PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Ricardo Pfeifer (ranked 9852 p4p, 741 weight class) and Manny Ramirez (ranked 22487 p4p, 754 weight class). Ramirez has chosen Jay Z - Show me what you got as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

Pfeifer
vs
Ramirez

182 cm
22
180 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

184 cm
24
190 lbs
3 - 7 - 0

Good knees
Experienced

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 Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Pfeifer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Manny Ramirez!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Robert Twigg and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramirez misses with a hook to the body
letting Pfeifer counter with a right hand.
Ramirez throws a body punch but Pfeifer moves out of range.
Pfeifer fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Ramirez on the side of the head.
Ramirez lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Pfeifer backs up against the cage.
Ramirez is looking to clinch but Pfeifer is avoiding it.
Ramirez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pfeifer on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ramirez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pfeifer paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Pfeifer clinches.
Ramirez is trying to break the clinch but Pfeifer is controlling him.

Pfeifer breaks from the clinch.
Pfeifer looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ramirez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pfeifer swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ramirez cracks Pfeifer with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Ramirez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pfeifer, pushing him back against the cage.
Pfeifer softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pfeifer lands a nice uppercut.
Pfeifer creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A knee to the head by Pfeifer.
Ramirez stalling in the clinch but Pfeifer improves position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ramirez.
Ramirez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pfeifer has him pressed against the cage.

Pfeifer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Pfeifer gets a clinch.

Pfeifer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pfeifer looks to land a left hand but Ramirez moved out of range nicely.
Jab, jab by Ramirez - just one landing.
Pfeifer circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ramirez tries to clinch there but Pfeifer circles away.
Ramirez's coach down at White's ELITE Fitness Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Ramirez's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Ramirez lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Pfeifer keeps the fight on the outside.
Pfeifer throws a big counter combination but Ramirez scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Ramirez wants to clinch up but Pfeifer keeps it at a distance.
Ramirez misses with the combination.
Pfeifer lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Ramirez slips a jab and a cross from Pfeifer.
Pfeifer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ramirez circles away quickly and effectively.
Manny Ramirez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pfeifer misses with a hook.

Ramirez gets a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pfeifer keeps control of Ramirez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ramirez lands an elbow that stopped Pfeifer in his tracks for a moment.
Pfeifer misses with a knee strike.

Pfeifer breaks the clinch.

Pfeifer pushes Ramirez up against the cage in a clinch.
Pfeifer lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ramirez backwards.

Ramirez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ramirez throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Pfeifer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pfeifer looks to throw the jab but Ramirez is out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ramirez tries to clinch but Pfeifer is having none of it.
Ramirez lands with a hook. Pfeifer tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Pfeifer rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ramirez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ramirez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ramirez is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Pfeifer dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Ramirez just misses with a punch to the body.

Ramirez clinches with his opponent.
Ramirez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pfeifer has him pressed against the cage.
Ricardo Pfeifer has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ramirez holding his opponent close, against the cage.

Pfeifer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pfeifer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ramirez swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ramirez takes a swing at Pfeifer's ribcage but misses.
A head kick from Pfeifer lands but Ramirez takes it in his stride.
Ramirez moves in looking to clinch but Pfeifer pushes him off.
Pfeifer throws a counter high kick but Ramirez was just alert enough to avoid it.
A low kick from Ramirez misses
and Pfeifer counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ricardo Pfeifer is winning the standup battle so far.
Ramirez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pfeifer throws a hook but Ramirez blocks it.
Ramirez cracks a nice hook into Pfeifer's ribs.

Pfeifer instigates a clinch.
Pfeifer with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Pfeifer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pfeifer tries to clinch there but Ramirez circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez tries to clinch up but Pfeifer circles away and keeps his distance.
Pfeifer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ramirez can do to turn this around?
Pfeifer tries a head kick but it misses.
Ramirez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Ramirez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pfeifer, pushing him back against the cage.

Pfeifer breaks from the clinch.
Pfeifer with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A jab from Pfeifer finds it's way through Ramirez's defenses.
Pfeifer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ramirez doesn't manage to clinch there - Pfeifer circles away.

Pfeifer moves into the clinch.

Ramirez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ramirez misses with the combination.
Ramirez tries to clinch up but Pfeifer circles away and keeps his distance.
An attempted straight right counter from Pfeifer misses the target.
Ramirez gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Pfeifer.
Pfeifer scores with the left hand. Ramirez knows he should have avoided that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ramirez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pfeifer swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pfeifer throws a head kick that misses.
Ricardo Pfeifer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ramirez throws a low kick but it's checked well by Pfeifer.
Ramirez tries to clinch but Pfeifer moves out of range.
Ramirez throws a right hand that Pfeifer ducks under and follows up with a left that Pfeifer also avoids with ease.
Ramirez looks to land a combination but Pfeifer avoids it well.
Ramirez just misses with a punch to the body.
Ramirez throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Ramirez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pfeifer buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ramirez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pfeifer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ramirez swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Pfeifer counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pfeifer misses with a head kick.
Ramirez wants to clinch.
It looked like Pfeifer wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ramirez is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Pfeifer rather than just go for the knockout.
Ramirez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Pfeifer dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Pfeifer rushes Ramirez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Pfeifer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ramirez tries to clinch but Pfeifer moves out of range.
Pfeifer throws a right hand that Ramirez ducks under and follows up with a left that Ramirez also avoids with ease.
Sloppy strikes from Ramirez. Those never looked like landing.
Pfeifer misses with a straight right.
Ramirez let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Pfeifer throws a right hand that Ramirez ducks under and follows up with a left that Ramirez also avoids with ease.
Ramirez staying out of range there.
Pfeifer misses with a few strikes there.

Pfeifer moves into the clinch successfully.

Pfeifer breaks from the clinch.
Pfeifer thows a left - swing and a miss!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pfeifer circles away from the clinch attempt
and Pfeifer counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ramirez connects with a nice looking jab.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ramirez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pfeifer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ramirez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ramirez fails in his attempt to clinch.
A little feinted left hand from Pfeifer on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ramirez lands a jab.
Pfeifer on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Pfeifer is rocked!
Pfeifer is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Ramirez doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Pfeifer crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Pfeifer's bad books for that mishap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Manny Ramirez!
Manny Ramirez decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.