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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alex Ramirez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michal Materla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ramirez comes to the cage accompanied by Megadeth-Trust. The crowd seem to be enjoying Materla's choice of entrance music: Do Gory Leb. Alex Ramirez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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180 cm
32
202 lbs
19 - 14 - 0 |
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182 cm
25
185 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Good takedowns
Brawler
Determined |
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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
19 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alex Ramirez! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Michal Materla! The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Paulo Santos and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Ramirez clinches up with Materla and pushes him back against the cage. Ramirez decides to pull guard. Ramirez is trying to keep Materla in close.
Ramirez pulls Materla in to control the position. Materla got a little sloppy there for a moment and Ramirez has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Materla has managed to get both his arms back between Ramirez's legs - danger averted. Materla trying to control the position from guard on top but Ramirez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Ramirez is trying to control the position but Materla postures up. Ramirez pulls Materla in close to prevent any damage.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Alex Ramirez wasn't doing enough on the ground. Ramirez shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Materla napping and manages to drive through into side control! This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Materla manages to work his way to half guard, despite Ramirez's best efforts. Materla looks gassed!
That's one minute gone in the round. Ramirez stops Materla from getting back to his feet.
Ramirez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage. Ramirez working Materla over with strikes. Ramirez working Materla over with strikes. Ramirez scoring with strikes to the body and head. Ramirez tries to pass the half guard into mount. Materla knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt. Ramirez wants to work for an arm triangle but Materla is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Ramirez looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Materla with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position. Materla trying to control here.
Materla avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ramirez. Ramirez looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Materla with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Ramirez perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there. Ramirez takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists. Materla wants to improve his position but Ramirez is controlling well.
Ramirez working over Materla with some ground and pound. Materla looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable. Ramirez seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense. The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now. Ramirez working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that. Ramirez lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt. Ramirez content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Ground and pound from Ramirez. Ramirez seems to be working for a kimura but Materla defends the submission attempt. Materla is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Ramirez scores with a couple of nice shots. Ramirez is taking a breather. Materla says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something. Nice strikes from Ramirez there. Ramirez is figuring out what he wants to do next.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Ramirez lands with a punch from half guard. Ramirez is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Materla has managed to free his arm - good work. Ramirez wants to pass the guard but Materla is defending well. Still in half guard, Ramirez seems content to control. This has been an exciting period of action! Ramirez seems to be working for a kimura but Materla defends the submission attempt. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Ramirez seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Materla does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Ramirez dominated that round. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Ramirez scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Materla manages to get back to half guard. Ramirez lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears. Ramirez perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there. Materla tries to get to full guard but Ramirez has control of the leg. Ramirez has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount. Ramirez landing strikes, looking to finish!
Materla is rocked! 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! Materla can't escape the position.
Ramirez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Materla is still in real trouble! Can Ramirez finish him? Ramirez controlling the position easily from mount. Ramirez cracks Materla with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alex Ramirez!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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