PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mahavir Ramanujam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Davey Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ramanujam's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Shiva in Exile - Ha'nadi. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ramanujam
vs
Jones

174 cm
18
164 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

176 cm
20
163 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

Steel Penn's Laundry 93%

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mahavir Ramanujam!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Davey Jones!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Glass and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Ramanujam scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Ramanujam keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Jones tries to get to full guard but Ramanujam has control of the leg.

Ramanujam seems to be looking for submissions.

Jones is defending against the submission attempts here by Ramanujam.
Ramanujam with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramanujam seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Jones for as long as he can get away with.
Ramanujam trying to mount his opponent but Jones defends it.
Ramanujam keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Mahavir Ramanujam wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Jones dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jones moves in looking to clinch but Ramanujam pushes him off.
Ramanujam wants to land a leg kick but Jones is out of range.
Davey Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ramanujam throws a shot from downtown. Jones moves away and avoids it.
A bone on bone clash there as Jones blocks the leg kick.
Ramanujam avoids the head kick by Jones.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jones bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ramanujam loads up on a big right hand but Jones slips the punch.
Jones tries to clinch but Ramanujam moves out of range.
A big right from Ramanujam misses.
Jones tries a head kick but it misses.
Ramanujam connects with a solid leg kick.
Ramanujam loads up on a big right hand but Jones slips the punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Jones.
Ramanujam avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ramanujam wants to slow Jones down by chopping away at his legs.
Ramanujam throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ramanujam lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Jones has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Jones and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Jones slips a straight right by Ramanujam.

Ramanujam shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Ramanujam trying to pass the guard but Jones defending well.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ramanujam throwing shots but Jones is blocking nicely.
Ramanujam takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramanujam tries to pass the half guard into mount. Jones knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Ramanujam controlling the pace.

Ramanujam is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Jones sees it coming and defends easily.
Ramanujam stalling.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mahavir Ramanujam dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Ramanujam swats away the attempt to clinch by Jones.
The fighters circling - Ramanujam throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jones checks the leg kick.
Jones throws out a loose jab but Ramanujam uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jones scores with a jab. Ramanujam acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Jones tests Ramanujam's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Jones tries to sprawl but Ramanujam drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Ramanujam trying to control the pace.
Jones is looking for a sweep. Ramanujam is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Ramanujam uses his free foot to push down on Jones's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Jones.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ramanujam is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Ramanujam!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Mahavir Ramanujam!
Mahavir Ramanujam decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.