PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between El Misterioso Damballah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenny Ramsey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Misterioso Damballah
vs
Ramsey

179 cm
20
188 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

185 cm
27
188 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, El Misterioso Damballah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kenny Ramsey!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Roosa Järviläinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Damballah closes the distance looking to clinch
and Ramsey counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Damballah looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Left hook, right uppercut from Damballah.
Ramsey darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Ramsey!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Damballah.
Damballah shoots for a takedown but Ramsey saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A clash of legs there as Damballah blocks the low kick.
Ramsey with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Damballah misses with a double jab
and Ramsey counters with a stiff right hand.
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!
Damballah drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Damballah pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Ramsey back to the cage. Damballah follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Ramsey slips a jab and a cross from Damballah.
Nice sprawl there from Ramsey as Damballah shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for El Misterioso Damballah. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Damballah looks to score with a jab to the body but Ramsey is just out of range.
Damballah misses with a takedown attempt
and Ramsey counters with a stiff right hand.
Damballah lands a jab-cross combination.
Damballah is breathing heavily.
Ramsey connects with a body shot that sends Damballah's belly button to the back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Damballah wants to clinch up but Ramsey keeps it at a distance.
El Misterioso Damballah seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ramsey scores with the left hand. Damballah knows he should have avoided that one.
Ramsey moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Ramsey cracks Damballah with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Ramsey throws a head kick but Damballah moves out of range.
Ramsey avoids a punch combination nicely.
Damballah tries to clinch but Ramsey is having none of it.
Ramsey throws a combination. Damballah tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ramsey, as that shot connected.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Damballah takes one to the chin there.
Damballah tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ramsey paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Damballah looks to land a combination. Ramsey sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Damballah moves out of range of the leg kick from Ramsey.
Ramsey stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Ramsey wants it to stay on the feet.
Ramsey throws a leg kick but Damballah sees it coming and checks it nicely.
As Ramsey looks to move away, Damballah throws a big counter combo but Ramsey just gets out of the way.
Damballah has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ramsey finds it's way round the side to connect with Damballah's head.
Damballah closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ramsey circles away.
Ramsey is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Damballah had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramsey throws a leg kick but Damballah sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ramsey scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ramsey tests Damballah's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ramsey connects with a single shot there.
Ramsey tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ramsey keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ramsey with a hook.
Ramsey lands a jab-cross combination.

Damballah clinches with his opponent.
Damballah is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Ramsey is defending well.

Damballah breaks from the clinch.
Damballah fails with the takedown.
Damballah looks to land a combination but Ramsey avoids it well.
Ramsey on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Damballah fails with the takedown
letting Ramsey counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damballah misses with a series of wild punches.
Ramsey bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Damballah's head backwards.
Damballah moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Ramsey lands with a hook. Damballah tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Damballah throws a nice looking combination but Ramsey bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ramsey tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Damballah throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Ramsey's waist but Ramsey gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Damballah off to one side.
Ramsey slaps away a takedown attempt from Damballah, before circling back to the center of the mat.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Damballah.
Damballah on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Damballah avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Ramsey scores with a body shot.
Ramsey fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
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!
Damballah on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Ramsey.
Ramsey fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Damballah has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ramsey fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Damballah is out of range.
Damballah wants to clinch but Ramsey slips to the side
and Ramsey counters with a right hand to the body.
Ramsey dodges the punch combination from Damballah.
Damballah shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ramsey pinned against the cage. Ramsey gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Ramsey throws a combination. Damballah tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Ramsey misses with a low kick.
Damballah misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Damballah tries to score a power double leg takedown but Ramsey sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Damballah somewhat.
Ramsey let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

Damballah closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Damballah tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ramsey swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ramsey avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ramsey takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ramsey circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Ramsey to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice body punch from Ramsey.
El Misterioso Damballah is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Damballah swings for the body but Ramsey moves out of range.
Damballah swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Damballah is defended easily by Ramsey.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ramsey misses with a head kick.
Damballah closes the distance and clinches up with Ramsey, looking for a takedown. Damballah pushes Ramsey against the cage but Ramsey circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Damballah darts in looking for a takedown but Ramsey gets double underhooks and turns Damballah into the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for El Misterioso Damballah. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Damballah shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Ramsey counters with a stiff right hand.
Damballah walks into a straight right hand from Ramsey.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Damballah tries for a takedown but Ramsey circles away easily
and Ramsey cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Damballah takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Damballah checks a leg kick.
Ramsey misses with a low kick as Damballah jumps back.
Damballah tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Damballah lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ramsey circles away quickly and effectively.
Ramsey swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Damballah.
Damballah takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ramsey lands a leg kick that knocks Damballah off balance momentarily.
Damballah misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ramsey unleashes a big counter combination but Damballah bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Damballah takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ramsey has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Damballah on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ramsey scores with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ramsey.
Ramsey fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Damballah on the side of the head.
Damballah throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Ramsey's waist but Ramsey gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Damballah off to one side.
Ramsey fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramsey wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ramsey scores with a jab.

Damballah is rocked!
Ramsey lands with an uppercut that bounces Damballah off the cage and back into range.
Oh Damballah is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A swing and a miss from Damballah.
Some wild striking there from Damballah.
Ramsey throws a nice outside leg kick.
Damballah seems to have got his legs back now.
Ramsey is looking to chop away at Damballah's legs.
Ramsey lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Damballah has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ramsey finds it's way round the side to connect with Damballah's head.
Ramsey slips under a jab.
Ramsey connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Damballah's hands.
Damballah takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ramsey throws a shot to the body.
Damballah misses with a takedown attempt
and Ramsey counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ramsey connects with a body shot that sends Damballah's belly button to the back.
Ramsey connects with a right hand. Damballah shakes it off.
Ramsey lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Ramsey - just one landing.
Damballah wants to clinch but Ramsey slips to the side
and Ramsey counters with a left to the body.
Kenny Ramsey seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ramsey lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ramsey scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Damballah swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ramsey throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
That kick from Ramsey tenderised Damballah's leg. Damballah is trying to keep his angry face on.
Damballah looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ramsey throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Damballah's head.
Ramsey ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Damballah throws a big shot that misses.
Ramsey lands an overhand right.
Damballah wants to clinch but Ramsey slips to the side
and Ramsey counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Damballah thinking.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters circle momentarily. Ramsey darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Ramsey dodges the punch combination from Damballah.
Damballah with a poor takedown
and Ramsey counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ramsey throws a good cross that connects.
Damballah on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramsey pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Damballah shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Ramsey sprawls well. Ramsey wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Damballah gets slowly back to his feet.
Ramsey connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Damballah closes the distance looking to clinch
and Ramsey counters with a straight right hand.
Ramsey lands with a shot to the body.
Ramsey dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ramsey's corner calls for a 1-2. Ramsey obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Damballah tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ramsey manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Damballah!
Damballah fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ramsey scores with a jab to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenny Ramsey showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Ramsey avoids a punch combination nicely.
Damballah closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Damballah walks into a stiff left hand from Ramsey.
Damballah slips a jab and a cross from Ramsey.
Ramsey throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ramsey connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Damballah momentarily.
Damballah fails with a takedown attempt.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Damballah. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Damballah lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ramsey circles away quickly and effectively.
Damballah fails to land with a series of punches.
Ramsey digs a good body shot into Damballah's ribs.
Damballah tries to clinch up.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Danga de danga de dang - Ramsey scores with a four punch combination!
Damballah fails with the takedown
and Ramsey counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramsey lands with a right hand.
Kenny Ramsey is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Damballah tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Ramsey swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for El Misterioso Damballah. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ramsey lands with a nice body punch.
A cross from Ramsey lands.
Damballah tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ramsey swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Damballah closes the distance but Ramsey moves to the side
and Ramsey connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Damballah takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Damballah is looking to clinch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ramsey, right into the meat.
Ramsey lands a jab to Damballah's midsection.
No joy there for Damballah, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Damballah looks to score with a jab to the body but Ramsey is just out of range.
It seemed like Ramsey was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ramsey scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ramsey stuns Damballah with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ramsey throws a solid leg kick but Damballah takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ramsey.
Damballah seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
A head kick misses from Ramsey.
Damballah tries to close the distance and clinch but Ramsey swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damballah throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ramsey.
Ramsey now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Ramsey bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A punch lands to the side of Damballah 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Ramsey lands a slapping body shot.
Damballah with a lazy takedown attempt
and Ramsey cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Damballah throws a nice looking combination but Ramsey bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ramsey tried to score with a low kick but Damballah checks it.
Ramsey lands the left hand.
Damballah takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Ramsey stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Damballah darts in looking for a takedown but Ramsey gets double underhooks and turns Damballah into the cage.
Jab, jab by Ramsey - just one landing.
Ramsey misses with a leg kick.
Damballah has his takedown stuffed
and Ramsey counters with a right hand to the body.
Ramsey lands a slapping body shot.
Damballah tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ramsey swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramsey jabs at Damballah's body.
Jab from Ramsey.
You can follow us on Twitter at...Ooooooh Damballah got wobbled bad by a big combination! Ramsey presses forward with punches and knees until Damballah stumbles to the ground! The ref watches Damballah closely before deciding to step in and end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kenny Ramsey!
Kenny Ramsey gave a mention to FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!) in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).