PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ernesto Romero (ranked 662 p4p, 1793 weight class) and Dan Diego (ranked 59 p4p, 158 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Romero
vs
Diego

165 cm
30
156
12 - 5 - 1

170 cm
21
150
5 - 4 - 0

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Excellent MT
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ernesto Romero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dan Diego!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Ivan Kurochkin and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Romero moves into the clinch successfully.
Romero scores with a shot to the side of Diego's head.
Romero tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Romero lands with a short head shot on the inside.
I was talking to Romero's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Romero lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Romero.
Romero lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Diego backwards.
Romero lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Romero breaks from the clinch.
Diego circles away from the clinch attempt.
Romero moves in looking to clinch but Diego pushes him off.
Diego appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Diego looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Romero has Diego up against the cage in a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Romero.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Romero misses with the head strike.

Romero manages to break the clinch.
Romero tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Diego manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Romero looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Romero rushes Diego and presses him up against the cage.
Diego misses with the head strike.
Diego is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Romero tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Diego blocks an uppercut.
Romero fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romero lands an uppercut.

Romero escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Romero tries to close the distance and clinch but Diego swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Diego! But no joy.

Romero clinches up against the cage.

Romero breaks the clinch.
Romero tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Diego counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Diego keeps the fight on the outside.
Diego looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ernesto Romero seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Romero wants to clinch
and Diego counters with a nice body shot.

Romero moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Romero's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Romero wants to clinch.
Diego circles away from the clinch attempt.
Diego is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Romero with a body shot.

Romero clinches with his opponent.
Romero misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diego tries to break free but Romero pushes him back against the cage.
Diego's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Diego is trying to break the clinch but Romero is controlling him.
Romero misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Romero fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Romero's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Romero has Diego up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Romero fails to land.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Romero.
Romero lands a right hand.
Romero throws a head punch that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Romero.
Romero has a couple of punches blocked by Diego.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Diego.
Romero misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Romero fails to land.
Romero swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ernesto Romero dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Romero is looking to clinch but Diego is avoiding it.
Romero doesn't manage to clinch there - Diego circles away.
Diego looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Diego avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Romero has closed the distance and engaged Diego in a clinch.
Romero swings wildly with an uppercut but Diego uses good head movement to avoid it.
Romero misses with some punches.
Diego blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Diego.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Diego's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Romero doesn't manage to clinch there - Diego circles away.
Donk. Romero catches Diego right on the button with a cross.
Romero tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
It seemed like Diego was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Diego counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Romero darts in trying to clinch
and Diego counters with a stiff right hand.
Romero doesn't manage to clinch there - Diego circles away.
Diego is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Romero is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Diego swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Diego avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A little jabbing left from Diego on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Diego circles away from the clinch attempt
and Diego counters with a stiff right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diego ducks right into an uppercut from Romero.
Romero moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Romero wants to clinch.
Romero cracks Diego with a good jab.
Romero looks to clinch
and Diego counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Romero tries to clinch
and Romero takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romero connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Diego's hands.
Romero wants to clinch.

Romero moves into range and clinches up with Diego.
Romero misses with a short punch on the inside.

Romero breaks from the clinch.
Diego takes one to the side of the head.
A punch lands to the side of Diego 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Romero gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Romero misses with a short punch on the inside.
Romero throws a head punch that misses.
Romero misses with a hook from the clinch.
Romero throws a head punch that misses.
Diego can't break the clinch.
Romero misses with a short punch on the inside.
Romero swings wildly with an uppercut but Diego uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diego blocks an uppercut.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A head punch on the inside from Romero fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Romero.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Diego.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ernesto Romero dominated that second round.
That's time! Romero's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Romero moves to clinch but Diego breaks away
and Diego counters with a stiff right hand.
Romero tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Diego now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Romero fails with an attempt to clinch.
Diego is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Romero with a body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Romero looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jab by Romero.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Romero closes the distance and clinches.
Romero swings wildly with an uppercut but Diego uses good head movement to avoid it.
A frustrated look appears on Diego's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Romero fails to land.
Romero swings wildly with an uppercut but Diego uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Diego.
Romero misses with a punch on the inside.
Romero misses with the head strike.
Diego blocks an uppercut.
Romero misses with some punches.
Ernesto Romero has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Diego working hard to break the clinch.
Diego's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Diego blocking some punches.
Romero tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Romero misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romero working aggressively here.
Romero fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Romero misses with a punch on the inside.
Romero swings wildly with an uppercut but Diego uses good head movement to avoid it.
Romero misses with some punches.
Romero is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Diego can do to turn this around?
Diego is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Romero misses with a punch on the inside.
Romero misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diego blocks an uppercut.
Diego wants to break the clinch but can't.
Romero misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Romero.
Ernesto Romero is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diego is trying to force a seperation but Romero has the dominant position.
A head punch on the inside from Romero fails to land.
Romero misses with a punch on the inside.
Romero lands a left hand that snaps the head of Diego backwards.

Romero breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Diego circles away from the clinch attempt.

Diego tries to keep at a distance but Romero has taken the fight into the clinch.
Romero fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Diego's face as he tries to break the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Romero.
Diego blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romero throws a head punch that misses.
Diego tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Romero has a couple of punches blocked by Diego.
A short uppercut from Romero.

It looks like Dan Diego has been cut.
Romero tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Romero throws a head punch that misses.
Diego goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Romero tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Romero escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Romero has closed the distance and engaged Diego in a clinch.
Diego has had enough of the clinch but Romero keeps him there for the moment.
Dan Diego has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Diego blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ernesto Romero showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Romero, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ernesto Romero!
Our winner, Ernesto Romero, 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.