PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lemmy Ramirez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucas Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ramirez comes to the cage accompanied by Wild Boys by Duran Duran. Black has chosen AC/DC - Back in Black as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. 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.

Ramirez
vs
Black

180 cm
23
180 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

179 cm
21
183 lbs
7 - 5 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Lemmy Ramirez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Lucas Black!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Winston Howard and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Black throws a series of punches but Ramirez moves out of range.
Black throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ramirez.
Black scores with a one two! Ramirez had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

It looks like Lemmy Ramirez has been cut.
Black misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ramirez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Black throws a leg kick but Ramirez sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Black looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ramirez closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Black moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Ramirez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Black lands a glancing blow to the side of Ramirez's head.
Ramirez misses the shot to the body.
Ramirez takes a jab right on the kisser.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ramirez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A punch combination from Black misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Black walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ramirez checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Black keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ramirez.
Some wild striking there from Black.
Black throws a chopping leg kick but Ramirez manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Ramirez lands a jab to the head.
Ramirez looks to throw the jab but Black is out of range.
Black misses with a few strikes there.
Ramirez throws a wild body kick that Black sees coming a mile off.
Black scores with a three punch combo!
Lucas Black seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ramirez is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Black.
Black checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black misses with a double jab

and Ramirez moves into the clinch.
Ramirez crunches a lovely knee into Black's ribcage.
Ramirez missing with knees to the body.
Ramirez is pushing Black up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Black tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Black on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Black blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ramirez misses with a knee strike.
Ramirez dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Ramirez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Black creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Ramirez tries to land knees in the clinch but Black avoids the damage to the body.
Black stalling the fight.
Black is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Black lands an uppercut.
Ramirez tries to land knees in the clinch but Black avoids the damage to the body.
Ramirez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ramirez missing with knees to the body.
Ramirez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Black.
Ramirez is breathing heavily.
Ramirez trying to land knees to the body.
Ramirez with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black lands a body shot.

Black breaks from the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ramirez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ramirez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Ramirez has closed the distance and engaged Black in a clinch.
Black stalling in the clinch.
A short left from Black.
Black lands a shot to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Black has had enough of the clinch but Ramirez keeps him there for the moment.
Ramirez misses with a knee to the head.

Black pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ramirez slips a jab and a cross from Black.
Ramirez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Some wild striking there from Black.
Black misses with a double jab
and Black takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Ramirez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Black moves away.
Ramirez takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Black blocks a jab.
Ramirez wants to clinch.
Black misses with a double jab.
Ramirez throws a hook but Black blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ramirez getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Ramirez swings for the body but Black moves out of range.
Ramirez lands with a cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Lemmy Ramirez will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Lemmy Ramirez's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Black lands a really nice looking cross but Ramirez seems unphased.
Ramirez misses with a head kick.
Black scores with a shot to the body.
Left hook, right uppercut from Black.
Black has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ramirez finds it's way round the side to connect with Black's head.
Black fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ramirez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Black paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Black just misses with a punch to the body.
Black throws a one two combo.
Ramirez dodges the punch combination from Black.
Black fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Black connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Black misses with a straight right.
Lucas Black seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez wants to clinch up but Black keeps it at a distance.
Ramirez slips a straight right by Black.
Donk. Black catches Ramirez right on the button with a cross.
Ramirez has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Black misses with a hook.
Black misses with a series of wild punches.
Black blocks a jab.
Black throws a nice looking combination but Ramirez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ramirez tries to clinch up but Black circles away and keeps his distance.
Ramirez goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Black throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ramirez.
A jab from Black does it's job there.
Black moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Black misses with a straight left.
Ramirez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Black throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ramirez counters with a head kick. That will keep Black thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Black lands a jab.
Ramirez throws a head kick that misses.
Ramirez misses with a low kick.
Black misses with a combination
letting Ramirez counter with a right hand.
Black throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Ramirez counters by clinching up.
Ramirez lands an elbow that stopped Black in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Lucas Black has been cut.
Ramirez is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ramirez with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black managing to block the knees to the body from Ramirez.
A body shot lands from Black.
Black managing to block the knees to the body from Ramirez.
Ramirez with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ramirez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ramirez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Black has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ramirez missing with knees to the body.
Black taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Ramirez crunches a lovely knee into Black's ribcage.
Black has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Black blocks an elbow strike.
A shot in the inside from Black.
Black working hard to break the clinch.
Ramirez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Black is trying to break the clinch but Ramirez has him pressed against the cage.

Black's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Black jabs at Ramirez's body.
Black misses with a jab, cross combination.
Black throws a right and a left that Ramirez avoids nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Ramirez misses the target.
Black steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ramirez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez throws out a loose jab but Black uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ramirez throws a head kick that misses.
Black moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Black avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Black throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ramirez counters with a nice body kick.
Black swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ramirez walks into a left hand.
Ramirez is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Black.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A left and a right from Black both land. Nice combination.

Ramirez is rocked!
Black cracks Ramirez with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Ramirez falls to his knees and Black doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lucas Black!