PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Kyle Romo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Balboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rocky Balboa is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Kyle Romo
vs
Balboa

190 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
26
210 lbs
3 - 7 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, John Kyle Romo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Rocky Balboa!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Sam Margolis and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balboa throws a combination that misses
and Romo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A head kick by Balboa misses
enabling Romo to counter with a crisp jab.
Balboa throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Romo to counter with a crisp jab.
Romo goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Balboa misses with a body punch
and Romo counters with a good low kick that Balboa was not able to check.
Balboa moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Balboa misses with a combination
and Romo counters with a low kick, right behind Balboa 's knee.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Balboa swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Romo counters with a head kick. That will keep Balboa thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Romo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Balboa has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Balboa looks gassed!
Balboa looks to throw a body kick
and Romo makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Romo connects with a solid leg kick.
Romo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Romo throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Balboa.
A jab lands there for Romo.
Romo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romo stuns Balboa with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Romo's corner calls for a 1-2. Romo obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Balboa throws a lazy head kick
and Romo counters with an outside leg kick.
Romo feints and then cracks Balboa's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Balboa down.
Romo connects with a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Balboa takes one to the chin there.
Romo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Romo.
Both fighters circling a little - Romo finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Romo.
Romo fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Rocky Balboa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Romo scores with a head kick. Balboa tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Romo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Romo lands a leg kick that knocks Balboa off balance momentarily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Romo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romo lands with a slapping head kick.
Romo goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Romo lands a nice looking body shot.
Balboa on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Romo lands with a right hand.
Romo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Balboa misses the body punch
and Romo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Balboa misses with a combination
and Romo counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Romo throws a leg kick which misses Balboa's front leg but catches the back leg as Balboa tries to avoid it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Romo.
Romo connects with a leg kick. Balboa looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Balboa throws a left and a right that both miss
and Romo makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Balboa really felt that one!
An inside leg kick lands from Romo.
Romo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Balboa's calf.
Romo is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Romo!
Romo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Balboa chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Romo can pounce on him.
Crunch! Romo slams his shin into Balboa's torso.
Romo connects with a nice looking jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Romo bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Romo scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Romo lands a leg kick that knocks Balboa off balance momentarily.
Romo throws a nice outside leg kick.
Romo really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Romo connects with a solid leg kick.
Romo throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Balboa.
Balboa takes a head kick and keeps coming.
A good leg kick by Romo.
Romo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romo lands a head kick. Balboa smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Romo connects with a leg kick. Balboa looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Whack! Romo lands a heavy head kick that drops Balboa. The ref tackles Romo to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Balboa was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). John Kyle Romo!