PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Erno Evottaja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Romario (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Evottaja kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Never enough. Romario is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Polly - By Nirvana. Erno Evottaja has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Evottaja
vs
Romario

204 cm
18
258 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

184 cm
22
270 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

THE STEEL PENN NUTRITION
THE STEEL PENN NUTRITION

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Erno Evottaja!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Anderson Romario!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Wagner Zegers and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romario throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Evottaja on the side of the head.
Romario has a takedown stuffed.
Romario throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Evottaja ducks under a wild hook from Romario.
Romario fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Evottaja checks it well.
Romario stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Evottaja.
Romario missing with a left hand there. Evottaja was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Romario missing with a left hand there. Evottaja was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Evottaja takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Evottaja wants to clinch up but Romario keeps it at a distance.
Romario throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Evottaja pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Romario throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A nice leg kick lands there from Romario.

Evottaja rushes Romario and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Romario breaks the clinch.
Evottaja is looking to clinch.
Evottaja throws a low kick, looking for Romario's leg but Romario calmly moves out of range.
Evottaja stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Romario.

Evottaja closes the distance and clinches.
Evottaja using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Romario has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Romario throws an elbow but misses.
Evottaja with a knee to the head.
Romario trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romario misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Romario throws an elbow but misses.
Evottaja blocks an elbow strike from Romario.
Evottaja throws a knee to the head but misses.

Evottaja escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Anderson Romario seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Romario scores with a kick to the midsection.
Romario lands with a kick to the ribs.
A head kick misses from Evottaja.
Romario throws a hook but Evottaja blocks it.
A head kick misses from Evottaja.
Romario avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Romario looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Evottaja ducks under a wild hook from Romario.
Romario tries to work over Evottaja's front leg with a kick but Evottaja checks it.
Romario misses with a straight left.

Evottaja rushes Romario and presses him up against the cage.
Evottaja dodges an elbow strike from Romario.
Evottaja tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Romario gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Erno Evottaja has been cut.
Romario controlling the action here for a moment.

Evottaja pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Romario moves into the clinch successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evottaja tries to land a knee to the head but Romario blocks with his arms.
Romario wants a takedown but no success here.
Romario gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Evottaja lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Evottaja with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Evottaja is breathing heavily.
Romario is pushing Evottaja up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Romario misses with an elbow strike.

Romario pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A solid leg kick lands there for Romario.
Evottaja throws a sloppy head kick and Romario moves out of range easily.
Romario bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Evottaja checks a leg kick nicely.
Romario shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Evottaja but Evottaja pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Erno Evottaja has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anderson Romario.
Romario misses with a low kick.
Romario throws a hook but Evottaja blocks it.
Erno Evottaja is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Romario slips a jab and a cross from Evottaja.
Romario avoids the head kick by Evottaja.
Evottaja slips a straight right by Romario.
Evottaja tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Romario throws a body kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evottaja slaps away a takedown attempt from Romario, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Evottaja chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Evottaja throws a head kick that Romario semi-blocks.
Romario throws a body kick that misses.
Romario paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Romario looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Romario misses with a kick to the body.
Evottaja tries to close the distance and clinch but Romario swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Romario scores with a jab. Evottaja acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Evottaja crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Romario - the referee stops the clock and Evottaja gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Romario. Evottaja manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Romario fakes the leg kick and cracks Evottaja in the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Evottaja steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Romario. That one must have hurt.
Romario scores with a jab. Evottaja acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Romario scores with a kick to the body.
Romario turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Evottaja walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Romario dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Evottaja. That did some damage!
Romario throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evottaja takes one to the side of the head.
Jab by Romario.
Romario scores with a leg kick.
A jab from Romario misses.
Romario with a hook.
Romario throws a quick inside leg kick.
Evottaja displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Romario throws out the jab.
Romario is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Evottaja had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Evottaja tries a head kick but it misses.
A slapping body kick lands there for Romario.
Good leg kick by Romario there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Romario throws a quick inside leg kick.
Romario thuds his right hand into Evottaja's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Romario lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Romario scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Evottaja doesn't seem bothered though.
Romario throws a leg kick which misses Evottaja's front leg but catches the back leg as Evottaja tries to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Romario lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Romario lands with a good body shot.
Romario moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Romario connects with a right hand. Evottaja shakes it off.
Romario chopping away at his opponent's legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Romario dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Erno Evottaja's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Evottaja takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Romario misses with a wild body shot.
Romario turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Evottaja gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Romario comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Evottaja will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Romario lands a nice elbow.

Erno Evottaja's cut is getting worse.
Romario tries to score a body lock takedown but Evottaja shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Romario escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Romario shoots in for a takedown but Evottaja shows good takedown defense.
Nice uppercut there from Romario.
Evottaja is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Jeez, Erno Evottaja's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
No joy there for Romario, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Romario is looking to slow Evottaja down with leg kicks.
Romario looks to throw the jab but Evottaja is out of range.
Romario throws a nice head kick!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Romario chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Romario dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Romario lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A chopping leg kick lands by Romario.
Anderson Romario seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Romario scores with a jab to the head.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Erno Evottaja's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Anderson Romario!