PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ramon Fernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Ras (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Fernandez
vs
Ras

185 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

176 cm
27
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ramon Fernandez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Josh Ras!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Skip Squint and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ras misses with a shot to the body
and Ras takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fernandez connects with a right hand. Ras shakes it off.
Ras swinging wildly here.
Ras scores with a three punch combo!
Ras looks to score with a jab to the body but Fernandez is just out of range.
Fernandez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fernandez scores with a nice right hand.
Ras moves out of range of the strikes.
Fernandez takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Fernandez looks to land a left hand but Ras moved out of range nicely.
Ras avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ras throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ras misses with a jab to the body
and Fernandez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fernandez has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ras finds it's way round the side to connect with Fernandez's head.
Ras falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Fernandez to counter with a crisp jab.
Fernandez is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Ras misses with a body punch
and Ras takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A big right from Fernandez misses.
Ras misses with an uppercut
and Fernandez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ras thows a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ras misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Fernandez counters with a three punch combo that has Ras backing up. Ras nods at Fernandez to acknowledge the strikes.
Fernandez is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Fernandez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ras misses with a body punch
and Fernandez counters with a straight right hand.

Ras shoots in and bounces Fernandez off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Fernandez being controlled here, momentarily.
Fernandez avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ras stays in close to Fernandez's body and controls the position.
Let's hope that Ras has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Josh Ras was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Ras misses with a wild body shot.
Ras misses the body punch
enabling Fernandez to counter with a crisp jab.
Fernandez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Josh Ras seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Ras.
Ras uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fernandez.
Ras throws a sloppy body shot
and Fernandez counters with a nice uppercut.
Ras is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Fernandez rather than just go for the knockout.

Ras shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Fernandez's guard.
Ras scoring with punches to the head and body.
Ras is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ras is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Ras stands up over Fernandez, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Ras is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ras tries to free his leg and advance position but Fernandez is retaining full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Josh Ras hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Ras misses with a combination
and Fernandez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ramon Fernandez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ras slips a jab from Fernandez.
Ras is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fernandez.
Fernandez scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Fernandez scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ras lands a nice hook to Fernandez's body. Fernandez takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ras throws a predictable looking body shot
and Ras takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ras cracks Fernandez with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ras swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Fernandez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ras misses with a body shot.

Ras shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ras landing shots from mount.
Ras controlling his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josh Ras dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A combination from Fernandez does no damage.
Ras takes one to the chin there.
Fernandez looks to throw the jab but Ras is out of range.
Ras misses the shot to the body.

Ras closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Fernandez is trying to improve his position.
Ras controls the position.
Fernandez managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Ras.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ras scoring with punches from side control.
Fernandez on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Fernandez is trying to escape the position but Ras is controlling the position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Josh Ras wasn't active enough on the ground.
Ras blocks a jab.
Ras scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ras throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ras connects with a crisp jab.
Ras swings away with a body shot that misses
and Fernandez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ras misses with a body shot.
Fernandez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ras makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ras thows a body shot but no joy.

Ras scores a takedown into full mount!
Ras content just to control the position here.
Ras raining down shots from the mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ras scoring with strikes but Fernandez is staying in there.
Ras lands with some strikes.
Ras landing punches.

Fernandez is rocked!
Ras raining down hammerfists from mount.
Oh Fernandez is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fernandez really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Ras connects with a bit shot that sees Fernandez covering up! More strikes from Ras and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Ras is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Josh Ras!