PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kenny Ramsey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aragorn Arathorm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arathorm has chosen Aragorn Soundtrack as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Ramsey
vs
Arathorm

185 cm
23
185 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

172 cm
23
196 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
KO power

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Powerful

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kenny Ramsey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Aragorn Arathorm!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Summer Carpenter and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arathorm checks the leg kick nicely there.

Arathorm shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Ramsey napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Arathorm sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Ramsey is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Arathorm postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Ramsey is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Arathorm has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Ramsey on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Ramsey tries to get out of the position.
Arathorm landing strikes.
Arathorm looks up at the clock and then as Ramsey takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Arathorm smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

Arathorm is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Ramsey knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Arathorm creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Arathorm cracks Ramsey with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Arathorm misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arathorm scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Ramsey to see if he's OK.
Arathorm is working Ramsey over with some ground and pound from side control.
Ramsey is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Ramsey dodges the ground and pound from Arathorm.
Arathorm has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ramsey wants to get back to his feet.
Ramsey is working to avoid the ground and pound but Arathorm connects with a decent elbow.
Ramsey taking punishment in the form of punches.
Arathorm misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arathorm landing strikes.
Arathorm in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Arathorm landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Arathorm misses with the ground and pound.
Arathorm landing strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ramsey parries the strikes from Arathorm easily there. Arathorm is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Ramsey to escape.
Arathorm cracks Ramsey with a big right hand but Ramsey just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Ramsey taking a bit of punishment here - Arathorm scoring with strikes.
Ramsey prevents Arathorm from moving into mount.
Ramsey dodges the ground and pound from Arathorm.
Ramsey is trying to get back to his feet.
Ramsey knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Arathorm on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arathorm cracks Ramsey with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Arathorm in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Arathorm tries to score with some ground and pound. Ramsey controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Arathorm lands an elbow.
Arathorm scores with punches from side control.
Arathorm in side control, throwing shots but Ramsey defends.
Ramsey is trying to get back to half guard.
Arathorm creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Ramsey pushes Arathorm away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Arathorm gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramsey is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Check out the look on Arathorm's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Ramsey takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Ramsey on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Arathorm lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Ramsey down.
Arathorm landing strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ramsey is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ramsey is breathing heavily.
Ramsey defending against the ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Arathorm has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Ramsey is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Arathorm yanks on the arm and Ramsey is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Arathorm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Aragorn Arathorm!