PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Earl Lee Grace (ranked 1095 p4p, 138 weight class) and Arjuna Ramadan (ranked 2205 p4p, 244 weight class). Ramadan has chosen Positive Vibration as his entrance music. Arjuna Ramadan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lee Grace
vs
Ramadan

195 cm
29
265 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

215 cm
30
244 lbs
13 - 13 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Conviction

Groove Gear
Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Earl Lee Grace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Arjuna Ramadan!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grace is looking to slow Ramadan down with leg kicks.
Ramadan misses with an uppercut
and Grace counters with a thumping low kick.
Grace takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ramadan looks to throw the jab but Grace is out of range.
Grace went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Ramadan connects with a right hand. Grace shakes it off.
Grace shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ramadan throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Grace stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A punch combination from Ramadan misses.
Ramadan misses with an uppercut. Grace saw that one coming.
Ramadan loads up on a big right hand but Grace slips the punch.
Grace takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Grace lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Ramadan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ramadan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ramadan is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Ramadan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Grace.
Ramadan has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Ramadan is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Ramadan is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grace throws a looping overhand right but Ramadan ducks down to avoid it.
Grace lands with a kick to the ribs.
Grace throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ramadan looks to land a right hand but Grace moved out of range.
Arjuna Ramadan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grace on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramadan misses with a wild body shot.
Grace scores with a jab to the jaw.
Grace takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ramadan keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ramadan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grace moves away.
An attempted straight right counter from Grace misses the target.
Grace connects with a leg kick. Ramadan looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Earl Lee Grace is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ramadan swings widly with a right hand
and Grace counters with a low kick, right behind Ramadan 's knee.
Grace misses with a straight left.
Grace keeps the fight on the outside.

Ramadan 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.
Ramadan trying to control the position from guard on top but Grace is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Grace uses the cage to get back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grace jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ramadan ducks under a wild hook from Grace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grace tries to clinch but Ramadan moves out of range.
Grace keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ramadan swats away the attempt to clinch by Grace.
Ramadan defending well as Grace loads up on a big left hand.
Grace lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A telegraphed right hand from Ramadan misses the target.
Grace connects with a leg kick. Ramadan looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

Ramadan fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Grace sprawls well initially but Ramadan persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Grace pushes Ramadan off but Ramadan dives into side control.
Grace is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

Ramadan stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Ramadan tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Grace swivels and escapes.
Grace throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramadan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Grace has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Good work by Grace as he checks the leg kick.
Ramadan paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ramadan lands a nice shot to the body.
That kick from Ramadan tenderised Grace's leg. Grace is trying to keep his angry face on.
Grace thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ramadan bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Grace's head backwards.
Grace throws the left hand but Ramadan avoids the punch easily.
Grace ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Grace thinks about countering with a head kick.
Ramadan feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Graces jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Ramadan is looking to chop away at Grace's legs.
Ramadan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Grace uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ramadan.
Ramadan blocks a head kick by Grace.
Grace fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ramadan manages to avoid it.
Ramadan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's four 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!
Grace is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Ramadan.
Ramadan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Some wild striking there from Grace.
Ramadan avoids the body shot from Grace.
Ramadan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Grace swings widly with a right hand
and Ramadan counters with an outside leg kick.
Ramadan lands with an uppercut that bounces Grace off the cage and back into range.
Grace scores with a body shot.
Ramadan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Grace manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Grace lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

It looks like Arjuna Ramadan has been cut.
Ramadan has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Grace tries to work over Ramadan's front leg with a kick but Ramadan checks it.
Ramadan bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ramadan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Grace staying out of range there.
Grace was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Ramadan takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Ramadan lands a jab to the nose.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arjuna Ramadan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Arjuna Ramadan's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Nice shot lands for Grace.
Ramadan staying out of range there.
Ramadan throws out a counter right but Grace avoids it with no problem.
Ramadan cracks a nice hook into Grace's ribs.
Grace keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ramadan.
Ramadan throws a low kick but Grace avoids it.
Grace throws a body punch but Ramadan moves out of range.

Grace moves into the clinch successfully.
Grace swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A hook to the body from Grace.
Grace scores with a nice hook to the head.
Grace lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ramadan backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ramadan has had enough of the clinch but Grace keeps him there for the moment.
Grace stops a takedown attempt from Ramadan.
Grace throws a head punch that misses.
Ramadan is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Grace gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Ramadan is breathing heavily.
A nice right hand lands inside from Grace.
Ramadan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramadan drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Earl Lee Grace has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arjuna Ramadan.
Grace lands an uppercut.
Ramadan looking for a takedown.
Grace prevents the takedown attempt.
Grace misses with a punch on the inside.
Grace swings wildly with an uppercut but Ramadan uses good head movement to avoid it.

Ramadan breaks from the clinch.
Ramadan thows a left - swing and a miss!

Grace sends Ramadan crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Grace is motioning to the referee to let Ramadan up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Ramadan is rocked!
Ramadan ducks into an uppercut from Grace and that's knocked him out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Earl Lee Grace!
A very excited looking Earl Lee Grace 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.