PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jeffrey Romero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick Bateman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bateman has chosen Huey Lewis and the News - Hip To Be Square as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Romero
vs
Bateman

180 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
24
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jeffrey Romero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Patrick Bateman!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, John Roberts and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bateman clinches up with Romero and pushes him back against the cage.
Romero misses with a hook from the clinch.
Romero wants to stall.
Romero lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bateman backwards.
Romero tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bateman's elbow.
Bateman is looking to break free of the clinch but Romero has double underhooks.
Romero swings wildly with an uppercut but Bateman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Romero lands with a right to the head.
Romero lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Romero has Bateman pressed against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Bateman successfully pulls guard.
Bateman controlling Romero's posture.
Bateman is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bateman not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bateman looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Bateman escapes and gets back to his feet.
Romero tries to clinch up but Bateman circles away and keeps his distance.
Bateman tries to clinch but Romero moves out of range.

Bateman closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bateman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Romero prevents the takedown attempt.
Romero swings wildly with an uppercut but Bateman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bateman looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Bateman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Romero connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bateman momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bateman takes the fight into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Romero looking to slow down the pace here.
Bateman wants to get back to striking at distance but Romero won't allow it.
Romero scores with a shoulder strike.
Romero misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bateman is trying to push Romero away but Romero has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bateman wants to get back to striking at distance but Romero won't allow it.
Romero prevents a takedown attempt there.
Romero struggles to land a body shot inside as Bateman controls his hands.
Romero misses with a punch on the inside.
Bateman wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Romero is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bateman is keeping busy.
Bateman has had enough of the clinch but Romero keeps him there for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bateman wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Romero has him pressed against the cage.
Bateman wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Romero has him pressed against the cage.
Bateman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Romero working aggressively here.
Romero prevents Bateman from breaking the clinch.
Romero's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Bateman wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Romero has him pressed against the cage.
Romero is working Bateman over against the cage.
Bateman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bateman is trying to break the clinch but Romero is controlling him.

Bateman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Bateman moves into the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Romero fails to land.
Romero is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bateman is keeping busy.
Romero has a couple of punches blocked by Bateman.
Romero misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Romero fails to land.
Romero misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A frustrated look appears on Bateman's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Romero has Bateman pressed against the cage, preventing Bateman from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Romero fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Romero slows down the pace here.

Bateman manages to break the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A jab lands there for Romero.
Romero connects with a single shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Bateman dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Romero is looking to clinch.
Bateman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Patrick Bateman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bateman scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Romero with a jab.
Romero misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bateman doesn't manage to clinch there - Romero circles away.
Bateman swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bateman ducks under a wild hook from Romero.
Romero has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bateman.
Bateman throws a head kick that Romero semi-blocks.

Romero is rocked!
Bateman misses with a wild combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bateman fails with an attempt to clinch.

Romero fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bateman, pushing him back against the cage.
Romero working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bateman.
Romero misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero has Bateman pressed against the cage, preventing Bateman from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jeffrey Romero has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bateman looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Romero misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Bateman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bateman on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Bateman tries to clinch there but Romero circles away.
Nice defenses there by Bateman.
Patrick Bateman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Romero fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bateman looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Bateman tries to clinch but Romero moves out of range.
Bateman throws a series of punches but Romero moves out of range.
Bateman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bateman scores with a jab to the body.
A combination from Bateman does no damage.
Bateman takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Bateman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jeffrey Romero is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romero feints a jab promting Bateman to slip. Romero then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Bateman slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Romero connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nice uppercut there from Romero.
Bateman fails with the takedown.
Bateman tries to close the distance and clinch but Romero swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bateman walks into a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Romero moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Bateman looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Romero tries to get to full guard but Bateman has control of the leg.
Bateman lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bateman is trying to control the action in half guard but Romero is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Romero wants to get back to full guard but Bateman has passed into side control.
Bateman misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Bateman has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
An elbow from Bateman crashes against the mat.
Bateman working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Oh Romero is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
A big shot lands for Bateman! That's hurt Romero! Will he recover? Bateman fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Patrick Bateman!
In his post fight interview, Patrick Bateman gave a big smile as he said ' Something horrible is happening inside of me and I don't know why. My nightly bloodlust has overflown into my days. I feel lethal, on the verge of frenzy. I think my mask of sanity is about to slip. '.