PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ronaldo Ferreira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Ramirez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Ramirez's choice of entrance music: Megadeth-Trust. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ferreira
vs
Ramirez

186 cm
23
197 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

180 cm
23
194 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Improved boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Convicted
MMA's Best Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ronaldo Ferreira!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alex Ramirez!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Paulo Santos and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramirez tries to move into range but Ferreira moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Ferreira throws a jab when Ramirez was well out of range.
Ramirez takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ferreira misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ramirez throws a jab when Ferreira was well out of range.
Ferreira avoids the head kick by Ramirez.
Ramirez keeps the fight on the outside.
Ferreira just misses with a punch to the body.
Ferreira lunges at Ramirez with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ramirez's hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferreira lands a slapping body shot.
Ronaldo Ferreira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ferreira keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ramirez.
Ramirez avoids a punch combination nicely.
A big left from Ramirez misses.
A left and a right from Ferreira both land. Nice combination.

It looks like Alex Ramirez has been cut.
Ferreira jabs Ramirez right on the nose. Ramirez blinks but takes it well.
Ramirez connects with the punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ferreira does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ramirez misses with a head kick.
Ramirez throws a sloppy body shot
and Ferreira counters with a low kick, right behind Ramirez 's knee.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Ramirez looks gassed!
Ferreira throws a nice looking combination but Ramirez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ramirez takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ferreira lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ferreira sizes up Ramirez with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira swinging wilding here.
Ferreira scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ferreira dips to his left and cracks Ramirez with an uppercut!
A jab lands there for Ferreira.
Ferreira lands a slapping body shot.
Ferreira digs a good body shot into Ramirez's ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira throws out a powerful jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!

Ferreira moves into the clinch successfully.
Ferreira lands a body shot.

Ferreira breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ferreira ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ramirez gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ferreira.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
No joy there for Ferreira, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ferreira jabs at Ramirez's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronaldo Ferreira dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alex Ramirez's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Ferreira is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Ferreira misses with a body punch
and Ramirez counters with a nice body shot.
Ferreira lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ferreira lunges at Ramirez with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ramirez's hand.
Ramirez walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Ferreira fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ferreira scores with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ferreira.
Ferreira misses with the combination.
Ramirez ducks under a wild hook from Ferreira.
Ferreira throws a nice looking combination but Ramirez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ramirez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ferreira.
Ferreira throws a front kick that sends Ramirez stumbling back into the cage.
Ramirez is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ferreira tries to bum rush Ramirez with a series of wild strikes but Ramirez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ramirez misses with a straight left.
Ferreira throws a combination that misses
and Ramirez counters with a three punch combo that has Ferreira backing up. Ferreira nods at Ramirez to acknowledge the strikes.
Some wild striking there from Ferreira.
Ronaldo Ferreira is winning the standup battle so far.
Ramirez misses with a body shot
and Ferreira counters with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Ferreira.
Ramirez drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Ferreira throws a shot to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Ferreira. That snapped Ramirez's head back.
Ferreira throws a combination that misses
and Ramirez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ferreira connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Nice straight punches there by Ferreira. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ferreira.
Ferreira throws a one two combo.

Ramirez is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Ferreira lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ramirez is still on wobbly legs! Can Ferreira finish him?
Ferreira connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ramirez seems to have recovered his senses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ramirez has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ferreira finds it's way round the side to connect with Ramirez's head.
Ferreira Rushes Ramirez and starts throwing punches like they are going out of style! Ramirez is up against the cage and has nowhere to go. Ferreira Piles on the pressure and Ramirez crumples to the floor! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ronaldo Ferreira!
Ronaldo Ferreira retains his middleweight title!