PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Julio Romerio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Guillard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Julio Romerio has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Romerio
vs
Guillard

175 cm
23
165 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

175 cm
25
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Julio Romerio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paul Guillard!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guillard uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Romerio.
Romerio jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Romerio misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Guillard.
Guillard ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Romerio shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Guillard but Guillard pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Guillard lands the left hand.
Romerio throws a hook to the side of Guillard's head but Guillard sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Romerio works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Guillard slips a straight right by Romerio.
Romerio walks into a jab.
Guillard stuffs the takedown.
Guillard takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Romerio tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romerio throws a predictable looking body shot
and Guillard connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Romerio looks for a takedown but Guillard sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Julio Romerio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Romerio looks for a takedown but Guillard sprawls well.
Romerio with a jab.
Guillard slips under a jab from Romerio.
Guillard lands a jab to Romerio's midsection.
Romerio fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Guillard manages to avoid it.
Romerio just misses with a punch to the body.
Guillard moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sloppy strikes from Guillard. Those never looked like landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guillard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Romerio.
Romerio misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Guillard.
Romerio throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Guillard swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Romerio counters with a nice body shot.
Romerio throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Guillard counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Julio Romerio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Guillard lands a jab-cross combination.
Guillard circles away from the clinch attempt.
Romerio ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Guillard moves away.
Romerio throws an off balance right hand
and Guillard counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Romerio doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Guillard cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Romerio rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Guillard moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romerio tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Guillard swivels and escapes.
Romerio throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Guillard counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Romerio falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Guillard to counter with a crisp jab.
Guillard moves into range and connects with a jab.
Romerio throws a series of punches but Guillard avoids them all with ease.
Guillard wants to clinch up but Romerio keeps it at a distance.
Romerio tries to close the distance and clinch but Guillard swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Romerio misses with a hook
and Guillard counters with a straight right hand.
Guillard thows a body shot but no joy.
Nice sprawl there from Romerio as Guillard shoots in.
Romerio throws an off balance right hand
and Romerio takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romerio tries to clinch but Guillard is having none of it.
Guillard connects with a body shot that sends Romerio's belly button to the back.
Romerio misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Guillard.
Romerio bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Guillard's head.
Romerio swings for the body but Guillard moves out of range.
Guillard keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Romerio.
Guillard tries to score with a low kick but Romerio moves his leg out of the way.
Romerio tries to clinch up but Guillard circles away and keeps his distance.

Romerio shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Guillard tries to roll over but Romerio keeps him under control.
Romerio moves into full mount! Guillard won't be happy about that!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Julio Romerio will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Romerio missing with a left hand there. Guillard was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Romerio gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Romerio tries to clinch there but Guillard circles away.
A telegraphed right hand from Romerio misses the target.
Guillard avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Guillard works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Guillard lands a slapping body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Guillard misses with a series of wild punches.
Romerio throws a poor cross that misses

so Guillard counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Romerio is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Guillard has his hands clasped together but Romerio extends an breaks Guillard's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Romerio.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Julio Romerio!