PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Reijo Raju (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dum Dum Ramadoo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Raju
vs
Dum Ramadoo

190 cm
22
175 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
KO power

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Reijo Raju!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dum Dum Ramadoo!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Arvi Lind and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raju throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dum Dum Ramadoo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick lands from Raju that sends Ramadoo to the canvas. Ramadoo tries to scramble back to his feet but Raju brings him back down into side control.

Ramadoo is rocked!

It looks like Dum Dum Ramadoo has been cut.

Raju thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Ramadoo is still in real trouble! Can Raju finish him?
Ramadoo sneaks back into half guard.
Ramadoo manages to get to full guard.
Raju preventing the sweep.
Ramadoo seems to have recovered his senses.
Ramadoo keeping moving, preventing Raju from controlling successfully.
Ramadoo keeping full guard, as Raju tries to pass.
Ramadoo looking for a sweep. Not yet Ramadoo, not yet.
Raju has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Ramadoo is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Raju is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ramadoo is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Raju trying to control but Ramadoo postures up.
Ramadoo is tying to control. Raju wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Ramadoo passes the guard and advances to mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ramadoo is in the full mount, landing strikes.
BOOM! Ramadoo connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Ramadoo landing shots from mount.
Ramadoo postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Raju looks a forlorn figure.

Ramadoo moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Raju has worked his arm free - good work by Raju!
Ramadoo looks gassed!
You can see the frustration on Raju's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ramadoo is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Raju knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Ramadoo prevents Raju from escaping the position.
Raju gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

Raju actively working from the bottom here.

Ramadoo is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Raju is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Dum Dum Ramadoo!