Would the third time be the charm for Zygimantas Ramaska, who hoped to finally see action against Nathan Fletcher at UFC Vegas 97 on Saturday?
Ramaska had punched his ticket to The Ultimate Fighter 32 semifinals, or so the featherweight had thought. However, he wound up pulled from the fight after the Nevada commission was unable to clear him due to a minor facial fracture, leaving him out of the tournament. Then, just two weeks ago, he was paired up with Nathan Fletcher at UFC Vegas 96, the card that happened to house the TUF 32 finals.
Hours before the fight, a Fletcher medical issue saw the bout scratched, later rebooked for this Saturday’s show, where Ramaska finally had a chance to compete.
When the bout finally arrived on Saturday, in round one Fletcher came out with two left hands into a single leg. Ramaska defended at first but his balance eventually gave out. Ramaska right away was doing damage off his back slicing up Fletcher with an elbow. Ramaska was able to create a sweep and get top position. Fletcher quickly scrambled and got a big scoop takedown. Ramaska used the momentum to get another sweep.
Fletcher, not accepting the bottom position, got to his knees and went into a takedown. Ramaska was able to defend and had an awkward inverted triangle but used it to get back to the feet. Not for long though as Fletcher exploded in and got another takedown. Fletcher postured up and was landing some good ground and pound. With little time left, Fletcher moved into mound and ended the round there.
In round two they quickly locked up. Fletcher was able to get the bodylock and moved his legs on the outside to get the easy takedown. Following the takedown, Fletcher moved into mount and sunk in the arm-triangle for the tap.
Official Result: Nathan Fletcher def. Zygimantas Ramaska by submission (arm-triangle choke), Round 2, 1:14
