PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tony Romero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Satorzoda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tony Romero had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 156.1lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Tony Romero has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Romero
vs
Satorzoda

200 cm
20
165 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

172 cm
18
165 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tony Romero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mark Satorzoda!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Hirohito Nitta and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Satorzoda shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Satorzoda looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Romero wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Satorzoda sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Romero trying to hold on to Satorzoda's head to control him but Satorzoda postures up.
Romero is controlling Satorzoda's position as best he can from this difficult position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Satorzoda shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Romero sprawls well. Romero wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Satorzoda gets slowly back to his feet.
Satorzoda shoots in looking for a takedown. Romero tries to sprawl out of it but Satorzoda keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Romero manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Romero gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Romero works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Satorzoda managing to control the position.
Satorzoda wants to sweep here but Romero controlling him for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romero would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Romero working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Satorzoda's head.
Satorzoda 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.
Romero missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Satorzoda keeping moving, preventing Romero from controlling successfully.
Romero knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Satorzoda on the ground.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Satorzoda trying to strike off his back.
Romero trying to control but Satorzoda is working from the bottom.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Romero stopping the sweep attempt from Satorzoda.
Romero wanted to stand there but Satorzoda had control of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Satorzoda is adopting a defensive guard.

We're going to have a standup here because Tony Romero wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Satorzoda is looking to clinch.
Romero stalks Satorzoda and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Satorzoda's face. Satorzoda staggers backwards, shaken.
Satorzoda fails in his attempt to clinch.
No luck for Satorzoda with that takedown attempt.
Tony Romero has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Satorzoda.
Romero lands with a nice body punch.
Romero throws a right hand that Satorzoda ducks under and follows up with a left that Satorzoda also avoids with ease.
Satorzoda rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Romero moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Romero misses with a wild body shot.
Romero is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Romero closes the distance and clinches.
Satorzoda is defending well against a takedown attempt.

Romero breaks from the clinch.
Romero misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Satorzoda tries to clinch there but Romero circles away.

Satorzoda is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Romero's half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Satorzoda frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Satorzoda looking to control but Romero is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Satorzoda controlling the position easily from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Tony Romero will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Satorzoda is looking to clinch.
Romero throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Romero jabs Satorzoda to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Satorzoda throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Romero shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Satorzoda eats them both and turns towards Romero to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Romero shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Satorzoda counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Satorzoda.
Satorzoda chips away with some ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Satorzoda working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Satorzoda tries to free his leg and advance position but Romero is retaining full guard.
Satorzoda showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Satorzoda trying to control the position from guard on top but Romero is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Mark Satorzoda.
A head kick misses from Satorzoda.
Romero is looking to clinch.
Romero lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Romero looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Satorzoda throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Romero misses with the combination.
Satorzoda moves in looking to clinch but Romero pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Satorzoda wants to clinch.
Romero scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Satorzoda wants to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Satorzoda. Romero does a little dance to reset his feet.
Romero throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Satorzoda throws a wild body kick that Romero sees coming a mile off.
Romero's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Romero duly obliges.
Satorzoda shoots in looking for a takedown. Romero tries to sprawl out of it but Satorzoda keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Romero manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Romero blocks a head kick by Satorzoda.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Romero is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Satorzoda misses with a head kick.
Romero lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Satorzoda circles away quickly and effectively.
Satorzoda dives in and grabs Romero's left leg, looking for a takedown. Romero pushes down on Satorzoda's head and hops out.
Romero throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Satorzoda fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Romero to the ground. Satorzoda is now in Romero's guard.
Satorzoda controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Satorzoda works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romero blocking the ground and pound attempt from Satorzoda.
Satorzoda perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Let's hope that Satorzoda 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.

Mark Satorzoda has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Nice takedown defense from Romero. No joy for Satorzoda on that attempt.
Tony Romero has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Satorzoda.
Satorzoda tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Romero manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Romero keeps the fight on the outside.
Satorzoda darts in looking for a takedown but Romero gets double underhooks and turns Satorzoda into the cage.

Satorzoda decides to pull guard.

Satorzoda working for a triangle but Romero defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Satorzoda showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Romero misses with a wild combination.
Satorzoda takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Satorzoda misses with a combination
and Romero counters with a two punch combo.
Satorzoda wants to clinch up but Romero keeps it at a distance.

Satorzoda closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Satorzoda decides to stand back up.
Romero looks for a takedown but Satorzoda sprawls well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Satorzoda pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Satorzoda.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Satorzoda just misses with a punch to the body.
Satorzoda fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Romero getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Romero throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Romero slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Satorzoda shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Romero as he jumps to the side.

Romero gets the takedown into side control.
Satorzoda gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Romero tries to stand and escape but Satorzoda actually recovers to full guard.
Mark Satorzoda has got the better of the ground game so far.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Satorzoda holds on and takes a little breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Satorzoda throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Satorzoda working a defensive guard here.

Mark Satorzoda has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Satorzoda will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Romero scores with a hook to the body. Satorzoda takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Satorzoda tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Romero swivels and escapes.
Tony Romero has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Satorzoda.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Satorzoda looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Satorzoda is looking to take a break and control but Romero is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Satorzoda is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Satorzoda slows the pace down in half guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Mark Satorzoda.
Satorzoda tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Romero defends well and Satorzoda ends up having to push Romero into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Satorzoda tries to pull guard but Romero won't allow it.

Satorzoda successfully pulls guard.
Satorzoda not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Satorzoda pushes Romero off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Sloppy strikes from Romero. Those never looked like landing.
Romero throws a nice looking combination but Satorzoda bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Romero throws a series of punches but Satorzoda avoids them all with ease.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Satorzoda will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Satorzoda dives in for a single leg takedown but Romero sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.

Romero pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Satorzoda looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Romero is fending him off so far but Satorzoda persists. Nope, Romero circles away and we're back to standing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mark Satorzoda comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Satorzoda has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mark Satorzoda!