PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paul Hamilton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Ramirez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ramirez has chosen Megadeth-Trust as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hamilton
vs
Ramirez

186 cm
26
182 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

180 cm
42
197 lbs
29 - 30 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paul Hamilton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 30 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alex Ramirez!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Patrick Alders and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramirez looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Hamilton dodges the punch combination from Ramirez.
Ramirez is trying hard to land a takedown here. Hamilton sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Ramirez throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Hamilton tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Ramirez is in Hamilton's guard.
Ramirez stands up over Hamilton, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Ramirez is working Hamilton over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Hamilton looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Ramirez lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Hamilton throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Ramirez landing some decent shots from guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hamilton utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hamilton can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Ramirez controls the pace.
Ramirez works over Hamilton with some ground and pound from guard.
Ramirez throwing strikes but missing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ramirez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ramirez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ramirez is pushing down on Hamilton's leg trying to pass to half guard. Hamilton is fighting to maintain full guard but Ramirez has managed to sneak the leg through.
Ramirez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Ramirez connects with a nice short shot to Hamilton's temple.
Ramirez lands with a punch from half guard.
Hamilton definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Ramirez lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ramirez lands strikes from half guard.
Ramirez scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Hamilton looking for submissions off his back.

Ramirez is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Hamilton has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
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 scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
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 working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Ramirez landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hamilton is not content to let Ramirez control the position.
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 working Hamilton over with strikes.
Ramirez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Ramirez connects with a nice short shot to Hamilton's temple.
Ramirez works his way into full mount!
Hamilton is breathing heavily.
Ramirez working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez lands a heavy elbow.
Ramirez pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Ramirez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ramirez looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Hamilton 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 3:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alex Ramirez!