PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Verdeng Mansanas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcos Romero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Romero's choice of entrance music: Perry Mason. Marcos Romero has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Verdeng Mansanas's chin.

Mansanas
vs
Romero

180 cm
22
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

171 cm
22
140 lbs
0 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Nutrition 101
Win Nutritional

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Verdeng Mansanas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcos Romero!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Seu Braga and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romero shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Mansanas sprawls well. Mansanas wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Romero gets slowly back to his feet.
Mansanas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mansanas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Romero looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Mansanas is looking to improve his position.
Romero stalling away here and it's allowed Mansanas to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Romero trying to control but Mansanas is working from the bottom.
Mansanas is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Mansanas wants to stand but his hand is trapped. Romero uses the opportunity to regain full guard.
Mansanas wants to stand and escape but instead Romero has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mansanas is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Romero has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Mansanas is proving hard to escape from.
Romero looks gassed!

Mansanas is working an open guard so Romero takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Mansanas shoots in for a takedown but Romero shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A left and a right from Romero both land. Nice combination.
Mansanas scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mansanas tries to clinch up but Romero circles away and keeps his distance.
Romero swats away the attempt to clinch by Mansanas.

Romero bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mansanas manages to work his way to half guard, despite Romero's best efforts.
Mansanas is trying to stand up here but Romero is controlling him well.
Romero throwing shots but Mansanas is blocking nicely.
Mansanas keeping control of the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Romero wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mansanas keeps working.
Romero stops Mansanas from getting back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romero wants to take a breather but Mansanas is having none of it.
Mansanas gets back to full guard.

Mansanas is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Romero is aware though and is defending well.
Romero preventing the sweep.
Romero loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Romero thows a big elbow that misses.

Romero has gone for a leg lock! Mansanas slips out almost immediately though and dives into Romero's guard.

Romero has his foot on Mansanas's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Mansanas works his way back into a safe position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Mansanas thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Romero is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Romero postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Mansanas to stand up.
Romero fails with the takedown.
Mansanas tries to clinch up.
Mansanas misses with a takedown

and Romero counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcos Romero dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Mansanas tries to clinch

and Romero counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Romero.
Romero throws a big right hand that misses.
Mansanas throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Mansanas working a defensive guard here.
Mansanas is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Romero is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Mansanas holds on and takes a little breather.
Mansanas throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Mansanas is trying to control the position but Romero postures up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Romero trying to control but Mansanas is working from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Mansanas shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Romero sprawls well. Romero wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Mansanas gets slowly back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Romero instigates a clinch.
Romero goes for a takedown in the clinch but Mansanas prevents it.
Mansanas is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Mansanas has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Romero is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Romero escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mansanas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Marcos Romero seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Romero shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Mansanas defends it nicely.
Mansanas darts in trying to clinch
and Romero counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Mansanas thinking.

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 tries to close the distance and clinch but Mansanas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Romero fails to land the takedown.
Verdeng Mansanas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcos Romero.
Mansanas tries to close the distance and clinch but Romero swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mansanas lands with a thumping leg kick.
Mansanas pushes Romero away with a front kick.
Romero tries to clinch there but Mansanas circles away.
Mansanas fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Romero avoids it really well and circles away.
Romero avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Romero closes the distance and clinches up with Mansanas, looking for a takedown. Romero pushes Mansanas against the cage but Mansanas circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Mansanas shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Romero's guard.
Romero pulls Mansanas in close to prevent any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mansanas preventing the sweep.
Romero is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Mansanas trying to control the position from guard on top but Romero is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Romero throws his legs up looking for a submission but Mansanas uses it to pass to side control.
Romero is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Mansanas off and has taken his back!
Mansanas trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Mansanas is trapped and Romero is scoring with shots to the head and body.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Romero biding his time, controlling Mansanas.
Romero is not going to allow Mansanas to sit and survive in this position.
Mansanas controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Romero keeps control of the position easily here as Mansanas tries to buck him off.

Mansanas defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcos Romero showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Mansanas lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Romero shoots in but no luck this time.

Mansanas bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Romero struggling a bit here.
Mansanas in side control lands a decent elbow.
Romero seems a little lost for a moment, as Mansanas dominates the positioning.
Romero is looking for a sweep.
Mansanas slows the pace down.
Romero is not content to let Mansanas control the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero is looking for a sweep.

Mansanas has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Mansanas shoots in for a double leg but Romero sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Mansanas with a poor takedown

and Romero counters with a nice double leg into side control. Mansanas won't be happy with that.
Mansanas sneaks back into half guard.
Mansanas is concentrating on defense, preventing Romero from advancing position.
Romero wants to pass the guard but Mansanas is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Romero wants to work for an arm triangle but Mansanas is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Romero controlling the pace.
Romero prevents Mansanas from standing back up.
It looks like Romero is going to stand back up.
Mansanas tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Mansanas trying to hold on to Romero's head to control him but Romero postures up.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Mansanas throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Romero shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Romero scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Romero fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Romero has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Mansanas's face.
Romero lands a heavy elbow.
Marcos Romero has got the better of the ground game so far.
Mansanas is squirming around, avoiding Romero's attempts to control the action.
Mansanas regains half guard.
Romero seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Romero working Mansanas over with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mansanas keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Mansanas tries to get to full guard but Romero has control of the leg.
Mansanas trying to control from the bottom.
Romero controlling the action here.
Mansanas manages to get to full guard.
Verdeng Mansanas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marcos Romero is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mansanas lands a good elbow from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Marcos Romero.
I've got Romero winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcos Romero!