PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Acker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hector Ramos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hector Ramos is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Acker
vs
Ramos

174 cm
22
154 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

176 cm
22
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

Australian Xtreme - NEW 159 Energy!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Arthur Acker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hector Ramos!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Hugh Johnson and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Acker tries to clinch but Ramos is having none of it.
Ramos blocks a head kick by Acker.
Danga de danga de dang - Ramos scores with a four punch combination!
Ramos works over Acker's head and body with a nice combination.
Acker looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Acker showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ramos.

Acker shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Acker was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Ramos tries to buck Acker off but he can't manage it.
Acker with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Ramos tries to buck Acker off but he can't manage it.

Ramos defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Acker.
BOOM! Acker connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Acker cracks Ramos with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Ramos is trying to stand.
Acker controlling from the full mount.
Acker fails to advance to Ramos's back.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Acker controlling the position easily from mount.
Ramos trying desperately to get to his feet.
Acker takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Ramos wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ramos can do anything to dispel that myth.
Acker looking to control and managing it successfully.
Acker dominating with strikes here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Ramos is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Acker controlling the position easily from mount.
Acker's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Arthur Acker just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Acker closes the distance and clinches up with Ramos, looking for a takedown. Acker pushes Ramos against the cage but Ramos circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Acker is breathing heavily.
Ramos lands with an overhand left.
Ramos lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Ramos.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ramos throws a good cross that connects.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramos throws a right hand that Acker ducks under and follows up with a left that Acker also avoids with ease.
Nice body punch from Ramos.
Ramos scores with a nice right hand.
Acker throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ramos misses with a double jab.
Acker takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Horrible takedown by Acker or perhaps it was just good defense by Ramos which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arthur Acker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Acker has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ramos finds it's way round the side to connect with Acker's head.
Acker has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Acker tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ramos connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Acker takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Ramos's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Ramos duly obliges.
Acker tries to clinch but Ramos moves out of range.
Acker takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ramos lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Acker backs up against the cage.
Ramos lands with a hook. Acker tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Acker wants to clinch.
Acker avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramos displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Ramos is working the combinations to good effect here.
Ramos throws a one two combo.
Acker slips a jab and a cross from Ramos.
Acker gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Acker will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hector Ramos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ramos throws a right hand that Acker ducks under and follows up with a left that Acker also avoids with ease.
Ramos throws a series of strikes that have Acker backpedaling.
Ramos slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Acker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Acker tries to clinch up but Ramos circles away and keeps his distance.
Acker shoots in for a takedown but Ramos shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Acker tries to clinch up.
Acker is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Ramos!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Hector Ramos will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Acker takes one to the side of the head.
Ramos stalks Acker and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Acker's face. Acker staggers backwards, shaken.
Ramos ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Acker looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Acker changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Ramos tries to avoid it but Acker manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Ramos to the ground. Ramos escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Acker shoots in for a double leg but Ramos sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Ramos circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ramos throws a shot to the body.
Ramos lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A punch lands to the side of Acker 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A nice combination there by Ramos.
Acker will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arthur Acker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ramos scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A right-left combo lands from Ramos.
Hector Ramos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ramos scores with a three punch combo!
Acker takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Acker takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Ramos lands with a nice body punch.
Acker has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Acker is rocked!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Acker takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Oh Acker is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ramos lands with a shot to the body.
Acker seems to be squinting his left eye. Perhaps he got a poke in that previous exchange. Ramos shows no mercy and swarms him with a barage of strikes! Acker is backing up but Ramos catches him with a final right hook that drops him! Acker covers up and the referee steps in to end the fight! Ramos Jumps to his feet and flashes his guns to the crowd. Oh yeah, baby! How'd you like them apples?!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hector Ramos!