PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between MT king (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rich Romero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). MT king has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

king
vs
Romero

172 cm
18
193 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, MT king!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Rich Romero!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Donald Grub and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
king wants to clinch up but Romero keeps it at a distance.
king tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Romero paws at him with a jab and circles away.
king wants to clinch.
Romero fails with an attempt to clinch.
Romero doesn't manage to clinch there - king circles away.
king tries to clinch up

and Romero counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in king's guard now.

Romero gets to his feet. king looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Romero tries to close the distance and clinch but king swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
king closes the distance but Romero moves to the side

and Romero moves into the clinch.
king lands an elbow inside that Romero shrugs off.
king looking to throw knees to the head but Romero is blocking nicely.
Romero takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Rich Romero has been cut.
king managing to block the knees to the body from Romero.
Romero putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has king in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Romero blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
king could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
king managing to block the knees to the body from Romero.
Romero unloads a knee to the mid-section. king lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Romero lands a knee to the body.
Romero tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Romero misses with a knee strike.
Romero scores a nice knee to the body.
king is breathing heavily.
Romero landing knees to the head.

It looks like MT king has been cut.
king landing knees to the head.
Romero blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Romero landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
king tries a knee to the head but Romero blocks it.
king avoiding damage as Romero throws knees to the body.
Romero is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Romero scores with a knee to the head.
Romero lands a nice shot to the body.
Romero is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. king is defending well for now.
Romero landing knees to the body.
king avoiding damage as Romero throws knees to the body.
king takes a knee right on the jaw!
Romero landing knees to the head.
Romero blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
king trying to land knees to the body.
king managing to block the knees to the body from Romero.
Romero looking to throw knees to the head but king is blocking nicely.
Romero lands a shot to the body.
Romero lands a body shot in the clinch.
Romero misses with a knee strike.
king misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Romero.
Romero scores with a knee to the head.
Romero putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has king in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
king on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Romero on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Romero is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
king tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
king creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Romero.
Romero tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and king avoids it.
king connects with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
king tries to land knees in the clinch but Romero avoids the damage to the body.
king takes a knee to the side of the body.
Romero blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A hook to the body from Romero.
Romero lands a knee to the head.
Romero is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
king tries to land knees in the clinch but Romero avoids the damage to the body.
king trying to land knees to the body.
Romero blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Romero tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and king avoids it.
Romero with a knee to the head.
king managing to block the knees to the body from Romero.
Romero tries a knee to the head but king blocks it.
king landing knees to the head.
Romero trying to land knees to the body.
king misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Romero.
Romero misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from king.
Romero lands a knee to the body.
king managing to block the knees to the body from Romero.
king lands a knee to the head.
Romero tries to land knees in the clinch but king avoids the damage to the body.
Romero trying to land knees to the body.
king tries a knee to the head but Romero blocks it.
king blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Romero is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. king is defending well for now.
king tries a knee to the head but Romero blocks it.
Romero misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from king.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by king.
Romero looking to throw knees to the head but king is blocking nicely.
king tries to land knees in the clinch but Romero avoids the damage to the body.
Romero softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Romero.
Romero missing with knees to the body.
Romero putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has king in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
king landing knees to the head.
Romero misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from king.
king putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Romero in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by king.
king tries to land a knee to the head but Romero blocks with his arms.
Romero lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Romero lands a knee to the body.
Romero tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and king avoids it.
king lands a knee to the head.
Romero crunches a lovely knee into king's ribcage.
king avoiding damage as Romero throws knees to the body.
Romero avoids a wild elbow strike from king.
Romero crunches a lovely knee into king's ribcage.
Romero lands with a left to the head.
king missing with knees to the body.
king avoiding damage as Romero throws knees to the body.
king misses with an elbow over the top.
Romero misses with a knee strike.
Romero misses with a knee to the head.
king on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
king tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
king tries to land knees in the clinch but Romero avoids the damage to the body.
Knees to the body from Romero.
king managing to block the knees to the body from Romero.
Romero missing with knees to the body.
Romero misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from king.
king throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Romero trying to land knees to the body.
king avoiding damage as Romero throws knees to the body.
Romero missing with knees to the body.
Good body shot from Romero.
Romero lands a knee to the body.
Romero missing with knees to the body.
king throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Romero blocks it with crossed arms.
Romero avoiding damage as king throws knees to the body.
Romero lands a good knee to the midsection. king won't want to take too many of those.
king using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
king avoiding damage as Romero throws knees to the body.
king avoiding damage as Romero throws knees to the body.
Romero tries to land knees in the clinch but king avoids the damage to the body.
king with an attempt at a knee that misses.
king takes a knee to the side of the body.
king blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Romero tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and king avoids it.
king misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Romero.
king on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
king pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rich Romero dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

king is looking to clinch but Romero is avoiding it.
Romero moves in looking to clinch but king pushes him off.

Romero takes the fight into the clinch.
Romero is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. king is defending well for now.
Romero landing knees to the body.
Romero tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and king avoids it.
king blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
king lands a knee to the head.
king managing to block the knees to the body from Romero.
king missing with knees to the body.
Romero using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Romero on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Romero.
Romero avoiding damage as king throws knees to the body.
king unloads a knee to the mid-section.
king on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Romero working king over with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
king missing with knees to the body.
king on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
king throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Romero avoids a wild elbow strike from king.
king blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
king lands a damaging elbow.
Romero lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Romero on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
king landing knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from king.
king takes a knee right on the jaw!
Romero blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
king using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Romero has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
king throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Romero blocks it with crossed arms.
Romero avoiding damage as king throws knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Romero.
Romero blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
king misses with a knee strike.
king scores a nice knee to the body.
Romero unloads a knee to the mid-section.
king on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Romero managing to block the knees to the body from king.
king misses with a knee to the head.
Romero unloads a knee to the mid-section. king lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Romero scores with a knee to the head.
king throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Romero blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Romero blocks an elbow strike.
Romero scores a nice knee to the body.
Romero with a knee to the head.
Romero dodges an elbow strike from king.
Romero with an attempt at a knee that misses.
king landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
king tries a knee to the head but Romero blocks it.
Romero trying to land knees to the body.
Romero crunches a lovely knee into king's ribcage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
king on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
king putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Romero in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Romero is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
king looking to throw knees to the head but Romero is blocking nicely.
king tries to land knees in the clinch but Romero avoids the damage to the body.
Romero connects with a knee to the head.
Romero misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from king.
king throws an elbow that misses.
king creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
king throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Romero blocks it with crossed arms.
Romero with a knee to the head.
Romero tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and king avoids it.
king avoiding damage as Romero throws knees to the body.
king lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
king tries to land knees in the clinch but Romero avoids the damage to the body.
Romero tries to land knees in the clinch but king avoids the damage to the body.
king managing to block the knees to the body from Romero.
king tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
king with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Romero blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
king managing to block the knees to the body from Romero.
Romero dodges an elbow strike from king.
Romero missing with knees to the body.
king pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Romero missing with knees to the body.
Romero managing to block the knees to the body from king.
Romero tries to land a knee to the head but king blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romero blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
king blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Romero with a knee to the head.
king putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Romero in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
king unloads a knee to the mid-section. Romero lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
king using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Romero has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
king misses with a knee to the head.
Romero with a knee to the head.
Romero tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and king avoids it.
king throws an elbow but it misses.
king on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
king on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Romero putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has king in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Romero works on king's body with a couple of short punches.
king takes a knee right on the jaw!
king using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Romero has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Romero looking to throw knees to the head but king is blocking nicely.
Romero unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A knee to the head by Romero.
Romero utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
king blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
king with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Romero lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Romero working king over with knees to the body.
Romero tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
king misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Romero.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Romero is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. king is defending well for now.
Romero misses with a knee strike.
Romero crunches a lovely knee into king's ribcage.
Romero putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has king in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
king missing with knees to the body.
king creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Romero's defenses.
Romero landing knees to the body.
king lands a damaging elbow.
king lands an elbow inside.
Knees to the body from king.
king tries to land knees in the clinch but Romero avoids the damage to the body.
Romero with a knee to the head.
Romero tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and king avoids it.
king is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Romero is defending well for now.
king blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Romero is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. king is defending well for now.
king tries to land knees in the clinch but Romero avoids the damage to the body.
Romero misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from king.
king misses with a knee to the head.
Romero is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. king is defending well for now.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A nice glancing elbow lands by king.
A short body shot lands from Romero as the two fighters clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, king throws an elbow but misses.
king avoiding damage as Romero throws knees to the body.
Romero misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from king.
Romero throws a knee to the head but misses.
Romero is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. king is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rich Romero showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Romero wants to clinch up but king keeps it at a distance.
Romero tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. king manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
king tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Romero holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Romero missing with knees to the body.
king lands an elbow inside that Romero shrugs off.
Romero tries to land knees in the clinch but king avoids the damage to the body.
king tries a knee to the head but Romero blocks it.
Romero on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
king throws an elbow that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Romero.
Romero scores with a knee to the head.
Romero scores with a knee to the head.
Romero landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
king on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Romero blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Romero blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A knee to the head by Romero.
king managing to block the knees to the body from Romero.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Romero lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
king managing to block the knees to the body from Romero.
Romero misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from king.
Romero tries to land a knee to the head but king blocks with his arms.
Romero blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Romero takes a knee to the side of the body.
king blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
king avoiding damage as Romero throws knees to the body.
king misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Romero.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Romero.
Romero avoiding damage as king throws knees to the body.
king looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Romero with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Romero with a knee to the head.
Romero landing knees to the head.
Romero misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from king.
Romero blocks an elbow strike from king.
Romero blocks an elbow strike.
Romero misses with a knee to the head.
Romero misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from king.
Romero tries to land knees in the clinch but king avoids the damage to the body.
Romero takes a knee right on the jaw!
Romero connects with a knee to the head.
king landing knees to the body.
king on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
king blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Romero looking to throw knees to the head but king is blocking nicely.
Romero misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from king.
king using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Romero has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
king with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A knee to the head by Romero.
Romero throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Romero.
Romero landing knees to the body.
Romero missing with knees to the body.
king throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Romero blocks it with crossed arms.

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 landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Romero is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Romero is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. king is defending well for now.
king misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Romero.
Romero misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from king.
Romero blocks an elbow strike from king.
Romero landing knees to the body.
Romero managing to block the knees to the body from king.
king lands an elbow that stopped Romero in his tracks for a moment.
king blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
king pushes off an throws an elbow but Romero leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Romero landing knees to the head.
Romero blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
king trying to land knees to the body.
king managing to block the knees to the body from Romero.
king misses with a knee to the head.
Romero putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has king in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
king avoiding damage as Romero throws knees to the body.
king lands an elbow just above Romero 's eye.
king throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Romero blocks it with crossed arms.
king misses with a knee to the head.
Romero connects with a nasty looking knee right to king's face.
Romero misses with a punch to the body.
king managing to block the knees to the body from Romero.
king with a knee to the head.
Romero with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Romero blocks an elbow strike from king.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romero tries to land a knee to the head but king blocks with his arms.
Romero tries a knee to the head but king blocks it.
Romero tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and king avoids it.
Romero missing with knees to the body.
Romero scores with a knee to the head.
Romero is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. king is defending well for now.
king scores a nice knee to the body.
king lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Romero lands a good knee to the midsection. king won't want to take too many of those.
Romero blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Romero lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Romero tries to land knees in the clinch but king avoids the damage to the body.
Romero looking to throw knees to the head but king is blocking nicely.
king tries to land a knee to the head but Romero blocks with his arms.
king lands an elbow inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, king throws an elbow but misses.
Romero pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
king is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Romero is defending well for now.
king misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Romero.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Romero obliges.
king with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
king throws an elbow but it misses.
king blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
king landing knees to the head.
king avoiding damage as Romero throws knees to the body.
king misses with an elbow strike.
Romero tries to land knees in the clinch but king avoids the damage to the body.
MT king has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rich Romero is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

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 managing to block the knees to the body from king.
Romero tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and king avoids it.
Romero avoids the elbow strike from king, against the cage.
king is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Romero is defending well for now.
king throws an elbow but it misses.
Romero managing to block the knees to the body from king.
Romero lands a nice knee to the body.
king is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Romero is defending well for now.
Romero unloads a knee to the mid-section. king lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
king with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
king missing with knees to the body.
king missing with knees to the body.
Romero tries a knee to the head but king blocks it.
king gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Romero tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and king avoids it.
Romero throws a knee to the head but misses.
Romero misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from king.
Romero tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and king avoids it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Romero takes a knee right on the jaw!
king throws a knee to the head but misses.
king pushes off an throws an elbow but Romero leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
king with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
king trying to land knees to the body.
king managing to block the knees to the body from Romero.
king is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Romero is defending well for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rich Romero comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Romero has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30

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