PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jay Clear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cristian Romero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Clear
vs
Romero

186 cm
20
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

179 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jay Clear!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Cristian Romero!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Illya Tyunina and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romero lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Clear swats away the attempt to clinch by Romero.
Clear lands with an overhand left.
The fighters circle momentarily. Clear darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Romero fails with a takedown attempt.
Clear misses with a head kick.
Clear tries a head kick but it misses.
Clear lands a jab to Romero's midsection.
Clear lands a glancing blow to the side of Romero's head.
Clear swats away the attempt to clinch by Romero.
Clear punishes Romero's body with a nice straight punch.
Romero is looking to chop away at Clear's legs.
Romero tries to score a power double leg takedown but Clear sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Romero somewhat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Romero shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Romero prevents Clear from getting back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Romero trying to control the position from guard on top but Clear is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Romero is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Clear wants to stand but Romero is controlling the position.
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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Cristian Romero wasn't active enough on the ground.
Romero looks for a takedown but Clear sprawls well.
Jay Clear has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cristian Romero.
Romero looks gassed!
Clear throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Romero on the side of the head.
Clear moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Some wild striking there from Clear.
Clear lands a slapping body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Clear as he connects with a hook.
Clear throws a sloppy head kick and Romero moves out of range easily.
Romero shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Clear as he jumps to the side.
Romero shoots in for a takedown but Clear shows good takedown defense.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clear scores with a nice head shot.
Clear dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Clear throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Clear pushes Romero away with a front kick.
Clear throws a sloppy head kick and Romero moves out of range easily.
Romero avoids a punch combination nicely.
Romero looks to throw a body kick
and Clear counters with a nice body kick.
Romero tries to close the distance and clinch but Clear swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Clear connects with a high kick.
The fighters circling - Clear throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Clear gets caught flat footed, as Romero shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Romero wants to control from the top but Clear keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Romero stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Romero shoots in looking for a takedown. Clear tries to sprawl out of it but Romero keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Clear manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nice sprawl there from Clear as Romero shoots in.
Clear misses with the combination.

Romero gets in close and instigates a clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Romero manages to pull guard.
Romero manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Clear dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Romero fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Romero moves into range and clinches up with Clear.
Clear wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Clear is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Romero has Clear pushed against the cage.
Romero continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Romero tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Clear smiles and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clear fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clear tries to bum rush Romero with a series of wild strikes but Romero uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Romero.
Jay Clear has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cristian Romero.
Romero dives in and grabs Clear's left leg, looking for a takedown. Clear pushes down on Romero's head and hops out.
Jay Clear is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice uppercut lands for Clear. That snapped Romero's head back.
Clear thuds his right hand into Romero's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Clear keeps Romero at a distance using the push kick.
Clear plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Romero gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Clear.
Romero on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Clear works over Romero's head and body with a nice combination.

Romero shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Clear manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Romero is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Romero trying to control the position from guard on top but Clear is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Clear wants to stand and escape but Romero is having none of it.
Romero postures up in Clear's guard and throws a big left but Clear blocks it.
Romero slips nicely into half guard.
Clear is trying to stand up here but Romero is controlling him well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Romero connects with a nice short shot to Clear's temple.
Clear is looking to escape.
Clear scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Romero manages to mount him!
Romero landing shots from mount.
Romero unloading with bombs!
Clear is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Romero with the ground and pound from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clear wants to get back to his feet.
Romero controlling his opponent.
Romero with shots to the head and body - Clear looks very uncomfortable down there.
Romero unloading with bombs!
Clear is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Cristian Romero will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Clear stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Clear wants it to stay on the feet.
Clear throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Romero feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Clear wants to stand up but Romero is controlling him.
Romero working some strikes from top position.
Romero working some strikes from top position.
Romero looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Romero accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Clear utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Romero thows a big elbow that misses.
Romero sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Clear's guard.
Nice strikes from Romero there.

Romero looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Romero throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Romero lands a nice short elbow.
Clear looks like he's trying to stand up.
Clear pushes Romero off but Romero dives into side control.
Romero scores with punches from side control.
Clear is trying to escape the position but Romero is controlling the position.
Romero passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Clear!
Romero punishing his opponent with strikes.
Clear in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Romero raining down shots from the mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clear trying desperately to get to his feet.
Romero raining down shots from the mount!
Cristian Romero has got the better of the ground game so far.
Romero landing strikes from the mount.
Clear knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Romero on the ground.
Romero won't let Clear get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Romero in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Romero looking to control and managing it successfully.
Clear is trying to get back to his feet but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romero with a couple of short strikes.
Romero landing shots from mount.
Romero putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Romero working the ground and pound effectively.
Romero tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Romero lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Clear hang on?
Romero has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Romero controlling the pace for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cristian Romero comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Romero has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 27:29
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29

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