PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Felipe Costa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenji Ramen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Ramen's choice of entrance music: AC/DC - If You Want Blood . Kenji Ramen is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Costa
vs
Ramen

166 cm
20
141 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

175 cm
21
149 lbs
9 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

BEST NUTRITION,no doping
BEST NUTRITION,no doping

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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Felipe Costa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Kenji Ramen!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Costa shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Ramen sprawls well. Ramen wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Costa gets slowly back to his feet.
Ramen misses the jab.
Felipe Costa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Costa gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Ramen cracks Costa with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Costa looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Ramen finish him?

Costa is rocked!

It looks like Felipe Costa has been cut.
Nice takedown defense from Ramen. No joy for Costa on that attempt.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Costa.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Felipe Costa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Horrible takedown by Costa or perhaps it was just good defense by Ramen which made him look bad.
Costa fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Costa closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Ramen wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Costa is looking for a kimura here.
Costa thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ramen's head.
Ramen scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Costa manages to mount him!
Costa wants to control the pace but Ramen is squirming around nicely.
Costa lands a heavy elbow.
Ramen prevents Costa from taking his back.
Ramen keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Costa looking to ground and pound but Ramen is blocking nicely.
Costa seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Ramen is holding on tight.

Costa looking for a guillotine from mount but Ramen is having none of it.
Ramen wants to control but Costa is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramen is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Costa is staying active.
Costa 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.

Costa is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Ramen has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Ramen wants to try and get back to his feet.
Costa lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Costa trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Costa is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Ramen can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Costa trying to control but Ramen is having none of it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ramen is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramen tries to lock up and control but Costa gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Ramen really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Costa with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Ramen wants to hold on but Costa pushes him away.

Costa jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Ramen manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Ramen is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Costa advances to full mount.
Costa looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramen manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Costa tries to pass the half guard into mount. Ramen knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Ramen wants to improve his position but Costa is controlling well.
Ramen wants to get back to his feet.
Ramen is trying to control but can't.
Costa trying to pass the guard but Ramen defending well.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Costa darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Felipe Costa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Felipe Costa's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Costa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Costa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ramen.
Ramen throws a jab but it's blocked by Costa.

Costa drives through with a takedown into guard.
Costa pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ramen is keeping the position for now.
Costa pushing down on Ramen's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Costa is looking to take a break and control but Ramen is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Costa not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ramen is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Costa frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

Costa is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Ramen has managed to escape the submission attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Costa trying to control but Ramen is having none of it.
Ramen working to try and regain half guard.
Costa tries to control but Ramen wriggling away.
Ramen is in all sorts of trouble here.
Costa lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Costa trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Ramen gets back to half guard.
Ramen really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Costa. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramen tries to kick Costa off but Costa keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Costa thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Costa thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Costa thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ramen's head.
Costa prevents Ramen from standing back up.
Costa uses his free foot to push down on Ramen's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Ramen.
Costa wants to control the pace but Ramen is squirming around nicely.
Felipe Costa overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ramen regains half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Costa is looking to take a break and control but Ramen is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Costa trying to pass the guard but Ramen defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Costa is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Ramen defends it well.
Costa passes to full mount!
Ramen keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Costa is trying to take his opponent's back.
Costa prevents Ramen from getting the reversal.
Ramen is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Ramen is trying desperately to improve position.
Costa controlling the position easily from mount.

That's four 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.

Costa is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Ramen can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Costa looking to control but Ramen is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Ramen wants to hold on but Costa pushes him away.
Costa lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Costa landing strikes from the mount.

Costa is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Ramen is surviving well by controlling Costa's body position as best he can.
Costa controlling the position easily from mount.
Ramen is in all sorts of trouble here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Felipe Costa dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Felipe Costa's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Ramen misses with a hook. Costa ducked under it nicely.
A head kick misses from Ramen.
Ramen stuffs the takedown.
Costa shoots in but Ramen avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Ramen with a jab.
Jab by Costa.
Costa fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Felipe Costa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Costa blocks a head kick by Ramen.

Costa shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Costa showed some decent athleticism there.
Costa prevents Ramen from standing back up.
Costa passes to side control.
Costa working the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Costa landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

Costa is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Ramen knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ramen wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Costa wants to control but Ramen is keeping him busy.
You can see the frustration on Ramen's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Ramen is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the ropes but Costa has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Ramen being controlled for a moment.
Costa moves into full mount!
Kenji Ramen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramen working to try and regain half guard.
Ramen is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Costa connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Costa controlling the position easily from mount.
Costa connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Costa trying to control but Ramen is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costa dominating with strikes here.
Costa wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Ramen is looking to get to half guard.

Costa looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Costa scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Costa dominating with strikes here.
Costa controlling the pace for now.
Ramen is squirming around, avoiding Costa's attempts to control the action.

Costa working for a submission but Ramen is keeping him at bay.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramen is looking to improve his position but Costa isn't that keen on the idea.
Costa putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Costa lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Ramen hang on?

Costa jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Ramen manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Felipe Costa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ramen is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ramen manages to get to full guard.
Costa trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Felipe Costa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Costa, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Felipe Costa!