PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ein Stein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Ramirez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ein Stein could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ricardo Ramirez's chin.

Stein
vs
Ramirez

167 cm
22
145 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

165 cm
25
147 lbs
16 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Perkele!

Perkele!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ein Stein!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ricardo Ramirez!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Robert Douchet and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stein stuffs the takedown attempt from Ramirez. Ramirez gets slowly back to his feet.
Stein steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ramirez.
Ramirez misses with a low kick as Stein jumps back.
Stein jabs Ramirez to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Stein takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That kick from Stein tenderised Ramirez's leg. Ramirez is trying to keep his angry face on.
Stein fails to land with a series of punches.
Stein scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Stein scores with a shot to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ramirez.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stein misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ramirez.
Ramirez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ramirez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A swing and a miss from Stein.
Ramirez getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stein lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Ramirez scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Ramirez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ramirez working Stein over with strikes.
Ramirez is looking to advance position but Stein won't allow it.
Ramirez is thwarting Stein's attempts to control the position.
Ramirez missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ramirez wants to free his trapped foot but Stein is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are battling for position here. Stein manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Ramirez throws a big elbow that misses.
Stein utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Stein avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two 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!
Stein looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Stein is controlling Ramirez's posture.
Ramirez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ramirez stopping the sweep attempt from Stein.
Stein is trying to keep Ramirez in close.
Ramirez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ramirez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ramirez throws a big elbow that misses.
Ramirez throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stein keeping moving, preventing Ramirez from controlling successfully.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Stein has Ramirez pulled in close to control his posture.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ramirez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Stein controls Ramirez momentarily but Ramirez frees himself.
Ramirez trying to control but Stein is working from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Stein misses with a wild body shot.
Ramirez connects with a body shot.
Ramirez is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Stein closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ramirez circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez's jab looks to have found its range, popping Stein under the eye.
Stein lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stein throws a sloppy body shot

and Ramirez counters by clinching up.

Stein manages to break the clinch.
Ramirez lands a jab to the head.
Stein throws a hook to the side of Ramirez's head but Ramirez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Stein fails with an attempt to clinch.

Stein has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ramirez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Stein's efforts to push away.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stein misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ramirez has a couple of punches blocked by Stein.
Stein digs a right hand into Ramirez's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ramirez's gas tank.
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.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Stein swings widly with a right hand
and Ramirez counters with an outside leg kick.

Stein moves into the clinch.
Ramirez swings wildly with an uppercut but Stein uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ramirez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Stein is keeping busy.
Stein struggles to land a body shot inside as Ramirez controls his hands.
Stein tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Ramirez smiles and moves away.
Nice uppercut lands for Ramirez. That snapped Stein's head back.
Nice cross by Ramirez.
Stein ducks under a wild hook from Ramirez.
Stein looks to score with a jab to the body but Ramirez is just out of range.
Ramirez dips to his left and cracks Stein with an uppercut!
Ramirez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stein.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stein with a poor takedown
and Ramirez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Stein tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Ramirez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ramirez misses with a hook.
Stein checks the leg kick nicely there.
Ramirez misses with a right hand
letting Stein counter with a right hand.
Ramirez moves away from the strike by Stein.
Ramirez jabs at Stein's body.
Ein Stein seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ramirez jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Stein tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ramirez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Stein displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Ricardo Ramirez has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Ramirez shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Stein is trying to defend but Ramirez finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Stein wants to improve his position but Ramirez is controlling well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez wants to free his trapped foot but Stein is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Ramirez thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Stein's head.
Stein wants to get back to full guard.
Ramirez seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ramirez throwing shots but Stein is blocking nicely.
Stein looks like he's trying to stand up.
Ramirez looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ramirez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ramirez looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Stein with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Stein has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Ramirez is working away from the top position though.
Ramirez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez tries to pass to full mount but Stein defends it.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Ramirez lands a nice short elbow.
Ramirez seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Stein tries to roll over but Ramirez keeps him under control.
Stein wants to control but Ramirez is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Stein keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ramirez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ramirez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ramirez is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Ricardo Ramirez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ramirez sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Stein defending well though.
Ramirez thows a huge punch but Stein dodges it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Stein.

Ramirez is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Stein has managed to free his arm - good work.
Ramirez throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Stein to regain full guard.
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 postures up in Stein's guard and throws a big left but Stein blocks it.
Ramirez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Stein preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Stein trying to control the position here.
Ramirez is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ramirez lands a couple of digs.
Ramirez postures up in Stein's guard and throws a big left but Stein blocks 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.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Stein swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Ramirez counter with a right hand.
Ramirez checks the leg kick nicely there.
Stein lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Stein.

Ramirez shoots in and gets a takedown into Stein's guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ramirez's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Ramirez throws a strike but Stein rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Stein postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ramirez is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Ramirez has his foot on Stein's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Stein works his way back into a safe position though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ramirez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Stein wants to control from the top but Ramirez keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stein loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Stein avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Ramirez 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.
Stein slips nicely into half guard.
Ramirez wants to improve his position but Stein is controlling well.

Ramirez is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Stein pulls his head out easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ramirez looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Ramirez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Ramirez looking for submissions off his back.

Ramirez looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Stein with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

Stein wants to work for an arm triangle but Ramirez is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Ramirez makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Ramirez.
Stein is working Ramirez over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stein trying to control but Ramirez is working from the bottom.
Stein missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Ramirez had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Stein defends it easily.
Ramirez looking to control.

Ramirez escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Stein gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Stein avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Stein works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stein thows a huge punch but Ramirez dodges it nicely.
Stein trying to mount his opponent but Ramirez defends it.

Ramirez looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Ramirez has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Stein is working away from the top position though.
Ramirez wants to get back to full guard.
Stein working over Ramirez with some ground and pound. Ramirez looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Ramirez is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Stein is tapping! Great win for Ramirez!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Ricardo Ramirez! Ricardo Ramirez retains his bantamweight title!
Ricardo Ramirez was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.