PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Fa Sho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Romziel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Sho
vs
Romziel

175 cm
25
168 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

174 cm
21
166 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Good low kicks
Fast

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Fa Sho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jason Romziel!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Nard Betker and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sho throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Romziel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sho.
Sho just misses with a punch to the body.
A big right from Sho misses.
Sho throws a jab when Romziel was well out of range.
Romziel with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Romziel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sho.
Sho thows a body shot but no joy.
Romziel lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Sho waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Romziel.
Sho throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sho throws a body punch but Romziel moves out of range.
Sho tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Romziel was well out of range. Poor timing from Sho.
Both fighters circling a little - Romziel finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Sho walks forward, straight into a front kick from Romziel.
Sho is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Romziel feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Romziel trying to control but Sho is working from the bottom.
Romziel throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sho works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Romziel postures up in Sho's guard and throws a big left but Sho blocks it.
Sho keeping moving, preventing Romziel from controlling successfully.
Romziel sitting in guard here, content to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romziel trying to control the position from guard on top but Sho is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Romziel bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Romziel shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Romziel not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Romziel trying to control but Sho is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romziel passes Sho's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Romziel with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Romziel uses his free foot to push down on Sho's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Sho.
Romziel throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Romziel raining down shots from the mount!
Romziel controlling from the full mount.
Romziel punching from mount but Sho doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Poor strikes thrown by Romziel there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Romziel looking for a guillotine from mount but Sho is having none of it.
Romziel looking to ground and pound but Sho is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Romziel dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Sho just misses with a punch to the body.
Sho is looking to wear down Romziel with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Romziel dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sho. That did some damage!
Sho looks to score with a jab to the body but Romziel is just out of range.
Sho just misses with a punch to the body.
Romziel slips under a jab from Sho.
Romziel staying out of range there.
Sho on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Romziel. Romziel obviously looking to wear him down.
Sho thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sho throws a shot from downtown. Romziel moves away and avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sho misses with an uppercut. Romziel saw that one coming.
Romziel scores with a kick to the midsection.
Sho throws a jab when Romziel was well out of range.
Romziel keeps Sho at a distance using the push kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Romziel feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Romziel seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Romziel thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Sho utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Romziel trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Romziel postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romziel trying to control the position from guard on top but Sho is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Romziel pushes down on Sho's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Romziel is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Sho!
Romziel lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Romziel trying to control but Sho is having none of it.
Romziel is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Sho can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romziel controlling from mount.
Romziel working Sho over with strikes here.
Sho is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Sho knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Romziel on the ground.
Romziel controlling the pace for now.
Sho on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Sho tries to get out of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romziel loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Sho scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Romziel land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Romziel stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jason Romziel!