PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dmitri Romonov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Helio James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James has chosen Limp Bizkit Eat You Alive as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

Romonov
vs
James

190 cm
27
215 lbs
15 - 12 - 0

190 cm
28
186 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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 15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dmitri Romonov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Helio James!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romonov lands a head shot.
A jab from Romonov misses.
James fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
James shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Romonov avoids the head kick by James.
Romonov rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but James moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Romonov ducks right into an uppercut from James.
Romonov takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Romonov lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and James has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from James and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
James misses with a hook.
No joy there for Romonov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
James tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Romonov was well out of range. Poor timing from James.
James with a nice cross.
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 fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

It looks like Helio James has been cut.
Romonov is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Helio James seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Decent striking displayed by James there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
James misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

James darts in and clinches Romonov up against the cage.
James looking to slow down the pace here.
Romonov gets through James's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Romonov wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
James misses with a hook to the ribs.
Romonov is trying to break the clinch but James has him pressed against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Romonov tries to work over James's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Romonov is trying to break free.
Romonov has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Romonov lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt James or not.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
James is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
James lands with a short shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
James throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Romonovs head.
Romonov looking to slow down the pace here.
James struggles to land a body shot inside as Romonov controls his hands.
James misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from James fails to land.
Romonov looking to stall.
James on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Romonov stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Romonov is trying to stall.
James misses with some punches.
James wants to get back to striking at distance but Romonov won't allow it.
Romonov tries to throw a body punch but James avoids it by throwing Romonov back against the cage.
Romonov is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

James breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romonov swinging wildly here.
James slips a jab and a cross from Romonov.
Romonov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but James circles away quickly and effectively.
Romonov thows a body shot but no joy.
Romonov checks the leg kick nicely there.
James missing with a left hand there. Romonov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
No joy there for Romonov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
James turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
James goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

James has managed to clinch.

Romonov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
James shoots in but no luck this time.
Dmitri Romonov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Helio James.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
James looks for a takedown but Romonov sprawls well.
James fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
James doesn't manage to clinch there - Romonov circles away.
Romonov throws a hook to the side of James's head but James sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Romonov swings for the body but James moves out of range.
James is trying hard to land a takedown here. Romonov sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Romonov throws a right hand that James ducks under and follows up with a left that James also avoids with ease.
Romonov misses with a series of wild punches.
Romonov lands a really nice looking cross but James seems unphased.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Romonov scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. James doesn't seem bothered though.
Romonov slips a jab from James.
James shoots in for a double leg but Romonov sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
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 Dmitri Romonov will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Helio James's cut.
That's time! Romonov's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Romonov wants to land a leg kick but James is out of range.
James scores with a jab. Romonov acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Nice body kick from James.
Helio James seems to be getting the better of the standup.
James tries to close the distance and clinch up but Romonov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Romonov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Romonov steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from James. That one must have hurt.
Romonov misses with a wild body shot.
Romonov with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling James to score with a decent uppercut.
Romonov throws the kick towards the body but James avoids it.
Dmitri Romonov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Romonov moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Romonov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
James moves out of range of the leg kick from Romonov.
James takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
James will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
James cracks Romonov with a good jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romonov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Romonov slaps away a takedown attempt from James, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Romonov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dmitri Romonov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
James throws a jab when Romonov was well out of range.
James misses the jab.
Romonov defending well as James loads up on a big left hand.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from James is defended easily by Romonov.
Romonov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Some wild striking there from James.
Romonov throws a low kick but it's checked well by James.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romonov takes a swing at James's ribcage but misses.
James goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
James checks a leg kick.
Romonov misses with a few strikes there.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from James. Romonov shrugs it off though.
James takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Romonov throws a hook to the side of James's head but James sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Romonov misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Romonov blocks the body kick.
James doesn't manage to clinch there - Romonov circles away.
Romonov stuffs the takedown attempt from James. James gets slowly back to his feet.
Dmitri Romonov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Helio James.
Romonov misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
James uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Romonov.
Romonov misses with a series of wild punches.
James tries to clinch there but Romonov circles away.
James misses with a left hand
and Romonov counters with a right hand to the body.
James fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
James shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Romonov as he avoids it easily.
James moves out of range of the strikes.
James is trying hard to land a takedown here. Romonov sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Romonov throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck James on the side of the head.
Romonov lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Romonov.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romonov scoring well with a low kick there.
Romonov lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
James is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Romonov throws a lazy uppercut
and James counters with a straight right hand.
Romonov throws a jab when James was well out of range.
Romonov throws a big shot that misses.
Romonov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but James was well out of range. Poor timing from Romonov.
Sloppy strikes from James. Those never looked like landing.
Romonov takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
James tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from James.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
James throws a lazy uppercut
and Romonov counters with a low kick, right behind James 's knee.
James rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Romonov counters with a straight right hand.
Romonov throws a leg kick but James moved away.
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 Dmitri Romonov will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Helio James's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Romonov scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

James closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Romonov is trying to break free.
Romonov landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A short left from Romonov.
Romonov is trying to stall.

Romonov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Romonov throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck James on the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
James throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Romonov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Good work by James as he checks the leg kick.
James lands the left hand.
Romonov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Romonov scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
James takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Romonov buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romonov misses with a straight left.
Romonov ducks under a wild hook from James.
Romonov takes a swing at James's ribcage but misses.
Romonov cracks the inside of James's front leg.
James swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Romonov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
James dodges the punch combination from Romonov.
Romonov missing with a left hand there. James was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Romonov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but James circles away quickly and effectively.
James bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
James jabs at Romonov's body.
James moves into range and connects with a jab.
Helio James has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romonov misses with a low kick.
James tries to close the distance and clinch up but Romonov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
James misses with a looping left.

Romonov gets tackled into the cage by James. James maintains the clinch.

James breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Romonov scores with a punch to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Romonov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from James.
James throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
James looks to land a left hand but Romonov moved out of range nicely.
Romonov throws out a loose jab but James uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Romonov.
James is trying desperately to land a takedown but Romonov is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for James.
James feints and then cracks Romonov's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Romonov down.
No luck with that takedown attempt from James.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romonov misses the jab.
James misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Romonov throws a low kick but James moves out of range easily.
Romonov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Romonov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
James showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Romonov.
James pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Romonov getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
An inside leg kick from Romonov misses.

James scores with a takedown into Romonov's guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Romonov wants to stand up but James is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
James trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Dmitri Romonov is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
James is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
James wants to control from the top but Romonov keeps moving.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dmitri Romonov showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Romonov, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 30:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dmitri Romonov!
Our winner, Dmitri Romonov, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.