PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Max Ward (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenny Ramsey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ward comes to the cage accompanied by Spazz - Crush Kill Destroy. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ward
vs
Ramsey

180 cm
19
193 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

185 cm
30
188 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Max Ward!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kenny Ramsey!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ward shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ramsey pinned against the cage. Ramsey gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Ward fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Ramsey to the ground. Ward is now in Ramsey's guard.
Ward makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ward accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ward throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ward trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ramsey wants to sweep here but Ward controlling him for the moment.
Ward loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ramsey avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ramsey working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ward.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ramsey can do anything to dispel that myth.
Ward working some strikes from top position.
Ward with a nice head shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramsey is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Ward scoring with some ground and pound.
Ramsey keeping moving, preventing Ward from controlling successfully.
Ward with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ward postures up in Ramsey's guard and throws a big left but Ramsey blocks it.
Ramsey utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ward trying to control the position from guard on top but Ramsey is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ward accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ward scoring with punches to the head and body.
Ward postures up and lands a big shot to Ramsey's brow.
Ward throws a big right hand that misses.
Ramsey trying to control the position.
Ward has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ward is working Ramsey over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Ward with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Ramsey working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ward.
Ward lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Ramsey is rocked!
Ward is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ramsey is still in real trouble! Can Ward finish him?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ward loads up on a big left hand. Ramsey felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Ward looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Ramsey can't hide his disappointment, as Ward celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Max Ward!
A victorious Max Ward thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.