PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Braddock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alarcon Ramirez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Braddock comes to the cage accompanied by Bulls on Parade - Rage against the machine. Ramirez has chosen War is my destiny 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.

Braddock
vs
Ramirez

189 cm
26
215 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

179 cm
27
215 lbs
11 - 7 - 1

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BeastMode
Syndicate Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, James Braddock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Alarcon Ramirez !
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Hugh Johnson and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramirez misses with a kick to the body.
Braddock pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Alarcon Ramirez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Braddock connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ramirez . Ramirez circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ramirez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Braddock gets caught flat footed, as Ramirez shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Ramirez postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Braddock wants to sweep but no luck.
Ramirez postures up in Braddock's guard and throws a big left but Braddock blocks it.
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!
Ramirez tries to free his leg and advance position but Braddock is retaining full guard.
Ramirez wants to control from the top but Braddock keeps moving.
Ramirez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ramirez working some strikes from top position.
Ramirez looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ramirez throws a big right hand that misses.
Ramirez connects with a couple of short punches.
Ramirez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ramirez distracts Braddock with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Braddock knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ramirez on the ground.
Braddock tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ramirez works over Braddock with some ground and pound from guard.
Ramirez wants to control from the top but Braddock keeps moving.
Ramirez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Braddock works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ramirez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Braddock is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Ramirez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ramirez lands a couple of digs.
Ramirez is looking to work some ground and pound but Braddock has wrist control.
Ramirez throws a big elbow that misses.
Ramirez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ramirez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Braddock is keeping the position for now.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ramirez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ramirez drops back looking for a leg! Braddock is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Braddock manages to kick Ramirez off! Ramirez jumps back into Braddock's guard.
Ramirez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ramirez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ramirez is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ramirez throws a big elbow that misses.
Braddock avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ramirez wants to control from the top but Braddock keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Braddock works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ramirez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ramirez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ramirez scoring with punches to the head and body.
Ramirez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Braddock is keeping the position for now.
Ramirez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ramirez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ramirez tries to free his leg and advance position but Braddock is retaining full guard.
Braddock utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alarcon Ramirez dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Ramirez misses the shot to the body.
Ramirez lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Good work by Ramirez as he checks the leg kick.
Braddock misses with a leg kick
and Ramirez counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ramirez shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Ramirez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Braddock throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ramirez throws a wild body kick that Braddock sees coming a mile off.
Braddock moves out of range as Ramirez throws a body kick.
Braddock avoids the head kick by Ramirez .
Braddock looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Braddock on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ramirez scores with a body shot.
Braddock staying out of range there.
Braddock lands a nice shot to the body.
Ramirez looks for the body kick but Braddock saw that one coming.
Braddock chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ramirez can pounce on him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Braddock changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Braddock takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ramirez uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Braddock has time to react.
A solid body kick from Ramirez .
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ramirez attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Ramirez is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Braddock rather than just go for the knockout.
Braddock throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Braddock throws a jab but it's blocked by Ramirez .
Ramirez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ramirez throws a wild body kick that Braddock sees coming a mile off.
Ramirez fails with a takedown attempt.
Ramirez moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ramirez throws a push kick but Braddock slaps the foot to one side.
Braddock scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Some wild striking there from Braddock.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez throws a solid leg kick but Braddock takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ramirez .
Ramirez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Braddock to score with a decent uppercut.
Ramirez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Braddock. That did some damage!

Ramirez shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Braddock's guard.
Ramirez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ramirez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ramirez with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ramirez connects with a couple of short punches.
Ramirez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Braddock is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Braddock works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ramirez trying to control but Braddock is working from the bottom.
Ramirez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Braddock avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ramirez throws a big right hand that misses.
Braddock keeping moving, preventing Ramirez from controlling successfully.
Ramirez connects with a couple of short punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez postures up and lands a big shot to Braddock's brow.
Ramirez is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Ramirez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Braddock is keeping the position for now.
Ramirez chips away with some ground and pound.
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!
Ramirez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Braddock preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ramirez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ramirez advances to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alarcon Ramirez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Ramirez throws out a loose jab but Braddock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ramirez misses with a body kick.
Alarcon Ramirez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ramirez tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Braddock swivels and escapes.
Ramirez takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Ramirez attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Braddock waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ramirez .
Braddock buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Braddock takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Braddock scores with a jab.
Ramirez drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Braddock.
Ramirez loads up on a big right hand but Braddock slips the punch.
Ramirez blocks a low kick nicely.
Braddock lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ramirez with a jab.
Ramirez wants to clinch
and Braddock counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Braddock lands a jab to the nose.
Decent striking displayed by Braddock there.
Braddock cracks Ramirez with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Ramirez connects with a good right hand that stumbles Braddock. Braddock circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ramirez scores with a sloppy right hand. Braddock should have avoided that one.
Ramirez goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Braddock misses with a straight right.
Ramirez throws a chopping leg kick but Braddock manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Ramirez 's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Ramirez duly obliges.

Braddock is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Ramirez shoots in for a takedown. Oh, that's a huge slam! Braddock is on queer street and Ramirez is pounding down on him with a barage of strikes. The ref is forced to step in and stop the fight. Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Slam). Alarcon Ramirez !
Post fight, an emotional Alarcon Ramirez said 'Anyone who stands in my way will get destroyed...bottom line.'.