PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bloodsport Strongman (ranked 3934 p4p, 3657 weight class) and Marcel Romanow (ranked 384 p4p, 361 weight class). Marcel Romanow has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Strongman
vs
Romanow

197 cm
23
259
6 - 5 - 0

175 cm
25
247
4 - 8 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

NARCOS
Fantasy Threads

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bloodsport Strongman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marcel Romanow!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Matti Vanhoillinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romanow misses with a straight right.
Romanow throws a looping overhand right but Strongman ducks down to avoid it.
Romanow swings widly with a right hand
and Strongman counters with a stiff right hand.

Romanow scores with a takedown into Strongman's guard.
Strongman throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Romanow trying to control but Strongman is working from the bottom.
Romanow tries to free his leg and advance position but Strongman is retaining full guard.
Romanow trying to control the position from guard on top but Strongman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Strongman managing to control the position.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Romanow working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Strongman is trying to keep Romanow in close.

Strongman is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Strongman looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Strongman is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Romanow defends well.
Strongman definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Romanow tries to free his leg and advance position but Strongman is retaining full guard.
Romanow postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Strongman utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Romanow won't allow Strongman to sweep him here.
Romanow scoring with punches to the head and body.
Romanow trying to control but Strongman is working from the bottom.
Romanow working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strongman is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Romanow has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Romanow scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Strongman working a defensive guard here.
Romanow pushes down on Strongman's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Strongman actively working from the bottom here.
Strongman is looking to improve his position.
Strongman trying to hold on to Romanow's head to control him but Romanow postures up.
Romanow slips a nice elbow through Strongman's hands, connecting with Strongman's forehead.
Romanow scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Strongman is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Romanow scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romanow drops an elbow to the side of Strongman's head.
Strongman trying to hold on to Romanow's head to control him but Romanow postures up.
Strongman is staying active underneath Romanow, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Romanow lands a nice short elbow.
Romanow winds up and cracks Strongman with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Romanow lands a nice short elbow.
Romanow prevents Strongman from improving his position.

Strongman is defending against the submission attempts here by Romanow.
Romanow controlling the action here.
Romanow wants to pass to mount but Strongman is defending the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romanow looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Strongman with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ground and pound from Romanow.
Strongman gets back to full guard.
Romanow is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Romanow is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Strongman is rocked!
Romanow stands up over Strongman, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Oh Strongman is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Romanow postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Strongman covers up, he's hurt! Romanow keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Romanow and the ref steps in to end the fight! Romanow can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcel Romanow!
A very excited looking Marcel Romanow 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.
Bloodsport Strongman spoke after the fight, saying 'Don't worry I will be back!!'.