PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Iker Ramirez (ranked 212 p4p, 27 weight class) and Nuri Jafar (ranked 393 p4p, 46 weight class). Nuri Jafar is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Ramirez
vs
Jafar

180 cm
27
155 lbs
13 - 3 - 1

175 cm
26
145 lbs
22 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Zenith Nutrition (160q/$200)

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 13 - 3 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Iker Ramirez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nuri Jafar!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Fedor Mirinova and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramirez staying out of range there.
Ramirez throws a leg kick but Jafar checks it.
Ramirez lands with a good body shot.
Ramirez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jafar avoids the body shot from Ramirez.
Ramirez swats away the attempt to clinch by Jafar.
Jafar pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Jafar forces Ramirez back against the cage and clinches.
A short left from Jafar.
Ramirez throws a head punch that misses.
Ramirez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ramirez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jafar misses with a punch on the inside.
Jafar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Jafar fails to land.
A short right from Jafar on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jafar.
Nice body punch from Jafar.
Ramirez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ramirez swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jafar misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ramirez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ramirez is working Jafar over against the cage.

Ramirez breaks from the clinch.
Ramirez moves out of range as Jafar strikes.

Ramirez moves into the clinch.

Ramirez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jafar throws a shot from downtown. Ramirez moves away and avoids it.
Ramirez slips under a jab.
Ramirez throws a quick inside leg kick.
Jafar swings widly with a right hand
and Ramirez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jafar slips under a jab from Ramirez.

Jafar clinches up with Ramirez and pushes him back against the cage.
Jafar lands an uppercut.

Ramirez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A jab from Jafar misses.
Ramirez looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Jafar misses with a body shot.
Ramirez walks into a left hand.
Jafar throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ramirez stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez lands a nice hook to Jafar's body. Jafar takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ramirez defending well as Jafar loads up on a big left hand.

Ramirez darts in and clinches Jafar up against the cage.

Ramirez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ramirez has been working on his boxing with his coaches at AK Beasties in the buildup to the fight.
Ramirez misses with a head kick.
Jafar scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Jab by Ramirez.
Jafar slips under a jab from Ramirez.
Jafar takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A big left from Jafar misses.
Ramirez misses with a looping left.
Jafar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ramirez misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Jafar to counter with a crisp jab.
Ramirez is looking to slow Jafar down with leg kicks.
Jafar misses the jab.
Jafar connects with a jab.
Jafar swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jafar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ramirez throws out a loose jab but Jafar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jafar tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ramirez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fighters circling - Ramirez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jafar misses with a hook. Ramirez ducked under it nicely.
Ramirez was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jafar. Ramirez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ramirez throws a low kick but Jafar moves out of range easily.
Jafar on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ramirez swats away the attempt to clinch by Jafar.
Jafar throws a lazy right hand but Ramirez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jafar connects with a body shot that sends Ramirez's belly button to the back.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jafar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ramirez scores with a leg kick.

Jafar moves into range and clinches up with Ramirez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jafar misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ramirez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jafar makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jafar has a couple of punches blocked by Ramirez.
Jafar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Ramirez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Ramirez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jafar lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ramirez throws a head punch that misses.
Jafar tries to work over Ramirez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ramirez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jafar backwards.
Ramirez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jafar struggles to land a body shot inside as Ramirez controls his hands.
Jafar lands an uppercut.
Jafar has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Ramirez seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Jafar can turn it around.
Ramirez scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jafar swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Ramirez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ramirez lands a really nice looking cross but Jafar seems unphased.
Ramirez swings for the body but Jafar moves out of range.
Ramirez scores with a leg kick.
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 Iker Ramirez will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Ramirez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jafar throws a lazy right hand but Ramirez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jafar lands with a right hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ramirez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jafar looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nice shot by Jafar.
Ramirez misses with the combination.
Iker Ramirez is winning the standup battle so far.
Ramirez looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Jafar moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jafar checks the leg kick nicely there.
Jafar is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Ramirez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jafar.
An inside leg kick lands from Ramirez.
Jafar scores with a nice strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez takes a jab right on the kisser.
The fighters circling - Jafar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ramirez lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ramirez feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jafar's calf.
Nice uppercut there from Ramirez.
Ramirez throws a low kick but Jafar moves out of range easily.
Ramirez wants to slow Jafar down by chopping away at his legs.
Ramirez swings widly with a right hand
and Jafar counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Jafar moves out of range of the strikes.
A good leg kick by Ramirez.
Jafar throws a hook but Ramirez blocks it.
Jafar steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ramirez.
Ramirez lands with a nice body kick.
Jafar lands a nice looking body shot.
Jafar throws a big shot that misses.
Ramirez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jafar's sensitive parts.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ramirez misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jafar misses with a hook.
Ramirez misses with a low kick as Jafar jumps back.
Jafar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ramirez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jafar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jafar looks to throw the jab but Ramirez is out of range.
Ramirez connects with a single shot there.
Jafar bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jafar misses with a straight left.
Ramirez tries to clinch up.
Jafar's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ramirez clobbers Jafar with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jafar jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jafar swings widly with a right hand
and Ramirez counters with a leg kick.
Ramirez cracks Jafar with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Ramirez looks to land a right hand but Jafar moved out of range.
Jafar lands a nice shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez scores with a nice right hand.
Ramirez throws a solid leg kick but Jafar takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ramirez.
Jafar throws a hook but Ramirez blocks it.
Ramirez lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ramirez slips under a jab from Jafar.
A big right from Jafar misses.
Ramirez with a jab.
Ramirez scoring well with a low kick there.
Jafar misses with a right hand
and Ramirez counters with a nice low kick that buckles Jafar's knee momentarily.
Jafar throws a body punch but Ramirez moves out of range.
Ramirez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jafar manages to avoid it.
Ramirez misses with a low kick.

Ramirez has closed the distance and engaged Jafar in a clinch.
Jafar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jafar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ramirez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jafar misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jafar.
Ramirez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ramirez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ramirez misses with a punch on the inside.
Ramirez blocks an uppercut.
Jafar throws a punch but it's blocked by Ramirez.
Jafar has a couple of punches blocked by Ramirez.
Jafar misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ramirez.

Ramirez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jafar lands a lovely overhand right.
Jafar looks to score with a jab to the body but Ramirez is just out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ramirez, right into the meat.
Ramirez lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jafar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jafar misses with a wild body shot.
Ramirez staying out of range there.
Ramirez connects with a solid leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Jafar avoids the head kick by Ramirez.
Jafar throws a jab when Ramirez was well out of range.
Ramirez scores with a hook.
Jafar gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ramirez scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jafar dips to his left and cracks Ramirez with an uppercut!
Jafar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ramirez was well out of range. Poor timing from Jafar.
Ramirez fires out a quick counter leg kick but Jafar just manages to avoid it.
Jafar takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Jafar tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ramirez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ramirez lands with an overhand left.
Jafar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ramirez, right into the meat.
Ramirez looks to land a right hand but Jafar moved out of range.
Jafar wants to clinch
and Ramirez counters with a right hand to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jafar on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ramirez throws an off balance right hand
and Jafar counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez swings widly with a right hand
and Jafar counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ramirez uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Jafar has time to react.
Ramirez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jafar manages to avoid it.
Jafar keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Jafar swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Donk. Jafar catches Ramirez right on the button with a cross.
Jafar tries to clinch but Ramirez is having none of it.
Ramirez was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ramirez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jafar.
Ramirez attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Ramirez misses with a low kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ramirez.
Ramirez throws a jab when Jafar was well out of range.
Ramirez misses with a straight left.
Jafar looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Jafar avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jafar is looking to clinch but Ramirez is avoiding it.
Ramirez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jafar moves away.
Nuri Jafar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jafar shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ramirez just misses with a punch to the body.
Jafar lands with a straight right. Ramirez didn't see that one coming.
Ramirez misses the shot to the body.
Jafar is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Ramirez with a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good work by Jafar as he checks the leg kick.
A slow jab from Jafar misses its intended target.
Jafar on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Jafar scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jafar has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Jafar scores with a punch to the head.
Jafar misses with a body shot.
Ramirez throws a hook but Jafar blocks it.
Jafar fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ramirez looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Jafar misses with a jab to the body
and Ramirez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jafar misses the shot to the body.
Ramirez throwing a counter right hand but Jafar manages to avoid it.
Ramirez scores with a hook.

Ramirez moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jafar lands with a short shot to the head.
Jafar scores with a hook to the body.
Ramirez swings wildly with an uppercut but Jafar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ramirez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ramirez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jafar struggles to land a body shot inside as Ramirez controls his hands.
Jafar throws a head punch that misses.
Ramirez blocks a body shot from Jafar.
Jafar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ramirez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jafar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ramirez lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jafar.
Jafar misses with a body punch.
A body shot lands from Ramirez.
Ramirez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ramirez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jafar misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jafar can't find room to land a body shot as Ramirez controls the action.
Ramirez lands with a short shot to the head.
Ramirez blocks an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jafar.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ramirez.
Ramirez throws a head punch that misses.
Ramirez blocks an uppercut.
Ramirez blocks an uppercut.
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 misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Ramirez.
Jafar throws a head punch that misses.

Ramirez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jafar misses with a left hand
and Ramirez counters with a right hand to the body.
Ramirez thumps Jafar with a low kick.
Ramirez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jafar.
Jafar gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ramirez.
Ramirez scores with a kick to the body.
Nice body kick there by Ramirez.
Jafar throws a lazy uppercut
and Jafar takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jafar takes a swing at Ramirez's ribcage but misses.
Ramirez feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Jafar throws out a loose jab but Ramirez uses good head movement to avoid it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Iker Ramirez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ramirez, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Iker Ramirez!
In his post fight interview, Iker Ramirez started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
In defeat, Nuri Jafar stepped up to the mic, saying 'He did not follow the script'.