PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hanley Ramirez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ej Resparzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Ramirez might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Take it in Blood -- Nas. Resparzo is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Under the Rainbow by Brother Izzy. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ramirez
vs
Resparzo

180 cm
28
179 lbs
19 - 6 - 0

182 cm
26
178 lbs
17 - 2 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

160!
Cobra Pharmaceuticals (159++ Stamina)

New World Order Clothing

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 19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Hanley Ramirez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ej Resparzo!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Ackerman and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Resparzo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ramirez.
Ramirez checks a low kick from Resparzo.
Hanley Ramirez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Resparzo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ramirez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ramirez closes the distance but Resparzo moves to the side
and Resparzo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ramirez. Resparzo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ramirez leaves Resparzo with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Resparzo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ramirez throws a shot from downtown. Resparzo moves away and avoids it.
Ramirez misses with a few strikes there.
Resparzo swats away the attempt to clinch by Ramirez.
Ramirez misses with a few strikes there.
Ramirez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Resparzo scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ramirez doesn't seem bothered though.
Ramirez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ramirez wants to clinch up but Resparzo keeps it at a distance.
Ramirez is looking to clinch.
Resparzo moves away from the strike by Ramirez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Resparzo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ramirez catches Resparzo with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Resparzo works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

Resparzo shoots in and bounces Ramirez off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Resparzo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ramirez swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Resparzo postures up in Ramirez's guard and throws a big left but Ramirez blocks it.
Resparzo trying to control but Ramirez is working from the bottom.
Ramirez is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Resparzo slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Resparzo trying to control but Ramirez is working from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Ej Resparzo.
Resparzo jabs Ramirez to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Ramirez misses with an uppercut
and Resparzo counters with a right hand to the body.
Ramirez throws a lazy right hand but Resparzo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Decent striking displayed by Resparzo there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ramirez, as that shot connected.
Ramirez scores with a jab to the jaw.
Resparzo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ramirez checks a leg kick nicely.
Ramirez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Resparzo.
Resparzo loads up on a big right hand but Ramirez slips the punch.
Ramirez is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Resparzo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ramirez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ramirez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Resparzo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ramirez throws a jab when Resparzo was well out of range.
Resparzo looks to score with a jab to the body but Ramirez is just out of range.
Ramirez missing with a left hand there. Resparzo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Resparzo is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Ramirez rather than just go for the knockout.
Resparzo tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Resparzo throws out a powerful jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Ramirez blocks the leg kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Resparzo darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Resparzo throws a head kick that misses.
Resparzo slips a jab and a cross from Ramirez.
Resparzo shoots in but no luck this time.
Ramirez tries to land a leg kick but Resparzo saw it coming and moves away.
Resparzo throws a nice outside leg kick.
Resparzo scores with a sloppy right hand. Ramirez should have avoided that one.
Resparzo circles away from the clinch attempt.

Ramirez gets caught flat footed, as Resparzo shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Ramirez is looking to stand back up but Resparzo counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Ramirez.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Resparzo not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Resparzo throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Resparzo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ej Resparzo 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.

Resparzo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ramirez throws a nice looking combination but Resparzo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ramirez lands with a nice body kick.
Resparzo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ramirez throws out the jab.
Ramirez cracks Resparzo with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Resparzo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ramirez.
A big right from Resparzo misses.
A big right from Ramirez misses.
Ramirez misses with the combination.
Resparzo is trying hard to land a takedown here. Ramirez sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Hanley Ramirez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Resparzo fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Ramirez avoids it really well and circles away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ramirez 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 Resparzo has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Resparzo and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Resparzo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ramirez throws a lazy uppercut
and Resparzo counters with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Resparzo decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Resparzo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ramirez's head.
Resparzo working Ramirez over with strikes.
Resparzo thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Resparzo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Resparzo passes to full mount!
Resparzo looking to control but Ramirez is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Resparzo misses with a head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Resparzo punishing his opponent with strikes.
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!
Resparzo sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Resparzo thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Resparzo misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Resparzo is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Ramirez can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Resparzo lands with some strikes.

Ramirez is rocked!
Resparzo postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Ramirez badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Resparzo around the waist but Resparzo pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Resparzo is the winner by TKO! Resparzo jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ej Resparzo!
Ej Resparzo took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'Montana, I dont break my word fo nothing'.