PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Moscatel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Titan Ramirez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Moscatel
vs
Ramirez

177 cm
21
160 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

225 cm
18
300 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Hates pizza

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gabriel Moscatel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Titan Ramirez!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Felipe Paraventi and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moscatel showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ramirez.
Ramirez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Moscatel counters by clinching up.

Ramirez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Titan Ramirez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ramirez throws a right and a left that Moscatel avoids nicely.
Ramirez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Moscatel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
An inside leg kick from Ramirez misses.
Ramirez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Moscatel counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Moscatel trying to control the position from guard on top but Ramirez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Moscatel is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Ramirez is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Moscatel wants to control from the top but Ramirez keeps moving.
Ramirez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Moscatel drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Moscatel seems to have locked his on tight now - Ramirez screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Moscatel, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Gabriel Moscatel!
During a confident post fight interview, Gabriel Moscatel thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.