PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexandr Romanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shiro Royal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Romanov
vs
Royal

187 cm
23
212 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

187 cm
26
212 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alexandr Romanov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Shiro Royal!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Nard Betker and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romanov connects with an inside leg kick.
Royal misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Romanov scores with a kick to the midsection.
Royal misses with an attempted mid kick.
Royal takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Romanov scores with a jab to the jaw.
Royal misses with a few strikes there.
Romanov slips a jab from Royal.
Royal throws a half hearted mid kick.
Royal lands a right hook to the body.
Romanov chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Royal throws a head kick that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Royal scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Romanov lands with a cross.
Royal shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Romanov eats them both and turns towards Royal to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Romanov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Romanov lands a right hook to the body.
Royal misses with a combination
and Romanov counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romanov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Royal.
Romanov lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Romanov blocks a leg kick.
Romanov defending well as Royal loads up on a big left hand.
Royal throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Royal takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Good leg kick by Romanov there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A bone on bone clash there as Romanov blocks the leg kick.
Royal has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Romanov.
Royal misses with a hook. Romanov ducked under it nicely.
Royal tries to score with a low kick but Romanov moves his leg out of the way.
A jab from Romanov does it's job there.
Romanov thumps Royal with a low kick.
Romanov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Royal throws a right hand that Romanov ducks under and follows up with a left that Romanov also avoids with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romanov jabs at Royal's body.
Royal fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Romanov manages to avoid it.
The crowd cheers as Romanov lands an impressive looking overhand right. Royal doesn't seem phased though.
Royal misses with an uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Royal throws a looping overhand right but Romanov ducks down to avoid it.
Royal tries to land a front kick but Romanov steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Romanov blocks a head kick by Royal.
A left lands for Romanov.
Royal looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Royal misses with a body punch
enabling Romanov to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice body punch from Romanov.
Royal throws a body kick that misses.
Romanov with a jab.
Shiro Royal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Royal lands a body shot.
Romanov with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romanov buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Royal thuds a left hand into Romanov's body.
Romanov throws a head kick that Royal semi-blocks.
Romanov blocks the body kick.
Royal takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Romanov chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Romanov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Royal has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Royal is rocked!
Romanov lands an overhand right.
Royal is still on wobbly legs! Can Romanov finish him?
Romanov staying out of range there.
Royal seems to have recovered his senses.
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!
Royal does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A leg kick checked by Royal.
Some wild striking there from Royal.
Royal on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Royal throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A swing and a miss from Royal.
Romanov pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Romanov is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Donk. Romanov catches Royal right on the button with a cross.
Royal scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Romanov fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Royal.
Romanov moves out of range as Royal throws a body kick.
Royal is looking to land body kicks.
Royal misses with an uppercut.
Romanov feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Royal's calf.
Romanov thumps Royal with a low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Royal swinging wildly here.
Royal misses with a body kick.
Royal blocks a head kick by Romanov.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexandr Romanov dominated that round.
That's time! Romanov's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Romanov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Romanov lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Royal's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Royal fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Alexandr Romanov is winning the standup battle so far.
Romanov pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Royal scores with a nice right hand.
Romanov explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Royal lands a jab.
Romanov throws a sloppy head kick and Royal moves out of range easily.
Royal throws a half hearted mid kick.
Royal throws a combination that misses
and Romanov counters with a slapping leg kick.
Royal swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Romanov connects with a leg kick. Royal looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Romanov moves out of range of the body kick from Royal.
Royal on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romanov fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Romanov.
Romanov takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Royal is breathing heavily.
Romanov staying out of range there.
Nice body kick from Royal.
Romanov throws a nice outside leg kick.
Romanov lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Romanov catches Royal with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Royal misses the body punch
and Romanov counters with a nice low kick that buckles Royal's knee momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Royal thows a body shot but no joy.
Royal does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Royal throws a combination that misses
and Romanov counters with a nice leg kick.
Romanov lands a head kick!
Romanov connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Royal takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Royal misses with the combination.
Royal throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Royal takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Romanov connects with a crisp jab.
Romanov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Royal.
Romanov lands a jab to the nose.
Royal throws a lazy head kick
and Romanov counters with an inside leg kick.
Romanov scores with a spinning back kick!
Good exchange - Romanov coming out on top.
Royal will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Royal on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Romanov. Romanov obviously looking to wear him down.
Romanov feints and then cracks Royal's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Royal down.
Romanov goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romanov cracks Royal on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Royal falls backwards against the cage. Romanov follows up with more strikes that drop Royal to his knees. Romanov keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Royal! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexandr Romanov!