PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dimitri Romanov (ranked 3784 p4p, 396 weight class) and Royce Da Silva (ranked 8366 p4p, 619 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Romanov
vs
Da Silva

173 cm
25
168 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

179 cm
25
164 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Intelligent

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Taps On The Island

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dimitri Romanov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Royce Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Dirk Anderson and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romanov stuffs the takedown attempt from Da Silva. Da Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Da Silva shoots for a takedown but Romanov saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Romanov seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Da Silva with a lazy takedown attempt
and Romanov counters with a nice uppercut.
Dimitri Romanov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Royce Da Silva.
Romanov dips to his left and cracks Da Silva with an uppercut!

Da Silva rushes Romanov and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A short right from Romanov on the inside.
Da Silva tries to score a body lock takedown but Romanov shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Da Silva tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Romanov just stands there and leans against the cage.
Romanov scores with a shoulder strike.
Da Silva jumps guard but Romanov stands there with Da Silva around his waist. Da Silva gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Romanov breaks from the clinch.
Da Silva shoots and misses
and Romanov counters with a straight right hand.

Da Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Da Silva trying to control the position but instead, Romanov has worked for underhooks and has pushed Da Silva into the cage.
Romanov scores with a nice hook to the head.
Romanov scores with a shot to the side of Da Silva's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Silva is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Da Silva tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Da Silva tries to pull guard but Romanov forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
A short right from Romanov on the inside.
Romanov lands with a light punch inside.

Romanov breaks from the clinch.
Da Silva moves forwards but Romanov connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Romanov lands a body shot.
Romanov throws a body punch but Da Silva moves out of range.
Da Silva shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Da Silva shoots and misses

and Romanov counters by moving into the clinch.
Da Silva looks winded!
A hook to the body from Romanov.
Romanov lands a hook that snaps the head of Da Silva backwards.
Romanov definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Romanov.

Da Silva manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Romanov trying to control the position from guard on top but Da Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Romanov stands up over Da Silva, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Romanov landing with the ground and pound.
Da Silva has a closed guard, preventing Romanov from standing up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romanov is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Romanov trying to control the position from guard on top but Da Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Romanov with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Romanov passes into half guard.

Da Silva looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!

Da Silva looking for submissions off his back.
Da Silva has hold of Romanov's hands but Romanov slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Romanov looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Da Silva is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Romanov scores with a couple of nice shots.
Romanov drops an elbow to the side of Da Silva's head.

Da Silva looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva wants to improve his position but Romanov is controlling well.
Romanov working over Da Silva with some ground and pound. Da Silva looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Da Silva is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Romanov pulls his head out easily.
Romanov working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Romanov lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Romanov landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Romanov lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Da Silva is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Romanov scores with a couple of nice shots.
Da Silva on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Romanov prevents Da Silva from improving his position.
Romanov landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Da Silva looking for a kimura from the bottom but Romanov passes into side control!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romanov working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Da Silva is not content to let Romanov control the position.
Da Silva is working to avoid the ground and pound but Romanov connects with a decent elbow.
Romanov is looking to take a break and control but Da Silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Da Silva tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Romanov wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Romanov wants to control but Da Silva is keeping him busy.
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!
Da Silva is looking for a sweep.
Romanov lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Da Silva gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Romanov lands with a punch from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dimitri Romanov dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Da Silva throws out a loose jab but Romanov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Da Silva tries for a takedown but Romanov circles away easily
and Romanov counters with a nice uppercut.
Royce Da Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Horrible takedown attempt by Da Silva or perhaps it was just good defense by Romanov, which made it look bad.
Romanov connects with a crisp jab.
Romanov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Da Silva tries for a takedown but Romanov circles away easily
and Romanov counters with a stiff right hand.
Dimitri Romanov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Royce Da Silva.
Da Silva looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Romanov is fending him off so far but Da Silva persists. Nope, Romanov circles away and we're back to standing.
As Da Silva tries to get set, Romanov tries to push him back and clinch up but Da Silva manages to avoid the attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice cross by Romanov.
Da Silva fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Romanov defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Da Silva.
Romanov tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Da Silva manages to circle out of the way.

Romanov clinches with his opponent.
Romanov cracks Da Silva with a nice body shot.
Da Silva is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romanov lands a body shot.
Romanov scores with a shoulder strike.
Romanov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Romanov scores with a hook to the body.
Da Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Romanov lands with a light punch inside.
Romanov lands a shoulder strike.
Romanov digs a right hand underneath Da Silva's ribcage. Da Silva let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Romanov taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Da Silva has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Romanov seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Da Silva can turn it around.
Romanov lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Romanov breaks the clinch.
Da Silva fails to land the takedown.
Good shot there by Romanov.
Romanov connects with a nice looking jab.
Dimitri Romanov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Romanov throws a shot to the body.
Romanov lands a nice looking body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romanov lands with an overhand left.

Da Silva is rocked!
Romanov takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Da Silva is still on wobbly legs! Can Romanov finish him?
Nice straight punches there by Romanov. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Romanov.
Da Silva fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Romanov avoids it really well and circles away.
Da Silva takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Da Silva seems to have recovered his senses.
Romanov stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Romanov tests Da Silva's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Romanov closes the distance and clinches.
A right handed body shot lands from Romanov.
Romanov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Da Silva is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Romanov is defending well.
Da Silva tries to pull guard but Romanov won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romanov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Romanov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Romanov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Romanov dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Romanov.
Da Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Da Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Da Silva jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Romanov walks away with a smile on his face. Da Silva gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Da Silva shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Romanov counters by clinching up.

Romanov manages to break the clinch.
Romanov leaves Da Silva with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Nice uppercut lands for Romanov. That snapped Da Silva's head back.
Da Silva takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Romanov lands a really nice looking cross but Da Silva seems unphased.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romanov scores with a sloppy right hand. Da Silva should have avoided that one.
Da Silva takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Da Silva changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Romanov tries to avoid it but Da Silva manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Romanov to the ground. Romanov escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Romanov lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Da Silva slips under a jab from Romanov.
Da Silva with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Romanov to score with a decent uppercut.
Romanov scores with a jab to the body.
Da Silva gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Romanov gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Da Silva is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dimitri Romanov!