PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Hammer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesus Ramirez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ramirez comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Joyenergizer kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Jesus Ramirez will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Hammer
vs
Ramirez

178 cm
26
213 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

188 cm
20
215 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Johnny Hammer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jesus Ramirez!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Robert Douchet and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hammer closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Hammer not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ramirez is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hammer scores with a couple of nice shots.
Hammer wants to free his trapped foot but Ramirez is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Hammer wants to control but Ramirez is keeping him busy.
Hammer throwing shots but Ramirez is blocking nicely.
Hammer is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hammer sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Ramirez defending well though.
Ramirez has hold of Hammer's hands but Hammer slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ramirez looks like he's trying to stand up.
Hammer working Ramirez over with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammer wants to advance to full mount but Ramirez doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Ramirez is looking to stand up but Hammer isn't so interested in that idea.
Hammer is in close to Ramirez's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hammer throwing strikes from guard but Ramirez blocks nicely.
Ramirez keeping moving, preventing Hammer from controlling successfully.
Hammer stops Ramirez from standing up.
Hammer loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hammer trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hammer is looking to work some ground and pound but Ramirez has wrist control.
Hammer is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Hammer has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammer with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Ramirez keeping full guard, as Hammer tries to pass.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hammer makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hammer postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Ramirez is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Hammer throwing strikes from guard but Ramirez blocks nicely.
Hammer postures up in Ramirez's guard and throws a big left but Ramirez blocks it.
Ramirez wants to stand and escape but Hammer is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammer trying to control the position from guard on top but Ramirez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hammer works over Ramirez with some ground and pound from guard.
Hammer throws a strike but Ramirez rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Ramirez wants to stand but Hammer is controlling his posture from full guard.
Ramirez prevents Hammer from getting back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez is looking to stand up but Hammer won't let him.
Ramirez won't allow Hammer to sweep him here.
Ramirez would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Hammer is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Hammer shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Ramirez as he jumps to the side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Hammer dominated that round.
That's time! Hammer's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Hammer shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Hammer with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hammer prevents Ramirez from getting back to his feet.
Hammer is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Hammer has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Ramirez wants to stand but Hammer is controlling the position.
Hammer throws a big elbow that misses.
Ramirez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hammer trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hammer accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hammer postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Ramirez keeping moving, preventing Hammer from controlling successfully.
Johnny Hammer overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hammer postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Ramirez keeping moving, preventing Hammer from controlling successfully.
Hammer landing some decent shots from guard.
Hammer stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ramirez swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hammer works over Ramirez with some ground and pound from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez wants to stand but Hammer is controlling the position.
Hammer wants to control from the top but Ramirez keeps moving.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hammer throws a big right hand that misses.
Ramirez wants to stand up but Hammer is controlling him.
Hammer controls from within his opponent's guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Hammer trying to control the position from guard on top but Ramirez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Johnny Hammer wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Hammer tries to score a power double leg takedown but Ramirez sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Hammer somewhat.

Hammer darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Hammer lands with a punch from half guard.
Hammer slows the pace down in half guard.
Hammer passes to full mount!
Hammer unloading with bombs!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez is squirming around, avoiding Hammer's attempts to control the action.
Hammer is in the full mount, landing strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hammer postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Ramirez looks a forlorn figure.
Ramirez is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Hammer looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Ramirez covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johnny Hammer!