PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Marcos Romero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seiya Kobayashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Romero might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Perry Mason. Kobayashi has chosen Sugar as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Marcos Romero looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Romero
vs
Kobayashi

171 cm
22
140 lbs
0 - 6 - 0

175 cm
18
158 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

Nutrition 101
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[†]FALCON CLOTHING[†]
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcos Romero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Seiya Kobayashi!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Alexandre Firmino and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romero fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Kobayashi drives through with a takedown into guard.
Romero not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Kobayashi looking to sit in guard and control but Romero gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Romero lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Romero is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Kobayashi is looking for a triangle but Romero pushes his legs off easily.

Kobayashi is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Romero defends well.
Romero wants to stand but Kobayashi is controlling his posture from full guard.
Romero trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero throws a big right hand that misses.
Romero is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Romero with a flurry of punches that miss.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Romero slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Romero looking to sit in guard and control but Kobayashi gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Kobayashi thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Romero bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kobayashi's guard.
Romero is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Romero wants to control from the top but Kobayashi keeps moving.
Romero slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Kobayashi looking for a guillotine here but Romero defends easily.
Kobayashi looking for a sweep. Not yet Kobayashi, not yet.
Kobayashi striking off his back but it's not causing Romero any problems.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kobayashi keeping moving, preventing Romero from controlling successfully.
Romero missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Kobayashi is on top in guard.
Kobayashi throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Romero working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kobayashi.
Kobayashi lands a couple of digs.
Kobayashi trying to control the position from guard on top but Romero is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kobayashi with a nice head shot there.
Kobayashi sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Romero's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romero is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Romero punching from the bottom.
Romero trying to control but Kobayashi postures up.

Kobayashi is working for a submission of some sort.
Romero tries to get to full guard but Kobayashi has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seiya Kobayashi dominated that round.
That's time! Romero's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Kobayashi gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Romero counters with a nice double leg into side control. Kobayashi won't be happy with that.
Kobayashi tries to buck Romero off but Romero is having none of it.
Romero laying and praying for a moment but Kobayashi takes advantage and regains half guard.
Romero tries to pass to full mount but Kobayashi defends it.
Kobayashi trying to control here.

Kobayashi looking for submissions off his back.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Romero throwing shots but Kobayashi is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kobayashi moves into full guard.

Kobayashi escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Romero gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Kobayashi throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Romero got a little sloppy there for a moment and Kobayashi has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Romero has managed to get both his arms back between Kobayashi's legs - danger averted.

Kobayashi is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Seiya Kobayashi has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romero slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Romero throwing strikes but missing.
Romero trying to control the position from guard on top but Kobayashi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Romero is really struggling to control Kobayashi but he's trying to hold on to the position.

Kobayashi looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romero in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Kobayashi is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Romero throws and elbow that misses. Kobayashi uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Romero's guard. Nice move by Kobayashi!
Kobayashi throwing strikes from guard but Romero blocks nicely.
Kobayashi makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kobayashi working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Kobayashi passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Kobayashi working the ground and pound.
Romero can't do much from the bottom here.
Romero is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Kobayashi is controlling him well.
Romero looking for a sweep but Kobayashi has passed into full mount! Oh no!

Kobayashi has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Romero is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Seiya Kobayashi!