PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chris Cav (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergio Romerez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Cav
vs
Romerez

190 cm
22
183 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

192 cm
21
192 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Gold Standard Nutrition
Malicious Intent Fight Gear - The Pit Inc

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chris Cav!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sergio Romerez!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Tiny Johnson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Romerez. No joy for Cav on that attempt.
Cav tries to clinch up.
Cav looks for a takedown but Romerez sprawls well.
Cav will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Cav. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cav misses with a takedown attempt - Romerez sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Romerez scores with a takedown into Cav's guard.
Romerez content to stall in guard here.
Romerez trying to control the position from guard on top but Cav is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Cav throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cav throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Romerez escapes and throws Cav's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Cav is breathing heavily.

Romerez tries for a kimura but Cav is defending well.
Romerez trying to control the action but Cav is working from the bottom.
You can see the frustration on Cav's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Romerez wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Cav, who protects the arm well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Romerez is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Cav is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Romerez is looking to take a break and control but Cav is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Romerez is trying to get an arm triangle but Cav is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergio Romerez dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Cav misses with a takedown

and Romerez counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Romerez looking to pass the guard.

Cav is looking for a triangle but Romerez pushes his legs off easily.
Romerez trying to control but Cav is working from the bottom.

Cav isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Romerez stacks Cav on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Romerez!
Romerez trying to control the position but Cav is working away.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Romerez is trying to get an arm triangle but Cav is defending well.
Romerez is looking to take a break and control but Cav is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Romerez is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Cav is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Romerez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Cav keeps working.
Romerez controls the position.

Despite being in the dominant position, Sergio Romerez just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Romerez thumps Cav with a low kick.

Romerez shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Cav's guard.

Cav looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Romerez trying to control the position from guard on top but Cav is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Romerez slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergio Romerez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Romerez shoots in and bounces Cav off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Romerez is pushing down on Cav's leg trying to pass to half guard. Cav is fighting to maintain full guard but Romerez has managed to sneak the leg through.

Romerez is looking for a kimura here.
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.

Cav is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Romerez pulls his head out easily.
Cav is refusing to be controlled, as Romerez sits in half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Romerez wants to work for an arm triangle but Cav is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Romerez seems to be working for a kimura but Cav defends the submission attempt.
Romerez content to control rather than advance.

Cav looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Romerez is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Romerez wants to take a breather but Cav is having none of it.
Romerez passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Cav!
Romerez moves to the back position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cav prevents Romerez from getting a body triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergio Romerez really dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Cav gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Romerez counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Cav is refusing to be controlled, as Romerez sits in half guard.

Romerez is working for a submission of some sort.
Romerez wants to pass to mount but Cav is defending the position.

Romerez is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Cav has managed to free his arm - good work.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cav is refusing to be controlled, as Romerez sits in half guard.
Romerez is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

Despite being in the dominant position, Sergio Romerez just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cav fails with the takedown

and Romerez counters with a nice double leg into side control. Cav won't be happy with that.

Romerez wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Cav, who protects the arm well.
Romerez is looking to take a break and control but Cav is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Cav wants to control but Romerez postures up.
Sergio Romerez has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cav tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Romerez wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Romerez tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Romerez working away.

Romerez tries for a kimura but Cav is defending well.
Cav is looking for a sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergio Romerez dominated that fourth 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!

A leg kick checked by Cav.
Cav misses with a takedown

and Romerez counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Romerez.
Romerez wants to stand but Cav is controlling his posture from full guard.
Cav is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Romerez is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Romerez wants to control from the top but Cav keeps moving.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cav looking for a guillotine here but Romerez defends easily.
Sergio Romerez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Romerez trying to control but Cav is working from the bottom.

Cav throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Romerez escapes and throws Cav's legs to the side, diving into side control!

Romerez is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Cav has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
A lull in the action here as Romerez stalls from top position.
Cav is trying to control Romerez's posture but Romerez avoids it.
Romerez trying to control the action but Cav is working from the bottom.
Chris Cav has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cav tries to buck Romerez off but Romerez is having none of it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Romerez wants to control but Cav is keeping him busy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sergio Romerez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Romerez has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 45:50
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 45:50
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sergio Romerez!