PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Damien Short (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pinkynho Romeiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Pinkynho Romeiro enters the ring!

Short
vs
Romeiro

160 cm
26
146 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

225 cm
27
130 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Experienced

Dangerous GnP
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Damien Short!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pinkynho Romeiro!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romeiro shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Short eats them both and turns towards Romeiro to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Short misses with a combination
and Romeiro counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Romeiro tries to clinch up.
Romeiro throws a series of punches but Short moves out of range.
Short fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Short throws a combination that misses
and Romeiro counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Short is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Short swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Romeiro counters with a head kick. That will keep Short thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Romeiro scores with a head kick. Short tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Romeiro connects with an inside leg kick.
Short misses with a right hand
and Romeiro finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Short throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Romeiro moves out of range as Short strikes.
Romeiro displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Short misses with a jab, cross combination.
Romeiro is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Short fails to land with a series of punches.
Short throws a combination that misses
and Romeiro counters with a straight right hand.
Short swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Damien Short seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Short swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Romeiro counter with a right hand.
Romeiro scores with a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Short misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Romeiro counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Short is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Romeiro misses with a jab, cross combination.
Romeiro lands a head kick!
Short is looking to wear down Romeiro with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Short throws a combination that misses
and Romeiro counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Romeiro walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Romeiro scores with a punch to the head.
Romeiro avoids a punch combination nicely.
Romeiro throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Short misses with a lunging right hand
and Romeiro connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Romeiro gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Romeiro misses with a knee to the head.
Short is trying to break the clinch but Romeiro is controlling him.
Romeiro keeps control of Short as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Romeiro takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Romeiro tries to break free but Short pushes him back against the ropes.
Romeiro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Short is trying to break the clinch but Romeiro has him pressed against the ropes.
A knee to the head by Romeiro.
Romeiro throws an elbow that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Romeiro is trying to maintain a safe position but Short gets an underhook and turns Romeiro into the ropes.
Romeiro missing with knees to the body.
Short avoiding damage as Romeiro throws knees to the body.
Romeiro has a couple of punches blocked by Short.
A knee to the head by Romeiro.
Short working hard to break the clinch.
Romeiro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Short has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Short is looking to break free of the clinch but Romeiro has double underhooks.
Romeiro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Romeiro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Romeiro moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Romeiro throws a nice head kick!

Short is rocked!
Romeiro throws a head kick that misses.
Oh Short is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Romeiro throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Short seems to have got his legs back now.
Short swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Short throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Short throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Romeiro counters with a head kick.
Romeiro doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Short avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Romeiro connects with a high kick.
Short misses with a combination
and Romeiro counters with a head kick that wobbles Short - left then right he sways and one more bomb from Romeiro sends him down. This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pinkynho Romeiro!