PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dimitri Romanov (ranked 6508 p4p, 549 weight class) and Auston Clark (ranked 4664 p4p, 466 weight class). Clark has chosen Stranglehold/Ted Nugent as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Romanov
vs
Clark

173 cm
25
168 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
158 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

Taps On The Island

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dimitri Romanov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Auston Clark!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Sandra Marshall and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Romanov closes the distance and clinches.
A nice left hand lands by Romanov.
Romanov can't find room to land a body shot as Clark controls the action.
Clark stalling the fight.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Romanov.
Clark avoids the elbow strike from Romanov, against the cage.
Romanov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Clark fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Romanov misses with the head strike.
Clark blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Romanov stalls.
A body shot lands from Romanov.
A right hand to the body from Romanov.
Romanov tries a body shot but Clark blocks it.
Clark blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Romanov misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clark misses with a knee strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Romanov scores with a nice hook to the head.
Romanov misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Romanov.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Romanov.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Romanov.
Clark lands a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Clark lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Romanov backwards.
Clark taking a breather.

Romanov has clasped his hands together around Clark's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Romanov throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Romanov advances nicely into full mount.
Romanov working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Clark keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Clark felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
BOOM! Romanov connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Clark sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Romanov connects with a nice short shot to Clark's temple.
Romanov lands strikes from half guard.
Clark blocking the ground and pound attempt from Romanov.
Romanov thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romanov working over Clark with some ground and pound. Clark looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Clark looks like he's trying to stand up.
Romanov working Clark over with strikes.
Romanov winds up and cracks Clark with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Romanov landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Clark is trying to stand.
Romanov throwing shots but Clark is blocking nicely.
Romanov lands with a punch from half guard.
Nice strikes from Romanov there.
Romanov thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Romanov thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Clark's head.
Romanov is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romanov landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Clark is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Romanov slips a nice elbow through Clark's hands, connecting with Clark's forehead.
Romanov missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Romanov scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Clark keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Clark keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Romanov trying to pass the guard but Clark defending well.
Clark trying to control here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romanov moves nicely into side control.
Romanov landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Romanov in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Clark defending against the ground and pound.
Clark takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Clark is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Romanov off and has taken his back!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Romanov just trying to survive but Clark is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
You can see the frustration on Romanov's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Romanov is working hard here to advance position.
Clark not allowing Romanov to control his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dimitri Romanov dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Clark looks to land a combination but Romanov avoids it well.
Romanov is looking to counter the offense by Clark and move into the clinch.
Romanov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Clark.
Romanov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Romanov scores with a decent looking hook.
Nice defenses there by Romanov.
Romanov takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Clark throws a looping overhand right but Romanov ducks down to avoid it.
Romanov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Clark.
Romanov blocks a jab.
Romanov throws a good cross that connects.
Clark slaps away a takedown attempt from Romanov, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Romanov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Clark can do to turn this around?
Clark keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Auston Clark seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Romanov blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Romanov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Clark sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Romanov is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Romanov on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Clark keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Romanov shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Clark is trying to defend but Romanov finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

Clark manages to escape and get back to his feet!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romanov tests Clark's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Clark uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Romanov.
Clark swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Clark moves away from the strike by Romanov.
Clark lands a glancing blow to the side of Romanov's head.

Romanov moves into range and clinches up with Clark.
Clark throws a punch but it's blocked by Romanov.
Romanov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Clark is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Clark blocks an uppercut.
Clark throws a head punch that misses.
Clark on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Romanov manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Clark lands an elbow that stopped Romanov in his tracks for a moment.
A head punch on the inside from Romanov fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clark tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Clark misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Romanov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
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!
Romanov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Romanov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Romanov struggles to land a body shot inside as Clark controls his hands.
Clark has a couple of punches blocked by Romanov.
Clark blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Romanov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Clark lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Romanov lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Romanov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Clark's elbow.
Romanov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Romanov lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A shot in the inside from Clark.
Still in the clinch, Clark scores with a nice short uppercut.
Romanov has a couple of punches blocked by Clark.
Clark lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Romanov takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Romanov misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark struggles to land a body shot inside as Romanov controls his hands.
Clark blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Clark manages to break the clinch.
Romanov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Romanov gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Clark.
Romanov staying out of range there.
Clark thows a left - swing and a miss!
Romanov throws a hook but Clark avoids it easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Clark lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Romanov circles away quickly and effectively.
Romanov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Clark was well out of range. Poor timing from Romanov.
Clark unleashes a big counter combination but Romanov bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Romanov misses with a straight right.
Romanov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Romanov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Clark sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Clark misses with a series of wild punches.
Clark loads up on a big right hand but Romanov slips the punch.
Clark swings widly with a right hand

and Romanov counters with a nice double leg into side control. Clark won't be happy with that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Romanov working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Clark tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Romanov wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romanov working the ground and pound.
Clark is not content to let Romanov control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Romanov tries to score with some ground and pound. Clark controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Romanov wants to control but Clark is keeping him busy.
Clark takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Clark sneaks back into half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clark is trying to control but Romanov passes into side control!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Auston Clark will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Clark's corner calls for a 1-2. Clark obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Romanov ducks under a wild hook from Clark.
Clark lands with an uppercut that bounces Romanov off the cage and back into range.
Clark ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Romanov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Clark.

Romanov moves into range and clinches up with Clark.
Romanov drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Clark gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Clark breaks from the clinch.
Clark misses with a looping left.
Clark missing with a left hand there. Romanov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Romanov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Clark.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Romanov moves into the clinch successfully.
Clark misses with the head strike.
Clark is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Romanov.
Romanov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from Romanov.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Clark misses with a hook from the clinch.
Clark tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Romanov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Clark misses with the head strike.
Clark blocks an elbow strike from Romanov.
Romanov throws a head punch that misses.
Clark is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dimitri Romanov has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Romanov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Romanov lands an uppercut.
Romanov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Clark misses with a knee strike.
Romanov misses with a knee to the head.
Romanov tries to land knees in the clinch but Clark avoids the damage to the body.
Romanov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Romanov turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Romanov throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Romanov has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Clark can't do much from the bottom here.
The strikes coming from Romanov are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Dimitri Romanov overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clark is not content to let Romanov control the position.
Clark is pushing Romanov's head away, looking to escape. Romanov manages to hold on to the position though.
Romanov cracks Clark with a big right hand but Clark just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Romanov lands a nice forearm strike.
Romanov throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Clark is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romanov working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Romanov creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Clark sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Romanov scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Clark to see if he's OK.
Romanov misses with the ground and pound.
Romanov wants to lay and pray for a moment but Clark keeps working.
Clark sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Romanov lands strikes from half guard.
Clark has hold of Romanov's hands but Romanov slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Romanov sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Clark defending well though.
Clark keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Romanov wants to control but Clark is keeping him busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romanov scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Romanov wants to pass the guard but Clark is defending well.
Clark wants to control but Romanov is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Romanov throwing shots but Clark is blocking nicely.
Romanov scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Clark is rocked!
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Romanov lands a nice short elbow.
Clark is still in real trouble! Can Romanov finish him?
Romanov is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Romanov postures up in Clark's guard and throws a big left but Clark blocks it.
Romanov working some strikes from top position.
Romanov loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Romanov with a nice head shot there.
Clark takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Romanov works over Clark with some ground and pound from guard.
Romanov with a nice head shot there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dimitri Romanov showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Romanov has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dimitri Romanov!