PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between James Assange (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Ramirez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Assange comes to the cage accompanied by Eddie Van Halen - Eruption. Ramirez has chosen Macabre - Nightstalker as his entrance music. Ricardo Ramirez has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with James Assange's chin.

Assange
vs
Ramirez

176 cm
32
155 lbs
23 - 9 - 0

165 cm
29
147 lbs
23 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, James Assange!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ricardo Ramirez!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A left lands for Assange.
Ramirez moves in looking to clinch but Assange pushes him off.
Assange takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ramirez shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Assange defends it nicely.
Ramirez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Assange slaps away a takedown attempt from Ramirez, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Ramirez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ramirez moves out of range of the strikes.

Assange closes the distance and clinches.
Ramirez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ramirez blocks a body shot from Assange.
Assange pushes Ramirez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ramirez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Assange fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Assange lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ramirez.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Ramirez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ramirez stalling the fight.
Ramirez misses with some punches.
Assange lands a shoulder strike.
A short left from Assange.
Ramirez working aggressively here.
A short uppercut from Assange.
Ramirez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Assange.
Assange misses with the head strike.
Assange lands a body shot in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Assange.
Ramirez looks winded!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Assange struggles to land a body shot inside as Ramirez controls his hands.
Assange throws a head punch that misses.
Assange lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ramirez backwards.
Assange doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Assange lands a body punch in the clinch.
Assange lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ramirez backwards.
Assange digs a right hand into Ramirez's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ramirez's gas tank.
Assange scores with a nice hook to the head.
Good body shot from Assange.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Assange blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Assange on the inside.

It looks like Ricardo Ramirez has been cut.
A head punch on the inside from Assange fails to land.
Ramirez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Assanges head.
Assange working some nice short punches in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ramirez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Assange working aggressively here.
Assange makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Assange tries a body shot but Ramirez blocks it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Assange.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ramirez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Assange working aggressively here.
Assange presses Ramirez against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Assange lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ramirez backwards.
Assange blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ramirez.
Ramirez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A body shot lands from Assange.
Assange blocking some punches.
Assange misses with a punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Assange.
Ramirez tries to land a knee to the head but Assange blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Assange is working Ramirez over against the cage.
Assange lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Assange throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ramirezs head.
Ramirez has a couple of punches blocked by Assange.
Assange lands a nice uppercut.
Assange scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ramirez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Assange lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ramirez backwards.
Assange lands a body punch in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Assange.
Assange pushes Ramirez back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Assange throws a head punch that misses.
Assange fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ramirez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Assange has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short left from Assange.
Assange lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ramirez throws a punch but it's blocked by Assange.
Assange lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Assange can't find room to land a body shot as Ramirez controls the action.
Ramirez is looking to control Assange's arms but Assange gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ramirez has his back to the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ramirez.
Assange lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Assange scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nice body punch from Assange.
Assange blocks an uppercut.
Assange lands a body shot.
Ramirez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Assange backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ramirez.
Assange throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ramirezs head.
Assange working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ramirez throws a punch but it's blocked by Assange.
Assange lands a shot to the body.
Assange misses with the head strike.
Assange lands a left hand.
Assange lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ramirez backwards.
Assange lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Ramirez is rocked!
Ramirez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ramirez is still on wobbly legs! Can Assange finish him?
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Assange.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Assange goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Assange misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ramirez seems to have recovered his senses.
Ramirez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Assange lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ramirez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Assange lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ramirez or not.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Assange dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ricardo Ramirez's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Assange closes the distance and clinches.
Assange lands a left hand.
Assange lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Assange as the two fighters clinch.
Ramirez tries a knee to the head but Assange blocks it.
Ramirez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Assange lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Assange misses with a punch to the body.
James Assange has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Assange tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ramirez's elbow.
Ramirez misses with the head strike.
Assange working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nice body punch from Assange - that landed with a thud.
Ramirez working aggressively here.
Assange struggles to land a body shot inside as Ramirez controls his hands.
Assange lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Assange blocking some punches.
Assange working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Assange.
Good body shot from Assange.
Assange fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ramirez is breathing heavily.
Ramirez misses with the head strike.
Ramirez swings wildly with an uppercut but Assange uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Assange lands with a short shot to the head.
Ramirez swings wildly with an uppercut but Assange uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ramirez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Assange throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ramirezs head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Assange.
Ramirez swings wildly with an uppercut but Assange uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ramirez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ramirez prevents a body shot from Assange.
Assange misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ramirez is trying to pull guard but Assange has him pressed against the cage.
Ramirez swings wildly with an uppercut but Assange uses good head movement to avoid it.
Assange lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ramirez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Assange scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ramirez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Assange.
Assange lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ramirez throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Assange.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Assange throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ramirezs head.
Assange gets through Ramirez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Assange lands with a short shot to the head.
Assange lands a hook that snaps the head of Ramirez backwards.
Assange softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ramirez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Assange creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Ramirez with a big uppercut! Ramirez tries to clinch up but Assange pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Ramirez to the mat! Ramirez covers up and Assange unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). James Assange!
James Assange decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
Ricardo Ramirez spoke after the fight, saying 'Damn.'.