PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rosca Papelao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and dean ramerez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). dean ramerez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Papelao
vs
ramerez

190 cm
22
190 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

176 cm
18
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rosca Papelao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, dean ramerez!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Leandro Rodrigues and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Papelao blocks a leg kick.
Papelao throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

It looks like dean ramerez has been cut.
Papelao lets loose with a powerful body kick. ramerez will feel that in the morning.
Papelao wants to clinch.
Papelao is looking to clinch.
ramerez keeps the fight on the outside.
ramerez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Papelao fails in his attempt to clinch.
Papelao wants to clinch.
ramerez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Papelao paws at him with a jab and circles away.
ramerez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Papelao is looking to clinch but ramerez is avoiding it.
ramerez tries to clinch but Papelao moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Papelao has ramerez up against the cage in a clinch.
ramerez tries to circle away but Papelao has him pinned against the cage.
ramerez tries to pull guard but Papelao won't allow it.
ramerez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Papelao wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Papelao has ramerez pressed against the cage.
Papelao with a knee to the head.
ramerez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Papelao misses with a knee strike.

Papelao manages to break the clinch.
ramerez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Papelao moves into the clinch successfully.
ramerez fails to pull guard.
Papelao lands a knee to the head.
ramerez has Papelao pressed against the cage, preventing Papelao from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Papelao tries to circle away but ramerez has him pinned against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

ramerez pulls Papelao into guard.

ramerez is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Papelao defends well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
ramerez tries to strike from the bottom.
Papelao tries to stand but ramerez is controlling from the bottom.
Papelao will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papelao is breathing heavily.

ramerez isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Papelao stacks ramerez on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Papelao!
ramerez is looking to reverse the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Papelao leaves ramerez with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Rosca Papelao has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of dean ramerez.
Papelao moves in looking to clinch but ramerez pushes him off.
ramerez tries to clinch

and Papelao counters by moving into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
ramerez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Papelao has him pressed against the cage.
ramerez keeps control of Papelao as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Papelao crunches a lovely knee into ramerez's ribcage.
Papelao will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning ramerez up against the cage.
Papelao connects with a knee to the head.
Papelao is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but ramerez is keeping busy.
ramerez is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
ramerez is looking to control Papelao's arms but Papelao gets an underhook and turns him. Now ramerez has his back to the cage.
Papelao connects with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Papelao.
Papelao is looking to break free of the clinch but ramerez has double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rosca Papelao dominated that round.
The cut man is working on dean ramerez's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Papelao tries to close the distance and clinch up but ramerez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
ramerez swats away the attempt to clinch by Papelao.
Papelao looks to land a right hand but ramerez moved out of range.
Papelao slaps away a takedown attempt from ramerez, before circling back to the center of the mat.
ramerez looks to score with a jab to the body but Papelao is just out of range.
Papelao wants to clinch but ramerez slips to the side

so ramerez counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
ramerez stops Papelao from standing up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
ramerez trying to control the position from guard on top but Papelao is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
ramerez slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
ramerez wants to control from the top but Papelao keeps moving.
Papelao wants to get back to his feet but ramerez is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
ramerez not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
ramerez trying to control but Papelao is working from the bottom.
ramerez must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Papelao tries to clinch up but ramerez circles away and keeps his distance.

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.
ramerez swats away the attempt to clinch by Papelao.
ramerez wants to clinch.

Papelao has ramerez up against the cage in a clinch.
Papelao blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Papelao's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Papelao tries to clinch up but ramerez circles away and keeps his distance.
ramerez circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papelao wants to clinch.
Papelao tries to close the distance and clinch up but ramerez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Papelao fails in his attempt to clinch.
Papelao is looking to clinch but ramerez is avoiding it.
ramerez throws a left and a right that both miss
and Papelao counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. ramerez is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Papelao moves in looking to clinch but ramerez pushes him off.
Papelao tries to clinch up but ramerez circles away and keeps his distance.
Papelao fails with an attempt to clinch.
Papelao is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A low kick from ramerez misses

and Papelao moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

ramerez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Papelao moves in looking to clinch but ramerez pushes him off.
Papelao throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The fight stays on the outside here - Papelao looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Papelao tries to clinch there but ramerez circles away.
ramerez shoots in looking for a takedown. Papelao tries to sprawl out of it but ramerez keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Papelao manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Papelao looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Papelao lands a head kick. ramerez smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

dean ramerez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on dean ramerez's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Papelao tries to clinch up

and ramerez counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Papelao!
ramerez controlling the position easily from mount.
Papelao is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

ramerez jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Papelao is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Papelao and ramerez has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Papelao is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but ramerez has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

ramerez decides to stand back up.
Papelao clinches but ramerez breaks the clinch

and ramerez counters with a takedown into side control.
ramerez postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Papelao seems a little lost for a moment, as ramerez dominates the positioning.

ramerez tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Papelao is being controlled here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
ramerez lands a decent elbow from side control.
ramerez in side control, throwing shots but Papelao defends.
Papelao parries the strikes from ramerez easily there. ramerez is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Papelao to escape.
Papelao prevents ramerez from moving into mount.
Papelao is pushing ramerez's head away, looking to escape. ramerez manages to hold on to the position though.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
ramerez throws a wild body kick that Papelao sees coming a mile off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
ramerez is trying hard to land a takedown here. Papelao sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Rosca Papelao is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Papelao with a hook.
ramerez throws a sloppy head kick
and Papelao counters with a left and a right that stings ramerez.

Papelao has taken the fight to the clinch.
Papelao can't break the clinch.
ramerez jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Papelao walks away with a smile on his face. ramerez gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
ramerez tries to close the distance and clinch but Papelao swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Papelao is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Papelao looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rosca Papelao is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Papelao tries to clinch up.

That's four 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.
Papelao tries to clinch but ramerez is having none of it.
ramerez tries to score a power double leg takedown but Papelao sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten ramerez somewhat.
Rosca Papelao has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of dean ramerez.
ramerez tries to score a power double leg takedown but Papelao sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten ramerez somewhat.
Papelao darts in trying to clinch

and ramerez counters with a nice double leg into guard.
ramerez prevents Papelao from getting back to his feet.

ramerez stands up from guard. Let's bang!

And that's the end of the fight!
dean ramerez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think ramerez has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... dean ramerez!