PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Third Round Romero (ranked 3355 p4p, 129 weight class) and James Delaney (ranked 3106 p4p, 120 weight class). Delaney has chosen Necessary Evil as his entrance music. James Delaney has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Round Romero
vs
Delaney

190 cm
36
214 lbs
28 - 10 - 1

188 cm
39
193 lbs
26 - 12 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

HELLBENT

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Third Round Romero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, James Delaney!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Gwen Towbar and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romero pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Delaney wants to counter with a clinch but Romero pushes him away.
Romero misses with a body shot.
Delaney scores with the left hand. Romero knows he should have avoided that one.
Delaney throws a hook but Romero blocks it.
Delaney takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Romero looks to throw the jab but Delaney is out of range.
Delaney connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Third Round Romero seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Romero misses.
Romero throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Delaney sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Romero instigates a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Delaney.
Romero lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Delaney.

It looks like Third Round Romero has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Delaney lands with a short shot to the head.
Delaney blocking some punches.
Romero blocking some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Delaney.
Romero lands with a light punch inside.
Delaney throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Romeros head.
Romero scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Delaney blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Delaney lands a hook to the side of the head.
Delaney blocking some punches.
Romero lands with a left to the head.
Romero swings wildly with an uppercut but Delaney uses good head movement to avoid it.
Delaney blocks an uppercut.
Delaney looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Delaney misses with a body punch.
Romero throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Romero misses with a short punch on the inside.
Delaney softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Delaney misses with a body punch.
Romero throws a punch but it's blocked by Delaney.
Romero dodges an elbow strike from Delaney.
Romero lands a hook that snaps the head of Delaney backwards.
Delaney throws an elbow but it misses.
Romero stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Delaney just misses with a elbow thrown towards Romero's brow.
Romero pushes Delaney back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
I was talking to Romero's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A shot in the inside from Delaney.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Delaney working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Romero.
Romero working aggressively here.
Delaney lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Romero scores with a nice short uppercut.
Romero swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Delaney tries a body shot but Romero blocks it.
Romero using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Delaney has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Romero throws a punch but it's blocked by Delaney.
Delaney struggles to land a body shot inside as Romero controls his hands.
Romero scores with a knee to the head.
Romero scores with a shot to the side of Delaney's head.
Romero blocks an elbow strike.
Delaney misses with some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Romero.
Delaney tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Romero misses with a punch to the body.
Romero lands with a right to the head.
Delaney lands with a right to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Delaney.
Delaney tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romero lands a left hand that snaps the head of Delaney backwards.
Romero struggles to land a body shot inside as Delaney controls his hands.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Delaney just misses with a elbow thrown towards Romero's brow.
Romero softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Romero lands a shoulder strike.
Romero lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Romero doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Delaney lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Delaney tries to throw a body punch but Romero avoids it by throwing Delaney back against the ropes.
Delaney throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Romero.
Delaney misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Romero blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Romero throws an elbow but misses.
Delaney misses with a short punch on the inside.
Romero is leaning against Delaney and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Delaney lands a right hand that snaps the head of Romero backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Delaney blocks an elbow strike.
Romero cracks Delaney with a nice body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romero lands with a short shot to the head.
Delaney looks winded!
Romero missing with knees to the body.
Delaney blocks an uppercut.
Romero is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Romero scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Romero tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Romero working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Delaney.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Romero.
Romero misses with a knee to the head.
Delaney swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Romero misses with the head strike.
Delaney doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Romero fails to land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Romero.
Romero lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Delaney lands an elbow inside.
Romero trying to stall but Delaney improves his position.
Delaney misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Third Round Romero dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Third Round Romero's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Delaney swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Delaney ducks right into an uppercut from Romero.
Delaney throws a head kick that misses

and Romero counters with a big 3 punch combo that drops Delaney on his ass! Delaney wobbles back to his feet half way through the count and though looking a bit dazed, the referee is going to allow the fight to continue!
Romero jabs Delaney to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Delaney takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Romero scores with a body shot.
Third Round Romero is winning the standup battle so far.
Delaney throws a shot from downtown. Romero moves away and avoids it.
Romero tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Delaney misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Romero.
Delaney looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A short left from Romero.
Romero scores with a hook to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Romero.
Romero blocks the elbow strike.
Still in the clinch, Delaney scores with a nice short uppercut.
Third Round Romero has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A head punch on the inside from Delaney fails to land.
Romero looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Romero tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Delaney struggles to land a body shot inside as Romero controls his hands.
Romero blocking some punches.
Romero lands an uppercut.
Delaney swings wildly with an uppercut but Romero uses good head movement to avoid it.
Delaney misses with a hook from the clinch.
Delaney blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Romero throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Delaneys head.
Delaney misses with some punches.
Romero misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Delaney.
A right hand to the body from Romero.
Delaney is breathing heavily.
Romero lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Romero lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Romero blocks an elbow strike from Delaney.
Romero tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Romero softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Delaney blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Romero lands with a left to the head.
Romero lands an elbow inside.
Delaney on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Romero working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Romero doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Romero creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Delaney's defenses.
Romero throws a head punch that misses.
Delaney digs a right hand into Romero's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Romero's gas tank.
Delaney lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Romero tries a body shot but Delaney blocks it.
Delaney dodges an elbow strike from Romero.
A head punch on the inside from Delaney fails to land.
Delaney misses with a punch on the inside.
Delaney doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Romero has a couple of punches blocked by Delaney.
Romero fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Delaney working aggressively here.
Romero lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A shot in the inside from Romero.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Romero.
Romero avoids a wild elbow strike from Delaney.
Delaney lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Romero scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Romero misses with the head strike.
Delaney misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Delaney throws an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Delaney just misses with a elbow thrown towards Romero's brow.
Delaney scores with a shoulder strike.
Romero throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Delaney throws a punch but it's blocked by Romero.
Delaney blocks an elbow strike from Romero.
Delaney misses with some punches.
Delaney prevents a body shot from Romero.
Romero scores with a nice hook to the head.
Delaney fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Romero lands a right hand.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Delaney throws an elbow that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Delaney misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Romero fails to land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Delaney swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Romero lands a hook that snaps the head of Delaney backwards.
Romero blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Romero lands a shot to the body.
Romero scores with a shoulder strike.
Romero misses with a punch to the body.
Delaney misses with a short punch on the inside.
Romero cracks Delaney with a nice body shot.
Delaney working aggressively here.
Romero tries to work over Delaney's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Romero.

It looks like James Delaney has been cut.
Romero lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Delaney throws a punch but it's blocked by Romero.
A short body shot lands from Romero as the two fighters clinch.
Romero pushes off an throws an elbow but Delaney leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Romero comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Romero.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Third Round Romero will take that round after scoring the only knockdown of the round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Romero moves into the clinch.
Delaney blocks an elbow strike.
Romero digs a right hand underneath Delaney's ribcage. Delaney let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Romero lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Romero lands a hook to the side of the head.
Romero lands a nice shot to the body.
Romero lands a nice shot to the body.
Romero swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Romero blocking some punches.
Delaney blocking some punches.
Romero avoids a wild elbow strike from Delaney.
Romero tries to throw a body punch but Delaney avoids it by throwing Romero back against the ropes.
Romero misses with the head strike.
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.
Delaney takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Romero working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Romero misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A shot in the inside from Romero.
Romero tries to work over Delaney's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Romero lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero connects with a knee to the head.
Delaney takes a shot to the head.
Romero working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Romero lands a shoulder strike.

Delaney is rocked!
A nice right hand lands inside from Romero.
Delaney is still on wobbly legs! Can Romero finish him?
Romero blocks an elbow strike from Delaney.
Delaney seems to have recovered his senses.
Delaney blocking some punches.
Romero tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Delaney avoids it.
Delaney struggles to land a body shot inside as Romero controls his hands.
Delaney misses with a short punch on the inside.
Delaney dodges an elbow strike from Romero.
A short left from Romero.
Romero just leaning against Delaney, taking a breather.
Delaney blocks an uppercut.
Delaney misses with a punch on the inside.
Romero misses with a punch on the inside.
Delaney lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Romero throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Delaney blocks it with crossed arms.
James Delaney has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Delaney lands a nice uppercut.
Romero doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Romero has a couple of punches blocked by Delaney.
Romero working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Romero taking a breather.
Romero blocks an uppercut.
Delaney throws a punch but it's blocked by Romero.
Delaney tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Romero lands a left hand that snaps the head of Delaney backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Delaney fails to land.
Romero stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Delaney lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Delaney fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Romero lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Delaney or not.
Romero working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Romero misses with a hook from the clinch.
Romero misses with a hook from the clinch.
Delaney comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Third Round Romero's cut is getting worse.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romero working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Romero is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Delaney can do to turn this around?
Delaney throws a punch but it's blocked by Romero.
Delaney throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Romero.
Romero misses with a punch on the inside.
Delaney tries to work over Romero's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Delaney.
Delaney blocks an uppercut.
Delaney tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Romero's elbow.
Third Round Romero is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Delaney tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Romero lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Delaney backwards.
Delaney tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Romero on the inside.
Delaney misses with the head strike.
Romero takes an elbow to the forehead.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Delaney.
Romero throws a head punch that misses.
Romero misses with a knee strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Delaney.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Still in the clinch, Romero scores with a nice short uppercut.
Romero avoids a wild elbow strike from Delaney.
Romero misses with the head strike.
Romero blocks an elbow strike.
Delaney lands a nice shot to the body.
Romero lands with a short head shot on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Romero creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Romero lands with a short shot to the head.
Delaney throws an elbow that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Romero.
Romero takes an elbow to the temple.
Romero blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Romero using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Delaney has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Romero lands a shoulder strike.
Delaney's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Delaney misses with a hook from the clinch.
Romero lands with a short punch from the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Third Round Romero showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Romero has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:26
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Third Round Romero!
A relieved looking Third Round Romero thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
The defeated James Delaney had this to say: 'YOU WIN OR YOU LEARN.'.