PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Francisco Frankelstein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vic Romano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Frankelstein
vs
Romano

179 cm
22
190 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

177 cm
22
186 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Improved boxing
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Decent knees
Granite chin

Gifts of the Rainforest
Pure Gold Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Francisco Frankelstein!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vic Romano!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Luis Engracia and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Frankelstein misses.
Romano tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Frankelstein paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice body kick from Romano.

Romano pushes Frankelstein up against the cage in a clinch.
Romano scores with a knee to the head.
Romano unloads a knee to the mid-section. Frankelstein lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Romano misses with a knee strike.
Frankelstein avoiding damage as Romano throws knees to the body.
Frankelstein wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Romano tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Romano throws a punch but it's blocked by Frankelstein.
Romano pressing his opponent against the cage.
Romano missing with knees to the body.
Frankelstein is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Frankelstein is trying to stall.
Frankelstein is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Romano tries to land knees in the clinch but Frankelstein avoids the damage to the body.
Romano with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Frankelstein wants to break free but Romano has control.
Come on Romano - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Romano connects with a nasty looking knee right to Frankelstein's face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romano lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Romano misses with a knee strike.
Romano looks gassed!
Romano misses with a knee to the head.
Frankelstein wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Frankelstein has had enough of the clinch but Romano keeps him there for the moment.
Frankelstein is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Romano tries to land a knee to the head but Frankelstein blocks with his arms.
Romano with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Romano prevents Frankelstein from breaking the clinch.
Frankelstein is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Frankelstein takes a knee right on the jaw!
Frankelstein is trying to break the clinch but Romano has him pressed against the cage.
Frankelstein is looking to break free of the clinch but Romano has double underhooks.
Frankelstein wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Frankelstein is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Romano is keeping busy.
With the fighters up against the cage, Romano throws an elbow but misses.
Romano throws a knee to the head but misses.
Frankelstein wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Romano misses with some punches.
Frankelstein wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Romano wants to stall.
Romano prevents Frankelstein from breaking the clinch.
A hook to the body from Romano.
Romano unloads a knee to the mid-section. Frankelstein lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Frankelstein takes a knee right on the jaw!
Romano is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Romano swings wildly with an uppercut but Frankelstein uses good head movement to avoid it.
Romano looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Romano lands an elbow just above Frankelstein 's eye.
Romano tries to land a knee to the head but Frankelstein blocks with his arms.
Romano lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Frankelstein is rocked!
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Romano tries to land a knee to the head but Frankelstein blocks with his arms.
Frankelstein has had enough of the clinch but Romano keeps him there for the moment.
Romano tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Romano with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romano landing knees to the body.
Romano tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Romano looking to throw knees to the head but Frankelstein is blocking nicely.
Frankelstein is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Romano lands a knee to the head.
Romano trying to land knees to the body.
Romano prevents Frankelstein from breaking the clinch.
Romano misses with a knee strike.
Frankelstein can't break the clinch.
Frankelstein is looking to break free of the clinch but Romano has double underhooks.
Frankelstein wants to break the clinch but can't.
Frankelstein can't break the clinch.
Frankelstein wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Romano has him pressed against the cage.
Frankelstein wants to break the clinch but can't.
Frankelstein is looking to break free of the clinch but Romano has double underhooks.
Romano looking to stall.
Frankelstein is looking to break free of the clinch but Romano has double underhooks.
Romano prevents Frankelstein from breaking the clinch.
Romano tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Frankelstein wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Romano has him pressed against the cage.
Frankelstein looking to slow down the pace here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Romano.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Romano with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Romano throws a knee to the head but misses.
Romano tries to land a knee to the head but Frankelstein blocks with his arms.
Romano landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Romano lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Oh Frankelstein is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Romano with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Romano.
Romano lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Romano lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Romano lands a big knee! That's hurt Frankelstein! Oh, he's all over the place! Romano lands another knee that sends Frankelstein to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vic Romano!
Vic Romano is the new middleweight champion!