PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Josh Godcheck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Baltazar Ramos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Godcheck comes into the arena with Higher Ground by The Red Hot Chili Peppers blaring out of the sound system. This should be fireworks!

Godcheck
vs
Ramos

178 cm
27
185 lbs
11 - 8 - 1

187 cm
26
182 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 11 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Josh Godcheck!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Baltazar Ramos!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramos misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ramos misses with a left hand
and Godcheck counters with a three punch combo that has Ramos backing up. Ramos nods at Godcheck to acknowledge the strikes.
Ramos scoring well with a low kick there.
Ramos misses with a left hand
and Godcheck counters with a stiff right hand.
Godcheck blocks the body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ramos. Godcheck does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ramos throws a big shot that misses.
Ramos bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Godcheck misses the jab.
Ramos defending well as Godcheck loads up on a big left hand.
Godcheck fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A lazy left from Ramos finds it's target.
Baltazar Ramos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramos scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Godcheck doesn't seem bothered though.
Ramos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Godcheck.
Godcheck with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ramos to score with a decent uppercut.
Godcheck looks to throw the jab but Ramos is out of range.
Godcheck uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ramos.
Ramos ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ramos scores with a body shot.
Godcheck takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Godcheck throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Godcheck misses with a looping right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramos lands a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ramos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ramos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Godcheck moves away.
Ramos moves away from the strike by Godcheck.
Ramos tests Godcheck's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Godcheck connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Ramos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Godcheck throws out the jab.
A big right from Ramos misses.
Ramos thuds his right hand into Godcheck's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Godcheck misses the jab.
Godcheck slips a jab from Ramos.
Ramos throws a hook but Godcheck avoids it easily.
Ramos throws a hook to the side of Godcheck's head but Godcheck sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Godcheck throws a right hand that misses
enabling Ramos to counter with a crisp jab.
Ramos defending well as Godcheck loads up on a big left hand.
Godcheck throws an overhand right that lands on Ramos's shoulder, as Ramos tries to avoid the shot.
Godcheck staying out of range there.
Nice uppercut lands for Ramos. That snapped Godcheck's head back.
Godcheck scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Godcheck with a nice cross.
Godcheck slips a jab from Ramos.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ramos lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Godcheck has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Godcheck and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ramos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Godcheck.
Ramos lands a head shot.
Godcheck looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Godcheck swings for the body but Ramos moves out of range.
Ramos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ramos connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Godcheck's hands.
Ramos moves into range and connects with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Baltazar Ramos dominated that round.
That's time! Godcheck's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Ramos throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Godcheck counter with a right hand.
Godcheck misses with a looping left.
Godcheck keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ramos.
Ramos pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Ramos scoring well with a low kick there.
The fighters circling - Ramos throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ramos fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Godcheck on the side of the head.
Godcheck gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Godcheck slips a straight right by Ramos.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Godcheck just misses with a punch to the body.
Godcheck avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ramos misses with a straight right.
Ramos throws a low kick but Godcheck avoids it.
Godcheck uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ramos.
Godcheck thows a body shot but no joy.
Ramos digs a good hook to Godcheck's body.
Godcheck keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ramos.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Ramos.
A swing and a miss from Ramos.
Ramos throws a poor cross that misses
and Godcheck counters with a straight right hand.
Ramos misses with a straight right.
Ramos throws out a leg kick but Godcheck moves out of range and Ramos only half commits.
Godcheck missing with a left hand there. Ramos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ramos moves out of range of the strikes.
Godcheck throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ramos on the side of the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Godcheck misses the target.
Ramos throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Godcheck cracks Ramos with an open hand slap.
Godcheck bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ramos's head backwards.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ramos.
Ramos misses with a wild combination.
Ramos misses with a wild body shot.
A big right from Godcheck misses.
Godcheck fails with the takedown.
Godcheck is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Ramos misses the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Godcheck manages to avoid it.
Godcheck throws a hook to the side of Ramos's head but Ramos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ramos lands with a hook. Godcheck tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Godcheck throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Godcheck takes one to the chin there.
Godcheck connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Godcheck uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ramos.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Godcheck throws a combination. Ramos tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ramos cracks Godcheck with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Baltazar Ramos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Ramos blocks a jab.
Godcheck throws a jab when Ramos was well out of range.
Godcheck on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ramos throws out a loose jab but Godcheck uses good head movement to avoid it.
Godcheck throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nice defenses there by Godcheck.
Ramos throws a hook but Godcheck blocks it.
Godcheck throws an off balance right hand
and Ramos counters with a nice body shot.
Godcheck thows a left - swing and a miss!
Godcheck looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramos with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sloppy strikes from Ramos. Those never looked like landing.
Ramos tries to score with a low kick but Godcheck moves his leg out of the way.
Godcheck avoids a punch combination nicely.
Godcheck misses with a straight right.
Nice sprawl there from Ramos as Godcheck shoots in.
Ramos misses with a wild combination.
Ramos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Josh Godcheck has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Godcheck throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ramos connects with a jab.
Godcheck has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ramos.
Ramos fakes the leg kick and cracks Godcheck in the body.
Ramos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ramos comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nice takedown defense from Ramos. No joy for Godcheck on that attempt.
Ramos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Godcheck manages to avoid it.
Nice uppercut there from Ramos.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramos throws a good cross that connects.
A jab from Ramos misses.
A combination from Godcheck does no damage.
Baltazar Ramos is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A punch combination from Ramos misses.
Godcheck is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ramos.
Ramos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ramos lands a slapping body shot.
Ramos misses the jab.
Ramos is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Godcheck might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Godcheck thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ramos feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Godcheck's calf.
Ramos throws a nice looking combination but Godcheck bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Godcheck getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Godcheck throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ramos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ramos lands the left hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ramos throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Godcheck counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ramos thinking.
Godcheck avoids the head kick by Ramos.

And that's the end of the fight!
Baltazar Ramos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ramos has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Baltazar Ramos!