PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Magnus Thorgard (ranked 747 p4p, 1114 weight class) and Vito Romero (ranked 108 p4p, 163 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Vito Romero was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Thorgard
vs
Romero

194 cm
19
220
5 - 3 - 0

188 cm
28
211
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Magnus Thorgard!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vito Romero!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Yves DeLean and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romero looks to land a left hand but Thorgard moved out of range nicely.
Thorgard slips under a jab from Romero.
Thorgard attempts a counter takedown but Romero avoids it well and moves away.
Romero ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Romero throws a jab when Thorgard was well out of range.
Thorgard misses with the combination.
Romero tries to clinch up.
Romero looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Thorgard moves out of range as Romero strikes.
Thorgard gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Romero ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Thorgard throws out a loose jab but Romero uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thorgard misses with a hook. Romero ducked under it nicely.
Thorgard displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Thorgard connects with a looping right hand.
Thorgard throws a looping overhand right but Romero ducks down to avoid it.
Romero is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Thorgard.
Thorgard has been working on his balance at Combat Wombat Burrow, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Romero.
Thorgard moves forwards but Romero connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Romero lands with a shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Romero.
Thorgard feinted with a counter takedown.
Thorgard just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero throws a shot from downtown. Thorgard moves away and avoids it.
A punch lands to the side of Romero 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Thorgard is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Romero.
Thorgard waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Romero.
Thorgard connects with the punch.
Romero throws a big shot that misses.
Thorgard is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Romero.
Romero looks to throw the jab but Thorgard is out of range.
Romero looks to land a right hand but Thorgard moved out of range.
Thorgard appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Romero listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Thorgard throws a hook to the side of Romero's head but Romero sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A left lands for Thorgard.
Romero pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Romero misses with a looping right.
Romero scores with a hook.
Thorgard swings widly with a right hand
and Romero counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big right from Thorgard misses.
Romero throws a body punch but Thorgard moves out of range.
Thorgard half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thorgard throws a right and a left that Romero avoids nicely.
Romero looks to land a left hand but Thorgard moved out of range nicely.
Thorgard changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
A telegraphed right hand from Thorgard misses the target.
Romero showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Thorgard.
Romero takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Thorgard walks into a stiff left hand from Romero.
Thorgard swinging wildly here.
Thorgard throws a leg kick
and Romero counters with a stiff right hand.
Thorgard misses the shot to the body.
Romero tries to counter by closing the distance.
Vito Romero seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thorgard loads up on a big right hand but Romero slips the punch.
Romero thows a left - swing and a miss!
Romero misses with a series of wild punches.
Thorgard defending well as Romero loads up on a big left hand.
Thorgard takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Romero scores with the left hand. Thorgard knows he should have avoided that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thorgard scores with a one two! Romero had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Thorgard misses the jab.
Thorgard bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Romero's head backwards.
Romero slips a jab from Thorgard.
Thorgard connects with a nice looking jab.
Nice cross by Thorgard.
Thorgard takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Thorgard throws a looping overhand right but Romero ducks down to avoid it.
Romero moves out of range as Thorgard strikes.
Thorgard uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Romero.
A jab from Romero misses.
Thorgard pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Thorgard misses with a double jab.
Vito Romero is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Thorgard misses with a wild combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Romero throws a jab but it's blocked by Thorgard.

Thorgard looking to score a takedown here. Romero is defending well but Thorgard drives through and ends up in Romero's guard.
Romero is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thorgard wants to control from the top but Romero keeps moving.
Thorgard postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Thorgard working some strikes from top position.
Thorgard has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Romero looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Thorgard stands up over Romero, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Thorgard with a nice head shot there.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Thorgard scoring with punches to the head and body.
Thorgard is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Thorgard slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Thorgard's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Thorgard is working Romero over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thorgard lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Thorgard working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Romero has his hands on Thorgard's head, controlling the position.
Thorgard wants to control from the top but Romero keeps moving.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Magnus Thorgard dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Romero avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Thorgard throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Romero sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Thorgard missing with a left hand there. Romero was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A little jabbing left from Romero on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Romero fails with an attempt to clinch.
Romero scores with a nice right hand.
Romero steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Thorgard.
Romero misses with a left hand

and Thorgard counters with a nice double leg into guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Romero is on top in guard.

Romero really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Thorgard. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Thorgard wants to sweep here but Romero controlling him for the moment.
Thorgard trying to control the position here.
Thorgard keeping moving, preventing Romero from controlling successfully.

Romero stands up from Thorgard's guard - Romero perhaps looking for a knockout.
Romero staying out of range there.
Thorgard uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Romero.
Thorgard waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Romero.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Thorgard.
Thorgard staying out of range there.
Thorgard lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Romero circles away quickly and effectively.
Thorgard is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Romero can do to turn this around?
Thorgard scores with a crisp jab that stopped Romero in his tracks.
Thorgard scores with a nice strike.
Thorgard throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Romero cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Magnus Thorgard is winning the standup battle so far.
Thorgard takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Thorgard on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The fighters circling - Romero throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The fighters circling - Thorgard throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Thorgard misses with a looping right.
Romero uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Thorgard.
Romero looks to score with a jab to the body but Thorgard is just out of range.
Thorgard attempts a counter takedown but Romero avoids it well and moves away.
A jab from Thorgard misses.
Thorgard just misses with a punch to the body.
Romero avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Romero tries to clinch but Thorgard is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!

Thorgard shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Ground and pound from Thorgard.
Romero is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Thorgard scores with a couple of nice shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Romero is looking to improve his position.
Thorgard is nestled in close to Romero, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Thorgard drops an elbow to the side of Romero's head.
Thorgard is trying to control. Romero wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Thorgard prevents Romero from improving his position.
Thorgard scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Thorgard passes to side control.
Romero takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Romero wants to get back to his feet.
Check out the look on Thorgard's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thorgard controls the position.
Romero wants to control but Thorgard postures up.
Thorgard lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Thorgard working away.
Thorgard lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Romero takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Romero wants to get back to his feet.
Romero takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Thorgard scoring with punches and elbows.
Thorgard connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Romero some visible discomfort.
Thorgard cracks Romero with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Thorgard scores with punches from side control.

Romero is rocked!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Romero can do anything to dispel that myth.
A big shot lands for Thorgard! That's hurt Romero! Will he recover? Thorgard fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Magnus Thorgard!
Magnus Thorgard retains his light heavyweight title!
An out of breath Magnus Thorgard thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.