PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roo Poppin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chill Romero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Poppin
vs
Romero

188 cm
18
130 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

192 cm
18
235 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roo Poppin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chill Romero!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Wagner Zegers and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romero throws a series of punches but Poppin avoids them all with ease.
Romero misses with a series of wild punches.
Romero misses with a jab, cross combination.
Romero fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Romero rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Poppin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Poppin is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Romero.
Romero swinging wildly here.
Romero misses with a wild combination.
Romero misses with a wild combination.
Romero throws a right hand that Poppin ducks under and follows up with a left that Poppin also avoids with ease.
Romero swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Chill Romero seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No joy there for Romero, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Poppin.
Romero throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Romero misses with a series of wild punches.
Romero throws a nice looking combination but Poppin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Romero swats away the attempt to clinch by Poppin.
Romero throws a series of punches but Poppin moves out of range.
Romero misses with a few strikes there.
Romero misses with a series of wild punches.
Romero swinging wildly here.
Romero fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Poppin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Romero.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Poppin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Romero will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Romero rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Poppin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Poppin dodges the punch combination from Romero.
Romero looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A punch combination from Romero misses.
Romero throws a nice looking combination but Poppin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Romero misses with a jab, cross combination.
Romero looks to land a combination but Poppin avoids it well.
Poppin really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poppin dodges the punch combination from Romero.
Romero throws a nice looking combination but Poppin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Poppin dodges the punch combination from Romero.
Romero swinging wildly here.
Poppin tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Poppin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Poppin clinches.
Poppin misses with an elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Poppin.
Romero misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Poppin pushes off an throws an elbow but Romero leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Romero dodges an elbow strike from Poppin.
Romero takes an elbow to the temple.
Poppin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Romero.
Romero tries to throw a body punch but Poppin avoids it by throwing Romero back against the cage.
Romero goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Poppin lands an elbow just above Romero 's eye.
Romero avoids the elbow strike from Poppin, against the cage.
Romero blocks the elbow strike.
Romero tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Poppin misses with an elbow strike.
Poppin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Poppin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Romero can't find room to land a body shot as Poppin controls the action.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Poppin.
Poppin throws an elbow but it misses.
Romero dodges an elbow strike from Poppin.
Poppin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Romero's efforts to push away.
With the fighters up against the cage, Poppin throws an elbow but misses.
Romero dodges an elbow strike from Poppin.
Romero blocks an elbow strike from Poppin.
Poppin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Romero misses with a hook from the clinch.
Romero taking a breather.
Romero is trying to break the clinch but Poppin has him pressed against the cage.
Poppin throws an elbow but it misses.
Poppin lands a damaging elbow.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Romero avoids a wild elbow strike from Poppin.
Romero can't break the clinch.
Poppin keeps control of Romero as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Poppin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Romero's brow.
Poppin lands an elbow just above Romero 's eye.
Poppin pushes off an throws an elbow but Romero leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Poppin throws an elbow but it misses.
A head punch on the inside from Romero fails to land.
Romero takes an elbow to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chill Romero dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Poppin slips a jab and a cross from Romero.
Romero looks to land a combination but Poppin avoids it well.
Romero throws a right hand that Poppin ducks under and follows up with a left that Poppin also avoids with ease.
Romero misses with a jab, cross combination.
A punch combination from Romero misses.
Romero swinging wildly here.
Romero throws a right and a left that both miss.
Poppin dodges the punch combination from Romero.
Poppin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Romero.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Romero throws a series of punches but Poppin avoids them all with ease.
Romero misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Romero.
Romero misses with a double jab.
Romero throws a right and a left that both miss.
Romero fails to land with a series of punches.
Romero lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Poppin circles away quickly and effectively.
Romero misses with the combination.
Romero throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Poppin wants to clinch up but Romero keeps it at a distance.
Romero misses with a jab, cross combination.
Romero throws a right hand that Poppin ducks under and follows up with a left that Poppin also avoids with ease.
Romero looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Poppin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Romero misses with a wild combination.
Romero misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Romero throws a series of punches but Poppin avoids them all with ease.
Romero throws a series of punches but Poppin moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Romero.
Romero misses with a two punch combination.
Poppin wants to clinch.
Poppin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Romero.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Romero misses.
Poppin slips a jab and a cross from Romero.
Romero fails to land with a series of punches.
Romero misses with a two punch combination.
Romero rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Poppin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Poppin has taken the fight to the clinch.
Romero has a couple of punches blocked by Poppin.
Poppin controlling the action here for a moment.
Poppin misses with an elbow strike.
Poppin lands an elbow that stopped Romero in his tracks for a moment.
Romero swings wildly with an uppercut but Poppin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Poppin misses with an elbow over the top.
With the fighters up against the cage, Poppin throws an elbow but misses.
Poppin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Romero working hard to break the clinch.
Romero blocks an elbow strike from Poppin.

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.
Poppin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Romero tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right handed body shot lands from Romero.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Romero avoids a wild elbow strike from Poppin.
Romero dodges an elbow strike from Poppin.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Romero.
Romero misses with a body punch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Poppin.
Poppin misses with an elbow over the top.
Romero avoids the elbow strike from Poppin, against the cage.
Poppin misses with an elbow strike.
Poppin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Romero dodges an elbow strike from Poppin.
Poppin pushes off an throws an elbow but Romero leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Poppin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Romero avoids a wild elbow strike from Poppin.
Romero fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Poppin misses with an elbow strike.
Poppin misses with an elbow strike.
Poppin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Poppin throws an elbow that misses.
Romero misses with the head strike.
Romero doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Romero is trying to break the clinch but Poppin has him pressed against the cage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Romero misses with a hook to the ribs.
Poppin blocks a body shot from Romero.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Poppin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Romero's brow.
Romero blocks an elbow strike from Poppin.
Romero avoids a wild elbow strike from Poppin.
Poppin pushes off an throws an elbow but Romero leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Romero misses with the head strike.
Romero lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Poppin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chill Romero showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action!

A combination from Romero does no damage.
Romero will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Romero throws a right and a left that both miss.
Danga de danga de dang - Romero scores with a four punch combination!
Romero throws a nice looking combination but Poppin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Romero tries to bum rush Poppin with a series of wild strikes but Poppin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Poppin is looking to clinch.
A combination from Romero does no damage.
Romero throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Romero tries to bum rush Poppin with a series of wild strikes but Poppin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Poppin dodges the punch combination from Romero.
Romero throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Romero throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A combination from Romero does no damage.
Romero throws a nice looking combination but Poppin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Romero swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Romero throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Poppin dodges the punch combination from Romero.
Poppin tries to clinch up.
Romero throws a right and a left that both miss.
Romero lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Poppin circles away quickly and effectively.
Poppin fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Romero misses with a series of wild punches.
Romero misses with a wild combination.
Some wild striking there from Romero.
Romero throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Poppin fails in his attempt to clinch.
No joy there for Romero, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Romero throws a series of punches but Poppin avoids them all with ease.
Poppin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Poppin dodges the punch combination from Romero.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poppin is looking to clinch.
Poppin slips a jab and a cross from Romero.
Romero looks to land a combination but Poppin avoids it well.
Romero rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Poppin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Poppin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Romero throws a right and a left that Poppin avoids nicely.
Poppin is looking to clinch but Romero is avoiding it.
Romero misses with a series of wild punches.
A punch combination from Romero misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
A combination from Romero does no damage.
A combination from Romero does no damage.
Poppin tries to clinch but Romero moves out of range.
Romero fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Romero throws a right and a left that Poppin avoids nicely.
Romero throws a series of punches but Poppin moves out of range.
Romero will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Poppin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Romero paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Romero fails to land with a series of punches.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Romero throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Romero keeps the fight on the outside.
Romero fails to land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chill Romero really dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Romero scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Poppin dodges the punch combination from Romero.
Romero swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Romero throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Poppin.
Romero misses with a wild combination.
Romero lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Poppin circles away quickly and effectively.
Romero will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Romero looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Romero misses with the combination.
No joy there for Romero, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Romero misses with a few strikes there.
Romero is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Romero looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Poppin moves in looking to clinch but Romero pushes him off.
Romero rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Poppin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Romero misses with a jab, cross combination.
Romero swinging wildly here.
Romero fails to land with a series of punches.
Romero misses with a few strikes there.
Romero throws a series of punches but Poppin moves out of range.
Romero will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Poppin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Romero swats away the attempt to clinch by Poppin.
Romero misses with the combination.
Poppin tries to clinch but Romero is having none of it.
Poppin is looking to clinch but Romero is avoiding it.
No joy there for Romero, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Poppin tries to clinch but Romero is having none of it.
Poppin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Romero throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Poppin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romero throws a right and a left that Poppin avoids nicely.
Romero fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Romero throws a series of punches but Poppin avoids them all with ease.
Poppin tries to clinch up but Romero circles away and keeps his distance.
Romero misses with a double jab.
Poppin tries to clinch up.
A punch combination from Romero misses.
Romero fails to land with a series of punches.
Some wild striking there from Romero.
Romero fails to land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Poppin tries to close the distance and clinch but Romero swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Romero misses with a double jab.
Romero throws a right and a left that both miss.
Poppin dodges the punch combination from Romero.
Romero misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Poppin slips a jab and a cross from Romero.
Romero fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Romero swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Poppin dodges the punch combination from Romero.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Poppin fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Romero, pushing him back against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Poppin throws an elbow but misses.
Romero blocks an elbow strike from Poppin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chill Romero dominated that fourth round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Romero misses with a series of wild punches.
Romero throws a series of punches but Poppin moves out of range.
Romero rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Poppin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Poppin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Romero rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Poppin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
No joy there for Romero, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Romero fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Poppin drives through and clinches with Romero against the cage.
Romero blocks an elbow strike from Poppin.
Romero blocks the elbow strike.
Romero blocks an elbow strike.
Romero avoids the elbow strike from Poppin, against the cage.
Romero has a couple of punches blocked by Poppin.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Poppin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Romero's brow.
Romero takes an elbow to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero is trying to break the clinch but Poppin has him pressed against the cage.
Romero tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Romero tries to circle away but Poppin has him pinned against the cage.
Romero is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Romero.
Poppin throws an elbow that misses.
Romero is looking to break free of the clinch but Poppin has double underhooks.
Poppin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Poppin lands an elbow inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Poppin throws an elbow but misses.
Poppin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Romero blocks an elbow strike from Poppin.
Poppin throws an elbow but it misses.
Romero wants to break the clinch but can't.
Romero avoids a wild elbow strike from Poppin.
Poppin throws an elbow that misses.
Poppin misses with an elbow over the top.
Poppin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Poppin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Romero's efforts to push away.
Poppin lands an elbow inside.
Romero dodges an elbow strike from Poppin.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Poppin.

Romero escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Romero misses with a two punch combination.
Romero misses with a few strikes there.
Poppin tries to clinch there but Romero circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Romero misses with a two punch combination.
Poppin slips a jab and a cross from Romero.
Poppin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Romero misses with a few strikes there.
Some wild striking there from Romero.
A punch combination from Romero misses.
Romero throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Romero throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Poppin.
Poppin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Romero lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Poppin circles away quickly and effectively.
Romero throws a right hand that Poppin ducks under and follows up with a left that Poppin also avoids with ease.
Romero misses with the combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poppin dodges the punch combination from Romero.
A punch combination from Romero misses.
A punch combination from Romero misses.
Romero swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Poppin moves in looking to clinch but Romero pushes him off.
Romero looks to land a combination but Poppin avoids it well.
Romero throws a series of punches but Poppin moves out of range.
Chill Romero is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Romero misses with a double jab.
Romero looks to land a combination but Poppin avoids it well.
No joy there for Romero, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A punch combination from Romero misses.
Romero throws a series of punches but Poppin avoids them all with ease.
Romero lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Poppin circles away quickly and effectively.
Romero will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Romero throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Poppin.
Romero misses with a jab, cross combination.
Romero misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Romero rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Poppin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Poppin dodges the punch combination from Romero.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Romero throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Poppin.
Roo Poppin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Poppin fails in his attempt to clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Roo Poppin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Romero 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 46:49
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 46:49
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 46:49

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