PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Vasily Khrapov Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manny Ramirez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ramirez has chosen Jay Z - Show me what you got as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Khrapov Jr
vs
Ramirez

178 cm
21
186 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

184 cm
22
201 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vasily Khrapov Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Manny Ramirez!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, George Francis and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramirez tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Khrapov Jr manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Khrapov Jr keeps the fight on the outside.
Ramirez takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Khrapov Jr dodges the punch combination from Ramirez.
Khrapov Jr dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ramirez swinging wildly here.
Ramirez dips to his left and cracks Khrapov Jr with an uppercut!
Ramirez tries to clinch but Khrapov Jr moves away
and Khrapov Jr counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ramirez doesn't manage to clinch there - Khrapov Jr circles away.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ramirez.
Khrapov Jr throws an overhand right that lands on Ramirez's shoulder, as Ramirez tries to avoid the shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Ramirez moves into the clinch.
Khrapov Jr misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ramirez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ramirez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Khrapov Jr backwards.

Khrapov Jr breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez slips a jab from Khrapov Jr.
Ramirez lands a slapping body shot.
Ramirez tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Khrapov Jr manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ramirez throws a right and a left that both miss.

Khrapov Jr tries to keep at a distance but Ramirez has taken the fight into the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Our sources have told us that Khrapov Jr has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Ramirez is trying to stall.

Ramirez breaks the clinch.
Ramirez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ramirez throws out a powerful jab.
Khrapov Jr misses with a hook.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Khrapov Jr lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.

Khrapov Jr breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Khrapov Jr jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ramirez tries to clinch up but Khrapov Jr circles away and keeps his distance.
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!
Ramirez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Khrapov Jr throws out the jab.
No joy there for Ramirez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Khrapov Jr waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ramirez.
Ramirez moves in looking to clinch but Khrapov Jr pushes him off.
Ramirez tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Khrapov Jr manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ramirez lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Khrapov Jr rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ramirez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Manny Ramirez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khrapov Jr scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Khrapov Jr looks to throw the jab but Ramirez is out of range.

Ramirez closes the distance and clinches.

Khrapov Jr escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ramirez falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Khrapov Jr counter with a right hand.
Khrapov Jr avoids the head kick by Ramirez.
Khrapov Jr lands with a good body shot.
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 Vasily Khrapov Jr will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Ramirez tries to clinch up but Khrapov Jr circles away and keeps his distance.
Khrapov Jr was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Ramirez needs to keep his hands up - Khrapov Jr had a free shot at his head there.
Khrapov Jr circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ramirez misses with a hook.
Khrapov Jr throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ramirez falls off balance throwing a combination
and Khrapov Jr makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Manny Ramirez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ramirez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Khrapov Jr lands a two punch combo.
Ramirez walks into a jab.
Ramirez slips a jab from Khrapov Jr.
Ramirez ducks under a wild hook from Khrapov Jr.
Ramirez misses with a combination
and Khrapov Jr counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Left hook, right uppercut from Khrapov Jr.
Ramirez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khrapov Jr throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Khrapov Jr throws a shot from downtown. Ramirez moves away and avoids it.
Ramirez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Khrapov Jr.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez misses with a wild combination.
Ramirez misses with a two punch combination.
Ramirez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ramirez moves to clinch but Khrapov Jr breaks away
and Khrapov Jr counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ramirez scores with a one two! Khrapov Jr had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Khrapov Jr uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ramirez tries to close the distance and clinch but Khrapov Jr swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Khrapov Jr throws a jab but it's blocked by Ramirez.
Ramirez wants to clinch
and Khrapov Jr counters with a stiff right hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ramirez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Khrapov Jr is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Ramirez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Khrapov Jr misses with a looping left.
Khrapov Jr smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Vasily Khrapov Jr is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ramirez takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Ramirez is rocked!
Khrapov Jr connects with a crushing straight, right on the bridge of Ramirez's nose, sending him crumpling to the mat! That's really rocked Ramirez - is he going to beat the count??? 4,5,6,7,8,9.....10 - he's not made it - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Vasily Khrapov Jr!
Our winner, Vasily Khrapov Jr, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.