PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Blaine Romo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Kubiak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Romo
vs
Kubiak

187 cm
21
213 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

195 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Enjoys gardening

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Blaine Romo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Michael Kubiak!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Paul Gruel and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kubiak slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Kubiak instigates a clinch.
Kubiak wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Romo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Romo misses the jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Romo.
Romo tries a head kick but it misses.
Romo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kubiak keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kubiak lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kubiak shoots in looking for a takedown but Romo manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Kubiak's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Kubiak lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kubiak is looking to clinch but Romo is avoiding it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Kubiak blocks a head kick by Romo.
Romo is breathing heavily.
Kubiak tries to clinch up.
Kubiak scores with a nice right hand.
Romo throws a head kick that misses.
Left hook, right uppercut from Kubiak.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A left lands for Kubiak.
Romo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Romo keeps the fight on the outside.
Romo throws a series of punches but Kubiak moves out of range.
Blaine Romo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romo walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Kubiak tries to close the distance and clinch up but Romo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kubiak scores with a nice strike.
Kubiak is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kubiak tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Romo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kubiak checks the leg kick.
Romo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Kubiak has managed to clinch.
Romo has Kubiak pressed against the cage, preventing Kubiak from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Kubiak breaks from the clinch.
Romo walks into a stiff left hand from Kubiak.
Romo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Kubiak counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kubiak.
Kubiak has had enough of the clinch but Romo keeps him there for the moment.
Kubiak looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kubiak tries to break free but Romo pushes him back against the cage.
Kubiak tries to circle away but Romo has him pinned against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kubiak is trying to break free.

Kubiak breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kubiak lands a head shot.
A clash of legs there as Kubiak blocks the low kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kubiak moves into range and connects with a jab.
Kubiak cracks Romo with a right hand to the side of the head.
Romo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kubiak lands with a hook. Romo tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kubiak tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Romo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Kubiak has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kubiak tries to circle away but Romo has him pinned against the cage.
Romo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kubiak has had enough of the clinch but Romo keeps him there for the moment.
Nice elbow from Romo.
Kubiak wants to break free but Romo has control.
Kubiak working hard to break the clinch.
Romo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kubiak's efforts to push away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kubiak is trying to push Romo away but Romo has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Romo wants to break free but Kubiak has control.
Romo is trying to stall.

Kubiak pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kubiak lands a lovely overhand right.
Kubiak digs a good body shot into Romo's ribs.
Romo just misses with a punch to the body.
Kubiak has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Romo takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kubiak wants to clinch.
Kubiak connects with a looping right hand.
Kubiak doesn't manage to clinch there - Romo circles away.
Kubiak wants to clinch up but Romo keeps it at a distance.
A combination from Romo does no damage.
A left and a right from Kubiak both land. Nice combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kubiak lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Kubiak connects with a crisp jab.
Nice jab there from Kubiak.
Kubiak tries to clinch up.
Kubiak dips to his left and cracks Romo with an uppercut!
Romo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kubiak scores with a nice right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jab from Kubiak.
Kubiak tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Romo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Michael Kubiak seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kubiak moves in looking to clinch but Romo pushes him off.
Kubiak lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Romo throws an overhand right that lands on Kubiak's shoulder, as Kubiak tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kubiak avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kubiak connects with a jab.
Romo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kubiak might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Kubiak doesn't manage to clinch there - Romo circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Kubiak dominated that round.
That's time! Romo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Romo shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Kubiak eats them both and turns towards Romo to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Romo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kubiak circles away quickly and effectively.
Kubiak tries to clinch there but Romo circles away.
Kubiak tries to clinch up but Romo circles away and keeps his distance.
Kubiak works the jab nicely.
Kubiak wants to clinch.
Romo ducks right into an uppercut from Kubiak.
Romo keeps the fight on the outside.
Kubiak tries to clinch up.
Kubiak is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Romo throws a right and a left that Kubiak avoids nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kubiak looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Kubiak moves into the clinch successfully.
Kubiak has had enough of the clinch but Romo keeps him there for the moment.
Romo working aggressively here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kubiak pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kubiak connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Kubiak bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Kubiak wants to lay and pray for a moment but Romo keeps working.
Romo wants to control but Kubiak postures up.
Kubiak is looking to take a break and control but Romo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Kubiak is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Romo's shoulder. That is not cool.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kubiak sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Romo is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Kubiak is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Kubiak trying to control the action but Romo is working from the bottom.
Kubiak in side control, just content to control the action for now.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Michael Kubiak.
Kubiak tries to close the distance and clinch up but Romo swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kubiak is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Romo on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Kubiak tries to close the distance and clinch but Romo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Romo needs to keep his hands up - Kubiak had a free shot at his head there.
Kubiak shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Romo sprawls well. Romo wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Kubiak gets slowly back to his feet.
Jab, jab by Kubiak - just one landing.
Romo misses with a wild body shot.
Kubiak tries to clinch up but Romo circles away and keeps his distance.
Michael Kubiak seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kubiak wants to clinch.
Kubiak slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Kubiak dodges the punch combination from Romo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Kubiak pushes Romo up against the cage in a clinch.

Romo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kubiak connects with a right hand. Romo shakes it off.
Kubiak tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Romo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A jab from Kubiak does it's job there.
Kubiak fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kubiak is looking to clinch but Romo is avoiding it.
Kubiak tries to close the distance and clinch up but Romo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Romo moves forwards but Kubiak connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Blaine Romo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Romo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Romo misses with a head kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kubiak scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kubiak fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kubiak doesn't manage to clinch there - Romo circles away.
Romo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Kubiak showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Romo walks into a straight right hand from Kubiak.
Kubiak is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kubiak shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Kubiak lands a body shot.

Kubiak closes the distance and clinches.
Kubiak avoids a wild elbow strike from Romo.
Kubiak working hard to break the clinch.

Kubiak breaks from the clinch.
Romo misses with a hook.

Kubiak has closed the distance and engaged Romo in a clinch.
Kubiak can't break the clinch.
Romo tries to land knees in the clinch but Kubiak avoids the damage to the body.

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

Romo tries to keep at a distance but Kubiak has taken the fight into the clinch.
Romo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kubiak tries to break free but Romo pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kubiak is trying to break the clinch but Romo is controlling him.
Romo swings wildly with an uppercut but Kubiak uses good head movement to avoid it.
Romo looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Romo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kubiak wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Romo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Romo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kubiak's efforts to push away.
Kubiak tries to break free but Romo pushes him back against the cage.
Romo misses with a punch to the body.

Romo breaks the clinch.
Kubiak scores with a one two! Romo had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Kubiak tries to close the distance and clinch up but Romo swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Kubiak has closed the distance and engaged Romo in a clinch.
Kubiak is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Romo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Romo misses with an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kubiak working hard to break the clinch.
Michael Kubiak seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Romo breaks the clinch.
Romo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Kubiak darts in and clinches Romo up against the cage.
Kubiak is looking to break free of the clinch but Romo has double underhooks.

Kubiak breaks from the clinch.
Romo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kubiak clobbers Romo with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kubiak moves in looking to clinch but Romo pushes him off.
Kubiak moves in looking to clinch but Romo pushes him off.
A decent looking cross lands there for Kubiak.
Kubiak swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Romo.
Kubiak throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Romo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Romo takes one on the button.
Kubiak fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kubiak lands with an uppercut that bounces Romo off the cage and back into range.
Kubiak swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Romo.

Kubiak gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kubiak is trying to break free.
Romo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kubiak tries to pull guard but Romo won't allow it.
Kubiak is trying to break the clinch but Romo is controlling him.
Kubiak is trying to push Romo away but Romo has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kubiak is trying to break free.
Romo throws a punch but it's blocked by Kubiak.
Romo throws an elbow but it misses.
Kubiak wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Romo has him pressed against the cage.
Kubiak lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kubiak jumps guard but Romo turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Blaine Romo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Kubiak.
Kubiak is trying to push Romo away but Romo has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Romo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kubiak.
Blaine Romo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Romo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kubiak paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Romo throws a right and a left that Kubiak avoids nicely.
Kubiak sizes up Romo with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Jab from Kubiak.
Romo throws a right hand that Kubiak ducks under and follows up with a left that Kubiak also avoids with ease.
Kubiak lands a two punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Romo misses with a kick to the body.
Kubiak throws a head kick that misses.

Kubiak moves into the clinch successfully.
Romo taking a breather.
Kubiak drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Romo gets the underhooks and prevents it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Kubiak breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Michael Kubiak is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Some wild striking there from Romo.

And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Kubiak comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kubiak has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Josh West scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael Kubiak!