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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Darrell Newsome (ranked 1342 p4p, 2027 weight class) and Muenster Romano (ranked 175 p4p, 274 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Newsome
vs
Romano

184 cm
24
170
12 - 5 - 0

178 cm
24
174
10 - 6 - 0

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World class MT
Granite chin

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Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Darrell Newsome!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Muenster Romano!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Newsome is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Romano.

Romano pushes Newsome up against the cage in a clinch.
Nice body punch from Romano.
Romano lands a right hand that snaps the head of Newsome backwards.
Romano doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Romano misses with a hook from the clinch.
Romano working aggressively here.
Newsome can't find room to land a body shot as Romano controls the action.
Romano fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Romano throws a head punch that misses.
Romano lands a hook that snaps the head of Newsome backwards.
Romano lands a shot to the body.
Newsome misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice left hand lands by Romano.
Newsome gets through Romano's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Newsome tries to work over Romano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Newsome blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Romano tries a body shot but Newsome blocks it.
Newsome swings wildly with an uppercut but Romano uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Romano.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Newsome fails to land.
Newsome swings wildly with an uppercut but Romano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Romano lands a right hand that snaps the head of Newsome backwards.
Romano looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Newsome blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A hook to the body from Romano.
Newsome blocking some punches.
Newsome tries a body shot but Romano blocks it.
Newsome prevents a body shot from Romano.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Romano.
Romano lands a right hand that snaps the head of Newsome backwards.
I was talking to Newsome's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Romano blocking some punches.
Newsome throws a head punch that misses.
Romano throws a punch but it's blocked by Newsome.
A right hook to the body lands for Romano.
Good body shot from Romano.
Newsome can't find room to land a body shot as Romano controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Romano.
Newsome doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Romano stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Newsome doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Newsome throws a punch but it's blocked by Romano.
A right handed body shot lands from Romano.
Newsome is breathing heavily.
Romano working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Romano creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Darrell Newsome has been cut.
Newsome tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Romano's elbow.
Newsome misses with the head strike.
Newsome working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Newsome.
Romano doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Romano blocks a body shot from Newsome.
A short right from Romano.
Romano blocks a body shot from Newsome.
Romano lands a hook that snaps the head of Newsome backwards.
Newsome lands a body punch in the clinch.
Romano lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Newsome goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Romano scores with a nice hook to the head.
Newsome misses with a punch to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Romano.
Romano lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romano swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Newsome lands with a right to the head.
Romano can't find room to land a body shot as Newsome controls the action.
Romano stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Newsome misses with a short punch on the inside.
Romano lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Romano has a couple of punches blocked by Newsome.
A right handed body shot lands from Romano.
Romano misses with a hook to the ribs.
Romano fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Romano.
Romano throws a head punch that misses.
Romano lands a left hand.
Romano scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Romano lands a left hand that snaps the head of Newsome backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Newsome tries a body shot but Romano blocks it.
Nice body punch from Romano - that landed with a thud.
A shot in the inside from Romano.
Romano lands a nice uppercut.
Romano lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Newsome is rocked!
A hook to the body from Romano.
Oh Newsome is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Newsome swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Newsome seems to have got his legs back now.
Romano softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Newsome blocks an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Romano.
Romano stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Romano working aggressively here.
A left hand lands to the body for Romano.
Romano lands a hook to the side of the head.
Romano has a couple of punches blocked by Newsome.
Romano misses with a short punch on the inside.
Romano lands with a short shot to the head.
Romano lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Newsome or not.
Romano gets through Newsome's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Romano.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Romano.
Romano lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Romano softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Romano.
Newsome tries to work over Romano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Newsome lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Romano backwards.
Romano goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Muenster Romano dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Darrell Newsome's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Newsome keeps the fight on the outside.

Romano cracks Newsome with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Newsome looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Romano finish him?
Newsome moves out of range of the strikes.
Newsome takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Romano throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Romano fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Newsome to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Newsome looks to clinch but Romano throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Newsome taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Muenster Romano!
Our winner, Muenster Romano, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.