PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tim Bryant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Romero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bryant comes to the cage accompanied by B Boy Stance. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Alex Romero was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Bryant
vs
Romero

188 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

189 cm
21
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tim Bryant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alex Romero!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romero takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Bryant looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Romero is trying hard to land a takedown here. Bryant sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Romero tries for a takedown but Bryant circles away easily
and Bryant counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Bryant slips a jab and a cross from Romero.
Nice shot lands for Romero.
Bryant leaves Romero with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Tim Bryant has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Romero.
A head kick misses from Bryant.
Bryant throws a lazy body kick
and Romero makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

Romero gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Romero gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Romero advances to half guard.
Bryant taking some punishment here, with Romero in his half guard.
Bryant knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Romero on the ground.
Well, if Romero is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Romero works his way into full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Bryant is wriggling around trying to escape.
Romero looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Let's hope that Romero has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Alex Romero was stalling too much, according to the referee.
A bone on bone clash there as Bryant blocks the leg kick.
Bryant avoids the head kick by Romero.
Bryant stuffs the takedown.
Bryant throws the kick towards the body but Romero avoids it.
Bryant leaves Romero with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Tim Bryant seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Romero closes the distance and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romero is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

Romero successfully pulls guard.
Romero pulls Bryant in close to prevent any damage.
Romero looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bryant is one step ahead there.
Romero seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

Romero looking for a guillotine here but Bryant defends easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Romero is on top in guard.
Romero stands up over Bryant, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Romero throwing strikes from guard but Bryant blocks nicely.
Bryant can't keep his opponent in guard - Romero advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Romero dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Romero rushes Bryant and presses him up against the cage.
Romero looking for a takedown.
Romero leaning his opponent against the cage.

Romero breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bryant avoids a kick to the body.
Romero misses with a kick to the body.

Romero shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Romero showed some decent athleticism there.
Romero passes to side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Romero wants to control but Bryant is keeping him busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Romero stands up and beckons Bryant to his feet.
Romero shoots in for a takedown but Bryant shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Bryant leaves Romero with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Tim Bryant has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Romero.
Romero fails to land the takedown.
Romero has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bryant.
Romero scoring well with a low kick there.
Bryant throws a left and a right that both miss

and Romero counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Bryant trying to control here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romero seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Bryant is trying to get back to full guard.
Romero passes the guard and advances to mount!
Bryant is looking to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bryant is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Bryant taking shots to the head.
Romero connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Romero controlling the pace for now.
Romero with a couple of short strikes.

Romero get's back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bryant moves out of range of the body kick.

Romero scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Romero moves into full mount!
Bryant is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Romero sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Romero showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! 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.

Romero drives through with a takedown into guard.
Romero controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Romero with a nice head shot there.
Romero cracks Bryant with a solid left hand.
Romero passes Bryant's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Romero in particular looking to stall.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Romero scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Romero passes the guard and advances to mount!

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.
Romero tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Bryant is trying to get back to his feet but can't.

Romero throws some shoulder strikes here and then postures up. Oh, he's gone for an armbar! Bryant has his hands clasped together but Romero breaks the hold and Bryant is forced to tap! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over! That was lightning fast by Romero!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Alex Romero!