PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jan Olov Hermansson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicodemo Romero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hermansson's entrance music is Rammstein - Ich Will!. A fine choice. Romero has chosen Lords Of Salem as his entrance music. Nicodemo Romero has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Olov Hermansson
vs
Romero

178 cm
36
158 lbs
22 - 19 - 0

177 cm
29
160 lbs
14 - 13 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
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 22 - 19 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jan Olov Hermansson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Nicodemo Romero!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hermansson lands a nice hook to Romero's body. Romero takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hermansson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Romero takes a jab right on the kisser.
Romero connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hermansson's hands.
Romero misses with a hook. Hermansson ducked under it nicely.
Hermansson tests Romero's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hermansson catches Romero with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Hermansson lands a jab to the nose.
Hermansson lands with a cross.
Nicodemo Romero seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hermansson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Hermansson rushes Romero and presses him up against the cage.
Romero working aggressively here.
Romero tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hermansson avoids it.
Romero scores with a shoulder strike.
Romero working aggressively here.
Romero misses with a short punch on the inside.
Romero throws a head punch that misses.
Romero misses with a knee strike.
Romero misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero lands with a short shot to the head.
Romero misses with the head strike.
Romero lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Romero connects with a knee to the head.

Hermansson is rocked!
We've been informed that Romero has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Hermansson tries to work over Romero's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Oh Hermansson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Romero tries to land knees in the clinch but Hermansson avoids the damage to the body.
Hermansson seems to have got his legs back now.
Romero is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Romero throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Romero swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Romero lands a nice knee to the body.
Romero swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Romero is trying to force a seperation but Hermansson has the dominant position.
Hermansson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hermansson.
Hermansson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Romero tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hermansson avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Romero.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Romero escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Romero tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Romero throws a head kick but Hermansson moves out of range.
Romero closes this distance looking for a takedown but Hermansson circles away.
Hermansson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Romero throws a head kick but Hermansson moves out of range.
Hermansson avoids the head kick by Romero.
Romero throws a head kick that misses.
Good exchange - Hermansson coming out on top.
Hermansson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Romero.
Hermansson lands a nice looking body shot.
Romero tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Romero cracks Hermansson with a right hand to the side of the head.
Romero misses with a straight left.
Hermansson throws a lazy right hand but Romero sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hermansson lands with a shot to the body.
Hermansson throws a shot from downtown. Romero moves away and avoids it.
Hermansson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Romero momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hermansson blocks a head kick by Romero.
Hermansson drops down looking for a counter takedown but Romero sprawls and moves away.
Romero connects with the punch.
Romero rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Hermansson counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Hermansson lands strikes from half guard.
Hermansson prevents Romero from improving his position.
Romero taking some punishment here, with Hermansson in his half guard.
Hermansson wants to pass the guard but Romero is defending well.

Hermansson is looking for a kimura but Romero is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Hermansson to get the leverage.
Romero wants to improve his position but Hermansson is controlling well.
Hermansson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hermansson is trying to control. Romero wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Romero is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Romero looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Romero tries to get to full guard but Hermansson has control of the leg.

Romero is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Hermansson pulls his head out easily.
Hermansson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Hermansson works his foot free and advances to mount.
Hermansson controlling the pace for now.
Hermansson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Romero is in a horrible position here. Hermansson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Nicodemo Romero will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Romero swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Romero is defended easily by Hermansson.
Hermansson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Romero was well out of range. Poor timing from Hermansson.
Hermansson blocks a low kick nicely.
Hermansson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Romero tries a head kick but it misses.
Hermansson walks into a jab.

Romero gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Romero blocks a body shot from Hermansson.
Hermansson lands with a light punch inside.
Romero trying to land knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Romero scores with a shot to the side of Hermansson's head.
Hermansson takes a shot to the head.
Hermansson misses with a punch to the body.
Romero is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Romero tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Hermansson.
Hermansson misses with a body punch.
Hermansson avoiding damage as Romero throws knees to the body.
Romero working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hermansson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hermansson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Romero lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Romero takes a shot to the head.
Nicodemo Romero seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Romero lands a big right hand that drops Hermansson! The killer instinct kicks in and Romero finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Romero!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nicodemo Romero!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Nicodemo Romero made sure he mentioned Fury Nutrition Inc., along with how happy he was to win his fight.