PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Andre Lorenzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Ramon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ramon has chosen Public Service Announcement by Jay Z as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Lorenzo
vs
Ramon

167 cm
25
165 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

170 cm
26
155 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Andre Lorenzo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Ramon!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Columbo Gatti and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lorenzo misses with the combination.
Jab, jab by Lorenzo - just one landing.
Lorenzo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ramon throws a right hand that Lorenzo ducks under and follows up with a left that Lorenzo also avoids with ease.
Ramon takes a jab right on the kisser.
Lorenzo moves out of range as Ramon strikes.
Ramon doesn't manage to clinch there - Lorenzo circles away.
Lorenzo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ramon closes the distance and lands a one-two.

It looks like Andre Lorenzo has been cut.
Lorenzo walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Ramon on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ramon throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lorenzo.
Ramon misses with a body shot.
Lorenzo checks a low kick from Ramon.
Donk. Ramon catches Lorenzo right on the button with a cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ramon misses with a straight left.
Ramon on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ramon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lorenzo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ramon.
Lorenzo misses the shot to the body.
Ramon tries to clinch but Lorenzo moves out of range.
Ramon throws the left hand but Lorenzo avoids the punch easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramon throws a shot from downtown. Lorenzo moves away and avoids it.
Lorenzo ducks under a wild hook from Ramon.
Lorenzo misses with a wild combination.
Ramon connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lorenzo's hands.
Jab from Lorenzo.
Ramon misses with a straight left.
Lorenzo throws a series of punches but Ramon moves out of range.
Lorenzo scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Lorenzo cracks Ramon with an open hand slap.
Ramon lands a nice hook to Lorenzo's body. Lorenzo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ramon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice cross by Lorenzo.
Ramon throws a body punch but Lorenzo moves out of range.

Ramon drives through and clinches with Lorenzo against the cage.
Lorenzo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Lorenzo stalling.

Ramon breaks from the clinch.
Lorenzo misses with a looping left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lorenzo throws a series of punches but Ramon avoids them all with ease.
Ramon tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lorenzo thuds a left hand into Ramon's body.
Nice shot lands for Ramon.
Ramon tries to bum rush Lorenzo with a series of wild strikes but Lorenzo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ramon wants to clinch up but Lorenzo keeps it at a distance.
Lorenzo throws a hook to the side of Ramon's head but Ramon sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ramon lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lorenzo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ramon throws out the jab.
Ramon fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lorenzo bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ramon's head.
Ramon misses with an uppercut. Lorenzo saw that one coming.
Lorenzo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ramon throws a series of punches but Lorenzo avoids them all with ease.

Ramon rushes Lorenzo and presses him up against the cage.
Lorenzo is looking to control Ramon's arms but Ramon gets an underhook and turns him. Now Lorenzo has his back to the cage.
Ramon has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ramon is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ramon wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lorenzo has him pressed against the cage.
Lorenzo keeps control of Ramon as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ramon breaks from the clinch.
A nice combination there by Lorenzo.
Lorenzo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A combination from Ramon does no damage.
Donk. Ramon catches Lorenzo right on the button with a cross.
Lorenzo bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Lorenzo moves out of range of the body kick from Ramon.
Lorenzo missing with a left hand there. Ramon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ramon moves out of range of the strikes.
Ramon misses with a hook.
Lorenzo throws a combination. Ramon tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Some wild striking there from Lorenzo.
Ramon lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Ramon misses the jab.
Ramon swinging wildly here.
A swing and a miss from Ramon.
Ramon throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Lorenzo is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lorenzo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramon showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lorenzo.
Lorenzo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ramon circles away quickly and effectively.
Ramon misses with a double jab
and Lorenzo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ramon moves out of range of the strikes.
Lorenzo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ramon.
Lorenzo moves away from the strike by Ramon.
Lorenzo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Lorenzo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A punch combination from Ramon misses.
Lorenzo throws a jab but it's blocked by Ramon.
Lorenzo scores with a jab to the jaw.
Donk. Lorenzo catches Ramon right on the button with a cross.
Lorenzo lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ramon at a distance.
Lorenzo throws a big shot that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A big left from Ramon misses.
Lorenzo throws out a powerful jab.
Lorenzo lands a jab to the head.
Nice straight punches there by Ramon. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ramon.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Ramon dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Andre Lorenzo's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Lorenzo misses with a double jab.
Lorenzo misses with an uppercut. Ramon saw that one coming.
Ramon throws a jab but it's blocked by Lorenzo.
Andre Lorenzo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lorenzo pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Ramon back to the cage. Lorenzo follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Ramon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lorenzo with a jab.
Lorenzo lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Lorenzo.
Ramon has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lorenzo finds it's way round the side to connect with Ramon's head.
Lorenzo takes a swing at Ramon's ribcage but misses.
Some wild striking there from Lorenzo.
Mike Ramon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lorenzo walks into a jab.
Nice body punch from Lorenzo.
Ramon lands with a straight right. Lorenzo didn't see that one coming.
Lorenzo throws an overhand right that lands on Ramon's shoulder, as Ramon tries to avoid the shot.
Ramon fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Lorenzo on the side of the head.
Lorenzo avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Ramon throws out a loose jab but Lorenzo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lorenzo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ramon counters with a stiff right hand.
Ramon doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ramon lands a really nice looking cross but Lorenzo seems unphased.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ramon bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Lorenzo slips a straight right by Ramon.
Lorenzo throws a series of punches but Ramon moves out of range.
Ramon has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Ramon lands a really nice looking cross but Lorenzo seems unphased.
Lorenzo scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ramon in his tracks.
Lorenzo scores with a sloppy right hand. Ramon should have avoided that one.
Nice defenses there by Lorenzo.
Lorenzo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ramon manages to avoid it.
Lorenzo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ramon misses with a straight right.
Ramon with a jab.
Lorenzo throws the left hand but Ramon avoids the punch easily.
Lorenzo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ramon thows a body shot but no joy.

Ramon gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Ramon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ramon paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Lorenzo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mike Ramon seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ramon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lorenzo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ramon slips a jab and a cross from Lorenzo.
Ramon lands a jab to the nose.
Ramon lands with a cross.
Ramon rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lorenzo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ramon ducks under a wild hook from Lorenzo.
Lorenzo blocks a jab.
Lorenzo slips a jab from Ramon.
Lorenzo throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
No joy there for Lorenzo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lorenzo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ramon throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ramon tries to clinch but Lorenzo is having none of it.
Lorenzo drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lorenzo swinging wildly here.
Lorenzo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ramon.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramon tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Lorenzo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lorenzo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Ramon instigates a clinch.
Ramon is trying to push Lorenzo away but Lorenzo has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Lorenzo is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ramon wants to get back to striking at distance but Lorenzo won't allow it.

Ramon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ramon is looking to clinch.
Ramon avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ramon takes one on the button.
Ramon tries to close the distance and clinch but Lorenzo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ramon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Ramon rushes Lorenzo and presses him up against the cage.

Ramon breaks from the clinch.
Ramon scores with a nice right hand.
Ramon gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lorenzo tries to move into range but Ramon moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Lorenzo fails to land with a series of punches.
Ramon misses the body punch
and Lorenzo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lorenzo ducks under a wild hook from Ramon.
Lorenzo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ramon.
Ramon lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ramon walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Ramon catches Lorenzo with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Lorenzo defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Ramon.
Lorenzo misses with a hook. Ramon ducked under it nicely.
Lorenzo slips a jab and a cross from Ramon.
Ramon is breathing heavily.
Ramon ducks right into an uppercut from Lorenzo.
Lorenzo tries to land a leg kick but Ramon saw it coming and moves away.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Lorenzo!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jab by Ramon.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ramon cracks Lorenzo with a good jab.
A left and a right from Lorenzo both land. Nice combination.
Lorenzo lands a nice hook to Ramon's body. Ramon takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nice uppercut lands for Lorenzo. That snapped Ramon's head back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Ramon showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Andre Lorenzo's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Lorenzo scores with a nice head shot.
Ramon tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lorenzo is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Lorenzo moves away from the strike by Ramon.
Sloppy strikes from Lorenzo. Those never looked like landing.
Lorenzo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Lorenzo slips a jab from Ramon.
Ramon lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Ramon motions for Lorenzo to come forward. Ramon throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lorenzo scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Lorenzo scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Ramon cracks Lorenzo with a good jab.
Sloppy strikes from Ramon. Those never looked like landing.
Ramon tries to bum rush Lorenzo with a series of wild strikes but Lorenzo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ramon takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Ramon takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ramon takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lorenzo stalks Ramon and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Ramon's face. Ramon staggers backwards, shaken.
Ramon throws a head kick but Lorenzo moves out of range.
Lorenzo misses with a wild body shot.
Ramon has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lorenzo finds it's way round the side to connect with Ramon's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramon looks to throw the jab but Lorenzo is out of range.
Ramon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lorenzo scores with a nice head shot.
Lorenzo misses with a body punch
and Ramon counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Lorenzo looks to score with a jab to the body but Ramon is just out of range.
Ramon gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ramon loads up on a big right hand but Lorenzo slips the punch.
Ramon moves out of range of the strikes.
Ramon slips under a jab.
Ramon fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lorenzo works over Ramon's head and body with a nice combination.
Ramon throws a combination that misses
and Lorenzo makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ramon walks into a stiff left hand from Lorenzo.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lorenzo. Ramon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lorenzo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ramon darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Ramon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lorenzo manages to avoid it.
Lorenzo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ramon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lorenzo manages to avoid it.
Lorenzo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ramon moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ramon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lorenzo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ramon misses with a straight right.
Ramon tries to bum rush Lorenzo with a series of wild strikes but Lorenzo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lorenzo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ramon throws out a powerful jab.
Ramon fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Lorenzo on the side of the head.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ramon lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Lorenzo has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Lorenzo and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Lorenzo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ramon wants to clinch up but Lorenzo keeps it at a distance.
Ramon lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Lorenzo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ramon jabs Lorenzo to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Ramon uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lorenzo.
Ramon tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lorenzo swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramon uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lorenzo.
A jab from Lorenzo misses.
Lorenzo dodges the punch combination from Ramon.
Danga de danga de dang - Lorenzo scores with a four punch combination!
Ramon takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Lorenzo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lorenzo tries to bum rush Ramon with a series of wild strikes but Ramon uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ramon connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lorenzo's hands.
Ramon misses the shot to the body.
Ramon throws a right hand that Lorenzo ducks under and follows up with a left that Lorenzo also avoids with ease.
A slow jab from Ramon misses its intended target.
Ramon on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ramon throws a lazy right hand but Lorenzo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lorenzo throws a nice looking combination but Ramon bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lorenzo throws a hook to the side of Ramon's head but Ramon sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lorenzo scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Lorenzo lands with a nice combination. Ramon backs away looking to recover.
Mike Ramon is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lorenzo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ramon.
Ramon misses with a jab, cross combination.
A left and a right from Ramon both land. Nice combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lorenzo. Ramon does a little dance to reset his feet.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ramon.
Ramon looks to land a right hand but Lorenzo moved out of range.
Ramon misses with a two punch combination.
Lorenzo fails to land with a series of punches.
Lorenzo lands a nice looking body shot.
Lorenzo scores with a jab to the body.
Ramon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lorenzo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ramon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lorenzo.
Lorenzo bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Ramon looks to score with a jab to the body but Lorenzo is just out of range.
Lorenzo is working the combinations to good effect here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ramon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Andre Lorenzo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lorenzo just misses with a punch to the body.
Lorenzo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ramon.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Andre Lorenzo.
Well Ramon has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:29
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Ramon!