PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Corey McGregor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yoel Romero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McGregor's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Justin Bieber ft. Ariana Grande - Let Me Think Bout You. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

McGregor
vs
Romero

194 cm
18
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
18
214 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Brawler
Cardio machine

Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Aspire Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Corey McGregor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yoel Romero!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Frank Dennis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGregor misses with a shot to the body
letting Romero counter with a right hand.

Romero gets tackled into the ropes by McGregor. McGregor maintains the clinch.
Romero misses with a punch on the inside.
McGregor lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
McGregor prevents a body shot from Romero.
McGregor has a couple of punches blocked by Romero.
Romero swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McGregor lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
McGregor lands a right hand.
Romero prevents a body shot from McGregor.
McGregor lands an uppercut.
Romero misses with an elbow strike.
Romero swings wildly with an uppercut but McGregor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Romero pushes off an throws an elbow but McGregor leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
McGregor pushes Romero back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Romero lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Romero with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
McGregor lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A hook to the body from McGregor.
Romero misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McGregor.
McGregor lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
McGregor lands a right hand that snaps the head of Romero backwards.
McGregor cracks Romero with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Romero goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Romero wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Corey McGregor!
A very excited looking Corey McGregor made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.