PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Baltazar Ramos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ramos
vs
Alves

187 cm
27
182 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

180 cm
28
181 lbs
11 - 13 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Baltazar Ramos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Thiago Alves !
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yukihiro Shimada and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Alves circles away quickly and effectively.
Alves throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ramos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ramos bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ramos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Alves moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Alves falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Ramos counter with a right hand.
Ramos takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Ramos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Alves swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Alves slips a jab from Ramos.
Ramos ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ramos throws a right hand that misses
enabling Alves to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ramos goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Alves throws out a loose jab but Ramos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ramos throws the left hand but Alves avoids the punch easily.
Ramos missing with a left hand there. Alves was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramos slips under a jab from Alves .
Ramos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ramos scores with a sloppy right hand. Alves should have avoided that one.

Ramos shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Alves napping and manages to drive through into side control!
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The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Alves avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Ramos.
Alves is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Alves can't do much from the bottom here.
Alves dodges the ground and pound from Ramos.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ramos throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Ramos in side control, throwing shots but Alves defends.
Ramos is trying to ground and pound but Alves uses the momentary lack of control by Ramos to regain half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters are battling for position here. Alves manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Alves managing to control the position.
Ramos is pushing down on Alves 's leg trying to pass to half guard. Alves is fighting to maintain full guard but Ramos has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves is trying to get back to full guard.
Ramos landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Alves slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Ramos won't allow Alves to sweep him here.
Ramos trying to control but Alves is working from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ramos accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ramos accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ramos stands and throws Alves 's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Ramos has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Ramos landing strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves struggling a bit here.
Sloppy strikes there by Ramos.
Alves is not content to let Ramos control the position.
Ramos in side control lands a decent elbow.
Alves is trying to improve his position.
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!
Ramos controls the position from side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alves is looking for a sweep.
Alves regains half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Baltazar Ramos dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Ramos shoots in and bounces Alves off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Ramos lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Ramos with a flurry of punches that miss.
Alves keeping full guard, as Ramos tries to pass.
Ramos postures up.
Ramos stops Alves from standing up.
Alves looking for a sweep. Not yet Alves , not yet.
Ramos wants to pass the guard but Alves is keeping the position.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Ramos won't allow Alves to sweep him here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramos slips nicely into half guard.
Ramos lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Ramos is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Alves sees it coming and defends easily.
Ramos throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Alves looks like he's trying to stand up.
Ramos sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Alves defending well though.
Ramos throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramos not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Alves is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Ramos's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Ramos's back!
Alves is controlling the position but Ramos somehow manages to roll and ends up with half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Alves drops an elbow to the side of Ramos's head.
Ramos trying to hold on to Alves 's head to control him but Alves postures up.

Ramos looking for submissions off his back.
Alves is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Ramos manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Ramos is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Alves defends well.
Alves trying to control the position from guard on top but Ramos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Alves distracts Ramos with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Alves postures up in Ramos's guard and throws a big left but Ramos blocks it.
Ramos keeping moving, preventing Alves from controlling successfully.
Ramos 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.
Alves chips away with some ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ramos utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Ramos working for a triangle but Alves defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Baltazar Ramos will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Alves keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Alves throws a shot from downtown. Ramos moves away and avoids it.
Ramos connects with a right hand. Alves shakes it off.

Ramos drives through with a takedown into Alves 's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Ramos tries to free his leg and advance position but Alves is retaining full guard.
Alves is trying to keep Ramos in close.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Alves is on top in guard.

Ramos looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Ramos had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Alves defends it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ramos looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Alves passes into side control.
Alves working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Alves lands a few punches from side control.
Thiago Alves has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramos is looking to reverse the position.
Ramos manages to work his way to half guard, despite Alves 's best efforts.
Ramos is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ramos is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Alves scores with a couple of nice shots.
Baltazar Ramos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Alves working the head and body with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves stalling away here and it's allowed Ramos to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Ramos keeping moving, preventing Alves from controlling successfully.
Alves makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Baltazar Ramos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Ramos is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Alves is aware though and is defending well.
Alves throws a strike but Ramos rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Alves 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 four minutes gone in the round.
Ramos trying to control the position from guard on top but Alves is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ramos tries to free his leg and advance position but Alves is retaining full guard.
Alves manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Ramos is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ramos is looking to get to half guard.
Alves is in the full mount, landing strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Thiago Alves .
Well Ramos has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Baltazar Ramos!
A very excited looking Baltazar Ramos made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.