PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Henrique Ramos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrzej Zarucha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ramos comes to the cage accompanied by Sepultura - Nomad. Andrzej Zarucha is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Ramos
vs
Zarucha

167 cm
18
163 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

155 cm
18
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Henrique Ramos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andrzej Zarucha!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Paulo Santos and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zarucha showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ramos.
Zarucha lands with a shot to the body.
Zarucha jabs Ramos to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Zarucha scores with a jab to the body.
Zarucha lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Zarucha connects with the punch.
Ramos takes one to the chin there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Zarucha pushes Ramos up against the cage in a clinch.
Ramos fails to pull guard.
Zarucha lands with a short shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Zarucha.
Zarucha lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Zarucha makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Ramos is rocked!
Zarucha is stalling here.
Oh Ramos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nice elbow from Zarucha.
Zarucha lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ramos.
Ramos seems to have got his legs back now.
Zarucha dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Zarucha lands a hook that snaps the head of Ramos backwards.
Zarucha stalling in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zarucha throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A right hand to the body from Zarucha.
Come on Zarucha - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Zarucha.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zarucha is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Andrzej Zarucha.
Zarucha displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Oooooh!!! Zarucha has knocked Ramos down with a huge combo! Zarucha steps away and waves a wobbly Ramos back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Ramos on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zarucha fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Good shot there by Zarucha.

Zarucha lands a big uppercut and Ramos crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Ramos looks OK. Zarucha waves Ramos back to his feet!
Ramos gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Zarucha gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andrzej Zarucha!
Our winner, Andrzej Zarucha, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.