PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between loui abby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Troy Ramsey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ramsey has chosen Boom as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

abby
vs
Ramsey

180 cm
23
195 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

184 cm
22
177 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, loui abby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Troy Ramsey!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, William Gold and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
abby tries to bum rush Ramsey with a series of wild strikes but Ramsey uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
abby shoots in but no luck this time.
Ramsey fails to land with a series of punches.
abby scores with a one two! Ramsey had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

It looks like Troy Ramsey has been cut.
Ramsey throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ramsey throws a right and a left that abby avoids nicely.
abby moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Ramsey will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
abby throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ramsey misses with a series of wild punches.
Ramsey will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
abby misses with a double jab.
abby walks forward, straight into a front kick from Ramsey.
abby is breathing heavily.

Ramsey scores a takedown into full mount!
Ramsey fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ramsey lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Ramsey is landing with some decent strikes but abby is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Ramsey misses with a head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramsey breaks from abby's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Ramsey lands a nice shot to the head.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ramsey cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Ramsey working abby over with strikes here.
Ramsey with good strikes from the mount here!
Ramsey is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. abby can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Ramsey breaks from abby's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Ramsey is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice elbow there by Ramsey.
A nice elbow there by Ramsey.
Ramsey throws some wild stikes that abby manages to avoid easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramsey raining down shots from the mount!
Ramsey misses with a head shot.
abby is trying to stand up.
Ramsey looking to ground and pound but abby is blocking nicely.
abby takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Ramsey unloads with some shots from mount but abby bucks and avoids them well.
Ramsey working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Ramsey fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
A nice elbow there by Ramsey.
abby wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Ramsey.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
abby is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Ramsey throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
abby is trying to escape the mount.
Poor strikes thrown by Ramsey there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
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.
Ramsey thowing shots but they're missing.
Ramsey thowing shots but they're missing.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
abby can't escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ramsey throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for abby because Ramsey loaded up on that one.
Ramsey with a couple of short strikes.
abby throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Ramsey punishing his opponent with strikes.
abby holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Ramsey tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
abby is looking to get to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ramsey throwing strikes here but abby is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

abby will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ramsey misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice uppercut there from abby.
Ramsey rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but abby moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ramsey tries to bum rush abby with a series of wild strikes but abby uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
abby doesn't manage to clinch there - Ramsey circles away.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Ramsey. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
abby moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Ramsey decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Ramsey throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ramsey looks to land a strike but abby avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Ramsey has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

abby looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Troy Ramsey has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ramsey postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ramsey postures up in abby's guard and throws a big left but abby blocks it.
abby preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramsey cracks abby with a solid left hand.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ramsey accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ramsey wants to pass the guard but abby is keeping the position.
abby is looking to stand up but Ramsey isn't so interested in that idea.
Ramsey missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

abby is working an open guard so Ramsey takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
abby throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ramsey scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
abby fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Ramsey on the side of the head.
abby lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Ramsey fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
abby shoots in but no luck this time.

Ramsey shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. abby manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
abby trying to control the position.

abby is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Ramsey defends well.
abby is looking to stand up but Ramsey isn't so interested in that idea.

Ramsey stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Ramsey explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramsey fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
abby shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for loui abby. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ramsey misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ramsey misses with a combination
letting abby counter with a right hand.
Ramsey throws a head kick that abby semi-blocks.
loui abby is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
abby connects with a body shot.
abby blocks a head kick by Ramsey.
A head kick misses from abby.
abby on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
abby avoids a punch combination nicely.
abby tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ramsey swats him away and circles back towards the center.
abby fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ramsey swinging wildly here.
abby tries to clinch but Ramsey moves out of range.
Ramsey throws a right and a left that both miss.
abby digs a good body shot into Ramsey's ribs.
A jab from abby does it's job there.
abby throws a sloppy head kick and Ramsey moves out of range easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Ramsey throws a series of punches but abby avoids them all with ease.
abby throws a combination. Ramsey tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
abby lands a really nice looking cross but Ramsey seems unphased.
abby fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ramsey swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ramsey lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
abby lands with a nice combination. Ramsey backs away looking to recover.
abby lands a glancing blow to the side of Ramsey's head.
abby showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ramsey.
Ramsey walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
abby fails with a takedown attempt.
Ramsey pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ramsey avoids the head kick by abby.
Ramsey misses with a head kick.
abby throws a head kick that misses.
No luck with that takedown attempt from abby.
Ramsey misses with a few strikes there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Troy Ramsey showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Troy Ramsey's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

abby misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
abby showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ramsey.

abby gets caught flat footed, as Ramsey shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Ramsey throws a strike but abby rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
abby in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
abby trying to stand up but can't free himself from Ramsey's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Ramsey manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. abby manages to get himself to full guard.

Ramsey gets to his feet. abby looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramsey showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from abby.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
abby tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
abby tries to bum rush Ramsey with a series of wild strikes but Ramsey uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A head kick misses from Ramsey.
abby misses with a straight left.
abby misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ramsey throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ramsey pushes abby away with a front kick.
Ramsey lands with a nice body punch.
A punch combination from Ramsey misses.
Ramsey throws a right and a left that both miss.
abby throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Troy Ramsey is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ramsey tries a head kick but it misses.
abby tries to move into range but Ramsey moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
abby takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ramsey tries a head kick but it misses.
abby feints and then cracks Ramsey's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ramsey down.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by abby!
Ramsey tries a head kick but it misses.
abby looking to land some kicks to the body here.
abby works Ramsey's body with a nice hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramsey lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but abby circles away quickly and effectively.
Ramsey avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
abby swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ramsey throws a combination. abby tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Ramsey pulls out of a head kick attempt.
abby scores with a one two! Ramsey had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Ramsey slips under a jab.
Ramsey lands with a nice combination. abby backs away looking to recover.
Nice straight punches there by abby. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of abby.
abby misses with a straight left.
Ramsey misses with a two punch combination.
abby lands an overhand right.
abby bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ramsey's head.
loui abby has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ramsey throws a right and a left that both miss.
abby is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
abby is trying hard to land a takedown here. Ramsey sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ramsey misses with a head kick.
abby avoids the head kick by Ramsey.
abby looks to land a combination but Ramsey avoids it well.
abby lands a high kick!
Ramsey looks to land a combination. abby sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Ramsey lands with a kick to the temple. abby shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

And that's the end of the fight!
Troy Ramsey comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Ramsey 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Troy Ramsey!