PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ramsay Snow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stephanio Bithotelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Snow
vs
Bithotelli

189 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
18
200 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Darkness
Dissolution Fight Wear

Darkness

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ramsay Snow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Stephanio Bithotelli!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Snow tries to clinch there but Bithotelli circles away.
Bithotelli circles away from the clinch attempt
and Bithotelli connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Ramsay Snow has been cut.

Bithotelli darts in and clinches Snow up against the ropes.
Bithotelli wants to get back to striking at distance but Snow won't allow it.
Bithotelli has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Snow after a bit of a struggle.
Bithotelli on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Snow has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Snow fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Snow tries to pull guard but Bithotelli won't allow it.

Bithotelli pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Snow shoots in for a double leg but Bithotelli sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ramsay Snow. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bithotelli looks for a takedown but Snow sprawls well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bithotelli slaps away a takedown attempt from Snow, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Bithotelli closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Bithotelli prevents the takedown attempt.
Bithotelli tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Snow smiles and moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bithotelli lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Bithotelli.
Bithotelli fails with a takedown attempt.
Horrible takedown attempt by Snow or perhaps it was just good defense by Bithotelli, which made it look bad.
Snow looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bithotelli is fending him off so far but Snow persists. Nope, Bithotelli circles away and we're back to standing.

Bithotelli moves into the clinch.
Bithotelli is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the ropes enables Snow to keep the fight standing.
Bithotelli presses Snow against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Snow stops a takedown attempt from Bithotelli.

Bithotelli jumps guard and drags Snow to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Bithotelli is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bithotelli looking to hit a scissor sweep but Snow is one step ahead there.
Bithotelli looks winded!

Snow drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Bithotelli dives on top into guard.

Snow is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Bithotelli frees his head nicely. Oh but Snow has switched to an armbar! Bithotelli is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Ramsay Snow!
Ramsay Snow made sure to mention his sponsor, Dissolution Fight Wear in his post fight interview.