PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mushu Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zeke Ramero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Lee might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Papoose - Born To Win. Ramero has chosen The Spade Ramero — Real Thugs as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Lee
vs
Ramero

189 cm
23
182 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

190 cm
27
186 lbs
0 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mushu Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Zeke Ramero!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice combination there by Ramero.

Ramero darts in and clinches Lee up against the cage.

Ramero has Lee pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Ramero pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Lee tumbling to the mat - Ramero dives into Lee's guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Lee trying to control the position.
Ramero landing with the ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ramero's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Lee working for a triangle but Ramero defends it easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ramero working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Ramero passes Lee's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramero working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Lee wants to get back to full guard.

Ramero stands up out of the half guard.
Lee tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lee is breathing heavily.
Lee wants to clinch but Ramero slips to the side

and Ramero counters with a shoot takedown. Lee fights it but they end up in guard.
Ramero with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lee avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lee keeping moving, preventing Ramero from controlling successfully.
Ramero has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ramero scoring with punches to the head and body.
Ramero passes Lee's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Ramero drops an elbow to the side of Lee's head.
Ramero is looking to take a break and control but Lee is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ramero is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ramero stands up out of the half guard.
Ramero connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Ramero is defended easily by Lee.
Nice takedown defense from Lee. No joy for Ramero on that attempt.
Mushu Lee is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Ramero looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Lee!
Ramero in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Lee is rocked!
Lee takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Oh Lee is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lee takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ramero connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
A big strike lands for Ramero! That's really hurt Lee and he's turned his back - Ramero keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Ramero jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zeke Ramero!