PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Axl Rose (ranked 418 p4p, 53 weight class) and Henrique Ramos (ranked 884 p4p, 109 weight class). Rose's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, You Could Be Mine. Ramos has chosen Sepultura - Nomad as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Rose
vs
Ramos

183 cm
35
171 lbs
24 - 19 - 0

167 cm
34
159 lbs
30 - 19 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 19 - 0, fighting out of London, Axl Rose!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Henrique Ramos!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramos lands a nice looking body shot.
Rose ducks under a wild hook from Ramos.
Ramos throws a right hand that misses
and Rose counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ramos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rose.
Ramos lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Ramos fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Rose to the ground. Ramos is now in Rose's guard.
Ramos in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ramos working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Rose will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Ramos trying to control the position from guard on top but Rose is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ramos throws a big elbow that misses.
Ramos working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Rose's head.
Ramos working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ramos distracts Rose with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramos is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Ramos wants to control from the top but Rose keeps moving.
Ramos sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Rose's guard.
Ramos missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Rose is staying active underneath Ramos, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Rose connects with an inside leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rose.
Ramos steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rose.
Ramos looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ramos misses with a two punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rose looks to score with a jab to the body but Ramos is just out of range.
Ramos lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ramos swings away with a body shot that misses
and Rose counters with a stiff right hand.
Ramos swings widly with a right hand
and Rose counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rose throws a head kick but Ramos moves out of range.
Ramos misses the shot to the body.
Rose keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ramos fails with a takedown attempt.
Ramos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rose was well out of range. Poor timing from Ramos.
Ramos moves into range and connects with a jab.
A swing and a miss from Ramos.
Rose feints and then cracks Ramos's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ramos down.
Rose jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rose manages to avoid it.
Rose looks to throw the jab but Ramos is out of range.
Rose throws a leg kick but Ramos moved away.
Ramos takes one on the button.
Rose avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rose keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ramos digs a good body shot into Rose's ribs.
Rose swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rose takes one to the side of the head.
Rose misses with a leg kick
and Ramos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ramos swings for the body but Rose moves out of range.
Rose throws a jab when Ramos was well out of range.
Rose is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Rose tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ramos was well out of range. Poor timing from Rose.
Rose lands a nice looking body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ramos looks to score with a jab to the body but Rose is just out of range.
Rose ducks under a wild hook from Ramos.
Rose was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Rose avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Ramos misses with a hook. Rose ducked under it nicely.
Rose on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Rose moves out of range of the strikes.
Ramos misses with a hook.
Ramos lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rose's sensitive parts.
Rose takes a swing at Ramos's ribcage but misses.
Ramos misses with a straight left.
Ramos misses with a body kick.
Ramos cracks Rose with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Ramos punishes Rose's body with a nice straight punch.
Nice defenses there by Rose.
Ramos tries to clinch up but Rose circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henrique Ramos dominated that round.
That's time! Rose's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Ramos lands with a nice body punch.
Rose takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ramos throws a lazy right hand but Rose sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ramos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rose misses with a kick to the body.
Rose throws a body punch but Ramos moves out of range.
Ramos thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Rose if he has to take too many more of those.
Ramos fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ramos moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Henrique Ramos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rose takes a swing at Ramos's ribcage but misses.
Rose swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rose doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Rose looks to score with a jab to the body but Ramos is just out of range.
Rose keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rose swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Rose avoids the head kick by Ramos.
Rose thinks about countering with a head kick.
Rose takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Axl Rose is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose clobbers Ramos with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Ramos - that will leave a mark!
Ramos connects with a single shot there.
Rose cracks the inside of Ramos's front leg.
Rose blocks a low kick nicely.
Ramos blocks a jab.
Henrique Ramos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ramos changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ramos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ramos.
Horrible takedown attempt by Ramos or perhaps it was just good defense by Rose, which made it look bad.
Ramos misses with a wild body shot.
Ramos misses with a lunging right hand
and Ramos takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rose avoids the head kick by Ramos.

Ramos shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Ramos showed some decent athleticism there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Ramos seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Rose trying to control from the bottom.
Ramos lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ramos takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramos trying to control from Rose's half guard. Rose has other ideas though and has regained full guard.

Rose has his foot on Ramos's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Ramos works his way back into a safe position though.
Rose seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Ramos controls from within his opponent's guard.
Ramos throws a strike but Rose rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Rose trying to control but Ramos is working from the bottom.
Ramos wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Rose slips nicely into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Rose wants to work for an arm triangle but Ramos is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Rose wants to control but Ramos is keeping him busy.
Ramos is trying to stand.
Ramos is refusing to be controlled, as Rose sits in half guard.

Ramos is defending against the submission attempts here by Rose.
Henrique Ramos has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ramos wants to improve his position but Rose is controlling well.

Rose is working for a submission of some sort.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henrique Ramos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Nice defenses there by Rose.
Rose appears to be looking for a big counter.
Ramos misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ramos lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Rose at a distance.
Rose takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A good leg kick by Ramos.
An inside leg kick from Rose misses.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ramos checks a leg kick.
Ramos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ramos scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Rose stuffs the takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ramos throws a lazy uppercut
and Rose counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rose misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ramos.
Ramos checks a low kick from Rose.
No joy there for Rose, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ramos wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ramos shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Rose as he jumps to the side.
Rose takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rose misses with a leg kick

and Ramos counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Ramos throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ramos trying to pass the guard but Rose defending well.
Rose is staying active underneath Ramos, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Rose regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Ramos.
Ramos is looking to pass into half guard but Rose pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Rose is in guard.

Axl Rose has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rose wants to control from the top but Ramos keeps moving.
Rose stands and throws Ramos's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Rose in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Rose wants to control but Ramos is keeping him busy.

Rose is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Ramos has escaped the position, nice work there.
Henrique Ramos is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rose tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Rose has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Rose thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Ramos is looking for a sweep.

Rose swings around for an armbar but Ramos sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Rose's guard.
Ramos pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rose is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramos looking to sit in guard and control but Rose gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Rose trying to control the position from guard on top but Ramos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rose pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ramos is keeping the position for now.
Rose missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ramos is adopting a defensive guard.
Rose throwing strikes from guard but Ramos blocks nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Henrique Ramos.
Well Ramos has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Henrique Ramos!
Our winner, Henrique Ramos, 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.