PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jake Rome (ranked 8172 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dom Willis (ranked 2508 p4p, 0 weight class). Jake Rome has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Rome
vs
Willis

170 cm
30
160 lbs
7 - 23 - 0

166 cm
31
165 lbs
17 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Sportivité

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 7 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jake Rome!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dom Willis!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Willis blocks a head kick by Rome.
A little jabbing left from Willis on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Willis lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Rome misses with a straight left.
Willis cracks Rome with a right hand to the side of the head.
Rome jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rome loads up on a big right hand but Willis slips the punch.
Rome misses with an uppercut
and Willis counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rome thinking.
Willis lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Jake Rome seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Willis jabs at Rome's body.
Willis connects with a jab.
Willis connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Willis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rome.
Rome swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Willis throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Rome throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Willis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rome gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Willis lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Rome can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Willis and Rome drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Willis.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dom Willis!
Dom Willis very nearly forgot to thank Sportivité amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.