PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Doppo Orochi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexandr Romanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Orochi
vs
Romanov

188 cm
32
216 lbs
22 - 12 - 1

187 cm
32
212 lbs
25 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Zipp Zapp
VICIOUS FIGHT GEAR

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 22 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Doppo Orochi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alexandr Romanov!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Ackerman and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Orochi throws a hook but Romanov avoids it easily.
Romanov lands with a hook. Orochi tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
An inside leg kick from Orochi misses.
Orochi throws a leg kick
and Romanov counters with a one-two to the body.
Romanov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Romanov slips a jab and a cross from Orochi.
Alexandr Romanov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Orochi scoring well with a low kick there.
Orochi throws out a loose jab but Romanov uses good head movement to avoid it.

Orochi takes the fight into the clinch.
Orochi misses with a knee to the head.
Our sources have told us that Orochi has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Orochi misses with a punch on the inside.
Orochi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Orochi digs a right hand into Romanov's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Romanov's gas tank.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Orochi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Romanov backwards.
Orochi throws a punch but it's blocked by Romanov.
Orochi lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orochi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Orochi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Orochi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Romanov was well out of range. Poor timing from Orochi.
Orochi wants to land a leg kick but Romanov is out of range.
Romanov throws a quick inside leg kick.
Romanov throws a head kick but Orochi moves out of range.
Romanov displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Romanov throws a series of punches but Orochi avoids them all with ease.
Orochi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Romanov tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Orochi rushes Romanov and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Orochi working aggressively here.

Orochi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Romanov misses with a leg kick.
Orochi lands a nice shot that snaps Romanov's head back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Romanov scores with a crisp jab that stopped Orochi in his tracks.
Romanov thows a leg kick but Orochi checks it
and Orochi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Romanov lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Romanov throws a push kick but Orochi slaps the foot to one side.
Romanov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Orochi gets a clinch.
Romanov has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Orochi lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Romanov.
Romanov blocks a body shot from Orochi.
Orochi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Romanov is trying to break the clinch but Orochi is controlling him.
Orochi misses with some punches.
Orochi has Romanov pressed against the cage, preventing Romanov from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Orochi will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Romanov up against the cage.
Romanov has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Orochi.
A right hook to the body lands for Orochi.
Orochi misses with a body punch.
Orochi misses with some punches.
Orochi stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Orochi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Orochi missing with knees to the body.
Orochi prevents Romanov from breaking the clinch.
Orochi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Romanov can't break the clinch.
Orochi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orochi can't find room to land a body shot as Romanov controls the action.

Romanov breaks from the clinch.
Orochi moves out of range of the leg kick from Romanov.
Romanov checks a leg kick.
Orochi throws a sloppy head kick and Romanov moves out of range easily.
Orochi throws a leg kick but Romanov sees it coming and moves out of range.
Romanov misses with a head kick.
Orochi misses with an uppercut. Romanov saw that one coming.
A head kick misses from Romanov.
Orochi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Romanov throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Orochi counters with a solid body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Romanov scores with a one two! Orochi had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Romanov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Orochi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Romanov moves out of range of the leg kick from Orochi.
Orochi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Doppo Orochi dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Orochi throws a series of punches but Romanov moves out of range.
Orochi lands the left hand.
Orochi tries to work over Romanov's front leg with a kick but Romanov checks it.
Romanov tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Orochi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Orochi wants to clinch.
Romanov stalks Orochi and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Orochi's face. Orochi staggers backwards, shaken.
Orochi paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Orochi throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Romanov tests Orochi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Orochi tries to clinch up but Romanov circles away and keeps his distance.

Orochi moves into the clinch.
Orochi with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orochi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Romanov looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Romanov wants to get back to striking at distance but Orochi won't allow it.
Romanov is trying to break the clinch but Orochi has him pressed against the cage.
Orochi keeps control of Romanov as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Romanov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Romanov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The fighters circling - Orochi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Orochi tries to clinch up but Romanov circles away and keeps his distance.
Romanov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Orochi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Romanov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Romanov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Orochi tries to score with a low kick but Romanov moves his leg out of the way.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Orochi, as that shot connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orochi blocks the body kick.
Romanov chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Orochi can pounce on him.
Orochi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Orochi moves into the clinch.
Orochi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Orochi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Orochi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Romanov is looking to break free of the clinch but Orochi has double underhooks.
A head punch on the inside from Orochi fails to land.
Orochi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Orochi tries to land a knee to the head but Romanov blocks with his arms.
Orochi scores with a shoulder strike.
Romanov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romanov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Orochi misses with a knee to the head.
Orochi looking to throw knees to the head but Romanov is blocking nicely.
Orochi tries to land knees in the clinch but Romanov avoids the damage to the body.

Romanov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Orochi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Orochi tries to clinch there but Romanov circles away.
Orochi takes a kick to the side of the head.
Romanov takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Orochi tries to clinch up but Romanov circles away and keeps his distance.
Romanov stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Orochi throws a nice inside leg kick.
Romanov lands with a cross.
Romanov lands a nice shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Orochi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Romanov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Romanov throws a head kick but Orochi moves out of range.
Alexandr Romanov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Romanov swinging wildly here.
Doppo Orochi is winning the standup battle so far.
Orochi scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nice uppercut there from Orochi.
A solid leg kick lands there for Orochi.
Romanov misses with a head kick.
Orochi looks to land a combination but Romanov avoids it well.
Romanov takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Orochi avoids the head kick by Romanov.
Romanov has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Orochi slips a jab and a cross from Romanov.

Orochi moves into range and clinches up with Romanov.
Orochi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Doppo Orochi dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Romanov takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Romanov walks into a straight right hand from Orochi.

Romanov is rocked!
Orochi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Romanov was well out of range. Poor timing from Orochi.
Romanov is still on wobbly legs! Can Orochi finish him?
Romanov avoids the body shot from Orochi.
Romanov tries a head kick but it misses.
Orochi connects with a jab and follows up with a big overhand right! Oh that's hurt Romanov! He's out on his feet! Orochi rushes in and drops Romanov with another big right hand, forcing the referee to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Doppo Orochi!
Doppo Orochi made sure to mention his sponsor, VICIOUS FIGHT GEAR in his post fight interview.