PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rock Romero (ranked 439 p4p, 876 weight class) and Caio Carvalho (ranked 58 p4p, 119 weight class). Carvalho comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Pentagono - É o Moio kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Romero
vs
Carvalho

186 cm
24
177
12 - 5 - 0

181 cm
22
180
9 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rock Romero !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Caio Carvalho!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Steve Montenegro and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romero missing with a left hand there. Carvalho was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Romero has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Finch Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Romero ducks under a wild hook from Carvalho.
Carvalho ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Romero scores with a crisp jab that stopped Carvalho in his tracks.

It looks like Caio Carvalho has been cut.
Romero throws a poor cross that misses

so Carvalho counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Carvalho trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
My spies in Glory 4 Boxing inform me that Carvalho has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Carvalho throws a big elbow that misses.
Carvalho has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Carvalho won't allow Romero to sweep him here.
Carvalho with a flurry of punches that miss.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Carvalho accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Carvalho drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Carvalho seems to have locked his on tight now - Romero screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Carvalho, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Caio Carvalho!
Caio Carvalho thanked the fans post fight for their support.