PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Phil Coleman (ranked 374 p4p, 500 weight class) and Anthony Romeo (ranked 60 p4p, 73 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Phil Coleman has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Phil Coleman seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Coleman
vs
Romeo

188 cm
33
223
27 - 10 - 0

184 cm
33
218
21 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter
Conviction

Finnish Elite Extreme Science
Conviction

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 27 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Phil Coleman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anthony Romeo!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Colin Fotheringham and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Romeo. Those never looked like landing.
Coleman fails with the takedown
and Romeo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Romeo throws out a loose jab but Coleman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Coleman tries to clinch but Romeo is having none of it.
Coleman tries to clinch but Romeo moves out of range.
Coleman moves in looking to clinch but Romeo pushes him off.
Romeo appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Coleman tries to clinch but Romeo moves away
and Romeo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Romeo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Romeo appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Romeo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Coleman feinted with a counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Coleman gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Romeo avoiding damage.
Romeo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Romeo misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romeo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Coleman backwards.

Romeo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Coleman shoots in for a double leg but Romeo sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Coleman closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Romeo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Coleman's elbow.

Romeo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Coleman takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Romeo misses with a body shot.
Romeo on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Romeo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Coleman moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Romeo lands an overhand right.
Romeo has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
No luck for Coleman with that takedown attempt.
Coleman looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Phil Coleman. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coleman doesn't manage to clinch there - Romeo circles away.
Coleman slips a jab from Romeo.
Coleman tries to clinch up.

Coleman moves into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Coleman fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Romeo misses with a body punch.
Coleman jumps guard but Romeo stands there with Coleman around his waist. Coleman gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Romeo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Romeo.
Coleman is trying to pull guard but Romeo has him pressed against the cage.

Romeo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Romeo misses with a hook.
Coleman drops down looking for a counter takedown but Romeo sprawls and moves away.
Anthony Romeo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Coleman wants to clinch up but Romeo keeps it at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coleman on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Romeo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Coleman tries to clinch but Romeo moves out of range.
Romeo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Coleman throws a shot to the body.
Coleman bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Coleman tries to clinch
and Romeo makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Coleman tries to clinch up
and Romeo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Romeo keeps the fight on the outside.
Romeo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Coleman takes one to the side of the head.
Coleman doesn't manage to clinch there - Romeo circles away.
Coleman moves in looking to clinch but Romeo pushes him off.
Coleman throws a hook but Romeo blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romeo just misses with a punch to the body.

Coleman shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Romeo wants to control but Coleman is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Coleman is controlling the pace.
Romeo wants to control but Coleman is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Coleman sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Romeo defending well though.
Coleman is thwarting Romeo's attempts to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Romeo dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Coleman tries to clinch up.
Nice body punch from Coleman.
Romeo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Anthony Romeo seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Coleman scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Coleman fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Romeo wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Coleman scores with a couple of short elbows.
Coleman misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Romeo struggling a bit here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Coleman looking to control but instead Romeo has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Coleman 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.
Coleman seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Romeo does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Romeo manages to get to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coleman pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Romeo is keeping the position for now.
Coleman lands a couple of elbows.
Phil Coleman overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Coleman working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Coleman postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Coleman is in close to Romeo's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Coleman throwing strikes but missing.
Romeo controlling Coleman's posture.
Romeo bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Coleman's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romeo trying to control the position from guard on top but Coleman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Coleman managing to control the position.
Coleman looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coleman has Romeo pulled in close to control his posture.
Romeo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Romeo's corner is telling him to maintain position.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Romeo wants to control from the top but Coleman keeps moving.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Coleman blocks a jab.
Romeo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Coleman.
Romeo swats away the attempt to clinch by Coleman.
Romeo throws a hook to the side of Coleman's head but Coleman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Coleman misses the jab.
Coleman is looking to clinch.
Coleman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Romeo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coleman wants to clinch
and Romeo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Romeo fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Coleman looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Coleman avoids a punch combination nicely.
Romeo throws a body punch but Coleman moves out of range.
Romeo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Romeo keeps the fight on the outside.

Coleman drives through and clinches with Romeo against the cage.
Romeo misses with a body punch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Romeo trying to control the position but instead, Coleman has worked for underhooks and has pushed Romeo into the cage.
Romeo throws a punch but it's blocked by Coleman.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Anthony Romeo will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Coleman misses with a takedown
and Romeo makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Coleman with a poor takedown
and Romeo counters with a two punch combo.
Coleman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Romeo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Romeo keeps the fight on the outside.
A jab lands there for Romeo.
Coleman tries for a takedown but Romeo sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Phil Coleman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Coleman tries to clinch
and Romeo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Romeo jabs at Coleman's body.
Coleman walks into a straight right hand from Romeo.
Coleman misses with a hook to the body
and Romeo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Coleman thinking.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Romeo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Romeo punishes Coleman's body with a nice straight punch.
Romeo's corner calls for a 1-2. Romeo obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romeo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Romeo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Coleman missing with a left hand there. Romeo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Phil Coleman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Romeo bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Coleman's head.
Coleman fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Romeo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Romeo fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Coleman looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Coleman moves in looking to clinch but Romeo pushes him off.
Romeo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Romeo scores with a nice right hand.

Coleman is rocked!
Romeo swats away the attempt to clinch by Coleman.
Oh Coleman is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Coleman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Coleman seems to have got his legs back now.
Coleman darts in trying to clinch
and Romeo counters with a crisp right that sends Coleman to the canvas! Romeo follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony Romeo!
Our winner, Anthony Romeo, 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.