PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nico Ramirez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Piston Honda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Piston Honda enters the cage!

Ramirez
vs
Honda

186 cm
19
176 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

183 cm
23
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nico Ramirez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Piston Honda!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Alexandre Firmino and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Honda connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ramirez momentarily.
Ramirez swings for the body but Honda moves out of range.
Honda misses with an uppercut.
Honda throws a right hand that Ramirez ducks under and follows up with a left that Ramirez also avoids with ease.
Ramirez walks into a left hand.
Honda slips a straight right by Ramirez.
Honda lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Honda.
Good exchange - Honda coming out on top.
A big right from Honda misses.
Honda misses with a hook.
Ramirez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Honda steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ramirez.
Honda throws a body kick that misses.
Honda misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ramirez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Honda throws a hook to the side of Ramirez's head but Ramirez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Ramirez.
Honda throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ramirez lands a with a good body shot.
A big left from Honda misses.
A jab lands there for Honda.
Honda looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Honda misses with a straight right.
Ramirez looks to score with a jab to the body but Honda is just out of range.
Ramirez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nico Ramirez. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honda ducks under a wild hook from Ramirez.
Honda throws the left hand but Ramirez avoids the punch easily.
Honda swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Honda throws a series of punches but Ramirez moves out of range.

Ramirez changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Honda looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Honda can do anything to dispel that myth.
Ramirez misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Ramirez tries to advance to mount but Honda denies him.
Ramirez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Honda keeps working.
Ramirez throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Honda works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Ramirez looks to land a strike but Honda avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Honda is keeping the position for now.
Ramirez working some strikes from top position.
Ramirez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Honda is keeping the position for now.
Ramirez throws and elbow that misses. Honda uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ramirez's guard. Nice move by Honda!
Ramirez is trying to keep Honda in close.
Honda pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ramirez is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Ramirez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Honda trying to control the position from guard on top but Ramirez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ramirez manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Ramirez throwing strikes but Honda bucks up and reverses the position. He's now in guard on top.
Ramirez postures up in Honda's guard and throws a big left but Honda blocks it.
Honda has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Ramirez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Honda works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Piston Honda dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Ramirez shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ramirez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Honda as he jumps to the side.
Honda misses with an attempted mid kick.
Honda throws a lazy right hand but Ramirez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Honda throws a big shot that misses.
The fighters circling - Honda throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Honda looks to land a left hand but Ramirez moved out of range nicely.
Honda jabbing away but nothing is landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ramirez checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Ramirez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Honda misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Ramirez as he connects with a hook.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ramirez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Honda is fending him off so far but Ramirez persists. Nope, Honda circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nico Ramirez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ramirez throws out a loose jab but Honda uses good head movement to avoid it.
Honda misses with a hook.
Honda throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice defenses there by Ramirez.
Ramirez takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ramirez scores with a jab to the body.
Honda connects with a solid leg kick.
A jab from Honda misses.
Ramirez throws a body punch but Honda moves out of range.
Honda swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Ramirez counters with a stiff right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honda throws a lazy right hand but Ramirez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Honda keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ramirez shoots for a takedown but Honda saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Honda keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Honda swings for the body but Ramirez moves out of range.
Honda throws a series of punches but Ramirez avoids them all with ease.
Honda throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Honda looks to land a right hand but Ramirez moved out of range.
Honda tries to work over Ramirez's front leg with a kick but Ramirez checks it.
Honda waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ramirez.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honda tries to clinch there but Ramirez circles away.
Ramirez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Honda.
Honda scores with a jab.
Honda misses with a few strikes there.
Ramirez lands a jab to the head.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Honda lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Ramirez has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ramirez and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Honda moves away from the strike by Ramirez.
Piston Honda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Honda throws a jab when Ramirez was well out of range.
Honda throws an overhand right that lands on Ramirez's shoulder, as Ramirez tries to avoid the shot.

Ramirez drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Honda takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An elbow from Ramirez crashes against the mat.
Honda parries the strikes from Ramirez easily there. Ramirez is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Honda to escape.
Ramirez sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Honda is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Ramirez throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Honda takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
An elbow from Ramirez crashes against the mat.
Ramirez misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Ramirez throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ramirez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Honda doesn't seem bothered though.
Piston Honda is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice body punch from Honda.
A slapping leg kick lands for Honda.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Piston Honda will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Honda misses with a body shot.
Nice sprawl there from Honda as Ramirez shoots in.
Honda uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ramirez has time to react.
Honda tries to score with a low kick but Ramirez moves his leg out of the way.
Honda keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Honda is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ramirez.

Honda gets caught flat footed, as Ramirez shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Honda keeping moving, preventing Ramirez from controlling successfully.
Ramirez postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez lands a couple of elbows.
Ramirez is looking to advance position but Honda has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Honda throws some wild stikes that Ramirez manages to avoid easily.
Ramirez wants to control but Honda is having none of it.
Honda throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Poor strikes thrown by Honda there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Ramirez tries to lock up and control but Honda gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Honda can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ramirez is looking to escape.
Ramirez is trying to escape the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Honda tries to control but Ramirez wriggling away.
Ramirez wants to hold on but Honda pushes him away.
Ramirez bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Honda tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ramirez chips away with some ground and pound.
Ramirez looking to sit in guard and control but Honda gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Honda wants to stand but Ramirez is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Ramirez 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.
Honda passes Ramirez's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Nico Ramirez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ramirez is looking to control Honda's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Ramirez avoid being mounted?
Ramirez is looking for a sweep. Honda is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Ramirez trying to control but Honda postures up.
It looks like Honda is going to stand back up.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Honda keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ramirez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
A chopping leg kick lands by Honda.
Honda cracks the inside of Ramirez's front leg.
Honda throws the left hand but Ramirez avoids the punch easily.
Honda changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ramirez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nico Ramirez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ramirez takes one on the button.
Honda throws a good cross that connects.
Ramirez walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Honda swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Ramirez counters with a lovely straight right hand!

And that's the end of the fight!
Piston Honda comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Honda winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Piston Honda!