PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bad Idea (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Ramirez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Idea comes to the cage accompanied by Boss of All Bosses . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Idea
vs
Ramirez

172 cm
39
141 lbs
38 - 24 - 1

165 cm
38
147 lbs
37 - 26 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Bos Energy MMA159.4

Milwaukee's Best 160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 38 - 24 - 1, fighting out of New York, Bad Idea!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 37 - 26 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Ricardo Ramirez!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Yves DeLean and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramirez fails with a takedown attempt.
Ramirez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Idea.
Idea takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A slow jab from Idea misses its intended target.

Ramirez pushes Idea up against the cage in a clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Ramirez - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Ramirez goes for a takedown attempt but Idea pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Idea. Ramirez does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Idea takes a swing at Ramirez's ribcage but misses.
Idea misses with a body shot
and Ramirez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Idea throws a body shot but no joy.
Ramirez misses with a hook
and Idea makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ramirez doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Good exchange - Ramirez coming out on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ramirez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ramirez.
Ramirez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Idea.
Idea will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ramirez gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Idea.
Ramirez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Idea.
It looked like Idea was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Ramirez.
Ramirez throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Idea counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ramirez thinking.
A shot to the liver by Ramirez. Beautiful body shot.
Donk. Ramirez catches Idea right on the button with a cross.
Idea throws out a loose jab but Ramirez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ramirez is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Idea lands with a cross.

Idea fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Ramirez to the ground. Idea is now in Ramirez's guard.
Ramirez is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Idea looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Idea has a hand on Ramirez's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Ramirez takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Ramirez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Idea tries to get back to half guard but can't.
A nice elbow there by Ramirez.
Ramirez unloading with bombs!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Idea gets back to half guard.
Ramirez missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ramirez drops an elbow to the side of Idea's head.
Idea wants to get back to full guard.
Idea is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Ramirez scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ramirez working over Idea with some ground and pound. Idea looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Idea is pressing down on Ramirez's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ramirez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Idea working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ramirez.
Ramirez passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Ramirez tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Ramirez scores with a couple of short elbows.

Ramirez tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Ramirez has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Ramirez lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Idea down.

Idea is rocked!
Ramirez throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Idea tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Ramirez wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Idea is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Ramirez off and has taken his back!
Idea keeps control of the position as Ramirez tries to break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Idea looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Idea throws a series of strikes and Ramirez wriggles onto his back, so he's now mounted. He's in real trouble here.
Idea is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Ramirez can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ramirez takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Idea throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Ramirez is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Idea connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Idea lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Idea lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ramirez gets back to half guard.
Ramirez tries to get to full guard but Idea has control of the leg.
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 Bad Idea will probably get the nod.
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.

Idea misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ramirez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Idea checks a leg kick.
Idea fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Ramirez on the side of the head.
Ramirez punishes Idea's body with a nice straight punch.
Ramirez swings for the body but Idea moves out of range.
Idea misses with a looping left.
Ramirez looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Idea throws a jab but it's blocked by Ramirez.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ramirez. Idea does a little dance to reset his feet.
It looked like Idea wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ramirez lands a nice shot to the body.
Idea connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Ricardo Ramirez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A big right from Idea misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Idea throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Idea with a lazy takedown attempt
letting Ramirez counter with a right hand.
Ramirez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ramirez jabs Idea to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Ramirez avoids the body shot from Idea.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez connects with a solid leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Idea checks a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ramirez. Idea does a little dance to reset his feet.
Idea throwing a counter right hand but Ramirez manages to avoid it.

Ramirez tries to sprawl but Idea drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Idea connects with a nice short shot to Ramirez's temple.
Ramirez tries to get to full guard but Idea has control of the leg.
Idea throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Idea missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ramirez is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Idea scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ramirez moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Idea in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Ramirez avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Idea throwing strikes from guard but Ramirez blocks nicely.
Ramirez trying to keep a closed guard but Idea is proving a slippery customer.
Idea keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Ramirez's head.
Idea throws a big elbow that misses.
Ramirez wants to sweep here but Idea controlling him for the moment.
Ramirez is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Idea scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Idea in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Idea content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Ramirez utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Idea postures up in Ramirez's guard and throws a big left but Ramirez blocks it.
Ramirez controlling Idea's posture.
Idea throws a big elbow that misses.
Idea is working Ramirez over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Ramirez is trying to keep Idea in close.
Idea stopping the sweep attempt from Ramirez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez pulls Idea in close to his closed guard and prevents Idea from doing any damage or advancing position.
Idea postures up and lands a big shot to Ramirez's brow.
Ramirez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Idea trying to control but Ramirez is working from the bottom.
Idea scoring with punches to the head and body.
Idea preventing the sweep.
Idea lands a couple of elbows.
Ramirez pulls Idea in close to prevent any damage.
Idea postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bad Idea dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Ramirez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Idea.
Idea swats away the attempt to clinch by Ramirez.
Idea takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ramirez attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ramirez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Idea ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ramirez moves away.
Idea sets himself, and Ramirez steps forward looking for the clinch! Idea avoids it this time.
Idea is looking to wear down Ramirez with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Idea tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ramirez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Idea as he jumps to the side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Idea throws a body punch but Ramirez moves out of range.
Idea fails with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Idea doesn't seem bothered though.
Ramirez tests Idea's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ramirez throws a body shot but no joy.
Idea shoots for a double leg takedown but Ramirez sprawls well. He's pushed Idea's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Ramirez connects with a solid leg kick.
Ramirez feints and then cracks Idea's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Idea down.
Ramirez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ramirez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Idea was well out of range. Poor timing from Ramirez.
Ramirez works over Idea's head and body with a nice combination.
The fighters circling - Ramirez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ramirez lands a slapping body shot.
A big right from Ramirez misses.
Idea walks into a left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ramirez misses with a two punch combination.
Ramirez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Idea manages to avoid it.
Idea was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Idea lands an overhand right.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Idea.

Ramirez throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Idea takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

Idea drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Bad Idea overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Idea postures up in Ramirez's guard and throws a big left but Ramirez blocks it.
Idea trying to control the position from guard on top but Ramirez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Idea preventing the sweep.
Ricardo Ramirez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez wants to stand and escape but Idea is having none of it.
Idea throws a big elbow that misses.
Idea trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Idea looking to sit in guard and control but Ramirez gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Ramirez stands up over his opponent, looking to dive in with a big punch. Here he comes, superman style! Oh, the punch misses and Idea has got him in a triangle choke for good measure! Oh no! Ramirez manages to get his head free but now Idea has transitioned to an armbar! Ramirez grimaces and is forced to tap! Beautiful Jiu Jitsu from Idea! I'd be surprised if that didn't end up as submission of the night!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Bad Idea!
Bad Idea was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.