PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Third Round Romero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Pick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Round Romero
vs
Pick

190 cm
30
214 lbs
16 - 5 - 1

185 cm
34
210 lbs
17 - 14 - 4

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Heavy handed

Hellbent
Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Third Round Romero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 14 - 4, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steve Pick!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Dean Styles and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pick moves into the clinch.
Romero prevents a body shot from Pick.
Pick lands a shoulder strike.
Pick throws a head punch that misses.
Romero misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Romero lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pick backwards.

Pick breaks from the clinch.
Pick keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Romero.
A left lands for Romero.

It looks like Steve Pick has been cut.
Romero throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Pick on the side of the head.
Pick misses with an uppercut. Romero saw that one coming.
Romero fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Romero tries to clinch up
and Pick counters with a one-two to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pick scores with a hook to the body. Romero takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Pick misses with a looping left.
Pick keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Romero.
The crowd cheers as Pick lands an impressive looking overhand right. Romero doesn't seem phased though.

Romero has managed to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pick.
Romero blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Romero swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pick swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Romero tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pick's elbow.
Romero tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pick's elbow.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Pick.
Pick throws a punch but it's blocked by Romero.
A short right from Pick.
Pick swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pick.
Romero fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pick just leaning against Romero, taking a breather.
Romero tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pick's elbow.
Pick blocks an uppercut.
Romero stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Romero misses with the head strike.
Pick lands a right hand.
Pick doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Romero.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romero prevents a body shot from Pick.
Romero blocks an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Romero scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Pick lands a nice shot to the body.

Pick breaks from the clinch.
Pick closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Romero working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nice body punch from Romero.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pick.
Pick misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pick.
Romero misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Pick fails to land.
Romero working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Romero struggles to land a body shot inside as Pick controls his hands.
Pick lands an uppercut.
Pick working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pick misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romero lands an elbow just above Pick 's eye.

That has opened up Steve Pick's cut even more.
Romero lands an uppercut.
Romero throws an elbow but it misses.
Romero throws a head punch that misses.

Pick breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Romero takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Romero tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pick avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Romero misses with a body shot.
Pick looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

The cut above Steve Pick's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Romero throws an off balance right hand
and Pick makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A big right from Pick misses.
We've been told by Romero's head coaches at LOD: Lightning Kicks (MaxID280K) that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Romero misses with a leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Romero misses.
Pick misses with the combination.
Romero has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Romero there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Romero throws a looping overhand right but Pick ducks down to avoid it.
Romero misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pick.
Pick jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Romero wants to clinch but Pick slips to the side
and Pick counters with a stiff right hand.
Romero takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like Third Round Romero has been cut.

Romero closes the distance and clinches.
A body shot lands from Romero.
A nice left hand lands by Romero.
Romero prevents Pick from breaking the clinch.
Pick misses with a punch on the inside.
Romero can't find room to land a body shot as Pick controls the action.
Pick misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Romero lands with a short shot to the head.
Romero has Pick pressed against the cage, preventing Pick from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pick lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pick tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Romero's elbow.
Pick misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Steve Pick will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Romero throws a leg kick but Pick sees it coming and moves out of range.
Pick is looking for the big counter here.
Romero tries to close the distance and clinch but Pick swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Romero with a jab.
A slow jab from Pick misses its intended target.
Pick fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Romero lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Romero blocks a jab.

Romero instigates a clinch.
A body shot lands from Romero.
Pick blocks an uppercut.
Pick working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Romero blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Pick in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Romero tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Romero misses with a hook to the ribs.
Romero has a couple of punches blocked by Pick.
A head punch on the inside from Romero fails to land.
Pick is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Still in the clinch, Romero scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Romero blocking some punches.
Romero fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Romero throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Pick breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Third Round Romero seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pick walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Romero cracks Pick with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Romero throws a shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Romero misses the target.
Romero scores with a jab to the body.
Pick is breathing heavily.

Romero pushes Pick up against the cage in a clinch.
Romero working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Romero.
Romero fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pick working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Romero lands with a right to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Romero.
Pick wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pick throws a punch but it's blocked by Romero.
Romero lands with a light punch inside.

Steve Pick's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Romero blocks a body shot from Pick.
Pick working aggressively here.
A right hand to the body from Pick.
Romero throws a punch but it's blocked by Pick.
Romero misses with the head strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Romero.
Pick lands with a right to the head.
Romero keeps control of Pick as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pick struggles to land a body shot inside as Romero controls his hands.
Romero lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pick backwards.
Romero is leaning against Pick and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Pick fails to land.
Romero makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pick dodges an elbow strike from Romero.
Romero cracks Pick with a nice body shot.
Pick swings wildly with an uppercut but Romero uses good head movement to avoid it.
Romero scores with a shot to the side of Pick's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romero pushes Pick back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Romero tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Romero lands a hook to the side of the head.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Steve Pick's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Third Round Romero!
A very excited looking Third Round Romero rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
Steve Pick was interviewed post fight and said 'Next time I will beat this weirdo'.