PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Muenster Romano (ranked 1534 p4p, 2270 weight class) and Mark Beneke (ranked 214 p4p, 289 weight class). Muenster Romano has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Romano
vs
Beneke

178 cm
22
174
8 - 4 - 0

182 cm
22
184
7 - 6 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Muenster Romano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Beneke!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Paul Tew and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beneke lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Romano takes a kick to the side of the head.
Romano misses with a body shot.
Beneke missing with a left hand there. Romano was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Beneke scores with a jab.
Beneke throws a lazy uppercut
and Romano cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Beneke looks to land a right hand but Romano moved out of range.
Mark Beneke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beneke throws a good cross that connects.
Romano thuds a left hand into Beneke's body.
Romano fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Beneke looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Romano tries to clinch there but Beneke circles away.
Romano steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Beneke.
Beneke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Romano manages to avoid it.
Beneke misses with an uppercut
and Romano cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Beneke throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Romano counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Beneke jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Beneke throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Romano counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've been told by Romano's head coaches at in shig we trust that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Beneke throws a lazy right hand but Romano sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Beneke's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Beneke duly obliges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romano moves forwards but Beneke connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Romano lands a glancing blow to the side of Beneke's head.
Romano moves away from the strike by Beneke.
Romano was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Beneke throws a solid leg kick but Romano takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Beneke.
An attempted straight right counter from Romano misses the target.
Beneke takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Beneke lands a lovely overhand right.
Beneke misses with a left hand
and Romano counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Romano misses with a wild body shot.
Romano cracks a nice hook into Beneke's ribs.
Beneke connects with a body shot.
Beneke moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice jab there from Romano.
Beneke throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Romano connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Romano fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Beneke manages to avoid it.
Beneke throws a lazy uppercut
and Romano counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Beneke is rocked!
Beneke works the jab nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beneke misses with an uppercut

and Romano counters with a crisp right hand that drops Beneke! Romano lets Beneke back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Beneke is still on wobbly legs! Can Romano finish him?
Beneke is looking to chop away at Romano's legs.
Beneke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Romano was well out of range. Poor timing from Beneke.
Romano slips under a jab from Beneke.
Romano is looking to counter with a shot to the body.

Romano darts in and clinches Beneke up against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Romano creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Romano throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Benekes head.
A right handed body shot lands from Romano.
A hook to the body from Romano.
Beneke wants to get back to striking at distance but Romano won't allow it.
Romano pushes Beneke back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Beneke seems to have recovered his senses.
Romano lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Romano lands a hook to the side of the head.
Beneke wants to get back to striking at distance but Romano won't allow it.
Beneke working hard to break the clinch.
Beneke's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A nice left hand lands by Romano.
Romano lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Beneke backwards.
Romano lands with a left to the head.
A short right from Romano on the inside.
Romano lands a hook that snaps the head of Beneke backwards.
Romano lands a hook that snaps the head of Beneke backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beneke is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Romano working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Beneke blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Romano lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Romano throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Benekes head.
Romano tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Beneke's elbow.
Romano works on Beneke's body with a couple of short punches.
Romano scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Romano keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Beneke's efforts to push away.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Romano creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Beneke manages to pull guard.
Beneke wants to stand but Romano is controlling the position.
Beneke is trying to keep Romano in close.
Romano stops Beneke from standing up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romano not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Beneke wants to stand up but Romano is controlling him.
Beneke is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice defenses there by Romano.
A little feinted left hand from Romano on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Romano lands with an overhand left.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Romano staying out of range there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Muenster Romano 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.

Romano connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Beneke misses with a straight right.
Romano keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Beneke.
Beneke misses with a takedown attempt - Romano sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Beneke fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Romano looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Romano misses the jab.
Beneke throws an off balance right hand
letting Romano counter with a right hand.
Muenster Romano is winning the standup battle so far.

Romano sends Beneke crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Romano is motioning to the referee to let Beneke up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beneke looks up at the clock. Bad move! Romano lands a right hand from hell, dropping Beneke. Romano pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Muenster Romano!
A relieved looking Muenster Romano thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.