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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Ramirez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mo Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lee has chosen Snoop Dogg - Who Am I as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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147 lbs
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143 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ricardo Ramirez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mo Lee!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramirez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ramirez thumps Lee with a low kick.
Lee misses with an uppercut. Ramirez saw that one coming.
Good shot there by Ramirez.
Lee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ramirez manages to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lee. Ramirez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ramirez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ramirez lands a jab to the nose.
Ramirez throws a big shot that misses.
Ramirez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lee fails to land with a series of punches.
Ramirez keeps the fight on the outside.
Ramirez scores with a jab to the jaw.
Lee moves into the clinch successfully.
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!
Ramirez manages to break the clinch.
Lee throws a solid leg kick but Ramirez takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Lee.
Lee moves in looking to clinch but Ramirez pushes him off.
Lee misses with a body punch
and Ramirez counters with a good low kick that Lee was not able to check.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee misses with an uppercut.
Lee thows a body shot but no joy.
Lee slips a straight right by Ramirez.
Ramirez does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ramirez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lee. That did some damage!
Ramirez takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ramirez has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lee finds it's way round the side to connect with Ramirez's head.
A bone on bone clash there as Lee blocks the leg kick.
Lee moves out of range of the body kick from Ramirez.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ramirez.
Ramirez throws a right and a left that Lee avoids nicely.
Ramirez looks to land a right hand but Lee moved out of range.
Ramirez attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ramirez throws a jab when Lee was well out of range.
Lee dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee tries to clinch there but Ramirez circles away.
Ramirez throws a half hearted mid kick.
Lee takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ramirez misses with an attempted mid kick.
Lee throws the kick towards the body but Ramirez avoids it.
Lee keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lee lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ramirez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lee walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ramirez checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Lee comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Lee doesn't manage to clinch there - Ramirez circles away.
Ramirez looks to throw the jab but Lee is out of range.
Lee moves away from the strike by Ramirez.
A slow jab from Ramirez misses its intended target.
Lee misses the shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee looks to land a combination but Ramirez avoids it well.
Lee fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Ramirez is out of range.
Ramirez misses with a body kick.
Lee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lee lands a nice shot to the body.
Lee tries to clinch up.
Ramirez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ramirez throws the left hand but Lee avoids the punch easily.
Ramirez thows a body shot but no joy.
Ramirez misses with an uppercut
and Lee counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lee is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Ramirez rather than just go for the knockout.
Lee on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ramirez. Ramirez obviously looking to wear him down.
Nice uppercut there from Lee.
Lee misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ramirez.
Ramirez misses the jab.
Lee throws a looping overhand right but Ramirez ducks down to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee misses with a combination
and Ramirez counters with a nice kick to the body.
Ramirez misses with a looping left.
Lee dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lee uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ramirez.
Ramirez throws the kick towards the body but Lee avoids it.
Ramirez doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ramirez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lee takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A swing and a miss from Ramirez.
Lee looks to score with a jab to the body but Ramirez is just out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lee tries to clinch there but Ramirez circles away.
Nice defenses there by Lee.
Lee fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Ricardo Ramirez will probably get the nod.
That's time! Ramirez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Lee's corner calls for a 1-2. Lee obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Lee lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ramirez at a distance.
Lee checks a leg kick nicely.
Lee closes the distance looking to clinch
and Ramirez counters with a good low kick that Lee was not able to check.
Ramirez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ramirez fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ramirez throws a hook but Lee avoids it easily.
Lee thows a body shot but no joy.
Lee moves out of range as Ramirez throws a body kick.
Ramirez throws the kick towards the body but Lee avoids it.
Ramirez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lee scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ramirez doesn't seem bothered though.
Ramirez lands a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee swings for the body but Ramirez moves out of range.
Ramirez misses with a low kick.
Lee misses with a hook.
Ramirez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lee misses the shot to the body.
Lee throws a body punch but Ramirez moves out of range.
Ramirez looks to land a left hand but Lee moved out of range nicely.
Lee rushes Ramirez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Lee is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ramirez is defending well for now.
Ramirez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sloppy strikes from Ramirez. Those never looked like landing.
Ramirez lands a nice shot that snaps Lee's head back.
Lee tries to clinch up but Ramirez circles away and keeps his distance.
Ramirez throws a jab when Lee was well out of range.
Lee ducks under a wild hook from Ramirez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee swings for the body but Ramirez moves out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Lee there.
Ramirez misses with an uppercut
and Lee cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ramirez attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Ramirez takes one to the chin there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ramirez misses with a double jab.
Lee throws a hook to the side of Ramirez's head but Ramirez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ramirez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lee.
Ramirez misses with a combination
and Lee counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Lee gets a clinch.
Ramirez is looking to break free of the clinch but Lee has double underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lee.
Ramirez avoids the elbow strike from Lee, against the cage.
Ramirez avoids the elbow strike from Lee, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lee gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ramirez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lee keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ramirez's efforts to push away.
Ramirez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lee crunches a lovely knee into Ramirez's ribcage.
Ramirez is trying to break free.
Lee working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lee makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lee crunches a lovely knee into Ramirez's ribcage.
Lee landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ramirez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lee is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ramirez is defending well for now.
Ramirez manages to break the clinch.
Lee connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ramirez momentarily.
Lee with a hook.
Ricardo Ramirez is winning the standup battle so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lee. Ramirez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ramirez pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lee moves in looking to clinch but Ramirez pushes him off.
Lee thuds a left hand into Ramirez's body.
Lee moves in looking to clinch but Ramirez pushes him off.
Lee lands a right hook to the body.
Lee keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Lee changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ramirez misses with a straight right.
Ramirez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lee scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
It looks like Ricardo Ramirez has been cut.
Ramirez takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lee looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lee tries to clinch up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mo Lee showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ricardo Ramirez's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Lee moves out of range of the strikes.
Ramirez doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ramirez throws a jab but it's blocked by Lee.
Lee misses with a body shot.
Lee throws a front kick aimed at Ramirez's knee but Ramirez avoids it well.
Ramirez misses with a hook.
Lee connects with a body shot that sends Ramirez's belly button to the back.
Lee fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lee fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ramirez lands a jab to the head.
Lee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ramirez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lee.
Lee ducks under a wild hook from Ramirez.
Ramirez slips under a jab from Lee.
Ramirez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab by Ramirez.
Ramirez misses with a hook. Lee ducked under it nicely.
Lee with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lee. Ramirez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sloppy strikes from Ramirez. Those never looked like landing.
Ramirez keeps the fight on the outside.
Lee jabs Ramirez to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Ramirez tries to keep at a distance but Lee has taken the fight into the clinch.
Lee scores with a shot to the side of Ramirez's head.
Ramirez working hard to break the clinch.
Lee misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lee.
Lee wants to stall.
Ramirez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lee has him pressed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lee lands a hook that snaps the head of Ramirez backwards.
Ramirez tries to break the clinch but Lee is controlling the position.
Ramirez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ramirez throws a punch but it's blocked by Lee.
Ramirez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ramirez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lee lands the left hand.
Lee rushes Ramirez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ramirez tries to circle away but Lee has him pinned against the cage.
Lee landing knees to the body.
Ramirez is looking to break free of the clinch but Lee has double underhooks.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lee.
Lee keeps control of Ramirez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lee pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez working hard to break the clinch.
Ramirez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ramirez getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Ramirez checks a leg kick.
Lee misses with a looping left.
Lee misses the jab.
Ramirez lands a nice hook to Lee's body. Lee takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Lee moves out of range of the strikes.
Ramirez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lee.
Ramirez has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lee finds it's way round the side to connect with Ramirez's head.
Lee thows a body shot but no joy.
A clash of legs there as Ramirez blocks the low kick.
Lee ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
An inside leg kick lands from Ramirez.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ramirez.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch but Ramirez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lee wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ramirez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lee staying out of range there.
Ramirez looks to throw the jab but Lee is out of range.
Lee tries to clinch up.
Ramirez scores with a kick to the midsection.
Lee forces Ramirez back against the cage and clinches.
Ramirez can't break the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A frustrated look appears on Ramirez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ramirez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lee is struggling to control the position.
Ramirez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Mo Lee just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Ricardo Ramirez's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Lee uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ramirez.
Ramirez misses with a wild combination.
Ramirez tries a head kick but it misses.
Ramirez connects with a good right hand that stumbles Lee. Lee circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ramirez lands a nice shot that snaps Lee's head back.
Lee is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Lee just misses with a punch to the body.
Lee is looking to clinch but Ramirez is avoiding it.
Lee uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Lee looks to score with a jab to the body but Ramirez is just out of range.
Lee scores with a nice head shot.
Ramirez throws a jab when Lee was well out of range.
A left lands for Lee.
Ramirez looks to land a left hand but Lee moved out of range nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lee.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ramirez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lee bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lee misses with an uppercut. Ramirez saw that one coming.
Lee misses with a body shot.
Ramirez moves out of range as Lee strikes.
Lee ducks under a wild hook from Ramirez.
Lee walks into a stiff left hand from Ramirez.
Ramirez looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ramirez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ramirez.
Lee avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ramirez keeps the fight on the outside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ramirez's head.
Lee feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Ramirezs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Ramirez loads up on a big right hand but Lee slips the punch.
Lee thows a body shot but no joy.
Ramirez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Lee stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ramirez looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Lee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ramirez manages to avoid it.
Ramirez misses with a hook
and Lee counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ramirez.
Lee misses with an elbow strike.
Ramirez manages to break the clinch.
Lee ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ramirez cracks the inside of Lee's front leg.
Ramirez getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Lee stuns Ramirez with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lee moves out of range as Ramirez throws a body kick.
Lee moves out of range as Ramirez strikes.
Lee swings for the body but Ramirez moves out of range.
Lee scores with a shot to the body.
Ramirez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Lee's head backwards.
Lee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lee misses with a body shot.
Lee lands a right hook to the body.
Lee moves out of range of the body kick.
Lee takes a swing at Ramirez's ribcage but misses.
Ramirez moves out of range of the body kick from Lee.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ramirez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez misses with a straight left.
Ramirez swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Lee.
Ramirez scores with a jab to the head.
Ramirez misses with a straight right.
Ramirez keeps the fight on the outside.
Lee bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ramirez's head backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lee moves in looking to clinch but Ramirez pushes him off.
Lee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ramirez misses with a straight left.
Ramirez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lee.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ramirez takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ramirez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lee.
Ramirez lands a head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Ricardo Ramirez will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ricardo Ramirez's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Ramirez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lee scores with a body shot.
Ramirez misses with a series of wild punches.
Lee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lee lands a body shot.
Lee lands a jab to Ramirez's midsection.
Ramirez doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ramirez darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Lee throws an off balance right hand
and Ramirez counters with a big head kick but Lee shrugs it off.
Ramirez falls off balance throwing a combination
and Lee counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Lee's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ramirez looks to land a body kick but Lee moved away.
Lee tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ramirez was well out of range. Poor timing from Lee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee lands with a shot to the body.
Lee throws a jab when Ramirez was well out of range.
Ramirez lets loose with a powerful body kick. Lee will feel that in the morning.
Lee misses with a body shot.
Lee throws a hook but Ramirez avoids it easily.
Lee tries to clinch but Ramirez is having none of it.
Lee takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Lee thows a body shot but no joy.
Ramirez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lee.
A telegraphed right hand from Ramirez misses the target.
Ramirez misses with a body shot.
Lee takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lee misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez scores with a jab to the body.
Lee lands a slapping body shot.
Ramirez cracks the inside of Lee's front leg.
Lee connects with a single shot there.
Lee is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ramirez loads up on a big right hand but Lee slips the punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lee swings for the body but Ramirez moves out of range.
Lee ducks under a wild hook from Ramirez.
Lee lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Lee misses with a wild body shot.
Ramirez misses with a straight left.
Lee takes one on the chin but seems OK.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez looks to land a body kick but Lee moved away.
Ramirez slips a jab from Lee.
Lee misses with a body shot.
Ramirez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ramirez looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ramirez throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Lee counters with a left and a right that stings Ramirez.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Lee checks a leg kick.
Ramirez keeps the fight on the outside.
Ramirez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lee uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ramirez.
Nice body punch from Lee.
Ramirez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez misses with a low kick.
Ramirez lands with a nice combination. Lee backs away looking to recover.
Lee misses with a body shot.
Ramirez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ramirez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lee tries to clinch but Ramirez moves away
and Ramirez counters with a slapping leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lee pushes Ramirez up against the cage in a clinch.
Ramirez gets through Lee's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lee keeps control of Ramirez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lee displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ramirez up against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lee lands an elbow inside.
Ramirez wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ricardo Ramirez.
I think Ramirez has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 49:47
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 48:48
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Ricardo Ramirez!
Ricardo Ramirez retains his bantamweight title!
Ricardo Ramirez very nearly forgot to thank Hell's Kitchen Lab Corp (159.49 $75) amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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