PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Leonardo Nandez (ranked 5825 p4p, 0 weight class) and Custavo Ramos (ranked 5815 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Nandez
vs
Ramos

178 cm
25
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

163 cm
25
157 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Leonardo Nandez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Custavo Ramos!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Winston Alpacca and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramos doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Nandez holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Nandez tries to land knees in the clinch but Ramos avoids the damage to the body.
Ramos wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nandez stalling in the clinch.

Nandez jumps into guard, dragging Ramos to the mat.
Nandez will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Ramos trying to control but Nandez is working from the bottom.
Ramos pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nandez is keeping the position for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Ramos is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Nandez is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Nandez has escaped and now he's on top!

Nandez prevents Ramos from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nandez content to stall in guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Ramos working for a triangle but Nandez defends it easily.
Nandez is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Nandez stands up from Ramos's guard - Nandez perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Ramos dives in for a single leg takedown but Nandez sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.

Ramos gets tackled into the cage by Nandez. Nandez maintains the clinch.
Ramos is looking for a takedown.
Leonardo Nandez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Custavo Ramos.

Nandez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ramos fails in his attempt to clinch.
As Ramos looks to move away, Nandez throws a big counter combo but Ramos just gets out of the way.

Nandez closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Ramos to the mat! Ramos manages to get full guard.

Ramos has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Nandez is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.

Nandez breaks from the clinch.
Ramos tries to score a power double leg takedown but Nandez sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Ramos somewhat.
Nandez shoots for a double leg takedown but Ramos sprawls well. He's pushed Nandez's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nandez dodges the punch combination from Ramos.
Nandez keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ramos fails with a takedown attempt.
Ramos looks to land a combination but Nandez avoids it well.
Nandez throws a combination that misses
and Ramos counters with a one-two to the body.
Nandez blocks a head kick by Ramos.
Ramos stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Ramos wants it to stay on the feet.
Ramos is looking for the big counter here.
Ramos fails to land with a series of punches.
Ramos throws a jab but it's blocked by Nandez.
Nandez half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramos throws the kick towards the body but Nandez avoids it.
Nandez drops down looking for a counter takedown but Ramos sprawls and moves away.
Nandez fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Ramos stuffs the takedown.
Nandez misses with a low kick.

Nandez has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ramos manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Ramos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nandez looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Nandez tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Ramos defends well and Nandez ends up having to push Ramos into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Custavo Ramos will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ramos tries to land a front kick but Nandez steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Nandez went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Ramos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nandez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nandez swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

Nandez closes the distance and pushes Ramos back into the cage.
Ramos wants a takedown.
Nandez drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Nandez tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Nandez throws an elbow that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Nandez manages to pull guard.
Ramos wants to control from the top but Nandez keeps moving.
Ramos preventing the sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramos wants to stand but Nandez has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Nandez is looking for a triangle but Ramos pushes his legs off easily.
Ramos tries to free his leg and advance position but Nandez is retaining full guard.
Nandez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ramos is one step ahead there.
Nandez pulls Ramos in close to prevent any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Nandez is looking to stand up but Ramos isn't so interested in that idea.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Nandez blocks a head kick by Ramos.
Nandez shoots in for a takedown but Ramos shows good takedown defense.
Ramos drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Nandez defends it well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Leonardo Nandez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ramos misses with a body kick.
Ramos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Nandez clinches up with Ramos and pushes him back against the cage.
Nandez has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Ramos avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Ramos tries to break free but Nandez pushes him back against the cage.
Ramos is trying to stall.
Ramos tries to break free but Nandez pushes him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Nandez takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Nandez is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Ramos pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Ramos is looking to break free of the clinch but Nandez has double underhooks.
Ramos taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Ramos is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Nandez pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Ramos pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Nandez manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Ramos is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Nandez is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Nandez has escaped and now he's on top!

Ramos trying to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nandez passes into half guard.

Nandez escapes and gets back to his feet.
Nandez shoots in but Ramos avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Nandez clinches.
Nandez missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leonardo Nandez dominated that second round.
That's time! Nandez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Nandez shoots for a double leg takedown but Ramos sprawls well. He's pushed Nandez's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nandez punishes Ramos's body with a nice straight punch.
Nandez looks for a takedown but Ramos sprawls well.
Ramos lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Ramos looks to throw the jab but Nandez is out of range.
Ramos shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Nandez pinned against the cage. Nandez gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nandez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Ramos as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Leonardo Nandez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ramos doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Nandez counters by moving into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramos trying to stall but Nandez improves his position.
Nandez has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Ramos after a bit of a struggle.
Ramos has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Nandez avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Ramos is trying to break the clinch but Nandez has him pressed against the cage.
Nandez keeps control of Ramos as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ramos wants a takedown but no success here.

Ramos jumps guard and drags Nandez to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Nandez is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Nandez is stalling in the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Nandez stands and throws Ramos's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Nandez swings around for an armbar but Ramos sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Nandez's guard.
Nandez keeping moving, preventing Ramos from controlling successfully.
Nandez trying to strike off his back.
Ramos is fighting to break Nandez's control of his arms but Nandez is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nandez bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ramos's guard.

Nandez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ramos is keeping the position for now.
Nandez passes Ramos's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ramos is looking for a sweep. Nandez is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Nandez works his way into full mount!

Nandez with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramos tries to lock up and control but Nandez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Nandez tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

Nandez wants to finish this one by submission but Ramos is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Nandez.
Ramos is working to get back to half guard.
Ramos should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Nandez controlling his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Leonardo Nandez showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Nandez has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 David Hoff scores the fight 30:28
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leonardo Nandez!