PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cain Ramis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fjodor Fedja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fedja has chosen Oy, to ne vecher 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.

Ramis
vs
Fedja

197 cm
20
222 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

192 cm
21
215 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

THE STEEL PENN NUTRITION

Fight Club Clothing Helsinki™

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cain Ramis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Fjodor Fedja!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Roosa Järviläinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Ramis.
Ramis lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Fedja backs up against the cage.
Fedja pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fedja blocks a jab.
Ramis slips a straight right by Fedja.
A punch lands to the side of Fedja 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Ramis takes the fight into the clinch.
Ramis trying to control the position but instead, Fedja has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ramis into the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Ramis.
Ramis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ramis.
Ramis lands a hook that snaps the head of Fedja backwards.

Fedja manages to break the clinch.
Fedja circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fedja throws a hook but Ramis blocks it.
Cain Ramis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fedja scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fedja connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Fedja lands with a nice body punch.
No joy there for Ramis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fedja ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ramis misses with a jab to the body
and Ramis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fedja fails to land with a series of punches.
Fedja throws a hook but Ramis avoids it easily.
Ramis ducks under a wild hook from Fedja.
Fedja throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fedja clobbers Ramis with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ramis throws a right and a left that both miss.
Fedja throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fedja cracks Ramis with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A punch combination from Ramis misses.
Fedja throws a shot to the body.
Fedja misses with a wild body shot.
Fedja misses with a wild combination.
Ramis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fedja scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ramis doesn't seem bothered though.
Ramis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fedja was well out of range. Poor timing from Ramis.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramis throws a left and a right that both miss
and Fedja counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ramis connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ramis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fedja circles away quickly and effectively.
Ramis wants to clinch.
Ramis throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ramis tries to clinch there but Fedja circles away.
Ramis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ramis blocks a jab.
Fedja scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Fedja bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fedja uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ramis.
Fedja uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ramis.
Ramis throws a body punch but Fedja moves out of range.
Fedja lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ramis's corner calls for a 1-2. Ramis obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Ramis scores with a nice strike.
Ramis walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Fedja lands a head shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Ramis gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fedja blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ramis taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Fedja wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The referee calls for Ramis to work.
Ramis digs a right hand into Fedja's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Fedja's gas tank.
Ramis has a couple of punches blocked by Fedja.
Fedja wants a takedown but no success here.

Fedja breaks the clinch.
Ramis fails to land with a series of punches.
Fedja throws a hook but Ramis blocks it.
Ramis scores with a shot to the body.
Some wild striking there from Ramis.
Fedja throws a combination that misses
and Fedja takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ramis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fedja throws a series of punches but Ramis avoids them all with ease.
Fedja misses with a wild combination.
Fedja doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fedja misses with a hook. Ramis ducked under it nicely.
Fedja connects with a jab.
Fedja with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ramis drops his hands momentarily and Fedja takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Fedja throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ramis misses with an uppercut.
Fedja cracks Ramis with a good jab.
Ramis throws a body punch but Fedja moves out of range.
Fedja is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ramis.
Ramis misses with a double jab.
Ramis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fedja will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ramis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fedja lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Ramis backs up against the cage.
Fedja showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ramis.
Fedja on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Fedja is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Ramis had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Fedja lands a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Fjodor Fedja will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Ramis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fedja moves away.
Cain Ramis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ramis slips under a jab.
Ramis throws a hook but Fedja blocks it.
Ramis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fedja.
A telegraphed right hand from Ramis misses the target.
Ramis slips under a jab.
Ramis lands a jab-cross combination.
Fedja lands a lovely overhand right.
Ramis is looking to clinch but Fedja is avoiding it.
Fedja uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ramis.
Ramis misses the body punch
and Fedja counters with a nice uppercut.
Fedja connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ramis's hands.
Fedja with a jab.
Jab from Fedja.
Ramis misses with a straight right.
Ramis walks into a left hand.
Fedja tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ramis was well out of range. Poor timing from Fedja.
Fedja throws an overhand right that lands on Ramis's shoulder, as Ramis tries to avoid the shot.
Ramis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fedja works over Ramis's head and body with a nice combination.
The crowd cheers as Fedja lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ramis doesn't seem phased though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ramis looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Fedja works the jab nicely.
Fedja missing with a left hand there. Ramis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ramis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fedja.
Ramis ducks right into an uppercut from Fedja.
Ramis scores with a sloppy right hand. Fedja should have avoided that one.
Ramis throws a hook but Fedja avoids it easily.
Ramis defending well as Fedja loads up on a big left hand.
Fedja tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ramis was well out of range. Poor timing from Fedja.
Fedja fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ramis tries to close the distance and clinch but Fedja swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ramis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fedja.
Fedja avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ramis doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Fedja throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ramis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fedja is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ramis.
Fedja throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ramis counters with a nice body shot.
Ramis closes the distance but Fedja moves to the side
and Fedja counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fedja throws a jab but it's blocked by Ramis.
Fjodor Fedja seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ramis takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Fedja moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Fedja has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ramis finds it's way round the side to connect with Fedja's head.
Ramis throws a series of punches but Fedja moves out of range.
Fedja avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ramis scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Fedja lands a nice shot that snaps Ramis's head back.
Ramis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fedja was well out of range. Poor timing from Ramis.
Fedja scores with a jab to the body.
Ramis ducks right into an uppercut from Fedja.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ramis misses with an uppercut.
Fedja misses with a hook.
Ramis lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Fedja digs a good hook to Ramis's body.
Fedja throws a hook to the side of Ramis's head but Ramis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Fedja swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A jab from Ramis finds it's way through Fedja's defenses.
Fedja swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramis throws a left and a right that both miss
and Fedja connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A swing and a miss from Fedja.
Ramis throws a hook but Fedja blocks it.
Ramis comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Fedja moves out of range as Ramis strikes.
Fedja jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Fedja punishes Ramis's body with a nice straight punch.
Ramis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fedja.
Ramis moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fedja takes a jab right on the kisser.
Ramis staying out of range there.
Ramis throws a predictable looking body shot
and Ramis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ramis takes a swing at Fedja's ribcage but misses.
Ramis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fedja swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ramis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ramis is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nice shot by Fedja.
Ramis slips under a jab.
Fedja looks to throw the jab but Ramis is out of range.
Ramis misses with a wild body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fedja bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Ramis takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ramis punishes Fedja's body with a nice straight punch.
Ramis takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nice defenses there by Ramis.
Fedja throws out a powerful jab.
A shot to the body from Ramis misses
and Fedja cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Ramis closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ramis lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Fedja or not.
A nice right hand lands inside from Fedja.
Ramis is trying to stall.
Ramis pressing his opponent against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fedja looking to slow down the pace here.
Fedja has had enough of the clinch but Ramis keeps him there for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fjodor Fedja showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

The fighters circle momentarily. Fedja darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A telegraphed right hand from Ramis misses the target.
Fedja avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ramis throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fedja throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fedja throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fedja misses with a two punch combination.
Fedja misses with the combination.
Ramis moves out of range as Fedja strikes.
Fedja lands a with a good body shot.
Fedja goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A slow jab from Ramis misses its intended target.
Fedja pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ramis looks to score with a jab to the body but Fedja is just out of range.
Fedja catches Ramis with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Fedja keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ramis.
Fedja misses with a double jab.
Ramis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fedja manages to avoid it.
Fedja lands an overhand right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fedja throws a jab but it's blocked by Ramis.
Ramis throws a left and a right that both miss
and Fedja counters with a stiff right hand.
Fedja ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ramis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ramis uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fedja.
Ramis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fedja moves away.
Ramis misses with a looping left.
Ramis is looking to clinch but Fedja is avoiding it.
Fedja moves away from the strike by Ramis.
Ramis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fedja keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jab by Fedja.
Ramis misses with a wild body shot.
Fedja throws a shot from downtown. Ramis moves away and avoids it.
Ramis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fedja throws out the jab.
Ramis is looking to clinch.
Ramis lands a nice looking body shot.
Fedja swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A shot to the body from Ramis misses
letting Fedja counter with a right hand.
A combination from Ramis does no damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramis misses with a jab to the body
and Fedja counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ramis jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A swing and a miss from Fedja.
Fedja throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ramis.
Fedja throws a hook to the side of Ramis's head but Ramis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ramis throws a lazy right hand but Fedja sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fedja misses with a hook to the body
and Ramis counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Fedja thinking.
Ramis is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Fedja loads up on a big right hand but Ramis slips the punch.
Fedja ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Fedja blocks a jab.
Fedja throws a jab when Ramis was well out of range.
Fedja misses with a two punch combination.
Jab, jab by Fedja - just one landing.
Ramis clobbers Fedja with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Fedja scores with a hook.
Ramis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fedja.
Fedja avoids the body shot from Ramis.
Ramis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramis takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Good exchange - Fedja coming out on top.
Nice body punch from Fedja.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fedja displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Fedja scores with the left hand. Ramis knows he should have avoided that one.
Ramis moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Fedja connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ramis. Ramis circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A punch combination from Fedja misses.
Ramis looks to score with a jab to the body but Fedja is just out of range.
Ramis ducks under a wild hook from Fedja.
The fighters circle momentarily. Fedja darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Fedja misses with a straight right.
A jab lands there for Fedja.
Ramis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ramis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fedja was well out of range. Poor timing from Ramis.
Ramis slips a straight right by Fedja.
Jab, jab by Fedja - just one landing.
Ramis throws a series of punches but Fedja avoids them all with ease.

Fedja tries to keep at a distance but Ramis has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ramis has a couple of punches blocked by Fedja.
Ramis misses with a punch on the inside.
Fedja is trying to break the clinch but Ramis has him pressed against the cage.
Ramis tries to work over Fedja's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ramis has a couple of punches blocked by Fedja.
Ramis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ramis stalling in the clinch.
Fedja trying to stall but Ramis improves his position.
Cain Ramis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ramis stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Ramis misses with the head strike.
Fedja is trying to break free.
Nice body punch from Fedja - that landed with a thud.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ramis struggles to land a body shot inside as Fedja controls his hands.
Fedja working hard to break the clinch.
Ramis keeps control of Fedja as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fjodor Fedja is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A body shot lands from Ramis.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fjodor Fedja comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Fedja 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fjodor Fedja!