PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Erkki Elastinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Octavio Ramos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Elastinen's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Cascada - Dangerous. Octavio Ramos has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Elastinen
vs
Ramos

160 cm
42
148 lbs
32 - 31 - 1

170 cm
30
145 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 31 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Erkki Elastinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Octavio Ramos!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Elastinen shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Still in half guard, Elastinen seems content to control.
Elastinen seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Ramos for as long as he can get away with.
Elastinen tries to pass to full mount but Ramos defends it.
Elastinen looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Elastinen passes to side control.
Ramos prevents Elastinen from improving position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Elastinen happy to just control the position for now.
Elastinen has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Elastinen.
Elastinen continues to hold on tight.
Ramos wants to control but Elastinen postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Elastinen controls the position.
Elastinen has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Ramos!
Elastinen controlling his opponent.
Ramos is in all sorts of trouble here.

Elastinen goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Ramos is on top in guard.
Elastinen bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ramos's guard.

Elastinen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Elastinen trying to control but Ramos is working from the bottom.
Elastinen slips nicely into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Elastinen in particular looking to stall.

Elastinen is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Ramos has managed to free his arm - good work.
Still in half guard, Elastinen seems content to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Elastinen is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Ramos defends it well.
Elastinen is looking to take a break and control but Ramos is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

Elastinen is working for a submission of some sort.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Erkki Elastinen dominated that round.
That's time! Elastinen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Elastinen shoots in but no luck this time.
Ramos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Erkki Elastinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Elastinen has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ramos tries to work over Elastinen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Elastinen lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Elastinen wants to free his trapped foot but Ramos is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Elastinen is looking to pass Ramos's guard but actually Ramos recovers to full guard.
Erkki Elastinen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Elastinen stands and throws Ramos's legs to the side, diving into side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Elastinen is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Ramos has escaped the position, nice work there.
Ramos tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Elastinen wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Elastinen tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Elastinen taking a breather here.
Ramos gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Elastinen looking to finish Ramos with some ground and pound. This is bad for Ramos!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramos is squirming around, avoiding Elastinen's attempts to control the action.
Ramos is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Elastinen looking to ground and pound but Ramos is blocking nicely.
Elastinen controlling the pace for now.
Elastinen misses with a head shot.

Elastinen looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Elastinen controlling from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elastinen tries to control but Ramos wriggling away.

Ramos reaches up to try and pull Elastinen in and control his posture, but Elastinen latches on to an arm and pivots quickly for an armbar! Ramos taps out and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Erkki Elastinen!
After winning the bout, Erkki Elastinen thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.