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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rico Ramano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Bizzel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ramano comes to the cage accompanied by Not Ready to Go. Bizzel comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Beggin kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Mike Bizzel struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 186.7lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rico Ramano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mike Bizzel!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Gregory Folan and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramano misses with a few strikes there.
Ramano pushes Bizzel up against the cage in a clinch.
Bizzel connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ramano's face.
Ramano misses with a knee to the head.
Ramano working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ramano drops down looking for an ankle pick but Bizzel pulls his leg out and moves away.
Ramano throws a sloppy head kick and Bizzel moves out of range easily.
Bizzel tries to close the distance and clinch but Ramano swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ramano throws a right and a left that Bizzel avoids nicely.
Bizzel stalks Ramano and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Ramano's face. Ramano staggers backwards, shaken.
Ramano avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Ramano tries to clinch there but Bizzel circles away.
Ramano tries to clinch up but Bizzel circles away and keeps his distance.
No joy there for Ramano, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bizzel rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ramano moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ramano clinches but Bizzel breaks the clinch
and Bizzel counters with a one-two to the body.
Bizzel throws a series of punches but Ramano avoids them all with ease.
Ramano closes the distance looking to clinch
and Bizzel counters by clinching up.
Bizzel misses with an elbow over the top.
Bizzel lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ramano wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ramano breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bizzel lands a nice shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramano throws a sloppy head kick
and Bizzel counters with an outside leg kick.
Rico Ramano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ramano misses with a takedown attempt - Bizzel sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ramano is breathing heavily.
Ramano lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Ramano closes the distance and clinches up with Bizzel, looking for a takedown. Ramano pushes Bizzel against the cage but Bizzel circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rico Ramano. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bizzel clinches up against the cage.
Bizzel breaks the clinch.
Ramano has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Bizzel has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ramano has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Bizzel avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Bizzel throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ramano looking to throw knees to the head but Bizzel is blocking nicely.
Ramano wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ramano lands a knee to the head.
Ramano is stalling here.
Ramano cracks Bizzel with a nice body shot.
Ramano lands a nice shot to the body.
Ramano is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ramano lands a hook that snaps the head of Bizzel backwards.
Ramano connects with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ramano holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A knee to the head by Ramano.
Ramano stalling against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Rico Ramano.
A punch combination from Bizzel misses.
Ramano gets a clinch.
Ramano stalling in the clinch.
Ramano tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Ramano breaks the clinch.
Ramano scores with the left hand. Bizzel knows he should have avoided that one.
Ramano blocks a head kick by Bizzel.
Ramano misses with a double jab.
Ramano throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ramano clinches with his opponent.
Ramano will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Bizzel up against the cage.
Bizzel landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ramano keeps control of Bizzel as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ramano with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ramano makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ramano tries a knee to the head but Bizzel blocks it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bizzel.
Bizzel gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Ramano.
Ramano is trying to break free.
Bizzel breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bizzel showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ramano.
Bizzel instigates a clinch.
Bizzel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ramano throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bizzel throws a series of punches but Ramano avoids them all with ease.
Ramano lands a head kick that stumbles Bizzel and the fighters go to the mat.
Bizzel is rocked!
It looks like Mike Bizzel has been cut.
Ramano 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.
Bizzel is still in real trouble! Can Ramano finish him?
Ramano looking to pass the guard.
Ramano prevents Bizzel from getting back to his feet.
Bizzel seems to have recovered his senses.
Ramano wants to control from the top but Bizzel keeps moving.
Ramano pushing down on Bizzel's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Ramano trying to control from half guard but Bizzel is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ramano seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bizzel tries to get to full guard but Ramano has control of the leg.
Bizzel misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Bizzel trying to control here.
Ramano is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Bizzel has managed to free his arm - good work.
Bizzel gets back to full guard.
Bizzel is trying to control the position from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bizzel throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Bizzel keeping moving, preventing Ramano from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rico Ramano dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Bizzel's cut.
That's time! Ramano's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Ramano wants to clinch up but Bizzel keeps it at a distance.
Ramano wants to clinch
and Bizzel counters with a body kick that stops Ramano in his tracks momentarily.
Bizzel avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bizzel tries to clinch there but Ramano circles away.
Rico Ramano is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bizzel looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ramano looks to score with a jab to the body but Bizzel is just out of range.
Ramano tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Bizzel counters with a body kick that stops Ramano in his tracks momentarily.
Ramano looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bizzel throws a right hand that Ramano ducks under and follows up with a left that Ramano also avoids with ease.
Ramano moves into range and clinches up with Bizzel.
Bizzel landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ramano is trying to break free.
Bizzel looking to throw knees to the head but Ramano is blocking nicely.
Ramano tries for a takedown. No joy.
Bizzel is pressed up against the cage. Ramano has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Bizzel down to the mat. Bizzel avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Bizzel goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Bizzel has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bizzel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ramano, as that shot connected.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bizzel will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Ramano up against the cage.
Bizzel is trying to trip Ramano. He has hold of a leg but Ramano is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Bizzel persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramano bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bizzel's guard.
Bizzel wants to sweep but no luck.
Bizzel is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Bizzel keeping moving, preventing Ramano from controlling successfully.
Ramano working some strikes from top position.
Ramano trying to control the position from guard on top but Bizzel is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bizzel tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Bizzel utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ramano controls from within his opponent's guard.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Ramano scores with a sloppy right hand. Bizzel should have avoided that one.
Bizzel feints and then cracks Ramano's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ramano down.
Ramano is looking to clinch.
Bizzel swats away the attempt to clinch by Ramano.
Bizzel walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ramano checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramano changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bizzel tries to avoid it but Ramano manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bizzel to the ground. Bizzel escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rico Ramano. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bizzel throws a head kick that misses.
Bizzel is looking to clinch.
Some bone on bone action there as Ramano checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ramano takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Ramano lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Ramano.
Ramano checks the leg kick nicely there.
Bizzel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ramano misses with a few strikes there.
Ramano misses with a head kick.
Bizzel rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ramano moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ramano throws a series of punches but Bizzel moves out of range.
Ramano will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ramano misses with a double jab.
Jab from Ramano.
Ramano tries to clinch but Bizzel moves out of range.
Ramano throws a nice looking combination but Bizzel bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bizzel throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ramano.
Ramano falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bizzel counters with a good low kick that Ramano was not able to check.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bizzel.
Ramano scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ramano works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Bizzel is looking for a sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramano stands up and beckons Bizzel to his feet.
Ramano swinging wilding here.
A head kick misses from Ramano.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bizzel.
Ramano gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bizzel is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ramano just leaning against Bizzel, taking a breather.
Bizzel looking to throw knees to the head but Ramano is blocking nicely.
Bizzel lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bizzel tries to land a knee to the head but Ramano blocks with his arms.
Ramano is looking to control Bizzel's arms but Bizzel gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ramano has his back to the cage.
Bizzel wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ramano leaning against his opponent.
Bizzel has Ramano pressed against the cage.
Ramano creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bizzel is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ramano manages to pull guard.
Ramano looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Bizzel is defending well. Ramano quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Bizzel has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Ramano celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Rico Ramano!
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