PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Corey Romziel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and He Me (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Me has chosen Hate Me Now as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Romziel
vs
Me

179 cm
21
183 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

178 cm
26
175 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Corey Romziel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, He Me!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Damien Edna and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romziel throws a head kick that misses
enabling Me to counter with a crisp jab.
Me misses with a low kick.
Me avoids the head kick by Romziel.
A head kick by Me misses
and Romziel counters with a good low kick that Me was not able to check.
Me scores with a kick to the body.
Me will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Me.
Me closes the distance but Romziel moves to the side

and Romziel holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Romziel dodges an elbow strike from Me.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Me tries a knee to the head but Romziel blocks it.
Me tries a knee to the head but Romziel blocks it.
Me managing to block the knees to the body from Romziel.
Me throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Romziel blocks it with crossed arms.
Me throws a knee to the head but misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Me as Romziel tries to tie him up.
Me trying to control the position but instead, Romziel has worked for underhooks and has pushed Me into the cage.
Me content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Me missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Romziel takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Romziel tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Romziel landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Romziel on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Me missing with knees to the body.
Romziel lands an elbow inside that Me shrugs off.
Romziel avoiding damage as Me throws knees to the body.
Romziel avoiding damage as Me throws knees to the body.
Romziel landing knees to the body.
Me looks gassed!
Romziel has Me pressed against the cage.
Romziel tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Romziel is pushing Me up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
With the fighters up against the cage, Me throws an elbow but misses.
Romziel avoiding damage.
Me with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Me lands a knee to the head.
Me tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Romziel scores a nice knee to the body.
Romziel throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romziel lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Romziel effectively controlling the action here.
Romziel gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Romziel trying to land knees to the body.
Romziel blocks the elbow strike.
Romziel avoiding damage as Me throws knees to the body.
Me is trying to maintain a safe position but Romziel gets an underhook and turns Me into the cage.
Me with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Romziel slowing the pace effectively.
Me with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Romziel scores with a knee to the head.
Romziel lands a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Me throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Stalling in the clinch from Romziel.
Me misses with a knee to the head.
The referee calls for Romziel to work.
Me throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Romziel blocks it with crossed arms.
Romziel landing knees to the body.
Me tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees to the body from Romziel.
Me tries a knee to the head but Romziel blocks it.
Romziel with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Me misses with a knee to the head.
Romziel misses with a knee strike.
Me blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Romziel comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Romziel landing knees to the body.
Me misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Romziel.
Romziel putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Me in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Romziel lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Romziel with a knee to the head.
Me with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Romziel stalling.
Romziel unloads a knee to the mid-section. Me lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Me on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Me just misses with a elbow thrown towards Romziel's brow.
Romziel with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Romziel utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Me tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Romziel avoids it.
Me with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Me tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Romziel avoids it.
Romziel with a knee to the head.
Romziel looking to throw knees to the head but Me is blocking nicely.
Romziel on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romziel pressing his opponent against the cage.
Me tries to land a knee to the head but Romziel blocks with his arms.
Me tries a knee to the head but Romziel blocks it.
Nice elbow from Romziel.
Romziel just leaning against Me, taking a breather.
Me throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Romziel just leaning against Me, taking a breather.
Me lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Me tries to land knees in the clinch but Romziel avoids the damage to the body.
Me using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Romziel has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Romziel using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Me.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Me is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Romziel is defending well for now.
Romziel avoids the elbow strike from Me, against the cage.
Romziel with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Me throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Romziel blocks it with crossed arms.
Romziel missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Romziel misses with a head kick.
Me fails with an attempt to clinch.
Me tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A head kick by Me misses

and Romziel counters by clinching up.
Romziel stalling the fight.
Romziel tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Romziel stalling.
Romziel missing with knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Me missing with knees to the body.
Me avoiding damage as Romziel throws knees to the body.
Me using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Romziel has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Romziel managing to block the knees to the body from Me.
Me is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Romziel avoids a wild elbow strike from Me.
Romziel lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Me looking to throw knees to the head but Romziel is blocking nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Me throws an elbow that misses.
Romziel tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Me avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romziel is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Me is defending well for now.
Romziel stalling in the clinch.
Romziel avoiding damage as Me throws knees to the body.
Romziel blocks the elbow strike.
Romziel creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Me's defenses.
Romziel looking to stall.
Romziel tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Me connects with a nasty looking knee right to Romziel's face.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Me just misses with a elbow thrown towards Romziel's brow.
Me is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Romziel creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Me's defenses.
A knee to the head by Me.
Romziel gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Me is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Romziel is defending well for now.
Romziel is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Me is defending well for now.
Romziel taking a breather.
Me tries to land a knee to the head but Romziel blocks with his arms.
Me misses with a knee strike.
Me just leaning against Romziel, taking a breather.
Romziel dodges an elbow strike from Me.
Romziel lands a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Romziel is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Me takes a knee right on the jaw!
Romziel using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Me tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Romziel lands a knee to the body.
Me takes a knee to the side of the body.
Romziel tries to land a knee to the head but Me blocks with his arms.
Me tries to land knees in the clinch but Romziel avoids the damage to the body.
Romziel tries to stall but Me uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Romziel avoiding damage as Me throws knees to the body.
Me misses with a knee to the head.
Me tries to land knees in the clinch but Romziel avoids the damage to the body.
Me misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Romziel.
Me tries to land a knee to the head but Romziel blocks with his arms.
Romziel lands a knee to the head.
Romziel scores with a knee to the head.
Me landing knees to the head.
Me misses with a knee to the head.
Romziel misses with a knee strike.
Me trying to land knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Me tries to land a knee to the head but Romziel blocks with his arms.
Romziel landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Me putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Romziel in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Corey Romziel has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Me trying to control the position but instead, Romziel has worked for underhooks and has pushed Me into the cage.
Romziel lands a knee to the body.
Romziel is pushing Me up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Me utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Romziel blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Me with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Romziel lands a good knee to the midsection. Me won't want to take too many of those.
Me tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Romziel displaying some good clinch control by pressing Me up against the cage.
Romziel tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Me avoids it.
Romziel with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Me is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Romziel blocks an elbow strike.

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.
Romziel tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Romziel tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Me scores with a knee to the head.
Me throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Romziel blocks it with crossed arms.
Romziel blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Romziel tries to land knees in the clinch but Me avoids the damage to the body.
Me's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Romziel blocks an elbow strike.
Romziel just leaning against Me, taking a breather.
Me taking a breather.
Romziel is struggling to control the position.
Me tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Romziel avoids it.
Knees to the body from Me.
Romziel creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Me's defenses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Romziel utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Me is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Romziel is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Corey Romziel dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Me thows a leg kick but Romziel checks it
and Romziel counters with a good low kick that Me was not able to check.
Good work by Me as he checks the leg kick.
Romziel misses with a low kick.
Me throws a sloppy head kick and Romziel moves out of range easily.
Me throws a lazy head kick
and Romziel counters with a leg kick.
Me wants to clinch.
Me misses with a leg kick
and Romziel counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Me pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Romziel swats away the attempt to clinch by Me.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Romziel throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Me's head.
Me tries to clinch but Romziel moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Me sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Me throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Romziel's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
That kick from Me tenderised Romziel's leg. Romziel is trying to keep his angry face on.
Romziel fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Me checks it well.
A head kick by Me misses
and Romziel counters with an outside leg kick.
Romziel moves out of range as Me throws a body kick.
Me takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Romziel fails in his attempt to clinch.
A low kick from Me is predictable there
and Romziel counters with a big head kick but Me shrugs it off.
Romziel connects with a leg kick. Me looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Me throws a sloppy head kick
and Romziel counters with a nice kick to the body.
Romziel throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Me.
Me is looking to chop away at Romziel's legs.
Me throws a lazy head kick
and Romziel counters with a slapping leg kick.
He Me seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Romziel looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romziel avoids the head kick by Me.
Me throws a head kick but Romziel moves out of range.

Romziel takes the fight into the clinch.
Me tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Romziel with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The referee is keeping an eye on Romziel - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Me tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Romziel avoids it.
Knees to the body from Romziel.
Romziel tries a knee to the head but Me blocks it.
Me is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Me takes an elbow to the forehead.
Me throws a knee to the head but misses.
Romziel is pushing Me up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Romziel landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Romziel dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
He Me has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romziel tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Me landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Romziel pushes off an throws an elbow but Me leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Me missing with knees to the body.
Romziel is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Me is defending well for now.
Romziel stalling in the clinch but Me improves position.
Me is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Romziel is defending well for now.
Me tries to land a knee to the head but Romziel blocks with his arms.
Romziel putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Me in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Romziel displaying some good clinch control by pressing Me up against the cage.
Me tries to land a knee to the head but Romziel blocks with his arms.
Me tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Me stalling in the clinch but Romziel improves position.
Romziel is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Me throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Romziel blocks it with crossed arms.
Me with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Me takes an elbow to the temple.
Corey Romziel 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 getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Romziel utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Me using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Romziel has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Romziel will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Me up against the cage.
Me tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Romziel avoids it.
Me tries to land knees in the clinch but Romziel avoids the damage to the body.
Me looking to throw knees to the head but Romziel is blocking nicely.
Romziel's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Romziel seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Me trying to land knees to the body.
Me tries to land a knee to the head but Romziel blocks with his arms.

And that's the end of the fight!
Corey Romziel showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Romziel has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Corey Romziel!