PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Stefan Roosmalen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Omnus IV (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). IV has chosen Into the Fire as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Roosmalen
vs
IV

185 cm
29
200 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

185 cm
22
202 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

BioPharm Nutrition
[WOT] DTK Designs (Laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stefan Roosmalen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Omnus IV!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Dean Styles and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roosmalen throws a solid leg kick but IV takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Roosmalen.
Roosmalen tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but IV swivels and escapes.
Roosmalen has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Roosmalen there as he acknowledges the shot.
Nice uppercut lands for IV. That snapped Roosmalen's head back.
IV has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Roosmalen.
Roosmalen moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Horrible takedown by Roosmalen or perhaps it was just good defense by IV which made him look bad.
IV fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Roosmalen manages to avoid it.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Roosmalen is defended easily by IV.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stefan Roosmalen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
IV throws a lazy right hand but Roosmalen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Roosmalen throws a leg kick which misses IV's front leg but catches the back leg as IV tries to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
IV takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

It looks like Stefan Roosmalen has been cut.
IV lands a jab-cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
IV looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Roosmalen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
IV swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Omnus IV is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
IV lunges at Roosmalen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Roosmalen's hand.
IV pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
IV throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
IV scores with a nice right hand.

Roosmalen is rocked!
Roosmalen walks right into a perfectly timed right hook and goes down hard! He's out cold! The ref cradles Roosmalen limp body while IV jumps on to the cage and waves to the roaring crowd. Wow that was just a brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Omnus IV! Omnus IV retains his middleweight title!
After the fight, Omnus IV was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.