PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergio Romerez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Anderson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to You Won't Know. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Anderson
vs
Romerez

195 cm
20
190 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

192 cm
24
192 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anderson Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sergio Romerez!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, George Francis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romerez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Romerez avoids a kick to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Romerez blocks the leg kick.
Romerez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Anderson pinned against the cage. Anderson gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Anderson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Romerez blocks a leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Anderson misses the target.
Anderson swings for the body but Romerez moves out of range.
Anderson throws a body kick that misses.
Anderson misses with a low kick.
Anderson Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Romerez shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Anderson napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Anderson tries to improve position but can't.

Romerez is trying to get an arm triangle but Anderson is defending well.
Anderson is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Romerez is one step ahead and moves to full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romerez mounts Anderson! Really nice guard pass there!
Anderson is trying desperately to improve position.
Romerez can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Anderson is looking to escape.
Anderson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Romerez avoids the attempt from Anderson to control.

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.
Romerez fails to advance to Anderson's back.
Romerez avoids the attempt from Anderson to control.
Romerez tries to control but Anderson wriggling away.

Romerez goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Anderson is on top in guard.
Anderson trying to move into half guard but instead Romerez has managed to sweep!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Anderson keeping moving, preventing Romerez from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Anderson throws a body punch but Romerez moves out of range.

Anderson darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Anderson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Romerez's head.
Romerez blocking the ground and pound attempt from Anderson.
Anderson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Romerez gets full guard.
Anderson throws a big right hand that misses.

Anderson got a little sloppy there for a moment and Romerez has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Anderson has managed to get both his arms back between Romerez's legs - danger averted.
Anderson throws and elbow that misses. Romerez uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Anderson's guard. Nice move by Romerez!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Anderson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Romerez trying to control but Anderson is working from the bottom.
Anderson working a defensive guard here.
Romerez wants to control from the top but Anderson keeps moving.
Anderson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Romerez decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Anderson, up you get!

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.
Anderson misses with a low kick.
Anderson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anderson. Romerez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Romerez with a poor takedown

and Anderson counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Anderson.
Romerez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Romerez utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Anderson works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Anderson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Anderson is looking for submissions but instead, Romerez has regained full guard.

Romerez is looking for a triangle but Anderson pushes his legs off easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Anderson dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Romerez shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Anderson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Romerez has his takedown stuffed
and Anderson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Anderson tries to land a leg kick but Romerez saw it coming and moves away.

Romerez has Anderson up against the ropes in a clinch.
Romerez avoids a wild elbow strike from Anderson.

Romerez jumps guard and drags Anderson to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Anderson wants to control from the top but Romerez keeps moving.
Anderson thows a big elbow that misses.
Romerez trying to keep a closed guard but Anderson is proving a slippery customer.
Anderson throws a strike but Romerez rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romerez postures up.
Anderson throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Romerez won't allow Anderson to sweep him here.
Anderson throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Horrible takedown by Romerez or perhaps it was just good defense by Anderson which made him look bad.
Anderson Anderson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sergio Romerez.
Anderson darts in trying to clinch

and Romerez counters with a nice double leg into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Romerez postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Anderson is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Romerez, into his guard.
Romerez utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Anderson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Romerez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Anderson landing with the ground and pound.
Romerez wants to sweep here but Anderson controlling him for the moment.
Anderson is looking to work some ground and pound but Romerez has wrist control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Anderson misses the shot to the body.
Anderson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Romerez.
Anderson tries to clinch there but Romerez circles away.
Anderson Anderson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Romerez closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Romerez lands in his opponent's guard.
Anderson wants to stand up but Romerez is controlling him.
Anderson keeping moving, preventing Romerez from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Anderson is on top in guard.
Anderson throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson throwing strikes but missing.

Romerez looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Anderson passes into side control.
Anderson lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Romerez down.
Anderson landing a few strikes.

Anderson has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
A combination from Anderson does no damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Romerez scores a takedown into full mount!
Anderson throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Anderson is desperately trying to improve his position but Romerez has a good base and remains in mount.
Anderson wants to use the ropes to get back to his feet here.
Anderson tries to reverse the position but Romerez maintains control.

Romerez looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Anderson is desperately trying to improve his position but Romerez has a good base and remains in mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Anderson Anderson will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Anderson throws a series of punches but Romerez avoids them all with ease.
Anderson thows a leg kick but Romerez checks it

so Romerez counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Romerez trying to control the position from guard on top but Anderson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Anderson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Romerez defends it easily.

Romerez thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Anderson throws his legs up looking for a submission but Romerez uses it to pass to side control.
Sergio Romerez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Anderson is trying to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romerez is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Anderson will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Anderson is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Romerez staying calm.
Anderson wants to control but Romerez postures up.

That's two 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.
Anderson striking from the bottom but nothing landed.

Romerez decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Anderson thows a body shot but no joy.
Anderson throws a chopping leg kick but Romerez manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Anderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Anderson misses the body punch

and Romerez counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Romerez trying to control but Anderson is working from the bottom.
Romerez is looking to stand up but Anderson won't let him.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sergio Romerez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Romerez has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 47:48
Judge George Francis scores the fight 47:48
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sergio Romerez!