PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Andre Winner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oskar Ramirez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andre Winner has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Winner
vs
Ramirez

200 cm
25
280 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

220 cm
25
289 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Decent boxing
Tends to cut

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andre Winner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Oskar Ramirez!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Stewart Dunkirk and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ramirez instigates a clinch.
Winner is trying to push Ramirez away but Ramirez has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Winner wants to get back to striking at distance but Ramirez won't allow it.
Winner tries to break the clinch but Ramirez is controlling the position.
A frustrated look appears on Winner's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ramirez dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Winner is looking to break free of the clinch but Ramirez has double underhooks.
Come on Ramirez - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Ramirez just leaning against Winner, taking a breather.
The crowd are getting on Ramirez's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Winner blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ramirez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Ramirez leaning against his opponent.
Ramirez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Winner putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ramirez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winner taking a breather.
Winner is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ramirez is keeping busy.

Winner breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Winner wants to break free but Ramirez has control.
Ramirez taking a breather.
Ramirez is trying to force a seperation but Winner has the dominant position.
Ramirez is pushing Winner up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Ramirez slows down the pace here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Ramirez is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Oskar Ramirez.

Winner looks low and kicks high, catching Ramirez right on the side of the head, sending him crashing to the canvas! Will he be able to beat the count? 3,4,5 - he's already back to his feet and ready to go! Let's see if he's still with it!

Ramirez is rocked!

It looks like Oskar Ramirez has been cut.

Winner darts in and clinches Ramirez up against the ropes.
Ramirez is still on wobbly legs! Can Winner finish him?
Winner has control of Ramirez and unloads with a rapid fire barage of elbows, sending Ramirez crashing to the mat! Ramirez looks in big trouble - I don't think he's going to beat the count! He hasn't! The referee has reached 10 and this fight is all over! Winner looks delighted, as well he should.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Elbows). Andre Winner!