PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Hook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Roma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hook's entrance music is The Way I Am. A fine choice. Tony Hook has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Hook
vs
Roma

200 cm
22
265 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

195 cm
21
290 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tony Hook!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ricky Roma!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Damien Edna and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hook takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hook tries a head kick but it misses.
Hook connects with a crisp jab.
Hook avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Roma misses with a straight right.
Hook misses with a head kick.
Roma misses the shot to the body.
Hook displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Roma.
Hook lands a two punch combo.
Roma throws the left hand but Hook avoids the punch easily.
Hook shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Roma as he jumps to the side.
Hook lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Roma circles away quickly and effectively.
Hook throws a sloppy head kick and Roma moves out of range easily.
Roma throws a big shot that misses.
Roma tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hook was well out of range. Poor timing from Roma.
A punch combination from Hook misses.
Hook swinging wilding here.
Hook with a hook.
Some wild striking there from Hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hook moves in looking to clinch but Roma pushes him off.
Hook slips a jab and a cross from Roma.
Hook misses with a takedown
and Roma counters with a stiff right hand.

Hook shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Hook was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Roma tries to reverse the position but Hook maintains control.
Roma tries to hold on but Hook postures up.
Hook throws some wild stikes that Roma manages to avoid easily.
Roma is wriggling around trying to escape.
Roma is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Hook misses with a head shot.
Roma is in all sorts of trouble here.
Hook pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roma is desperately trying to improve his position but Hook has a good base and remains in mount.
Hook sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Roma can't escape the position.
Roma holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Hook tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Roma avoids a series of strikes thrown by Hook.
Hook thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Roma is working to get back to half guard.
Hook throwing strikes here but Roma is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Hook landing strikes from the mount and Roma is in trouble!
Roma is trying desperately to improve position.
Hook connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hook thowing shots but they're missing.
Roma bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Hook is breathing heavily.
Hook keeping moving, preventing Roma from controlling successfully.
Roma postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hook working a defensive guard here.
Roma working some strikes from top position.
Roma cracks Hook with a solid left hand.
Roma scoring with some ground and pound.
Roma trying to control the position from guard on top but Hook is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Roma has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Roma is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roma postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Roma connects with a couple of short punches.
Hook wants to stand up but Roma is controlling him.
Roma scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Roma preventing the sweep.
Roma working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Roma works over Hook with some ground and pound from guard.
Roma is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Roma scoring with punches to the head and body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Roma working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Roma makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Roma postures up and lands a big shot to Hook's brow.
Roma works over Hook with some ground and pound from guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricky Roma dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Roma fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hook looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A swing and a miss from Roma.
Hook defending well as Roma loads up on a big left hand.
Roma avoids the head kick by Hook.
Roma swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tony Hook is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Hook closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Roma to the mat! Roma manages to get full guard.
Roma pulls Hook in to control the position.
Roma manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Roma lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Roma scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hook?
Roma looking to finish Hook with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hook!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Roma landing strikes from the mount and Hook is in trouble!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roma controlling from the full mount.
BOOM! Roma connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Roma cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Roma scoring with strikes but Hook is staying in there.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hook is trying desperately to improve position.
Roma working Hook over with strikes here.
Hook tries to hold on but Roma postures up.
Roma raining down shots from the mount!
Roma working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Roma is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Hook tries to hold on but Roma postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roma landing shots from mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hook flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Roma lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Roma cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Roma raining down shots from the mount!
Hook taking shots to the head.
Roma landing shots from mount.
Roma lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Roma takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Roma has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Hook's face.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Roma controlling the pace for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roma with shots to the head and body - Hook looks very uncomfortable down there.
Hook taking shots to the head.
Roma looking to control and managing it successfully.
Hook swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Roma landing strikes from the mount.
Roma landing strikes, looking to finish!
Roma working the ground and pound effectively.
Roma scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Hook is in a horrible position here. Roma smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Hook is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roma pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Roma has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Roma scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hook?
The referee warns Hook that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Hook is in a horrible position here. Roma smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roma raining down shots from the mount!
Hook tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hook is trying to stand up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Roma with shots to the head and body - Hook looks very uncomfortable down there.
Ricky Roma has got the better of the ground game so far.
Roma lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Roma is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hook can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Roma scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hook?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricky Roma showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Hook's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Roma moves into the clinch successfully.
A short right from Roma on the inside.
Hook has Roma pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Roma manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Roma scores with a shot to the side of Hook's head.

Roma lands a takedown into guard.
Hook is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Roma sitting in guard here, content to control.
Hook wants to stand and escape but Roma is having none of it.
Hook is striking from the bottom but Roma uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
Roma looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hook with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Hook on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hook has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Roma is working away from the top position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roma prevents Hook from standing back up.
Roma is nestled in close to Hook, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Roma controlling the pace.
Roma drops an elbow to the side of Hook's head.
Hook taking some punishment here, with Roma in his half guard.
Roma looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Roma takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Hook is trying to get back to full guard.
Roma content to control rather than advance.
Hook is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Roma scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roma lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Roma working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Roma looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Hook is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hook punching from the bottom.
Roma lands with a punch from half guard.
Hook is trying to get back to full guard.
Roma is nestled in close to Hook, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
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. Roma connects with a nice short shot to Hook's temple.
Roma working Hook over with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hook looking for submissions off his back.
Roma seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Roma is looking to take a break and control but Hook is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Roma looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Hook is looking to control Roma's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Hook avoid being mounted?
Roma prevents Hook from standing back up.
Roma lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Roma landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Ricky Roma is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Roma lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
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. Roma connects with a nice short shot to Hook's temple.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Roma in particular looking to stall.
Tony Hook has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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. Roma connects with a nice short shot to Hook's temple.
Hook taking some punishment here, with Roma in his half guard.
Roma lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Roma is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Roma working the head and body with strikes.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Roma lands a nice short elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ricky Roma comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Roma has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 25:30
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 25:30
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricky Roma!