macdonald misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Ramirez tries to keep at a distance but Macdonald has taken the fight into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Macdonald.
Macdonald misses with a knee strike.
Ramirez lands a body shot in the clinch.

Ramirez breaks the clinch.
Ramirez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A nice inside leg kick there by Macdonald. That's going to slow Ramirez down.
Ramirez lands with a nice combination. Macdonald backs away looking to recover.

Macdonald drives through and clinches with Ramirez against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ramirez misses with a knee to the head.
Macdonald blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ramirez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Macdonald managing to block the knees to the body from Ramirez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Macdonald takes a knee to the side of the body.

Ramirez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Good leg kick by Macdonald there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Macdonald tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Macdonald pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ramirez throws a low kick but it's checked well by Macdonald.
Ramirez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Macdonald takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Macdonald lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ramirez lands with a nice body punch.
A nice inside leg kick there by Macdonald. That's going to slow Ramirez down.
Ramirez throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Ramirez looks to land a left hand but Macdonald moved out of range nicely.

Macdonald has closed the distance and engaged Ramirez in a clinch.
Macdonald working Ramirez over with knees to the body.
Ramirez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Macdonald has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Macdonald slowing the pace effectively.
Ramirez connects with a knee to the head.
Ramirez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Macdonald tries to throw a body punch but Ramirez avoids it by throwing Macdonald back against the cage.
Ramirez scores a nice knee to the body.
Macdonald managing to block the knees to the body from Ramirez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ramirez breaks from the clinch.
A head kick misses from Macdonald.
Ramirez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ramirez throws a nice looking combination but Macdonald bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ramirez takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Ramirez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Macdonald is looking to slow Ramirez down with leg kicks.
Ramirez misses the jab.
Macdonald tries to clinch there but Ramirez circles away.
Macdonald moves forwards but Ramirez connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Macdonald dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ramirez. That did some damage!
Ramirez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Macdonald tries to close the distance and clinch but Ramirez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Ramirez tries to keep at a distance but Macdonald has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ramirez trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Macdonald fails to land.

Ramirez breaks the clinch.
A solid body kick from Macdonald.
Macdonald takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Macdonald scores with a nice body kick.
Andrew Macdonald is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Macdonald throws a leg kick which misses Ramirez's front leg but catches the back leg as Ramirez tries to avoid it.
Ramirez avoids the head kick by Macdonald.
Ramirez misses with a head kick.
Ramirez swats away the attempt to clinch by Macdonald.
Ramirez throws a head kick but Macdonald moves out of range.
Ramirez takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ramirez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Macdonald.
Ramirez misses with a body shot.
Macdonald misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Macdonald throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Ramirez lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Macdonald takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Macdonald showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ramirez.
Macdonald lands a head kick!
Ramirez lands a slapping body shot.
Macdonald fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ramirez.
A clash of legs there as Macdonald blocks the low kick.
Lemmy Ramirez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nice body punch from Macdonald.
Ramirez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Macdonald can pounce on him.
Macdonald tries to clinch but Ramirez moves out of range.
Ramirez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Macdonald.
Macdonald throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Macdonald tries to clinch up.
Macdonald tries to clinch up.
Macdonald looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
No joy there for Ramirez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A head kick misses from Macdonald.
Jab, jab by Ramirez - just one landing.
Ramirez waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Macdonald.
Macdonald throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Ramirez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Macdonald sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A thudding body kick lands there by Macdonald!
Nice body kick there by Macdonald.
Ramirez connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A head kick misses from Macdonald.
Nice defenses there by Ramirez.

And that's the end of the fight!
Andrew Macdonald showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Macdonald 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 John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:27
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andrew Macdonald!