PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Henrique Ramos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cao Cao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ramos's entrance music is Sepultura - Nomad. A fine choice. Cao has chosen Cao Cao as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Ramos
vs
Cao

167 cm
23
163 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

175 cm
27
170 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

GREEN!160

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 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Henrique Ramos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cao Cao!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Francis DeMontford and Ben Watson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cao moves out of range as Ramos throws a body kick.
Cao looks to clinch
and Ramos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cao fails to land with a series of punches.
Cao looks to land a combination but Ramos avoids it well.
Ramos tries to land a leg kick but Cao saw it coming and moves away.
Cao tries to clinch but Ramos is having none of it.
Ramos closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Cao scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Ramos scores with a sloppy right hand. Cao should have avoided that one.
Cao fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cao misses with the combination.
Ramos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cao manages to avoid it.
Despite the aggression on Cao's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Cao defending well as Ramos loads up on a big left hand.
Cao unleashes a big counter combination but Ramos bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramos misses with a body shot.
Cao lands with an uppercut that bounces Ramos off the cage and back into range.
Cao on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Cao checks a leg kick.
Cao swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

Cao has taken the fight to the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Ramos fails to land.
Ramos throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ramos misses with some punches.
Cao blocks a body shot from Ramos.
Ramos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ramos lands an uppercut.
Cao blocks an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Ramos - that landed with a thud.
Ramos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ramos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ramos is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramos throws an elbow but it misses.
Ramos lands a shot to the body.
Cao dodges an elbow strike from Ramos.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Ramos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ramos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cao.
Cao tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cao Cao seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ramos misses with an uppercut. Cao saw that one coming.
Cao is looking for the big counter here.

Cao darts in and clinches Ramos up against the cage.

Ramos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ramos throws a poor cross that misses
and Cao counters with a nice uppercut.
Cao tries to clinch but Ramos is having none of it.
Ramos half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Ramos checks the leg kick.
Ramos swats away the attempt to clinch by Cao.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramos throws a right hand that misses
and Cao counters with a nice uppercut.
Cao connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Cao drives through and clinches with Ramos against the cage.
Cao misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ramos.
Nice body punch from Cao - that landed with a thud.
Ramos is trying to break free.
Ramos throws an elbow that misses.
Cao tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ramos avoids it.
Ramos pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Ramos manages to break the clinch.
Ramos ducks right into an uppercut from Cao.
Ramos walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Cao has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

Cao sends Ramos crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Cao is motioning to the referee to let Ramos up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Ramos is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cao tries to clinch up but Ramos circles away and keeps his distance.
Oh Ramos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cao swinging wildly here.
Cao avoids the head kick by Ramos.
Ramos seems to have got his legs back now.
Cao looks to clinch
and Ramos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ramos falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cao counters with a three punch combo that has Ramos backing up. Ramos nods at Cao to acknowledge the strikes.
Cao fails to land with a series of punches.
Cao is looking to clinch but Ramos is avoiding it.
Ramos was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Ramos falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cao counters with a stiff right hand.
Cao throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ramos thinks about countering with a head kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cao wants to clinch up but Ramos keeps it at a distance.
Cao Cao is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Ramos.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Nice uppercut lands for Cao. That snapped Ramos's head back.
Cao tries to clinch but Ramos is having none of it.
Cao fails in his attempt to clinch.

Cao moves into the clinch successfully.
Cao tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ramos avoids it.
Cao unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ramos lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ramos misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ramos tries to work over Cao's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ramos lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cao misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ramos.
Ramos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A shot in the inside from Ramos.
Cao lands a good knee to the midsection. Ramos won't want to take too many of those.
Cao trying to land knees to the body.
Ramos misses with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramos lands an elbow inside that Cao shrugs off.
Ramos stalling the fight.
Cao putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ramos in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Henrique Ramos has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ramos throws a head punch that misses.
Cao lands a nice knee to the body.
Ramos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cao tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ramos avoids it.
Cao lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Ramos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cao Cao seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cao throws a looping overhand right but Ramos ducks down to avoid it.
Cao lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ramos circles away quickly and effectively.
Ramos sizes up Cao with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Cao tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ramos ducks under a wild hook from Cao.
Ramos throws a push kick but Cao slaps the foot to one side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramos throws a body punch but Cao moves out of range.
Cao walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cao tries to clinch but Ramos is having none of it.
Ramos lands a nice shot that snaps Cao's head back.
Sloppy strikes from Cao. Those never looked like landing.
Cao throws a combination that misses
and Ramos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cao wants to clinch up but Ramos keeps it at a distance.
Ramos drops down looking for a counter takedown but Cao sprawls and moves away.
Cao misses with a hook
and Ramos counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cao tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ramos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cao throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Cao has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Cao walks into a jab.
Ramos just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Ramos. Cao shrugs it off though.
Ramos tests Cao's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Crunch! Ramos slams his shin into Cao's torso.
Cao Cao is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A head kick misses from Cao.
A counter left hand to the body from Ramos misses its target.
Ramos fakes the leg kick and cracks Cao in the body.
Cao slips under a jab from Ramos.
Cao tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ramos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ramos appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Cao tries to clinch up but Ramos circles away and keeps his distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ramos. Cao does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cao is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

Cao clinches.
Ramos fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramos avoiding damage as Cao throws knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cao.
Ramos can't find room to land a body shot as Cao controls the action.
Ramos misses with the head strike.
Ramos looking to stall.
Ramos wants to break free but Cao has control.
Cao lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ramos backwards.
Cao trying to land knees to the body.
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!
Ramos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Ramos fails to land.
Ramos tries to throw a body punch but Cao avoids it by throwing Ramos back against the cage.
Ramos working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ramos lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ramos lands a body shot.
Ramos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henrique Ramos dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Cao rushes Ramos and presses him up against the cage.
Cao blocks an elbow strike.
Cao blocks an elbow strike.
Cao blocks a body shot from Ramos.
Cao blocks the elbow strike.
Cao missing with knees to the body.
Ramos misses with a punch on the inside.
Ramos misses with a punch to the body.
Cao lands with a right to the head.
Cao lands with a light punch inside.
Cao avoids a wild elbow strike from Ramos.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cao crunches a lovely knee into Ramos's ribcage.
Cao tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ramos avoids it.
Cao tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ramos avoids it.
Ramos lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cao.
Ramos tries a body shot but Cao blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramos swings wildly with an uppercut but Cao uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Cao.
Ramos works on Cao's body with a couple of short punches.
Ramos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Cao crunches a lovely knee into Ramos's ribcage.
Ramos works on Cao's body with a couple of short punches.
Ramos presses Cao against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Cao takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ramos tries to work over Cao's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ramos throws an elbow that misses.
Ramos scores with a hook to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Ramos.
Ramos struggles to land a body shot inside as Cao controls his hands.
Ramos lands a body shot.
Ramos lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramos pushes off an throws an elbow but Cao leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ramos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ramos creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Ramos.

Ramos breaks the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ramos changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ramos scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Cao tries to bum rush Ramos with a series of wild strikes but Ramos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cao fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ramos scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Ramos connects with a body shot.
Ramos loads up on a big right hand but Cao slips the punch.
Cao shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Cao is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramos lands with a good body shot.
Cao is still on wobbly legs! Can Ramos finish him?
Cao showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ramos.
Cao is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Ramos throws a monster overhand right that drops Cao! Ramos follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:15 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Henrique Ramos!
A very excited looking Henrique Ramos made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.