PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ron Damon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vinicius Ramos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Damon comes to the cage accompanied by Dies Irae. Ramos has chosen The Killers - Somebody Told Me as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Damon
vs
Ramos

190 cm
35
222 lbs
21 - 12 - 0

185 cm
28
205 lbs
11 - 8 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ron Damon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vinicius Ramos!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Mauricio Rocha and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Damon throws a low kick but Ramos avoids it.
Damon blocks a jab.
Damon lands a slapping body shot.

Damon tries to sprawl but Ramos drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Damon trying to control from the bottom.

Ramos is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Damon manages to get to full guard.
Damon controlling Ramos's posture.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ramos trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ramos trying to control but Damon is working from the bottom.
Ramos throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Damon looking for a sweep. Not yet Damon, not yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramos trying to control but Damon is working from the bottom.
Damon not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Ramos tries to free his leg and advance position but Damon is retaining full guard.
Ramos lands a couple of digs.
Damon wants to stand but Ramos is controlling the position.

Ramos drops back, looking for a kneebar! Damon looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Damon looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Damon!
Damon landing strikes.
Damon throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Ramos sneaks back into half guard.
Damon performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Ramos blocking the ground and pound attempt from Damon.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ramos looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Damon decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Damon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ramos.
Ramos throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Damon sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Damon lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A bone on bone clash there as Ramos blocks the leg kick.
Damon has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ramos finds it's way round the side to connect with Damon's head.
Ramos takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A big right from Ramos misses.
Ramos misses with a wild body shot.
Damon lands with an overhand left.
Damon scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damon with a nice cross.
Sloppy strikes from Damon. Those never looked like landing.
Damon feints and then cracks Ramos's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ramos down.
Ramos lands with a shot to the body.
Ramos scores with a shot to the body.
Damon looks to score with a jab to the body but Ramos is just out of range.
A big left from Damon misses.
Damon misses with a straight left.
Damon moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

It looks like Vinicius Ramos has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Damon misses with a hook to the body
and Ramos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Damon misses with a hook.
Ramos staying out of range there.
The crowd cheers as Ramos lands an impressive looking overhand right. Damon doesn't seem phased though.
Ramos connects with a body shot.
Damon doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damon lands the left hand.
Ramos lands a glancing blow to the side of Damon's head.
Ramos takes a swing at Damon's ribcage but misses.
Damon scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Damon misses with an uppercut
and Ramos makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Damon is breathing heavily.
Ramos moves out of range as Damon strikes.
Damon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Damon takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ramos with a jab.
Ramos throws a hook but Damon avoids it easily.
A big right from Damon misses.
Ramos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Damon misses with a leg kick.
A big right from Ramos misses.
Damon looks to score with a jab to the body but Ramos is just out of range.
A jab from Ramos misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Vinicius Ramos will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Vinicius Ramos's cut.
That's time! Damon's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Ramos moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Damon throws a jab when Ramos was well out of range.
Damon misses with a two punch combination.
Damon takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Damon swinging wildly here.
Damon looks to land a left hand but Ramos moved out of range nicely.
Ramos takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ramos ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Damon pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ramos is out of range and Damon settles back down.
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!
A punch combination from Damon misses.
Ramos misses the jab.
Ramos takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Damon lands an overhand right.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Damon with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ramos to score with a decent uppercut.
Ramos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Damon.
Damon misses with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramos connects with a body shot that sends Damon's belly button to the back.
Damon moves out of range of the strikes.
Ramos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Damon.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ramos checks a leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Ramos.
Damon misses with the combination.
Ramos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Damon.
Damon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Damon wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ramos scores with a crisp jab that stopped Damon in his tracks.
Ramos checks a low kick from Damon.
Ramos throws a jab when Damon was well out of range.
Damon cracks Ramos with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Vinicius Ramos seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ramos cracks a nice hook into Damon's ribs.
Ramos throws a jab when Damon was well out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Ramos there.
Ramos scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Damon lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ramos misses with a straight right.
Ramos scores with a hook to the body. Damon takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ramos cracks Damon with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Damon misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Damon misses with an uppercut.
Damon shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Damon avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ramos throws a looping overhand right but Damon ducks down to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ramos. Damon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ramos lands a nice shot to the body.
Damon throws a front kick aimed at Ramos's knee but Ramos avoids it well.
Ron Damon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramos lands a nice looking body shot.
Damon walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ramos checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Ramos listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Ramos shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Damon is rocked!
Damon is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Oh Damon is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Ramos is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Damon defends it well.
Damon seems to have got his legs back now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ramos is looking to advance position but Damon won't allow it.
Damon is looking to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ramos is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Damon sees it coming and defends easily.
Damon taking some punishment here, with Ramos in his half guard.
Damon wants to control but Ramos is keeping busy.
Ramos sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Damon defending well though.
Ramos trying to pass the guard but Damon defending well.
Damon trying to control from the bottom.
Damon is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ramos seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Damon does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Damon is looking to improve his position.
Ramos tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Damon.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vinicius Ramos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Vinicius Ramos's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Ramos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Damon paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ramos throws a hook but Damon avoids it easily.
Damon bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Damon misses with a wild combination.
Ramos lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A left lands for Damon.
Damon throws a big shot that misses.
Damon lands a slapping body shot.
Damon fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
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!
Good exchange - Ramos coming out on top.
Damon moves out of range as Ramos strikes.
A jab lands there for Damon.
A big left from Ramos misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Damon scores with the left hand. Ramos knows he should have avoided that one.
Ramos misses with an uppercut. Damon saw that one coming.
Damon wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ramos misses the jab.
Damon misses with a hook.
Damon fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ramos.

Ramos scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Damon blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ramos.
Damon has his hands clasped together around Ramos's back. He's all about the action.

Ramos is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Damon trying to control but Ramos postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramos is looking to pass Damon's guard but actually Damon recovers to full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ramos trying to control the position from guard on top but Damon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Damon has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ramos can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Ramos tries to free his leg and advance position but Damon is retaining full guard.
Damon has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Ron Damon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Damon is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Ramos is aware though and is defending well.
Ramos must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Damon is trying to control the position but Ramos postures up.
Ramos trying to control the position from guard on top but Damon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Damon controlling the position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Ramos on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ramos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Damon throws out the jab.
Damon lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Damon pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ramos thows a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damon misses with a two punch combination.
Ramos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Damon misses with a combination
and Ramos counters with a left to the body.
Nice body punch from Ramos.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Damon moves forwards but Ramos connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ramos lunges at Damon with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Damon's hand.
A shot to the liver by Ramos. Beautiful body shot.
Ramos lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ramos connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Damon momentarily.

Damon is rocked!

Ramos scores with a takedown into Damon's guard.
Oh Damon is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ramos slips nicely into half guard.
Ramos controlling the action here.
Vinicius Ramos is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Ramos works his way into side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vinicius Ramos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ramos 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vinicius Ramos!
Vinicius Ramos thanked the fans post fight for their support.