PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ben Trester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bishop Rome (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Trester
vs
Rome

183 cm
25
195 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

190 cm
21
190 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great low kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Fast

Brute

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ben Trester!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bishop Rome!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Winston Howard and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trester lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rome's sensitive parts.
Rome scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Trester misses with a body shot.
Trester pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rome misses the shot to the body.
Rome lands with a nice body punch.
Trester throws a big shot that misses.
Trester rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rome connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Trester throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rome counters with a right hand to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Rome there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trester loads up on a big right hand but Rome slips the punch.
Trester throws a hook but Rome avoids it easily.
Trester tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rome was well out of range. Poor timing from Trester.
Trester swings for the body but Rome moves out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Trester.
Rome with a hook.

Rome gets tackled into the cage by Trester. Trester maintains the clinch.

Trester breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trester ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rome moves away.
Rome scores with a shot to the body.
Rome slips a jab from Trester.
Trester takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Trester swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Trester tries a low kick but Rome avoids it.
Trester connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Trester darts in and clinches Rome up against the cage.

Trester breaks from the clinch.
Rome blocks a jab.
Rome tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Trester was well out of range. Poor timing from Rome.
Trester throws a jab but it's blocked by Rome.
Trester keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big right from Trester misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Trester misses the target.
Trester misses with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trester throws a low kick but Rome moves out of range easily.
Trester throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rome connects with a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Trester waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rome.
Rome swinging wildly here.
A jab from Trester misses.
Rome lands with a nice body punch.
Rome throws a lazy right hand but Trester sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rome lands with an uppercut that bounces Trester off the cage and back into range.
Trester takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Trester keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Rome tries to keep at a distance but Trester has taken the fight into the clinch.
Trester is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Rome's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.

Trester escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rome bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rome steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Trester.
Rome is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Trester rather than just go for the knockout.
An inside leg kick lands from Trester.
Trester looks to score with a jab to the body but Rome is just out of range.
Trester misses with a hook.
A decent looking cross lands there for Trester.
Trester takes one on the button.
Rome avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rome scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Rome uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Trester.
Trester fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rome.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rome keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Trester.
A telegraphed right hand from Trester misses the target.
Trester on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Trester is looking to chop away at Rome's legs.
A telegraphed right hand from Trester misses the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trester misses with a wild body shot.
Rome fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Trester on the side of the head.
Rome uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Rome takes one to the side of the head.
Trester throws a good cross that connects.
Rome works Trester's body with a nice hook.
Rome scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A jab from Trester does it's job there.
Trester ducks under a wild hook from Rome.
Trester throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Trester throws the left hand but Rome avoids the punch easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Trester throws a lazy uppercut
and Rome cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rome is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Trester had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.

Trester clinches up with Rome and pushes him back against the cage.
Rome is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Trester breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Trester dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Rome ducks under a wild hook from Trester.
Rome lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Rome throws a hook but Trester blocks it.
Trester thows a body shot but no joy.
Ben Trester is winning the standup battle so far.
A looping hook to the body misses from Trester. Rome does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rome takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Trester throws a looping overhand right but Rome ducks down to avoid it.
Trester throws a poor cross that misses
and Rome counters with a nice uppercut.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rome.
Trester throws a shot from downtown. Rome moves away and avoids it.
Rome scores with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trester doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Trester throws a looping overhand right but Rome ducks down to avoid it.
Trester shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Rome but Rome pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Trester swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trester throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rome fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Trester on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Rome lands a jab to the head.
The fighters circle momentarily. Rome darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Trester lands with an overhand left.
Trester takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Rome tests Trester's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Trester misses with a right hand
and Rome makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rome scores with the left hand. Trester knows he should have avoided that one.
Trester darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Trester moves into the clinch.

Trester escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ben Trester seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Trester works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Rome thuds his right hand into Trester's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trester throws a hook to the side of Rome's head but Rome sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Trester feints and then cracks Rome's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rome down.
Rome scores with a punch to the head.
Rome misses the shot to the body.
Rome ducks under a wild hook from Trester.
Trester scores with a push kick.
Rome ducks under a wild hook from Trester.
Trester with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Trester throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Trester misses with a looping right.
A big right from Trester misses.
Trester swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rome has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Rome slips a straight right by Trester.
Trester takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Trester scores with a jab. Rome acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rome throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Trester throws a hook but Rome blocks it.
Rome keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Trester throws a poor cross that misses
and Rome counters with a nice body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Trester misses with an uppercut. Rome saw that one coming.
Rome connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Rome slips a jab from Trester.
Rome lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Trester finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Rome takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Rome lands with a straight right. Trester didn't see that one coming.

Trester rushes Rome and presses him up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Trester manages to break the clinch.
Trester throws a lazy uppercut
and Rome counters with a straight right hand.
Trester connects with a looping right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trester throws a looping overhand right but Rome ducks down to avoid it.
Rome displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Trester throws out the jab.
Rome lands with a right hand.
Trester throws a shot from downtown. Rome moves away and avoids it.
Rome thuds a left hand into Trester's body.
Trester fails with the takedown.
Trester dodges the punch combination from Rome.
Trester thows a left - swing and a miss!
Trester misses with a right hand
enabling Rome to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rome scores with a nice right hand.
Rome defending well as Trester loads up on a big left hand.
Rome scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Trester doesn't seem bothered though.
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 Ben Trester will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Trester is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Rome.
Trester throws a lazy uppercut
and Rome counters with a nice uppercut.
Trester fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rome manages to avoid it.
Rome lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Trester throws the left hand but Rome avoids the punch easily.
Rome connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Trester's hands.
Donk. Rome catches Trester right on the button with a cross.
Trester swings for the body but Rome moves out of range.
Trester misses with an uppercut.
Rome lands a right hook to the body.
Rome lands a glancing blow to the side of Trester's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rome scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Trester tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rome was well out of range. Poor timing from Trester.
Trester swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rome uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Trester.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rome listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Trester misses with a right hand
letting Rome counter with a right hand.
Trester misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rome.
Rome swings for the body but Trester moves out of range.
Rome scores with the left hand. Trester knows he should have avoided that one.
Nice cross by Rome.
Rome uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Trester.
Trester on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Trester clinches up against the cage.

Trester escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Trester misses with a straight right.
Trester thows a body shot but no joy.
Rome smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Rome misses with a wild body shot.
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!
Rome looks to land a combination but Trester avoids it well.
Bishop Rome has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trester takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Trester throws a jab but it's blocked by Rome.
Trester throws a hook but Rome avoids it easily.
Trester misses the jab.
Nice uppercut there from Rome.
Trester looks to land a left hand but Rome moved out of range nicely.
Trester ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rome moves away.
Trester keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rome slips under a jab.
Rome closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Trester is rocked!
Rome scores with a jab. Trester acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Oh Trester is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rome ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Trester scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Rome doesn't seem bothered though.
Trester throws a looping overhand right but Rome ducks down to avoid it.
Rome stuns Trester with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Rome steps in with a hook that catches Trester right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Rome follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Trester looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bishop Rome!