PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Badr Ramsay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucas Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ramsay comes to the cage accompanied by Protect Ya Neck by Wu Tang Clan. Silva has chosen Metallica - The Unforgiven II as his entrance music. Badr Ramsay could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Lucas Silva 's chin.

Ramsay
vs
Silva

182 cm
23
219 lbs
13 - 2 - 1

180 cm
21
214 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Zentrope Fighting Universe

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Badr Ramsay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Lucas Silva !
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Ivan Kurochkin and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva throws a right hand that misses
and Ramsay counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Silva shoots and misses
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Silva bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Silva drives through with a takedown into guard.
Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ramsay is keeping the position for now.
Silva throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Silva has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ramsay is adopting a defensive guard.
Silva wants to control from the top but Ramsay keeps moving.
Silva postures up in Ramsay's guard and throws a big left but Ramsay blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws a strike but Ramsay rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Silva has his foot on Ramsay's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Ramsay works his way back into a safe position though.
Silva looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ramsay is one step ahead there.
Silva wants to control the position but Ramsay says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Ramsay prevents Silva from improving his position.
Silva manages to get to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Ramsay preventing the sweep.
Ramsay has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Silva seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Silva looking to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Silva looking for a guillotine here but Ramsay defends easily.

Silva looking for subs off his back but Ramsay has passed one foot through into half guard.
Silva gets back to full guard.
Silva manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ramsay manages to get himself to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Ramsay has momentary wrist control but Silva slips an elbow through the middle.
Ramsay working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Silva .
Silva trying to control but Ramsay is working from the bottom.
Silva throwing strikes but missing.
Silva throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ramsay works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Silva throws a big right hand that misses.
Silva is looking to work some ground and pound but Ramsay has wrist control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucas Silva dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Silva misses the body punch
and Ramsay counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Silva scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Jab from Silva .
Silva misses with a hook
and Ramsay cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silva misses with a left hand
and Ramsay counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ramsay throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silva throws out a powerful jab.
Silva misses with a hook to the body
and Ramsay counters with a two punch combo.
Silva throws a right hand that misses
letting Ramsay counter with a right hand.
Lucas Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva misses with an uppercut
and Ramsay counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Silva throws an off balance right hand
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Silva is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Silva lands a body shot.
Silva misses with a hook
and Ramsay counters with a nice uppercut.
Silva avoids the head kick by Ramsay.
Silva throws a combination. Ramsay tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Silva doesn't succeed with the takedown
enabling Ramsay to counter with a crisp jab.
Silva shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Ramsay defends it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ramsay finds it's way round the side to connect with Silva 's head.
Silva shoots in but Ramsay avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Badr Ramsay has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lucas Silva .
Silva throws a combination that misses
and Ramsay counters with a nice uppercut.
Ramsay throws a head kick that misses.
Silva blocks a head kick by Ramsay.
Silva misses with an uppercut
and Ramsay connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ramsay.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws an off balance right hand
and Ramsay counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Silva misses with a jab to the body
and Ramsay counters with a left and a right that stings Silva .
Ramsay rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

so Silva counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Silva is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Silva trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Silva postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Silva working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Silva is working Ramsay over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Silva throwing strikes from guard but Ramsay blocks nicely.
Silva working some strikes from top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva postures up in Ramsay's guard and throws a big left but Ramsay blocks it.
Silva keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Ramsay's head.
Silva throws a big right hand that misses.
Ramsay is wriggling around but Silva manages to pass to half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva working Ramsay over with strikes.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Silva lands a nice short elbow.

Ramsay is rocked!
Silva is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Ramsay is hurt! He's hurt bad - Silva fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Ramsay from any more punishment! Congratulations to Silva ! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lucas Silva !