PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Timmy Beautiful (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodniel Romero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Romero has chosen Lil Wayne ft. Eminem - Drop the World as his entrance music. Rodniel Romero has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Beautiful
vs
Romero

191 cm
19
176 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

176 cm
26
172 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Timmy Beautiful!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rodniel Romero!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Steve Smith and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Romero shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Romero postures up.
Romero throws a big right hand that misses.
Beautiful wants to get back to his feet but Romero is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Romero chips away with some ground and pound.
Romero lands a couple of elbows.
Romero tries to free his leg and advance position but Beautiful is retaining full guard.
Romero is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

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 pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Beautiful is keeping the position for now.

Romero drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Romero jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Beautiful wants to stand but Romero is controlling the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beautiful is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero throws a big elbow that misses.
Romero postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Beautiful is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Beautiful working a defensive guard here.

Romero drops back looking for a leg! Beautiful is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Beautiful manages to kick Romero off! Romero jumps back into Beautiful's guard.

Romero drops back looking for a leg! Beautiful is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Beautiful manages to kick Romero off! Romero jumps back into Beautiful's guard.
Beautiful is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Beautiful trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Romero has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Romero drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Romero jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Beautiful is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Romero defends well.

Romero drops back looking for a leg! Beautiful is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Beautiful manages to kick Romero off! Romero jumps back into Beautiful's guard.
Romero prevents Beautiful from getting back to his feet.
Romero throws a big elbow that misses.
Beautiful wants to stand up but Romero is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romero passes Beautiful's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Beautiful slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Romero in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Romero stops Beautiful from standing up.
Romero trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Beautiful knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Romero on the ground.
Romero lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Romero drops back, looking for a kneebar! Beautiful looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Beautiful looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Beautiful!
Beautiful slows the pace down.
Romero regains half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Beautiful content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Romero is trying to stand up here but Beautiful is controlling him well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Romero looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Romero moves into full guard.

Romero is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Beautiful is aware though and is defending well.
Romero tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Beautiful trying to control but Romero is working from the bottom.
Beautiful controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Romero working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Beautiful doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Beautiful manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Romero is looking for a triangle but Beautiful pushes his legs off easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Beautiful lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Romero circles away quickly and effectively.
Romero misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Romero blocks a jab.
Romero avoids the body shot from Beautiful.
Beautiful throws a leg kick but Romero sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A swing and a miss from Beautiful.
Timmy Beautiful seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beautiful throws a right and a left that Romero avoids nicely.
Romero throws a solid leg kick but Beautiful takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Romero.
Beautiful throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Romero counters with a left and a right that stings Beautiful.
Beautiful looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Romero throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A combination from Romero does no damage.
A shot to the body from Beautiful misses
and Romero cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Beautiful is rocked!
and Romero counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Beautiful! He's just covering up as Romero starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rodniel Romero!
Rodniel Romero made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Thank to everybody, Timmy was a really hard opponnent, and I'm very happy now!'.