PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sean Cotes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Ramirez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cotes's entrance music is Victory. A fine choice. Ramirez comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Disposable Heroes kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Tony Ramirez was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Cotes
vs
Ramirez

200 cm
21
170 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

178 cm
18
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sean Cotes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tony Ramirez!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramirez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Ramirez doesn't manage to clinch there - Cotes circles away.

Ramirez pushes Cotes up against the cage in a clinch.
Cotes prevents the takedown attempt.
Ramirez goes for a takedown attempt but Cotes pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Sean Cotes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tony Ramirez.
Cotes throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ramirez on the side of the head.

It looks like Tony Ramirez has been cut.
Cotes scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ramirez in his tracks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Cotes drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Cotes stands and steps away. Ramirez gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Ramirez moves in looking to clinch but Cotes pushes him off.
Ramirez with a poor takedown
and Cotes makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ramirez looks gassed!

Cotes clinches up against the cage.
Ramirez has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Cotes is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Cotes lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ramirez tries to pull guard but Cotes holds him up against the cage and eventually Ramirez drops back down to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

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

Cotes has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

Cotes closes the distance and clinches.
Cotes really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Cotes tightens his grip and picks Ramirez up, before dumping him to the ground. Ramirez manages to land in guard.
Cotes pushing down on Ramirez's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

Cotes seems to be looking for submissions.
Cotes looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ramirez with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Cotes tries to pass the half guard into mount. Ramirez knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Ramirez has hold of Cotes's hands but Cotes slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cotes lands strikes from half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Cotes lands a nice short elbow.

Cotes is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Cotes wants to free his trapped foot but Ramirez is holding on for dear life with his legs.

Cotes decides to stand up.
Ramirez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Cotes to score with a decent uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Cotes changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Ramirez looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
You can see the frustration on Ramirez's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Ramirez taking punishment in the form of punches.
Cotes working the ground and pound from side control.

Cotes thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Cotes works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cotes is working Ramirez over with some ground and pound from side control.
Cotes lands some shots froms side control.

Cotes decides to take the fight back to the feet.

Cotes closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Cotes lands in his opponent's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ramirez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cotes missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sean Cotes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tony Ramirez's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Ramirez stuffs the takedown.

Cotes shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cotes tries to control but Ramirez wriggling away.
Cotes dominating with strikes here.
Cotes avoids the attempt from Ramirez to control.
Cotes lands a big elbow.
Cotes working the ground and pound effectively.
You get the feeling that Ramirez really doesn't like being in this position too much.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ramirez is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Cotes locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Ramirez is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Sean Cotes!