PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Clement Romero (ranked 6669 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marteen Mahrowkeen (ranked 6424 p4p, 0 weight class). Marteen Mahrowkeen will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Romero
vs
Mahrowkeen

162 cm
19
161 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Clement Romero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marteen Mahrowkeen!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Jeff Smith and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mahrowkeen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Romero circles away quickly and effectively.
Romero drops down looking for a counter takedown but Mahrowkeen sprawls and moves away.
Mahrowkeen has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Mahrowkeen swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Romero counters by moving into the clinch.
Romero has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Mahrowkeen avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Mahrowkeen prevents the takedown attempt.
Romero tries to score a body lock takedown but Mahrowkeen shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Clement Romero. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mahrowkeen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mahrowkeen has had enough of the clinch but Romero keeps him there for the moment.

Romero pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mahrowkeen throws a left and a right that both miss

and Romero holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Mahrowkeen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mahrowkeen throws a one two combo.
Romero misses with a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mahrowkeen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Romero circles away quickly and effectively.
Romero jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Mahrowkeen throws a right and a left that Romero avoids nicely.
Mahrowkeen misses with a wild combination.
Mahrowkeen throws a combination that misses

and Romero counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahrowkeen wants to break the clinch but can't.

Mahrowkeen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mahrowkeen shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Romero eats them both and turns towards Mahrowkeen to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Mahrowkeen swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Romero counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Romero manages to break the clinch.
Romero could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Romero shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Mahrowkeen sprawls well. Mahrowkeen wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Romero gets slowly back to his feet.
Mahrowkeen throws a leg kick but Romero checks it.
Mahrowkeen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Romero.
Mahrowkeen lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Mahrowkeen. Those never looked like landing.
Mahrowkeen swinging wildly here.
Mahrowkeen throws a series of punches but Romero moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mahrowkeen misses with a combination

and Romero counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Mahrowkeen looks winded!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mahrowkeen prevents the takedown attempt.
Romero is working for takedown but Mahrowkeen is calmly controlling the position for now.

Romero gets a trip takedown into half guard.

Mahrowkeen pushes Romero off and gets back to his feet.
An inside leg kick from Romero misses.
Romero shoots in looking for a takedown. Mahrowkeen tries to sprawl out of it but Romero keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Mahrowkeen manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Mahrowkeen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Romero darts in looking for a takedown but Mahrowkeen gets double underhooks and turns Romero into the cage.
Romero showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mahrowkeen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romero throws a half hearted mid kick.
Mahrowkeen throws a series of punches but Romero moves out of range.
Mahrowkeen throws a head kick that misses.
Mahrowkeen cracks Romero with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Mahrowkeen misses with a low kick as Romero jumps back.
Mahrowkeen misses with a series of wild punches.
Mahrowkeen swinging wildly here.
Mahrowkeen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Romero circles away quickly and effectively.
Mahrowkeen throws a right hand that Romero ducks under and follows up with a left that Romero also avoids with ease.
Mahrowkeen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Romero circles away quickly and effectively.
Mahrowkeen fails to land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mahrowkeen misses with a wild combination.
Mahrowkeen throws a head kick but Romero moves out of range.
Romero fires out a quick counter leg kick but Mahrowkeen just manages to avoid it.
A slow jab from Mahrowkeen misses its intended target.
Mahrowkeen throws a nice looking combination but Romero bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Romero looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Mahrowkeen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Romero wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A combination from Mahrowkeen does no damage.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Romero is defended easily by Mahrowkeen.
Marteen Mahrowkeen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Romero fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Mahrowkeen avoids it really well and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marteen Mahrowkeen 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.

Mahrowkeen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Romero circles away quickly and effectively.
Sloppy strikes from Mahrowkeen. Those never looked like landing.
Mahrowkeen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mahrowkeen lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Mahrowkeen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Romero.
Mahrowkeen misses with a wild combination.
Romero jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Romero dodges the punch combination from Mahrowkeen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Mahrowkeen, as that shot connected.
Mahrowkeen tries to bum rush Romero with a series of wild strikes but Romero uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mahrowkeen is breathing heavily.
Some wild striking there from Mahrowkeen.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Romero closes the distance and clinches.
Romero has Mahrowkeen pressed against the cage, preventing Mahrowkeen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mahrowkeen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Romero has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Mahrowkeen after a bit of a struggle.
Romero has Mahrowkeen pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Mahrowkeen manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Mahrowkeen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Romero is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Clement Romero. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Romero keeps control of Mahrowkeen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Romero prevents Mahrowkeen from breaking the clinch.
Mahrowkeen prevents a takedown attempt there.
Mahrowkeen tries to circle away but Romero has him pinned against the cage.

Romero breaks from the clinch.
Mahrowkeen lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Romero backs up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romero uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mahrowkeen.
Mahrowkeen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Marteen Mahrowkeen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Romero throws a half hearted mid kick.
Mahrowkeen misses with the combination.
Mahrowkeen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Romero avoids a punch combination nicely.
Romero is looking to counter the offense by Mahrowkeen and move into the clinch.
Romero shoots in looking for a takedown. Mahrowkeen tries to sprawl out of it but Romero keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Mahrowkeen manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nice sprawl there from Mahrowkeen as Romero shoots in.
Mahrowkeen misses with the combination.
Romero quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mahrowkeen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Romero counters with a body kick that stops Mahrowkeen in his tracks momentarily.
Sloppy strikes from Mahrowkeen. Those never looked like landing.
Marteen Mahrowkeen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mahrowkeen scores with a three punch combo!
Mahrowkeen scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Romero scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Mahrowkeen is looking to get back to his feet here but Romero is keeping cool and he's managed to take Mahrowkeen's back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Romero is working for the choke. I would put my money on him to finish from this position. He's rolled onto his back and has dragged Mahrowkeen with him. Mahrowkeen is trying to defend but Romero has an arm under the chin now! Mahrowkeen grimaces and is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Clement Romero!