PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jamalski Ramirezovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taco Grande (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taco Grande acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Ramirezovic
vs
Grande

193 cm
27
215 lbs
16 - 16 - 0

193 cm
28
204 lbs
15 - 11 - 0

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World class boxer
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

LOD: GAMMA Nutrition (Affordable Q158)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jamalski Ramirezovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Taco Grande!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Daniel Franklin and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramirezovic misses with an uppercut. Grande saw that one coming.

Ramirezovic tries to keep at a distance but Grande has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ramirezovic utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ramirezovic throws a knee to the head but misses.

Grande breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ramirezovic misses with an uppercut. Grande saw that one coming.
Grande tries to clinch up.
Ramirezovic's jab looks to have found its range, popping Grande under the eye.
Ramirezovic throws a jab when Grande was well out of range.
Ramirezovic lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ramirezovic dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Grande bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Grande takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ramirezovic lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirezovic throws a head kick that misses.
Ramirezovic misses with a low kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Ramirezovic.
Ramirezovic throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Grande counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Ramirezovic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ramirezovic scores with a nice strike.
Grande tries to work over Ramirezovic's front leg with a kick but Ramirezovic checks it.

Ramirezovic gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Grande blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A left hand lands to the body for Grande.
Ramirezovic throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ramirezovic throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grande blocks it with crossed arms.
Grande is looking to control Ramirezovic's arms but Ramirezovic gets an underhook and turns him. Now Grande has his back to the cage.
Grande scores with a shoulder strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Grande just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ramirezovic's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ramirezovic misses with a knee strike.
Ramirezovic managing to block the knees to the body from Grande.
Ramirezovic lands a nice knee to the body.
Ramirezovic tries to land knees in the clinch but Grande avoids the damage to the body.
Ramirezovic's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Grande looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Grande blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Grande lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ramirezovic softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Grande pushes off an throws an elbow but Ramirezovic leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Grande on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ramirezovic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Grande landing knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Grande throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Grande throws an elbow but misses.
Ramirezovic creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Grande's defenses.
Grande lands an elbow inside that Ramirezovic shrugs off.

It looks like Jamalski Ramirezovic has been cut.

Grande escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ramirezovic looks to score with a jab to the body but Grande is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramirezovic throws a push kick but Grande slaps the foot to one side.
Ramirezovic throws a nice outside leg kick.
Grande tries to clinch up but Ramirezovic circles away and keeps his distance.

Grande rushes Ramirezovic and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ramirezovic with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ramirezovic throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grande blocks it with crossed arms.
Grande managing to block the knees to the body from Ramirezovic.
Grande lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ramirezovic backwards.
Grande misses with a knee strike.
Ramirezovic avoids a wild elbow strike from Grande.
Ramirezovic tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ramirezovic with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ramirezovic tries to land knees in the clinch but Grande avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grande trying to land knees to the body.
Grande on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ramirezovic with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ramirezovic throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Grande avoiding damage.

Grande manages to break the clinch.
Grande moves out of range of the body kick from Ramirezovic.
Ramirezovic lands a slapping body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ramirezovic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ramirezovic lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Grande uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ramirezovic.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grande showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ramirezovic.
Ramirezovic on the wrong end of a nice hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamalski Ramirezovic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jamalski Ramirezovic's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Ramirezovic takes one on the button.
Grande moves in looking to clinch but Ramirezovic pushes him off.
Ramirezovic plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Ramirezovic jabs Grande to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Ramirezovic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ramirezovic misses with a body shot.
Grande tries to clinch up
and Ramirezovic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Some wild striking there from Ramirezovic.
Ramirezovic looks to land a combination but Grande avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirezovic scores with a hook to the body. Grande takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

Grande forces Ramirezovic back against the cage and clinches.
Grande misses with an elbow over the top.
Grande takes a knee to the side of the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Ramirezovic.
A short left from Grande.
Ramirezovic tries a knee to the head but Grande blocks it.
Grande working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ramirezovic avoids a wild elbow strike from Grande.
A left hand lands to the body for Ramirezovic.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grande lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ramirezovic tries to land a knee to the head but Grande blocks with his arms.
Taco Grande seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Grande lands a nice uppercut.
Grande looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ramirezovic utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Grande is breathing heavily.
Ramirezovic softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Grande throws a punch but it's blocked by Ramirezovic.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramirezovic tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ramirezovic landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ramirezovic gets through Grande's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ramirezovic lands a left hand.
Ramirezovic lands an elbow just above Grande 's eye.
Grande looking to slow down the pace here.
Ramirezovic connects with a nasty looking knee right to Grande's face.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ramirezovic.
Grande misses with an elbow over the top.
Ramirezovic tries to land a knee to the head but Grande blocks with his arms.
Ramirezovic with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ramirezovic connects with a nasty looking knee right to Grande's face.
Grande stalling in the clinch but Ramirezovic improves position.
Ramirezovic on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ramirezovic tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Grande avoids it.
Ramirezovic landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ramirezovic.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Ramirezovic.
Grande crunches a lovely knee into Ramirezovic's ribcage.
Ramirezovic tries to land a knee to the head but Grande blocks with his arms.
Ramirezovic creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ramirezovic avoiding damage as Grande throws knees to the body.
A short right from Grande on the inside.
Grande tries to land knees in the clinch but Ramirezovic avoids the damage to the body.
Grande avoiding damage as Ramirezovic throws knees to the body.
Ramirezovic scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ramirezovic tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ramirezovic throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grande blocks it with crossed arms.
Ramirezovic lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ramirezovic misses with a knee to the head.
Grande misses with the head strike.
Grande avoiding damage.
Grande tries to land knees in the clinch but Ramirezovic avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grande prevents a body shot from Ramirezovic.
Ramirezovic is working Grande over against the cage.
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!
Ramirezovic tries a knee to the head but Grande blocks it.
Ramirezovic tries a knee to the head but Grande blocks it.
Grande trying to stall but Ramirezovic improves his position.
Grande takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Taco Grande has been cut.
Grande blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees to the body from Ramirezovic.
Ramirezovic misses with a knee strike.
Grande creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ramirezovic's defenses.
Ramirezovic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grande.
Grande throws an elbow that misses.

Grande escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ramirezovic throws a leg kick that is checked
and Grande counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Grande tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Grande takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamalski Ramirezovic dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Ramirezovic misses with a straight right.
Ramirezovic has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Ramirezovic there as he acknowledges the shot.
Ramirezovic connects with a body shot.
Ramirezovic looks to land a right hand but Grande moved out of range.
Ramirezovic tries to land a front kick but Grande steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A left lands for Ramirezovic.
Grande avoids the head kick by Ramirezovic.
Grande ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ramirezovic cracks Grande with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Grande uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ramirezovic.
Ramirezovic swats away the attempt to clinch by Grande.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirezovic thuds his shin into the meat of Grande's side.
Ramirezovic misses the jab.
Grande moves to clinch but Ramirezovic breaks away
and Ramirezovic counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Good shot there by Ramirezovic.
Grande tries to close the distance and clinch but Ramirezovic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jamalski Ramirezovic is winning the standup battle so far.
A shot to the body from Ramirezovic misses
and Grande counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Grande avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Grande tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ramirezovic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ramirezovic misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grande throws a hook but Ramirezovic blocks it.
Grande is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ramirezovic shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Ramirezovic cracks Grande with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Ramirezovic throws a low kick, looking for Grande's leg but Grande calmly moves out of range.
Grande stuns Ramirezovic with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ramirezovic scores with a spinning back kick!
Jamalski Ramirezovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grande checks a low kick from Ramirezovic.
Ramirezovic fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Grande has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nice shot by Grande.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ramirezovic has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ramirezovic with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ramirezovic trying to land knees to the body.
Ramirezovic tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Grande avoids it.
Ramirezovic tries a knee to the head but Grande blocks it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Grande manages to break the clinch.
Ramirezovic bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

Ramirezovic moves into the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Grande tries a body shot but Ramirezovic blocks it.
Ramirezovic landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Grande has a couple of punches blocked by Ramirezovic.
Grande fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ramirezovic misses with a punch to the body.
Grande tries to land knees in the clinch but Ramirezovic avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramirezovic landing knees to the head.
Grande scores with a nice hook to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grande tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ramirezovic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ramirezovic avoiding damage as Grande throws knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Ramirezovic.
Grande wants to stall.
Grande misses with a hook from the clinch.
Taco Grande has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jamalski Ramirezovic is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ramirezovic on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ramirezovic trying to land knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Grande.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ramirezovic trying to land knees to the body.
Grande pushes off an throws an elbow but Ramirezovic leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Grande creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ramirezovic looking to throw knees to the head but Grande is blocking nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jamalski Ramirezovic showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ramirezovic has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jamalski Ramirezovic!