PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mr Gerbik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergio Ramos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gerbik
vs
Ramos

175 cm
19
160 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

185 cm
26
168 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Experienced

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

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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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mr Gerbik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sergio Ramos!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Chris Downing and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramos with a poor takedown
and Gerbik counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ramos chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gerbik can pounce on him.
Gerbik clobbers Ramos with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Ramos gets tackled into the cage by Gerbik. Gerbik maintains the clinch.
Gerbik manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Gerbik scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gerbik is pushing Ramos up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Gerbik throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gerbik tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ramos tries for a takedown. No joy.
Gerbik gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Ramos.
Mr Gerbik has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sergio Ramos.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Gerbik lands an elbow just above Ramos 's eye.
Gerbik controlling the action here for a moment.
Gerbik pushes Ramos back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gerbik digs a right hand underneath Ramos's ribcage. Ramos let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ramos drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Gerbik tries to work over Ramos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ramos goes for a takedown attempt but Gerbik pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Ramos feints and as Gerbik raises his hands in defense, Ramos changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Gerbik working a defensive guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gerbik looking for a sweep. Not yet Gerbik, not yet.
Gerbik controls Ramos momentarily but Ramos frees himself.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Gerbik is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Mr Gerbik.
Gerbik swings for the body but Ramos moves out of range.
Ramos has his takedown stuffed
and Gerbik counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gerbik thumps Ramos with a low kick.
Gerbik fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ramos looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Gerbik lands with a hook. Ramos tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Ramos with a poor takedown
and Gerbik counters with a nice body shot.
Ramos fails with the takedown
letting Gerbik counter with a right hand.
Ramos gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Gerbik counters with a low kick, right behind Ramos 's knee.
Gerbik swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ramos.
Ramos shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Gerbik counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Ramos looks gassed!
Ramos misses with a takedown

and Gerbik counters by moving into the clinch.
Ramos takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gerbik fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramos being controlled against the cage.
Ramos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gerbik.
Gerbik lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ramos is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Gerbik pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Ramos has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Gerbik avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Gerbik.
Gerbik lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ramos backwards.
Gerbik cracks Ramos with a nice body shot.
Ramos blocks an uppercut.
Gerbik stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Ramos's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ramos blocks an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Gerbik as the two fighters clinch.
Ramos can't get the takedown.
Ramos is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Gerbik pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A short right from Gerbik on the inside.
Gerbik leaning his opponent against the cage.
Gerbik lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gerbik is trying to stall.
Gerbik is pressed up against the cage. Ramos has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Gerbik down to the mat. Gerbik avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Ramos shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
enabling Gerbik to counter with a crisp jab.
Ramos shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Gerbik lands a jab to the head.
Ramos misses with a takedown attempt
and Gerbik counters with a right hand to the body.
Gerbik sizes up Ramos with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Gerbik connects with a leg kick. Ramos looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ramos tries for a takedown but Gerbik circles away easily
and Gerbik counters with an outside leg kick.
Ramos on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Gerbik sizes up Ramos with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Ramos has his takedown stuffed
and Gerbik counters with a left to the body.
Sergio Ramos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gerbik digs a good hook to Ramos's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mr Gerbik dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Gerbik bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Ramos with a poor takedown
and Gerbik makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Gerbik lands with a right hand.
Gerbik connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ramos. Ramos circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ramos tries for a takedown but Gerbik circles away easily
and Gerbik counters with a left to the body.
Gerbik lands a nice hook to Ramos's body. Ramos takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Gerbik thows a body shot but no joy.
Gerbik dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ramos. That did some damage!
Ramos misses with a takedown attempt
and Gerbik counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ramos thinking.
Mr Gerbik has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sergio Ramos.
Gerbik lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ramos's sensitive parts.
Gerbik with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gerbik lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gerbik scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Gerbik takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ramos avoids the body shot from Gerbik.
Ramos is breathing heavily.
Gerbik connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ramos momentarily.
Ramos misses with a takedown
and Gerbik counters with an inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gerbik scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nice body punch from Gerbik.
Gerbik connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ramos misses with a takedown attempt
and Gerbik counters with a slapping leg kick.
Ramos takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gerbik throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ramos takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ramos takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gerbik connects with a crisp jab.
Gerbik thuds a left hand into Ramos's body.
Gerbik fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ramos has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

Gerbik moves into the clinch successfully.
Gerbik pushes Ramos back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Gerbik digs a right hand underneath Ramos's ribcage. Ramos let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Gerbik gets through Ramos's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gerbik makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gerbik manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Ramos's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gerbik wants to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gerbik lands with a short shot to the head.
Gerbik throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ramos tries for a takedown but Gerbik manages to get underhooks.
Ramos goes for a takedown in the clinch but Gerbik prevents it.
Gerbik doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gerbik lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gerbik digs a right hand underneath Ramos's ribcage. Ramos let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Gerbik tries to land knees in the clinch but Ramos avoids the damage to the body.
Gerbik lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gerbik lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gerbik lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ramos takes a shot to the head.
Gerbik lands a shot to the body.
Gerbik lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gerbik prevents the takedown attempt.
Gerbik lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ramos backwards.
Gerbik gets underhooks to prevent Ramos's takedown attempt.
Ramos takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gerbik throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ramoss head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gerbik lands a nice elbow.
Gerbik lands a shot to the body.
Gerbik displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ramos up against the cage.
Gerbik lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ramos wants a takedown but no success here.
Good body shot from Gerbik.
Nice body punch from Gerbik - that landed with a thud.
A short right from Gerbik.
Gerbik works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Gerbik gets through Ramos's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gerbik lands a body shot.
Gerbik is pushing Ramos up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gerbik.
Gerbik lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ramos.
Gerbik cracks Ramos with a nice body shot.
Gerbik lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gerbik scores with a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gerbik prevents the takedown attempt.
A head punch on the inside from Gerbik fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gerbik.
Ramos takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gerbik taking a breather.
Gerbik prevents the takedown attempt.
Gerbik lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gerbik stalling in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Gerbik.
Gerbik lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Ramos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gerbik lands a shot to the body.
Ramos takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gerbik throws a punch but it's blocked by Ramos.
Ramos blocking some punches.
Gerbik lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ramos backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gerbik prevents a takedown attempt there.
A short uppercut from Gerbik.
Gerbik scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ramos goes for a takedown in the clinch but Gerbik prevents it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mr Gerbik dominated that second round.
That's time! Gerbik's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Gerbik connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ramos momentarily.
Gerbik moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ramos misses with a takedown
and Gerbik counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ramos takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ramos keeps the fight on the outside.
Jab from Gerbik.
Ramos tries for a takedown but Gerbik circles away easily
and Gerbik counters with a left to the body.
Ramos misses with a takedown attempt
and Gerbik counters with a nice uppercut.
Mr Gerbik has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sergio Ramos.
Gerbik connects with a solid leg kick.
Mr Gerbik is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gerbik tests Ramos's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ramos takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ramos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ramos takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ramos has his takedown stuffed
and Gerbik counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gerbik lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ramos needs to keep his hands up - Gerbik had a free shot at his head there.
Gerbik scores with a nice head shot.
Gerbik is looking to clinch but Ramos is avoiding it.
Gerbik throws a leg kick which misses Ramos's front leg but catches the back leg as Ramos tries to avoid it.
Ramos gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Gerbik counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Gerbik lands a jab to Ramos's midsection.
Gerbik lands a slapping body shot.
Gerbik changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gerbik. That's going to slow Ramos down.
Gerbik connects with a single shot there.
Ramos shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
letting Gerbik counter with a right hand.
Gerbik throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Gerbik clinches with his opponent.
Gerbik softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramos takes an elbow to the temple.
Gerbik stalling against the cage.
Gerbik lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gerbik lands an uppercut.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Gerbik misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ramos.
Gerbik lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gerbik throws a punch but it's blocked by Ramos.
Ramos tries to score a body lock takedown but Gerbik shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Gerbik taking a breather.
Gerbik throws a punch but it's blocked by Ramos.
Ramos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ramos has Gerbik pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Gerbik manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Gerbik is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ramos can do to turn this around?
Gerbik presses Ramos against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A right hand to the body from Gerbik.
Ramos tries for a takedown. No joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gerbik lands a right hand.
Ramos takes a shot to the head.
Gerbik lands a body punch.
Gerbik lands with a light punch inside.
Gerbik lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ramos backwards.
Gerbik tries to stall but Ramos uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Gerbik lands a damaging elbow.
Ramos being controlled against the cage.
Gerbik is trying to maintain a safe position but Ramos gets an underhook and turns Gerbik into the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Mr Gerbik.
Ramos shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Ramos takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gerbik scores with a shot to the body.

Ramos closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Gerbik avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ramos.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramos tries to pass the half guard into mount. Gerbik knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Ramos throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ramos has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ramos throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ramos missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ramos throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ramos lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ramos takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Gerbik trying to hold on to Ramos's head to control him but Ramos postures up.
Nice strikes from Ramos there.
Ramos not doing much here.
Sergio Ramos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ramos lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mr Gerbik showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gerbik, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 30:26
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mr Gerbik!