PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between John Ramses (ranked 278 p4p, 33 weight class) and Finnish Experiment Il (ranked 1257 p4p, 129 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ramses
vs
Experiment Il

171 cm
34
150 lbs
21 - 5 - 0

175 cm
29
148 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

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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 21 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Ramses!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Finnish Experiment Il!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Tiny Johnson and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A lazy left from Experiment Il finds it's target.
Experiment Il blocks a head kick by Ramses.

Oooooh!!! Ramses has knocked Experiment Il down with a huge combo! Ramses steps away and waves a wobbly Experiment Il back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

It looks like Finnish Experiment Il has been cut.
Experiment Il throws a head kick that misses.
Ramses misses with a left hand
letting Experiment Il counter with a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Experiment Il takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Experiment Il throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A little feinted left hand from Ramses on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Experiment Il drops his hands momentarily and Ramses takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Experiment Il instigates a clinch.
Experiment Il with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Experiment Il will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Ramses up against the cage.
Ramses is trying to break the clinch but Experiment Il has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramses fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Experiment Il lands a right hand.
Experiment Il tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Experiment Il blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Experiment Il tries a knee to the head but Ramses blocks it.
Experiment Il misses with a knee strike.
Ramses throws a head punch that misses.
Ramses lands with a light punch inside.
Experiment Il using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ramses has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Come on Experiment Il - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Experiment Il tries a knee to the head but Ramses blocks it.
The referee is keeping an eye on Experiment Il - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Experiment Il with a knee to the head.
Experiment Il working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The referee calls for Experiment Il to work.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ramses.
Experiment Il is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ramses is keeping busy.
Experiment Il misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Experiment Il blocks a body shot from Ramses.
Ramses wants a takedown.
Ramses tries for a takedown. No joy.
Ramses tries to circle away but Experiment Il has him pinned against the cage.
Experiment Il looking to throw knees to the head but Ramses is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Experiment Il throws a punch but it's blocked by Ramses.
A short left from Experiment Il.
Experiment Il misses with a knee to the head.
Ramses lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ramses can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Ramses. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ramses presses Experiment Il against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ramses misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ramses working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Experiment Il blocks an uppercut.

Ramses gets control of Experiment Il's arms and successfully pulls guard. Ramses will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Experiment Il preventing the sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramses is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

Ramses is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Experiment Il is aware though and is defending well.
Ramses is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Experiment Il is posturing up here but Ramses has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Experiment Il tries to roll out but it's too tight and Experiment Il has to tap! Slick submission there by Ramses!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). John Ramses!
John Ramses was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.