PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between John Kyle Romo (ranked 8039 p4p, 2551 weight class) and Antero Vuori (ranked 686 p4p, 325 weight class). Antero Vuori will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Romo
vs
Vuori

190 cm
56
187
61 - 51 - 1

201 cm
25
200
13 - 11 - 0

Excellent boxer
Big right hand

World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 61 - 51 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, John Kyle Romo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Antero Vuori!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vuori lands with a nice body kick.
Vuori lands with a cross.
Romo lands the left hand.
Vuori bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

It looks like John Kyle Romo has been cut.
Vuori keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Romo tries to keep at a distance but Vuori has taken the fight into the clinch.

Vuori pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Romo has been working on his boxing with his coaches at House of 1000 Corpses in the buildup to the fight.
John Kyle Romo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab, jab by Vuori - just one landing.
Romo throws a right hand that misses
and before Romo has any time to reset, Vuori cracks him with a big right hand that drops him face first to the canvas! He's hurt! I don't think he's going to get back up from that one! He's trying but he's doing the chicken dance and has face planted into to ropes, causing the referee to bring this fight to an end! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Antero Vuori!
An out of breath Antero Vuori thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.