PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Calvin Duran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gino Ramirez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ramirez has chosen Go to sleep as his entrance music. Gino Ramirez is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Duran
vs
Ramirez

185 cm
21
193 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

183 cm
27
199 lbs
12 - 6 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Fight Club Clothing™

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Calvin Duran!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Gino Ramirez!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duran keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ramirez misses the shot to the body.
Calvin Duran seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ramirez tries to move into range but Duran moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Ramirez tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Duran throws a leg kick but Ramirez sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Duran throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Duran is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ramirez.
Duran looks to score with a jab to the body but Ramirez is just out of range.
Ramirez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Duran as he jumps to the side.
That kick from Duran tenderised Ramirez's leg. Ramirez is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ramirez takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Duran closes the distance and pushes Ramirez back into the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Duran fails to land.
Ramirez presses Duran against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ramirez blocks a body shot from Duran.
Ramirez takes a shot to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Ramirez.
Duran stalling in the clinch but Ramirez improves position.
Duran lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ramirez backwards.
Duran misses with a punch on the inside.
Duran swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Duran lands a shot to the body.
Ramirez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Duran is keeping busy.
Duran throws a punch but it's blocked by Ramirez.
Ramirez blocking some punches.
Ramirez taking a breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Duran's efforts to push away.
Ramirez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Duran fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Duran misses with a punch on the inside.

Duran escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Duran looks to land a right hand but Ramirez moved out of range.

Duran moves into the clinch successfully.

Duran manages to break the clinch.

Ramirez gets a clinch.

Ramirez gets control of Duran's arms and successfully pulls guard. Ramirez will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Duran tries to stand but Ramirez is controlling from the bottom.
Ramirez wants to sweep here but Duran controlling him for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Duran pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ramirez is keeping the position for now.
Duran trying to control but Ramirez is working from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Calvin Duran just wasn't active enough.
Duran lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duran cracks Ramirez with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ramirez takes a jab right on the kisser.
Ramirez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Duran darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Ramirez moves into the clinch successfully.
Duran lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ramirez backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Duran.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Duran fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Duran manages to break the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Duran fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Duran lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Calvin Duran dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Duran jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ramirez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Duran looks to score with a jab to the body but Ramirez is just out of range.
Ramirez shoots in for a takedown but Duran shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Duran loads up on a big right hand but Ramirez slips the punch.
Duran misses with a body shot.
Duran lands with a good body shot.
Duran lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Duran rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ramirez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The crowd cheers as Duran lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ramirez doesn't seem phased though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ramirez fails with the takedown.
Calvin Duran has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gino Ramirez.
Duran throws a hook but Ramirez avoids it easily.
Duran misses the jab.
Ramirez swings for the body but Duran moves out of range.
Duran lands with a right hand.
Ramirez walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Duran thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ramirez moves out of range as Duran strikes.
Calvin Duran is winning the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Duran buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ramirez throws a jab but it's blocked by Duran.
Duran misses with a hook. Ramirez ducked under it nicely.

Duran has Ramirez up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ramirez.
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!
Ramirez tries to score a body lock takedown but Duran shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Ramirez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Duran tries a body shot but Ramirez blocks it.
Duran makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ramirez is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Duran tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duran fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Duran stalling the fight.
Ramirez has Duran pressed against the cage, preventing Duran from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Duran swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Duran prevents a body shot from Ramirez.

Duran breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ramirez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Duran.
Ramirez shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Duran as he avoids it easily.
Duran connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ramirez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Duran.

Duran fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ramirez, pushing him back against the cage.
Calvin Duran has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ramirez looking to stall.
A head punch on the inside from Duran fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duran softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Duran tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ramirez is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Duran pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Duran misses with the head strike.
Duran misses with a body punch.
Duran swings wildly with an uppercut but Ramirez uses good head movement to avoid it.

Duran breaks from the clinch.
Ramirez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ramirez moves out of range of the strikes.
Duran scores with a nice right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Duran swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Duran fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ramirez checks it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Calvin Duran dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Duran just misses with a punch to the body.
Ramirez slips a jab from Duran.
Duran throws a hook but Ramirez blocks it.
Ramirez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Duran moves away.
Duran rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ramirez counters with a slapping leg kick.
Duran throws a big shot that misses.
Ramirez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Duran.
Duran swings for the body but Ramirez moves out of range.
Ramirez misses with a head kick.
Duran avoids the body shot from Ramirez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duran misses the shot to the body.

Duran closes the distance and pushes Ramirez back into the cage.
Ramirez blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Ramirez turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Ramirez manages to end up in side control.
Ramirez throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Duran wants to get back to his feet.
Duran tries to bench press Ramirez off him but Ramirez keeps the position.
Duran is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Ramirez has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Duran taking a bit of punishment here - Ramirez scoring with strikes.
Duran is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ramirez content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Duran wants to improve his position but Ramirez is controlling well.
Ramirez looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ramirez throwing shots but Duran is blocking nicely.
Duran wants to control but Ramirez is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ramirez not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ramirez trying to control the action but Duran is working from the bottom.
Ramirez stops Duran from getting back to his feet.
Ramirez wants to control but Duran is keeping him busy.
Duran blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ramirez.
Duran is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Ramirez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Duran tries to land a front kick but Ramirez steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Duran lands a head kick!
Duran has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ramirez.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ramirez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gino Ramirez really dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Duran throws the left hand but Ramirez avoids the punch easily.
Ramirez misses with a low kick.
Ramirez connects with a body shot that sends Duran's belly button to the back.
Ramirez looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Ramirez drives through with a takedown into guard.
Gino Ramirez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ramirez postures up.
Ramirez throws a big right hand that misses.
Duran is looking to stand up but Ramirez isn't so interested in that idea.
Duran is trying to keep Ramirez in close.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Duran has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ramirez can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Ramirez trying to control the position from guard on top but Duran is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Duran has Ramirez pulled in close to control his posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Duran throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ramirez slips under a jab.
Ramirez is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Duran rather than just go for the knockout.
Good standup being displayed there by Duran as he connects with a hook.
Duran misses with a body shot.
Ramirez dives in and grabs Duran's left leg, looking for a takedown. Duran pushes down on Ramirez's head and hops out.
An inside leg kick lands from Duran.
Duran misses with a hook. Ramirez ducked under it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ramirez. That's going to slow Duran down.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Ramirez.
Calvin Duran has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gino Ramirez.
Duran misses with an uppercut. Ramirez saw that one coming.
Duran keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ramirez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Duran manages to avoid it.
Duran looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Duran throws the left hand but Ramirez avoids the punch easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Duran scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ramirez in his tracks.
Duran throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ramirez stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Duran throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Duran closes the distance and clinches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Duran lands with a short shot to the head.
Duran working aggressively here.
Ramirez misses with a body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ramirez looking to slow down the pace here.

Ramirez jumps into guard, dragging Duran to the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Duran wants to stand but Ramirez is controlling his posture from full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Calvin Duran had his way with Gino Ramirez in that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Ramirez fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Duran fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ramirez manages to avoid it.

Duran rushes Ramirez and presses him up against the cage.
Duran lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Duran pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Duran lands a nice shot to the body.
Ramirez throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Duran counter with a right hand.
Duran ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ramirez moves away.
A swing and a miss from Duran.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duran misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Duran looks to throw the jab but Ramirez is out of range.
Duran connects with a crisp jab.

Duran closes the distance and clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Duran.
Ramirez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ramirez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ramirez has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Duran avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Ramirez tries to pull guard but Duran won't allow it.
Ramirez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ramirez misses with a punch on the inside.
Ramirez pushes Duran back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ramirez is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez gets through Duran's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ramirez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Duran misses with the head strike.
Duran stalling in the clinch.
Duran presses Ramirez against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ramirez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ramirez misses with a punch to the body.
Duran lands a shoulder strike.
Gino Ramirez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Duran lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ramirez backwards.
Duran tries to stall but Ramirez uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ramirez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ramirez goes for a takedown in the clinch but Duran prevents it.
Calvin Duran has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gino Ramirez.
Duran throws a punch but it's blocked by Ramirez.
Duran scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ramirez is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duran misses with a punch on the inside.
Duran lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Duran lands a hook that snaps the head of Ramirez backwards.
Ramirez pushes Duran back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Duran lands a left hand.

Ramirez is rocked!
Ramirez is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ramirez is still on wobbly legs! Can Duran finish him?
Ramirez seems to have recovered his senses.
Duran lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ramirez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Duran blocks a body shot from Ramirez.
Still in the clinch, Duran scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duran misses with a punch on the inside.
Ramirez is trying to drag Duran to the mat but Duran just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Ramirez scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duran lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Duran is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ramirez can do to turn this around?
Duran misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ramirez scores with a shoulder strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Duran lands a shoulder strike.

Duran pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Calvin Duran is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ramirez takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Duran moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Duran moves into range and connects with a jab.
Duran tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

And that's the end of the fight!
Calvin Duran showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Duran has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 49:46
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 49:46
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Calvin Duran!
Calvin Duran retains his middleweight title!