PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cookie Monster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamalski Ramirezovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Monster
vs
Ramirezovic

194 cm
28
212 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

193 cm
20
215 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

Great wrestler
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cookie Monster!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jamalski Ramirezovic!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Tiny Johnson and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Monster fails to land the takedown.

Monster shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Ramirezovic manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Monster throwing strikes but missing.
Ramirezovic trying to control the position.
Monster is working Ramirezovic over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Ramirezovic is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Monster postures up in Ramirezovic's guard and throws a big left but Ramirezovic blocks it.
Ramirezovic wants to stand and escape but Monster is having none of it.
Ramirezovic trying to control the position.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Jamalski Ramirezovic hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Monster shoots in and gets a takedown into Ramirezovic's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Monster's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Ramirezovic not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Monster connects with a couple of short punches.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Monster's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Monster stops Ramirezovic from standing up.
Monster postures up and lands a big shot to Ramirezovic's brow.
Monster is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Monster throwing strikes but missing.
Ramirezovic is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Monster prevents Ramirezovic from getting back to his feet.
Monster with a flurry of punches that miss.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ramirezovic can do anything to dispel that myth.
Monster working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Monster landing some decent shots from guard.
Monster postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ramirezovic controls Monster momentarily but Monster frees himself.
Monster working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Ramirezovic's head.
Monster postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramirezovic trying to control the position.
Monster is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Ramirezovic really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Monster. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Monster lands a couple of digs.
Monster scoring with some ground and pound.
Ramirezovic trying to keep a closed guard but Monster is proving a slippery customer.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Monster landing with the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Monster connects with a couple of short punches.
Monster working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Monster slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Monster scoring with punches from side control.
Monster lands a few punches from side control.
Monster scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Ramirezovic to see if he's OK.
Monster working the ground and pound.

Ramirezovic is rocked!
Ramirezovic is trying to get back to half guard.
Ramirezovic is still in real trouble! Can Monster finish him?
Ramirezovic taking a bit of punishment here - Monster scoring with strikes.
Monster lands some shots froms side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramirezovic struggling a bit here.

Monster has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Ramirezovic is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Monster yanks on the arm and Ramirezovic is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Monster.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Cookie Monster!