PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arcot Ramathorn (ranked 1476 p4p, 3755 weight class) and Jack Skellington (ranked 212 p4p, 504 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ramathorn
vs
Skellington

180 cm
27
190
5 - 1 - 0

185 cm
27
185
6 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Arcot Ramathorn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jack Skellington!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, William Peck and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skellington shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Skellington feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Skellington throwing strikes but missing.
Skellington working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Skellington stands and throws Ramathorn's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Skellington misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Ramathorn holding on.
Skellington misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Skellington has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Skellington in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Ramathorn tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Skellington working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skellington tries to score with some ground and pound. Ramathorn controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Ramathorn is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The strikes coming from Skellington are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Skellington lands an elbow.
The ground and pound from Skellington seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Skellington throws an elbow but Ramathorn slips to the side and avoids it well.
Skellington fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Ramathorn is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at Ludus Magnus that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
Ramathorn parries the strikes from Skellington easily there. Skellington is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Ramathorn to escape.
Skellington throws an elbow but Ramathorn slips to the side and avoids it well.
Skellington tries to score with some ground and pound. Ramathorn controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Skellington lands some shots froms side control.
The ground and pound from Skellington seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Skellington throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Skellington tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skellington creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Ramathorn sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Ramathorn parries the strikes from Skellington easily there. Skellington is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Ramathorn to escape.

Skellington is working to tighten his grip on Ramathorn's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Ramathorn has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Skellington is really squeezing tight and eventually Ramathorn passes out! Skellington breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Jack Skellington!
Jack Skellington seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.