PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nikola Barbalic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergei Romanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Romanov has chosen Greatest song ever made as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Barbalic
vs
Romanov

180 cm
24
180 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

185 cm
25
185 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

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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 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nikola Barbalic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sergei Romanov!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romanov tries to clinch up.
Romanov tries to clinch up but Barbalic circles away and keeps his distance.
Barbalic lands a two punch combo.

It looks like Sergei Romanov has been cut.
Romanov takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Barbalic keeps the fight on the outside.
Barbalic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Romanov tries to clinch up.
Romanov tries to clinch up but Barbalic circles away and keeps his distance.
Romanov on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Barbalic waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Romanov.
Romanov tries to clinch but Barbalic moves out of range.
Romanov moves in looking to clinch but Barbalic pushes him off.
Romanov slips a straight right by Barbalic.
Romanov doesn't manage to clinch there - Barbalic circles away.
Romanov tries to close the distance and clinch but Barbalic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Romanov moves away from the strike by Barbalic.
Romanov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Romanov drives through and clinches with Barbalic against the cage.
Barbalic avoiding damage as Romanov throws knees to the body.
Romanov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Barbalic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Barbalic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Romanov.
Barbalic circles away from the clinch attempt.
Barbalic swats away the attempt to clinch by Romanov.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbalic will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Romanov tries to clinch there but Barbalic circles away.
Romanov moves in looking to clinch but Barbalic pushes him off.

Romanov closes the distance and clinches.
Romanov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Romanov has Barbalic pressed against the cage, preventing Barbalic from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Romanov is stalling here.
Romanov lands an elbow inside that Barbalic shrugs off.
Barbalic blocks an elbow strike from Romanov.
Romanov has Barbalic pressed against the cage, preventing Barbalic from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Romanov misses with an elbow strike.

Barbalic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Decent striking displayed by Barbalic there.

Romanov has closed the distance and engaged Barbalic in a clinch.

Barbalic breaks the clinch.
Romanov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Barbalic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Barbalic throws a series of punches but Romanov moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Barbalic misses.
Barbalic keeps the fight on the outside.
Romanov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A big left from Barbalic misses.
Romanov takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Barbalic swats away the attempt to clinch by Romanov.
Romanov tries to clinch up.
Romanov tries to clinch up but Barbalic circles away and keeps his distance.
Barbalic keeps the fight on the outside.
Barbalic throws a good cross that connects.
Barbalic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Barbalic scores with a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barbalic scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Romanov looks gassed!
Romanov stuffs the takedown attempt from Barbalic. Barbalic gets slowly back to his feet.
Barbalic connects with a solid leg kick.
Barbalic tests Romanov's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice shot by Barbalic.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbalic scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Barbalic cracks Romanov on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Romanov falls backwards against the cage. Barbalic follows up with more strikes that drop Romanov to his knees. Barbalic keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Romanov! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nikola Barbalic!