PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Steve Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Ramirez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rogers comes to the ring accompanied by Demon Blues by ORANGE GOBLIN. Ramirez is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Megadeth-Trust. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Alex Ramirez enters the ring!

Rogers
vs
Ramirez

190 cm
44
191 lbs
39 - 41 - 0

180 cm
44
197 lbs
35 - 35 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

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 39 - 41 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Steve Rogers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 35 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alex Ramirez!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Nard Betker and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramirez avoids the head kick by Rogers.

Ramirez fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Rogers to the ground. Ramirez is now in Rogers's guard.
Rogers looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ramirez is one step ahead there.
Ramirez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rogers works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ramirez scoring with punches to the head and body.
Rogers trying to control the position.
Ramirez won't allow Rogers to get back to his feet.
Ramirez wants to pass the guard but Rogers is keeping the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ramirez postures up in Rogers's guard and throws a big left but Rogers blocks it.
Ramirez working some strikes from top position.
Ramirez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rogers works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Rogers seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Ramirez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez throwing strikes but missing.
Rogers controls Ramirez momentarily but Ramirez frees himself.
Rogers utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ramirez postures up.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Rogers is really struggling to control Ramirez but he's trying to hold on to the position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Ramirez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Rogers lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Alex Ramirez has been cut.
Ramirez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ramirez misses with a takedown attempt - Rogers sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez shoots in but Rogers avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Steve Rogers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Ramirez.
Rogers lands a nice looking body shot.
Rogers punishes Ramirez's body with a nice straight punch.
Ramirez walks into a straight right hand from Rogers.

Rogers drops Ramirez with a right and a left! Rogers comes rushing in but Ramirez regains his composure and manages to keep Rogers in guard.

Ramirez is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rogers scoring with some ground and pound.
Ramirez is still in real trouble! Can Rogers finish him?

Rogers got a little sloppy there for a moment and Ramirez has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Rogers has managed to get both his arms back between Ramirez's legs - danger averted.
Ramirez seems to have recovered his senses.
Ramirez looks winded!
Rogers slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Ramirez had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Rogers defends it easily.

Rogers stands and steps away. Ramirez gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers takes a swing at Ramirez's ribcage but misses.
Ramirez looks to land a right hand but Rogers moved out of range.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Ramirez.
Rogers misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rogers fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Ramirez changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Ramirez takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ramirez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rogers sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ramirez lands with a shot to the body.
Ramirez keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ramirez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ramirez throws a jab when Rogers was well out of range.
Rogers looks to land a combination but Ramirez avoids it well.

Ramirez shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Rogers napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rogers manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Rogers regains full guard. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rogers seems keen to control Ramirez's posture.
Ramirez cracks Rogers with a solid left hand.
Rogers not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Rogers wants to sweep here but Ramirez controlling him for the moment.
Rogers is trying to keep Ramirez in close.
Ramirez is looking to work some ground and pound but Rogers has wrist control.
Ramirez with a flurry of punches that miss.

Ramirez got a little sloppy there for a moment and Rogers has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Ramirez has managed to get both his arms back between Rogers's legs - danger averted.
Rogers is looking to stand up but Ramirez isn't so interested in that idea.
Rogers wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Ramirez is now in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Rogers dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alex Ramirez's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Rogers slips a straight right by Ramirez.
Rogers throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ramirez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rogers works Ramirez's body with a nice hook.
Rogers circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rogers lands a nice looking body shot.
Ramirez moves to clinch but Rogers breaks away

and Rogers counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Rogers makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Rogers controlling from the top position.
Rogers chips away with some ground and pound.
Ramirez working a defensive guard but Rogers passes into half guard.

Rogers is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Ramirez defends it well.
Ramirez is looking to control Rogers's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Ramirez avoid being mounted?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez striking from the bottom.

Rogers is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Ramirez defends it well.

Ramirez looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Rogers seems to be working for a kimura but Ramirez defends the submission attempt.

Ramirez is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Rogers pulls his head out easily.

Rogers is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Ramirez has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Ramirez actively working from the bottom here.

Rogers looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Ramirez wants to get back to his feet.
Ramirez wants to get back to full guard.
Rogers not doing much here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ramirez with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Rogers trying to control from half guard but Ramirez is working away.
Ramirez wants to improve his position but Rogers is controlling well.
Rogers is controlling the pace.
Ramirez has hold of Rogers's hands but Rogers slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Ramirez actively working from the bottom here.

Ramirez looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Rogers not doing much here.
Rogers is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ramirez can do to turn this around?
Ramirez is staying active underneath Rogers, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Ramirez wants to control but Rogers is keeping busy.
Rogers is nestled in close to Ramirez, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Rogers seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Ramirez does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Ramirez looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Rogers pushes past his half guard into mount!
Ramirez gives up his back whilst trying to strike.
Rogers is hanging on to Ramirez's back as he tries to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Rogers dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alex Ramirez's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Ramirez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Rogers pinned against the ropes. Rogers gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Rogers tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ramirez was well out of range. Poor timing from Rogers.
Ramirez shoots in but no luck this time.
Rogers throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Ramirez counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Rogers!
Rogers managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Ramirez.
Rogers can't do much from the bottom here.
Rogers gets back to half guard.
Ramirez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rogers has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Ramirez is working away from the top position though.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Ramirez landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez is trying to control the action in half guard but Rogers is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Rogers gets back to full guard.
Ramirez is fighting to break Rogers's control of his arms but Rogers is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Rogers looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ramirez is one step ahead there.
Ramirez with a nice head shot there.
Rogers bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ramirez's guard.

Ramirez throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Ramirez looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Rogers passes into side control.
Ramirez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogers trying to control the action but Ramirez is working from the bottom.

Rogers wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Ramirez, who protects the arm well.
Ramirez is trying to improve his position.

Rogers is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Ramirez knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Rogers cracks Ramirez with a big elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Ramirez taking punishment in the form of punches.

Rogers is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Ramirez knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Rogers decides to stand up, so the ref orders Ramirez to his feet.
Horrible takedown attempt by Rogers or perhaps it was just good defense by Ramirez, which made it look bad.
Alex Ramirez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Rogers, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A jab from Ramirez finds it's way through Rogers's defenses.
Nice takedown defense from Rogers. No joy for Ramirez on that attempt.
Steve Rogers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Ramirez.
Rogers connects with a body shot that sends Ramirez's belly button to the back.
Rogers misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rogers wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Rogers closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Ramirez quickly recovers to half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ramirez tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Rogers moves into side control, avoiding the strikes from Ramirez.
Ramirez is trying to improve his position.
Ramirez is not content to let Rogers control the position.
Steve Rogers is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ramirez is looking to regain half guard here but Rogers keeps moving and retains side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Steve Rogers showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rogers 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steve Rogers!
Steve Rogers thanked the fans post fight for their support.