PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mark Ramos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dmitrii Vitali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ramos
vs
Vitali

188 cm
26
195 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

180 cm
26
200 lbs
8 - 5 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Mango Nutrition

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 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mark Ramos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dmitrii Vitali !
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Alexandre Firmino and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramos fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Vitali lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Vitali misses with an attempted mid kick.
Vitali drops his hands momentarily and Ramos takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nice straight punches there by Ramos. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ramos.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A slow jab from Ramos misses its intended target.
Ramos punishes Vitali 's body with a nice straight punch.
Ramos looks to throw the jab but Vitali is out of range.
Vitali throws a hook but Ramos avoids it easily.
Vitali throws a jab when Ramos was well out of range.
Vitali misses with a few strikes there.
Ramos takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Vitali throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sloppy strikes from Ramos. Those never looked like landing.
Ramos misses the jab.
Vitali misses with a looping right.
Dmitrii Vitali is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramos fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Dmitrii Vitali seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ramos throws out a loose jab but Vitali uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vitali tries to score with a low kick but Ramos moves his leg out of the way.
Ramos throws a big shot that misses.
Vitali throws a sloppy head kick and Ramos moves out of range easily.
Ramos throws an overhand right that lands on Vitali 's shoulder, as Vitali tries to avoid the shot.
Ramos shoots in and drives through. Vitali sprawls well.
Vitali throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vitali misses with a left hand

and Ramos counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Ramos.
Ramos stays in close to Vitali 's body and controls the position.
Vitali looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Ramos puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vitali keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Ramos trying to work for an americana but Vitali has managed to regain full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Vitali has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Ramos off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vitali takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Vitali throws a solid leg kick but Ramos takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Vitali .
Vitali lands with a shot to the body.
Ramos misses with a looping left.
Vitali bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ramos's head backwards.
A head kick misses from Vitali .
Vitali rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ramos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Vitali lands with a shot to the body.
Vitali comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Vitali keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ramos.
Good leg kick by Vitali there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramos is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Vitali swinging wildly here.
Vitali pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ramos is out of range and Vitali settles back down.
Ramos is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Vitali misses with a straight left.

Ramos feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Ramos drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Ramos jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Ramos passes Vitali 's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Vitali is trying to stand up here but Ramos is controlling him well.
Vitali wants to get back to full guard.
Vitali is staying active underneath Ramos, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Vitali is looking to improve his position.
Ramos seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Vitali does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vitali controlling the position well.
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!
Ramos is thwarting Vitali 's attempts to control the position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Ramos thows a body shot but no joy.
Vitali swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Vitali walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Vitali is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ramos.
Ramos scores with a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vitali misses with a hook
and Ramos counters with a straight right hand.
Ramos shoots in for a takedown but Vitali shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Ramos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ramos shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Ramos dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Vitali connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

It looks like Mark Ramos has been cut.
Vitali is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ramos.
Ramos drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Vitali scores with a nice right hand.
Vitali moves out of range of the strikes.
Vitali misses with a hook. Ramos ducked under it nicely.
Vitali dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ramos. That did some damage!
Ramos rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Vitali counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vitali fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ramos looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Vitali connects with a single shot there.
Vitali ducks under a wild hook from Ramos.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Nice body punch from Vitali .
Vitali swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Vitali takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramos misses with a straight right.
Vitali misses with a wild body shot.
Vitali slips under a jab.
Vitali connects with a body shot that sends Ramos's belly button to the back.
Vitali tests Ramos's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Vitali throws a body punch but Ramos moves out of range.
Vitali missing with a left hand there. Ramos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A telegraphed right hand from Ramos misses the target.
Ramos throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Vitali counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Vitali throws a right and a left that Ramos avoids nicely.
Vitali throws the kick towards the body but Ramos avoids it.
Vitali avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vitali scoring well with a low kick there.
Vitali slips a jab from Ramos.
Ramos takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Dmitrii Vitali seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ramos shoots in looking for a takedown but Vitali manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Ramos's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Vitali throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ramos takes a swing at Vitali 's ribcage but misses.

Ramos darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ramos throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ramos works his foot free and advances to mount.

Ramos looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vitali is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Ramos is landing with some decent strikes but Vitali is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Ramos with a couple of short strikes.

Ramos jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Vitali is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Vitali and Ramos has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Vitali manages to work his way to half guard, despite Ramos's best efforts.
Ramos is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Ramos landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ramos wants to lay and pray for a moment but Vitali keeps working.
Vitali tries to roll over but Ramos keeps him under control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ramos seems to be working for a kimura but Vitali defends the submission attempt.
Ramos landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Vitali is defending against the submission attempts here by Ramos.
Vitali is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Ramos scores with a couple of nice shots.
Vitali punching from the bottom.
Vitali tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ramos prevents Vitali from improving his position.
Ramos wants to free his trapped foot but Vitali is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Ramos has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Vitali tries to roll over but Ramos keeps him under control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Dmitrii Vitali will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Mark Ramos's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Ramos scores with a takedown into Vitali 's guard.
Ramos tries to free his leg and advance position but Vitali is retaining full guard.
Ramos cracks Vitali with a solid left hand.
Vitali looking for a sweep. Not yet Vitali , not yet.
Vitali wants to stand and escape but Ramos is having none of it.
Vitali is trying to keep Ramos in close.
Ramos with a flurry of punches that miss.
Mark Ramos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Vitali tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ramos stops Vitali from standing up.
Ramos wants to pass the guard but Vitali is keeping the position.
Ramos trying to control the position from guard on top but Vitali is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramos advances to half guard.
Vitali wants to get back to full guard.
Ramos lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Vitali manages to get to full guard.
Ramos scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Ramos is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Vitali is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Vitali has escaped and now he's on top!

Vitali got a little sloppy there for a moment and Ramos has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Vitali has managed to get both his arms back between Ramos's legs - danger averted.
Vitali working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Ramos's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vitali wants to control from the top but Ramos keeps moving.
Vitali postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ramos not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Ramos looking for a sweep. Not yet Ramos, not yet.
Vitali trying to control the position from guard on top but Ramos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Vitali might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Ramos kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

Ramos has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Vitali can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Vitali wants to control from the top but Ramos keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ramos escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Vitali gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Ramos working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Vitali .
Ramos being controlled here, momentarily.
Ramos keeping moving, preventing Vitali from controlling successfully.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Dmitrii Vitali .
Ramos misses with a series of wild punches.
Ramos throws a jab when Vitali was well out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vitali thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ramos misses with a body shot.
A slow jab from Vitali misses its intended target.
Vitali lands with a cross.
Vitali slips under a jab.
Vitali looks to throw the jab but Ramos is out of range.
Vitali attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Vitali throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vitali scores with a hook.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ramos misses the shot to the body.
Vitali fails to land with a series of punches.
Ramos misses the jab.

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 Mark Ramos.
I think Ramos 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:29
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Mark Ramos!
A very excited looking Mark Ramos made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.