PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Power White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dmitri Romonov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dmitri Romonov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

White
vs
Romonov

203 cm
22
210 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

190 cm
26
215 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Power White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dmitri Romonov!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romonov walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Romonov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Oooooh!!! Romonov has knocked White down with a huge combo! Romonov steps away and waves a wobbly White back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

White is rocked!

It looks like Power White has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White scores with a nice strike.
Oh White is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
White looks to land a left hand but Romonov moved out of range nicely.
Romonov throws a shot from downtown. White moves away and avoids it.
White seems to have got his legs back now.

Romonov lands a big uppercut and White crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but White looks OK. Romonov waves White back to his feet!
A slapping leg kick lands for White.
Romonov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but White was well out of range. Poor timing from Romonov.
Romonov ducks right into an uppercut from White.
Romonov throws out a loose jab but White uses good head movement to avoid it.
White throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Romonov fails to land with a series of punches.
White thuds a left hand into Romonov's body.
White tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
White checks a leg kick.
White cracks the inside of Romonov's front leg.
An inside leg kick lands from Romonov.
Romonov looks to land a left hand but White moved out of range nicely.
White works Romonov's body with a nice hook.
Romonov tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and White is able to avoid easily.
Romonov finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Romonov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
White takes one to the chin there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Romonov will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Romonov misses with a body shot.
White stuns Romonov with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
White throws a big shot that misses.
Romonov connects with a looping right hand.
Romonov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Romonov slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
White finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Romonov scores with a nice head shot.
Romonov throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
White connects with an inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Romonov tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
White chopping away at his opponent's legs.
White throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Romonov misses with a hook.
White throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Romonov chopping away at his opponent's legs.
White thows a body shot but no joy.
White doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
White motions for Romonov to come forward. White throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
White is looking to wear down Romonov with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from White misses.
Romonov throws out a leg kick but White moves out of range and Romonov only half commits.
Romonov jabs at White's body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
White is breathing heavily.
White scoring well with a low kick there.
Romonov jabs White right on the nose. White blinks but takes it well.
Romonov swinging wildly here.
Romonov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but White was well out of range. Poor timing from Romonov.
Romonov lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Romonov misses with a looping right.
White throws a hook to the side of Romonov's head but Romonov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
White walks into a straight right hand from Romonov.
Romonov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but White circles away quickly and effectively.
White misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Romonov.
White swings for the body but Romonov moves out of range.
Romonov keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Romonov misses with a body shot.
Romonov misses with a double jab.
Romonov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by White.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romonov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but White moves away.
Romonov throws out a loose jab but White uses good head movement to avoid it.
Romonov lands a nice looking body shot.
Romonov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
White lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
White connects with a body shot.
Romonov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
White needs to keep his hands up - Romonov had a free shot at his head there.
That kick from White tenderised Romonov's leg. Romonov is trying to keep his angry face on.
White fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Romonov checks it well.
Romonov on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by White. White obviously looking to wear him down.
White connects with an inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Romonov misses with a looping right.
White moves out of range of the strikes.
Romonov fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but White is out of range.
The fighters circling - Romonov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
White moves out of range of the strikes.
Romonov's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from White, right into the meat.
White lands with a shot to the body.
White misses with a wild body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A good leg kick by White.
White slips under a jab.
White connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Romonov's hands.
Romonov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Romonov checks a low kick from White.
White is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Romonov.
White looks to score with a jab to the body but Romonov is just out of range.
Romonov takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
White scores with a jab. Romonov acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Romonov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The fighters circling - Romonov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
White with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Romonov throws a low kick but it's checked well by White.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Romonov blocks a leg kick.
White bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Romonov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by White.
Romonov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by White.
A chopping leg kick lands by White.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dmitri Romonov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Power White's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Romonov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
White tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Romonov was well out of range. Poor timing from White.
White ducks under a wild hook from Romonov.
White looks to score with a jab to the body but Romonov is just out of range.
White does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
White throws a body punch but Romonov moves out of range.
Romonov misses with an uppercut.
White keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
White uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Romonov.
White throws a leg kick
and Romonov counters with a straight right hand.
Romonov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
White digs a good hook to Romonov's body.
White ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
White just misses with a punch to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Romonov.
White digs a good hook to Romonov's body.
Romonov misses with a straight left.
This has been an exciting period of action!
White throws a hook to the side of Romonov's head but Romonov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
White misses with a wild body shot.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Romonov scores with a jab to the jaw.
Romonov lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romonov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
White throws a leg kick that misses.
White throws a leg kick which misses Romonov's front leg but catches the back leg as Romonov tries to avoid it.
Romonov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
White changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Romonov throws a hook to the side of White's head but White sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Romonov misses with an uppercut. White saw that one coming.
A cross from White lands.
White changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
White throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
White punishes Romonov's body with a nice straight punch.
Romonov is breathing heavily.
Romonov chopping away at his opponent's legs.
White slips a straight right by Romonov.
A jab from White misses.
Romonov misses with a looping left.
White lands a body shot.
White uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Romonov.
White moves out of range as Romonov strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Romonov pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces White back to the cage. Romonov follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
White takes a swing at Romonov's ribcage but misses.
White cracks a nice hook into Romonov's ribs.
White ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
White digs a good body shot into Romonov's ribs.
White thuds his right hand into Romonov's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
White ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Romonov with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling White to score with a decent uppercut.
White throws an overhand right that lands on Romonov's shoulder, as Romonov tries to avoid the shot.
White misses with a body shot.
White misses with a wild body shot.
Romonov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as White throws out the jab.
Nice defenses there by White.
White moves out of range of the body kick from Romonov.
Romonov misses with a few strikes there.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Romonov checks a leg kick.
A lazy left from Romonov finds it's target.
Romonov misses with a hook.
White misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romonov checks a leg kick.
Romonov stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
White avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Romonov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from White.
Romonov thows a body shot but no joy.
White tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Romonov is able to avoid easily.
White throws a nice outside leg kick.
Romonov closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Romonov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Romonov lands a jab.
Romonov avoids the body shot from White.
Nice uppercut lands for White. That snapped Romonov's head back.
Romonov doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
White is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
White takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
White misses with a hook. Romonov ducked under it nicely.
Romonov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Romonov misses with a looping right.
Romonov takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
White tried to score with a low kick but Romonov checks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romonov looks to throw the jab but White is out of range.
White checks the leg kick.
Romonov walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. White checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
White misses with a low kick.
White ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
White finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Romonov tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Romonov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. White sees it coming and avoids it easily.
White ducks under a wild hook from Romonov.
White ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Romonov moves away.
White swings for the body but Romonov moves out of range.
Romonov scoring well with a low kick there.
Romonov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Romonov misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
White swings and misses with a hook to the body.
White attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
White scores with a nice head shot.
Romonov motions for White to come forward. Romonov throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
White's jab looks to have found its range, popping Romonov under the eye.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Power White will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Power White's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Romonov lands with a good body shot.
Romonov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from White.
White moves out of range of the strikes.
Romonov fails to land with a series of punches.
Romonov misses with a straight right.
Decent striking displayed by White there.
Romonov takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Romonov stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from White.
Romonov ducks under a wild hook from White.
Romonov just misses with a punch to the body.
White is looking to slow Romonov down with leg kicks.
White scores with a jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Romonov.
Nice body punch from White.
Romonov attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Romonov tries a low kick but White avoids it.
Romonov gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Romonov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This has been an exciting period of action!
White misses with a body shot.
Romonov takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Romonov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from White.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Romonov.
White tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Romonov was well out of range. Poor timing from White.
Romonov throws a nice looking combination but White bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Romonov throws a chopping leg kick but White manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
White tests Romonov's chin there with a solid looking shot.
White misses with a low kick.
White throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
White fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
White throws a nice inside leg kick.
Romonov throws out a loose jab but White uses good head movement to avoid it.
White throws a leg kick but Romonov moved away.
White checks a leg kick.
Romonov takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Romonov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by White.
Romonov throws a body punch but White moves out of range.
Romonov digs a good body shot into White's ribs.
White works Romonov's body with a nice hook.
Romonov walks into a stiff left hand from White.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White works Romonov's body with a nice hook.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Romonov connects with a good right hand that stumbles White. White circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Romonov throws a series of punches but White avoids them all with ease.
White swings for the body but Romonov moves out of range.
White looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
White motions for Romonov to come forward. White throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A jab from Romonov misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Romonov blocks the leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Romonov blocks the low kick.
Romonov blocks a low kick nicely.
White on the wrong end of a nice jab.
White misses with a straight left.
Romonov misses with a series of wild punches.
White scores with a body shot.
Romonov takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Romonov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but White was well out of range. Poor timing from Romonov.
White throws a jab when Romonov was well out of range.
White ducks under a wild hook from Romonov.
White throws a body punch but Romonov moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Romonov.
Romonov takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The fighters circling - White throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A big left from Romonov misses.
White misses with a low kick.
A combination from Romonov does no damage.
White lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A shot to the liver by White. Beautiful body shot.
Romonov takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Romonov looks to land a left hand but White moved out of range nicely.
Romonov checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Romonov on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by White. White obviously looking to wear him down.
Romonov pulls out of a head kick attempt.
White throws a leg kick which misses Romonov's front leg but catches the back leg as Romonov tries to avoid it.
White cracks the inside of Romonov's front leg.
White misses with a low kick.
White tries to land a leg kick but Romonov saw it coming and moves away.
Romonov avoids the body shot from White.
Romonov throws a leg kick but White checks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Romonov staying out of range there.
White feints and then cracks Romonov's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Romonov down.
Romonov throws a body punch but White moves out of range.
Romonov throws a hook but White blocks it.
Romonov misses with a wild combination.
Romonov cracks White with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
White slips a straight right by Romonov.
White scores with a hook to the body. Romonov takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Romonov just misses with a punch to the body.
Romonov gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
White connects with a right hand. Romonov shakes it off.
A punch lands to the side of White 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A chopping leg kick lands by White.
White ducks right into an uppercut from Romonov.
White thows a body shot but no joy.
Romonov does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Power White showed his dominance in that final round.
I think White has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Power White!