PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeffrey Ramirez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Declan Zahradnicek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jeffrey Ramirez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ramirez
vs
Zahradnicek

203 cm
25
280 lbs
3 - 8 - 0

188 cm
25
169 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Experienced

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jeffrey Ramirez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Declan Zahradnicek!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shigeki Sano and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zahradnicek throws a hook to the side of Ramirez's head but Ramirez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ramirez shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Zahradnicek sprawls well. Zahradnicek wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Ramirez gets slowly back to his feet.

Zahradnicek gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Ramirez to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Ramirez postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Zahradnicek is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Ramirez, into his guard.
Zahradnicek in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Zahradnicek drops back, looking for a kneebar! Ramirez looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Ramirez looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Ramirez!

Ramirez tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez trying to control the position but Zahradnicek is working away.

Ramirez has hold of Zahradnicek's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Zahradnicek tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Ramirez cranks the arm and Zahradnicek screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Zahradnicek, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Jeffrey Ramirez!
A very excited looking Jeffrey Ramirez 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.