PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Jacinto Ramos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Radoslav Petrov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Petrov comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Desiigner - Panda kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Ramos
vs
Petrov

175 cm
20
157 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

170 cm
20
162 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

World class MT
Cardio machine

Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jacinto Ramos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Radoslav Petrov!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Frank Dennis and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramos throws out a powerful jab.
Petrov bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ramos's head.
An inside leg kick lands from Ramos.
Ramos misses with a straight left.
Ramos has been working on his boxing with his coaches at LOD: Ground Zero in the buildup to the fight.
Ramos fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ramos walks into a left hand.
Petrov tries to close the distance and clinch but Ramos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Petrov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ramos.
Ramos takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ramos tries to close the distance and clinch but Petrov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Petrov appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

Petrov has Ramos up against the ropes in a clinch.
Ramos swings wildly with an uppercut but Petrov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Petrov prevents a body shot from Ramos.
Ramos throws an elbow that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ramos pushes off an throws an elbow but Petrov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Ramos working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramos can't find room to land a body shot as Petrov controls the action.
Petrov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Petrov lands a nice uppercut.

Petrov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jacinto Ramos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Petrov misses with a body shot.
Petrov misses with a hook.
Ramos throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ramos uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Petrov has time to react.
Ramos misses with a combination
enabling Petrov to counter with a crisp jab.

Ramos rushes Petrov and presses him up against the ropes.
Ramos keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Petrov's efforts to push away.
Petrov takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Radoslav Petrov has been cut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Petrov.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ramos gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A frustrated look appears on Petrov's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramos misses with the head strike.

Petrov breaks from the clinch.
Ramos wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Petrov ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Petrov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ramos manages to avoid it.
A bone on bone clash there as Petrov blocks the leg kick.
Petrov's coach down at Wreckshop was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Petrov's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Ramos cracks Petrov with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ramos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Ramos rushes Petrov and presses him up against the ropes.
Petrov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ramos's elbow.
Petrov wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Petrov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Petrov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ramos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Petrov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Petrov working hard to break the clinch.
Ramos missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jacinto Ramos will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Radoslav Petrov's cut.
That's time! Ramos's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Ramos avoids the body shot from Petrov.
Petrov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ramos uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Petrov has time to react.
Petrov wants to clinch.
Ramos connects with a looping right hand.

Petrov clinches with his opponent.
Ramos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ramos comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ramos misses with an elbow over the top.
A shot in the inside from Ramos.

Petrov breaks the clinch.
Ramos just misses with a punch to the body.

Petrov clinches with his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramos throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Petrov looking to slow down the pace here.
Petrov blocks the elbow strike.
A short left from Ramos.
Petrov has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ramos throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Petrovs head.
Petrov wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ramos has him pressed against the ropes.
Ramos presses Petrov against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Petrov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Petrov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Petrov tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ramos misses with a hook. Petrov ducked under it nicely.
A nice side step and Petrov releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Ramos scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Petrov is rocked!
Petrov swings for the body but Ramos moves out of range.
Petrov is still on wobbly legs! Can Ramos finish him?
Ramos knocks out Petrov with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Ramos before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Ramos picks up the big W with a huge KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jacinto Ramos!
Jacinto Ramos decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.