PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ankur Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Ramirez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Khan
vs
Ramirez

161 cm
25
140 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

165 cm
24
147 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

[WOT] DTK Designs (Laundry)

Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ankur Khan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ricardo Ramirez!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Elvis Blanc and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramirez takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Ramirez moves out of range of the leg kick from Khan.
Ramirez misses the jab.
No joy there for Ramirez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ramirez connects with a solid leg kick.
Ramirez misses with a left hand
and Khan counters with a nice leg kick.
Ramirez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ramirez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Khan misses with a leg kick.
Khan connects with a leg kick. Ramirez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ramirez misses with a wild body shot.
Ramirez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ramirez moves out of range as Khan throws a body kick.
Khan blocks a head kick by Ramirez.
Ramirez thows a body shot but no joy.
Jab from Khan.
Ramirez thuds his right hand into Khan's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ramirez swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ramirez.
Ramirez swats away the attempt to clinch by Khan.
Khan throws a leg kick but Ramirez sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Khan feints and then cracks Ramirez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ramirez down.
Ramirez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Ramirez misses the target.
Khan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ramirez throws out the jab.
Ramirez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Khan was well out of range. Poor timing from Ramirez.
Khan is looking to land body kicks.
Khan tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Ramirez counters with a nice body shot.
Ramirez misses with a body shot.
Khan wants to land a leg kick but Ramirez is out of range.
Ricardo Ramirez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Khan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A big left from Ramirez misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan wants to clinch up but Ramirez keeps it at a distance.
Ramirez throws a hook but Khan avoids it easily.
Ramirez misses with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Ramirez misses with a hook.
Khan avoids a kick to the body.
Ramirez lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Some bone on bone action there as Ramirez checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Khan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ramirez.
Khan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ramirez.
Khan throws a leg kick that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ramirez. Khan does a little dance to reset his feet.

Khan gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ramirez lands with a right to the head.
Khan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Khan taking a breather.

Ramirez breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Ramirez is out of range.
Ramirez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Khan was well out of range. Poor timing from Ramirez.
Ramirez looks to land a left hand but Khan moved out of range nicely.
Ramirez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ramirez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Khan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ramirez tries a head kick but it misses.
Khan looks to clinch
and Ramirez counters with a straight right hand.
Khan scoring well with a low kick there.
Khan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Khan pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ramirez is out of range and Khan settles back down.
Khan scores with a body shot.
Ramirez throws a wild body kick that Khan sees coming a mile off.
Ramirez misses with a lunging right hand

and Khan holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ramirez.
Ramirez takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Ricardo Ramirez has been cut.
Ramirez scores with a shoulder strike.
Ramirez looking to slow down the pace here.
Khan tries to work over Ramirez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ramirez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ramirez lands an uppercut.
Khan blocking some punches.
Khan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Khan lands an elbow just above Ramirez 's eye.
Still in the clinch, Ramirez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Khan is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A head punch on the inside from Ramirez fails to land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ramirez working aggressively here.
Khan blocks an uppercut.
Ramirez lands a hook that snaps the head of Khan backwards.

Ramirez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Khan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ricardo Ramirez will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ricardo Ramirez's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Ouch! a nice leg kick from Khan, right into the meat.
Khan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ramirez throws a hook to the side of Khan's head but Khan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ramirez swats away the attempt to clinch by Khan.
Good standup being displayed there by Ramirez as he connects with a hook.
Khan is looking to clinch but Ramirez is avoiding it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ramirez. Khan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ramirez misses with a hook to the body
and Khan counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Ramirez with a nice cross.
Khan fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Ramirez is out of range.
Ramirez misses with a lunging right hand
and Khan counters with a nice leg kick.
Ramirez keeps the fight on the outside.
Ramirez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Khan wants to clinch.
Ramirez lands with a hook. Khan tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ramirez throws a solid leg kick but Khan takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ramirez.
Khan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ramirez.
Ramirez checks the leg kick.
Khan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ramirez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ramirez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Khan tries to clinch up.
Ramirez throws a big shot that misses.
Ramirez misses with a straight left.
Nice shot by Khan.
Nice shot by Ramirez.
A nice leg kick lands there from Khan.
Khan tried to score with a low kick but Ramirez checks it.
Ramirez swings widly with a right hand
and Khan counters with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez scores with a jab to the body.
Ramirez throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Khan on the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ramirez keeps the fight on the outside.
Khan with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ramirez to score with a decent uppercut.

Khan is rocked!
Khan tries to land a leg kick but Ramirez saw it coming and moves away.
Oh Khan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Khan scores with a decent looking hook.
Khan connects with a body shot that sends Ramirez's belly button to the back.
Khan seems to have got his legs back now.
Khan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ramirez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ramirez misses with an uppercut.
Khan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ramirez manages to avoid it.
Ramirez cracks a nice hook into Khan's ribs.
Khan misses the shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Ramirez misses the target.
Khan moves out of range of the leg kick from Ramirez.
Khan is looking to wear down Ramirez with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Khan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ramirez checks a leg kick.
Ramirez lands an overhand right.
Khan moves to clinch but Ramirez breaks away
and Ramirez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Khan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ramirez.
A good leg kick by Khan.
Decent striking displayed by Ramirez there.
Khan swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Ramirez looks to score with a jab to the body but Khan is just out of range.

Khan instigates a clinch.
Ramirez working aggressively here.
Ramirez dodges an elbow strike from Khan.
Khan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ramirez's elbow.
Ramirez avoids a wild elbow strike from Khan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Khan throws an elbow but misses.
A short uppercut from Ramirez.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Khan as Ramirez tries to tie him up.
Still in the clinch, Ramirez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ramirez misses with the head strike.
Khan working aggressively here.
Ramirez blocks a body shot from Khan.
Ramirez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
Ramirez avoids a wild elbow strike from Khan.
Khan jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ramirez walks away with a smile on his face. Khan gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Khan tries to clinch there but Ramirez circles away.
Khan moves in looking to clinch but Ramirez pushes him off.
A leg kick checked by Ramirez.
Ricardo Ramirez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ramirez misses with a right hand
and Khan counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ramirez's knee momentarily.
Ramirez throws a lazy right hand but Khan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Khan is looking to clinch but Ramirez is avoiding it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Ramirez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ricardo Ramirez's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Ramirez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Khan. That did some damage!
Ramirez loads up on a big right hand but Khan slips the punch.
Khan is looking to clinch.
Khan tries to clinch up but Ramirez circles away and keeps his distance.
Khan moves away from the strike by Ramirez.
An inside leg kick from Khan misses.
Ramirez checks a leg kick nicely.
Ramirez throws a poor cross that misses

and Khan holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Ramirez misses with a punch on the inside.
Ramirez lands a left hand.
Khan lands a damaging elbow.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ramirez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ramirez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ramirez.
Ramirez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
Khan is trying to pull guard but Ramirez has him pressed against the cage.
Ramirez misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
Khan trying to land knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ramirez.
Khan swings wildly with an uppercut but Ramirez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khan tries a body shot but Ramirez blocks it.
Ramirez misses with an elbow strike.
Ramirez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A head punch on the inside from Ramirez fails to land.
Ramirez lands with a light punch inside.
Ramirez avoiding damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Ramirez.
Khan tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Khan blocking some punches.
Khan tries a body shot but Ramirez blocks it.
Ramirez lands with a light punch inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ramirez.
Ramirez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Khan's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez prevents a body shot from Khan.
Ramirez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khan pushes off an throws an elbow but Ramirez leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ramirez gets through Khan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Khan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ramirezs head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ramirez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
Ramirez content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Khan tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Ramirez smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ankur Khan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ramirez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Khan.
Khan throws a nice outside leg kick.
A head kick misses from Ramirez.
Ramirez lets loose with a powerful body kick. Khan will feel that in the morning.
Khan tries to clinch but Ramirez moves out of range.
Ramirez throws a looping overhand right but Khan ducks down to avoid it.
Khan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez misses with a right hand
and Khan counters with a left to the body.
Ramirez misses with a hook
and Khan counters with a straight right hand.
Khan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Khan tries a low kick but Ramirez avoids it.
Ramirez punishes Khan's body with a nice straight punch.

Khan clinches with his opponent.
Khan misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ramirez.
Ramirez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
Khan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ricardo Ramirez seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ramirez displaying some good clinch control by pressing Khan up against the cage.
Ramirez misses with an elbow over the top.
Ramirez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Khan throws an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ramirez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Ramirez.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Khan.
Ramirez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
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 lands with a short shot to the head.
Ramirez scores with a shoulder strike.
Ramirez lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Khan or not.
Ramirez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ramirez is defending well for now.
Khan jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ramirez walks away with a smile on his face. Khan gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Ankur Khan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Khan wants to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khan misses with a wild body shot.
Khan throws a hook but Ramirez avoids it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ricardo Ramirez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ramirez has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricardo Ramirez!
Ricardo Ramirez really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Global Empire MMA Gear logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.