PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pavel Sherbo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodniel Romero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Romero has chosen Kanye West - Amazing as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Sherbo
vs
Romero

177 cm
32
162 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

176 cm
33
164 lbs
17 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pavel Sherbo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rodniel Romero!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Steve Smith and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romero staying out of range there.
Nice body punch from Sherbo.
Sherbo has been working on his boxing with his coaches at MMA Warrior (1000$ / 15 Elite Coaches) in the buildup to the fight.
Sherbo uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Romero has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sherbo finds it's way round the side to connect with Romero's head.
A telegraphed right hand from Sherbo misses the target.
Sherbo misses with a right hand
and Romero counters with a good, hard body kick but Sherbo shrugs it off.
Sherbo lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Sherbo looks to land a left hand but Romero moved out of range nicely.
Sherbo connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Romero fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sherbo lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Romero moves out of range as Sherbo strikes.
Sherbo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Romero slips a jab from Sherbo.
Romero uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sherbo.
Pavel Sherbo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sherbo catches Romero with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Pavel Sherbo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab, jab by Sherbo - just one landing.
Sherbo's jab looks to have found its range, popping Romero under the eye.
Sherbo connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Romero is looking to clinch but Sherbo is avoiding it.
Sherbo takes a kick to the side of the head.

It looks like Pavel Sherbo has been cut.
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!
Romero avoids a punch combination nicely.
Romero walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Sherbo feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Romeros jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Sherbo lands a glancing blow to the side of Romero's head.
Sherbo throws out a loose jab but Romero uses good head movement to avoid it.
Romero misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romero avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sherbo misses with a jab to the body
and Romero counters with a one-two to the body.
Romero throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sherbo connects with a good right hand that stumbles Romero. Romero circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Sherbo scores with a sloppy right hand. Romero should have avoided that one.
Sherbo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Sherbo is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Sherbo catches Romero with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sherbo lands a nice hook to Romero's body. Romero takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Romero tries to close the distance and clinch but Sherbo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sherbo jabs at Romero's body.
Sherbo blocks a head kick by Romero.
Sherbo catches Romero with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A big left from Sherbo misses.
Sherbo is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romero missing with a left hand there. Sherbo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Romero closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sherbo misses with a hook
and Romero counters with a thumping low kick.
Romero moves away from the strike by Sherbo.
Sherbo misses with an uppercut. Romero saw that one coming.
Sherbo throws an off balance right hand
and Romero comes in over the top with a devastating right hand! Sherbo stumbles back against the cage, looking to regain his senses but Romero is on him like rabid pit bull! Sherbo slumps to the ground under a storm of punches and this fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rodniel Romero!
After the fight, Rodniel Romero was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.