PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Betty Betty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arcot Ramathorn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Betty
vs
Ramathorn

176 cm
24
155 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

175 cm
22
146 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Betty Betty!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arcot Ramathorn!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Daniel Cesar and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Betty lands a nice shot that snaps Ramathorn's head back.
Ramathorn swings and misses with a shot to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Betty fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ramathorn.
Betty lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Betty moves out of range as Ramathorn strikes.
Betty throws the left hand but Ramathorn avoids the punch easily.
A left lands for Betty.
Ramathorn connects with a body shot.
Betty chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Betty throws a nice outside leg kick.
Betty Betty seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Betty avoids the body shot from Ramathorn.
Ramathorn lands with a hook. Betty tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Betty keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ramathorn blocks a low kick nicely.
Ramathorn on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Betty throws an off balance right hand
and Ramathorn counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Betty lands a jab to the head.
Ramathorn ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Betty uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ramathorn.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramathorn with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ramathorn's jab looks to have found its range, popping Betty under the eye.
Ramathorn misses the shot to the body.
Ramathorn lands a really nice looking cross but Betty seems unphased.
Ramathorn takes a swing at Betty's ribcage but misses.
Betty throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A left lands for Ramathorn.
Betty throws a nice inside leg kick.
Betty throws a leg kick which misses Ramathorn's front leg but catches the back leg as Ramathorn tries to avoid it.
Betty throws a quick inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Ramathorn. Betty does a little dance to reset his feet.
Betty walks into a stiff left hand from Ramathorn.
Betty tries a low kick but Ramathorn avoids it.
Betty thows a left - swing and a miss!
Betty slips under a jab from Ramathorn.
Ramathorn blocks a head kick by Betty.
Ramathorn misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramathorn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Betty was well out of range. Poor timing from Ramathorn.
Betty takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Betty gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ramathorn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Betty was well out of range. Poor timing from Ramathorn.
Ramathorn misses with a hook. Betty ducked under it nicely.
Ramathorn loads up on a big right hand but Betty slips the punch.
Betty misses with a looping left.
Ramathorn just misses with a punch to the body.
Betty misses with a looping right.
Ramathorn closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ramathorn throws a body punch but Betty moves out of range.
Ramathorn moves out of range as Betty strikes.
Betty missing with a left hand there. Ramathorn was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ramathorn looks to score with a jab to the body but Betty is just out of range.
A big left from Ramathorn misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramathorn moves away from the strike by Betty.
Ramathorn on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ramathorn slips under a jab from Betty.
Ramathorn cracks Betty with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ramathorn scores with a hook to the body. Betty takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Betty misses with a straight right.
Betty lands a nice looking body shot.
Ramathorn misses the shot to the body.
Ramathorn is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Betty rather than just go for the knockout.
Jab, jab by Betty - just one landing.
Betty takes a swing at Ramathorn's ribcage but misses.
Betty scores with a push kick.
Betty misses with a low kick.
Ramathorn misses with a body shot.
Ramathorn misses the shot to the body.
Betty throws a shot from downtown. Ramathorn moves away and avoids it.
Ramathorn ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ramathorn is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Betty had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramathorn clobbers Betty with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jab, jab by Betty - just one landing.
Ramathorn uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Betty.
Ramathorn lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Betty at a distance.
Ramathorn thows a body shot but no joy.
Betty takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Betty is rocked!
Ramathorn throws a jab but it's blocked by Betty.
Oh Betty is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ramathorn throws out a loose jab but Betty uses good head movement to avoid it.
Betty moves out of range as Ramathorn strikes.
Betty ducks under a wild hook from Ramathorn.
Betty looks to land a left hand but Ramathorn moved out of range nicely.
Ramathorn gets in close and tags Betty with a short punch that almost sends Betty to the mat! Oh Betty is in big trouble! He turns his back on Ramathorn, trying to create some distance but Ramathorn rushes him, striking wildly and Betty goes down! The referee tackles Ramathorn into the cage to end the fight! Ramathorn is one violent man!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arcot Ramathorn!
Arcot Ramathorn is the new featherweight champion!