PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Demarcus Ramsey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dylan Champagne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Ramsey
vs
Champagne

177 cm
18
214 lbs
0 - 6 - 0

187 cm
18
195 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Enjoys gardening

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 0 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Demarcus Ramsey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dylan Champagne!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Jeff Smith and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Champagne has his takedown stuffed

and Ramsey moves into the clinch.
Ramsey is trying to break free.
Ramsey is trying to break free.
Champagne prevents Ramsey from breaking the clinch.
Ramsey is trying to break free.
Ramsey stalling.

Champagne escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Champagne lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ramsey circles away quickly and effectively.
Ramsey could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ramsey wants to clinch

and Champagne counters with a takedown into side control.

Champagne stands up.
Champagne scores with a three punch combo!

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Ramsey, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Champagne shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Ramsey napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Champagne looks winded!
Ramsey is trying to get back to his feet.
Champagne throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Ramsey works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Ramsey wants to get back to his feet.
Ramsey missing with punches from the bottom.
Ramsey is trying to stand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Champagne is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Ramsey flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Champagne blocks the strikes from Ramsey.

Ramsey kicks off Champagne and gets to his feet.
Champagne throws a right hand that Ramsey ducks under and follows up with a left that Ramsey also avoids with ease.
Sloppy strikes from Champagne. Those never looked like landing.
Ramsey wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.

Champagne fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ramsey, pushing him back against the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Champagne pulls guard effortlessly.
Ramsey in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramsey working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ramsey connects with a couple of short punches.
Ramsey is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Ramsey connects with a couple of short punches.
Ramsey loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ramsey chips away with some ground and pound.
Champagne avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ramsey stands up over Champagne, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Ramsey stands up over Champagne, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Ramsey postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Ramsey throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Ramsey decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Champagne, up you get!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Champagne as Ramsey shoots in.
Champagne has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Ramsey shoots for a double leg takedown but Champagne sprawls well. He's pushed Ramsey's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Champagne throws a sloppy head kick and Ramsey moves out of range easily.
Champagne stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ramsey.

Ramsey has managed to clinch.
Ramsey working hard to break the clinch.

Champagne breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Champagne swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ramsey counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ramsey misses with a takedown attempt - Champagne sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dylan Champagne dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Ramsey shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Champagne as he avoids it easily.
Ramsey shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Champagne but Champagne pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Champagne misses with a series of wild punches.

Ramsey instigates a clinch.
Ramsey working hard to break the clinch.
Champagne has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ramsey tries to circle away but Champagne has him pinned against the cage.
Ramsey wants to get back to striking at distance but Champagne won't allow it.
Champagne missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ramsey breaks the clinch.
Champagne swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Demarcus Ramsey is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Champagne is breathing heavily.

Ramsey feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Ramsey with a nice head shot there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ramsey in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ramsey landing with the ground and pound.
Demarcus Ramsey overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ramsey connects with a couple of short punches.
Champagne utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Champagne has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Ramsey landing some decent shots from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Champagne is trying to control the position but Ramsey postures up.
Ramsey throwing strikes from guard but Champagne blocks nicely.
Ramsey throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Ramsey clinches with his opponent.
Ramsey is trying to break the clinch but Champagne has him pressed against the cage.

Ramsey breaks the clinch.
Champagne throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ramsey thinks about countering with a head kick.
Ramsey fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Demarcus Ramsey. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramsey closes the distance and clinches up with Champagne, looking for a takedown. Ramsey pushes Champagne against the cage but Champagne circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Champagne will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A quick step to the side and Ramsey tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ramsey misses with a takedown
and Champagne counters with a nice body kick.
Champagne swinging wildly here.
Ramsey went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.

Ramsey shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Ramsey content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramsey thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ramsey drops an elbow to the side of Champagne's head.
Ramsey throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Nice strikes from Ramsey there.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ramsey throwing shots but Champagne is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Champagne throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Ground and pound from Ramsey.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Demarcus Ramsey dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Ramsey clinches up against the cage.
Champagne has Ramsey pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Ramsey manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Ramsey effectively controlling the action here.
Ramsey looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Champagne gets control of Ramsey's arms and successfully pulls guard. Champagne will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Ramsey trying to control but Champagne is working from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ramsey accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ramsey scoring with some ground and pound.
Champagne takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Champagne preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ramsey is looking to work some ground and pound but Champagne has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramsey postures up in Champagne's guard and throws a big left but Champagne blocks it.
Ramsey content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Ramsey throws a big elbow that misses.
Ramsey lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Ramsey trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ramsey chips away with some ground and pound.
Ramsey controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Dylan Champagne seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Ramsey scores with a takedown into Champagne's guard.
Ramsey is working Champagne over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Ramsey working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Ramsey postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramsey throws a big right hand that misses.
Ramsey is working Champagne over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Ramsey with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Champagne working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ramsey.
Ramsey throws a big right hand that misses.
Ramsey loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ramsey chips away with some ground and pound.
Ramsey scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ramsey throws a big elbow that misses.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Ramsey lands a couple of elbows.
Ramsey working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramsey cracks Champagne with a solid left hand.
Ramsey wants to control from the top but Champagne keeps moving.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Ramsey fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Champagne avoids it really well and circles away.
Champagne tries to land a body kick
and Ramsey counters with a left and a right that stings Champagne.
Champagne just misses with a punch to the body.
Ramsey shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Champagne as he avoids it easily.
Champagne throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Champagne fails to land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Champagne ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ramsey moves away.
Ramsey fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Champagne avoids it really well and circles away.
Champagne is looking for the big counter here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Demarcus Ramsey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Champagne closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Champagne fails to land with a series of punches.
Ramsey throws a nice inside leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Demarcus Ramsey showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Ramsey has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Demarcus Ramsey!
Dylan Champagne spoke after the fight, saying 'It was a great fight. Hats off to him, he's a great fighter and he will go far.'.