PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Zack Attack (ranked 4136 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dante Gael Roman (ranked 6120 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Attack
vs
Gael Roman

168 cm
20
140 lbs
4 - 1 - 1

183 cm
41
130 lbs
29 - 30 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Zack Attack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 30 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dante Gael Roman!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roman bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Roman moves out of range of the leg kick from Attack.
A swing and a miss from Attack.
Roman slips under a jab.
No joy there for Roman, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Zack Attack seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Attack scores with a jab. Roman acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Roman throws a right and a left that Attack avoids nicely.
Attack has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Roman displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Attack throws an off balance right hand
and Roman counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Attack misses with a straight right.
Attack will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Attack fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Roman manages to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Attack misses with a jab to the body
and Roman counters with a stiff right hand.
Attack swings for the body but Roman moves out of range.
No joy there for Roman, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Attack misses with a body shot.
Roman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Attack.
Roman moves away from the strike by Attack.
Roman drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Attack throws a combination. Roman tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Attack moves away from the strike by Roman.
Attack swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Attack scores with a crisp jab that stopped Roman in his tracks.
Roman misses with a hook.
Roman uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Attack.
Roman swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

Roman tries to keep at a distance but Attack has taken the fight into the clinch.
Attack lands a right hand.
Roman is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Attack.
A nice right hand lands inside from Attack.
Attack lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Roman backwards.
Roman misses with the head strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roman manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Attack misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Attack breaks from the clinch.
Attack throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Attack misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Roman.
Attack uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Roman.
Roman throws a half hearted mid kick.
Attack missing with a left hand there. Roman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Attack cracks Roman with an open hand slap.
Attack misses the shot to the body.
Attack stuns Roman with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Attack rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Roman moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Roman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Attack.
Attack misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Roman counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Roman is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Attack throws an overhand right that lands on Roman's shoulder, as Roman tries to avoid the shot.
Attack throws a right hand that misses
and Roman counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Attack throws a poor cross that misses
and Roman counters with a nice uppercut.
Roman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Attack throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Roman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Attack sets himself, and Roman steps forward looking for the clinch! Attack avoids it this time.
Attack connects with a body shot that sends Roman's belly button to the back.
Roman misses with an uppercut.
Attack throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Attack closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Attack lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Roman has a couple of punches blocked by Attack.
Attack lands with a light punch inside.
Roman swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Attack misses with a body punch.
Roman blocks an uppercut.
Attack lands with a right to the head.
Roman swings wildly with an uppercut but Attack uses good head movement to avoid it.
Attack swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Attack misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Attack escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Attack misses with a hook. Roman ducked under it nicely.
Roman looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Roman throws a body punch but Attack moves out of range.
Roman throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Attack ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Attack cracks Roman with a right hand to the side of the head.

Roman closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Attack to the mat! Attack manages to get full guard.
Roman is stalling in the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Roman pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Attack is keeping the position for now.
Attack might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Attack is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Roman advances to half guard.
Roman is keen to just control but Attack is a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Zack Attack will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Attack throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Roman changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Roman pivots, looking for a leg kick but Attack is out of range and Roman settles back down.
Attack misses with a hook
and Roman makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Attack throws a quick inside leg kick.

Attack closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Attack is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Roman lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Attack or not.
Roman blocking some punches.
Attack stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Roman misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The referee is keeping an eye on Attack - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A right handed body shot lands from Attack.
Attack wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Zack Attack has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Attack misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Attack misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Roman working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Attack misses with a short punch on the inside.
Attack blocks an uppercut.
Attack tries a body shot but Roman blocks it.

Attack pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Attack loads up on a big right hand but Roman slips the punch.
Attack cracks Roman with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Roman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Roman lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Attack thuds a left hand into Roman's body.
Attack throws a lazy right hand but Roman sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A left and a right from Roman both land. Nice combination.
Attack waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Roman.
Attack misses the shot to the body.
Zack Attack is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roman throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roman takes a jab right on the kisser.
Attack throws a hook but Roman blocks it.
Roman bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Attack's head.
A big left from Attack misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Attack.

Attack instigates a clinch.
Attack gets through Roman's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Attack is trying to break the clinch but Roman has him pressed against the cage.

Attack escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A punch lands to the side of Roman 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Attack just misses with a punch to the body.
Attack lands with a straight right. Roman didn't see that one coming.
Nice defenses there by Roman.
Attack swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Attack misses with an uppercut. Roman saw that one coming.
Attack misses with a wild body shot.
A nice side step and Roman releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Attack attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Roman takes a swing at Attack's ribcage but misses.
Attack uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Roman.
Roman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Attack.
Attack looks to land a right hand but Roman moved out of range.
Roman uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Attack.
Roman walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Attack checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Attack smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Zack Attack is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Roman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Roman appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
A jab from Attack misses.
Attack throws a predictable looking body shot
and Roman counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Roman misses with a hook.
Roman misses with a looping left.
Attack digs a good hook to Roman's body.
Attack misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Roman to counter with a crisp jab.
Roman moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Roman is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Attack fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Attack throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Roman tries to counter by closing the distance.
Attack scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Attack throws a body punch but Roman moves out of range.
Roman let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Roman defending well as Attack loads up on a big left hand.
Roman throws a leg kick
and Attack counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Roman feints a jab promting Attack to slip. Roman then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Attack slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Attack swings widly with a right hand
and Attack takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Attack is rocked!
Attack misses with a hook to the body
and Roman counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Oh Attack is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Attack swings widly with a right hand
and Roman scores with a counter punch that sends Attack to the canvas! Roman smells blood - he's punishing Attack with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Attack has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dante Gael Roman!
Our winner, Dante Gael Roman, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.