PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roddy Piper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cristian Romero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Piper
vs
Romero

180 cm
24
187 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

179 cm
26
180 lbs
18 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

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Brute

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Roddy Piper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cristian Romero!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Piper decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Romero trying to control from the bottom.
Piper thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Romero's head.
Piper thows a huge punch but Romero dodges it nicely.
Piper prevents Romero from standing back up.
Romero is trying to get back to full guard.

Romero actively working from the bottom here.
Piper wants to pass to mount but Romero is defending the position.
Piper sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Romero defending well though.
Romero is trying to control but can't.
Romero slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Romero not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Piper accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Piper wants to pass the guard but Romero is keeping the position.
Piper stopping the sweep attempt from Romero.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero is trying to control the position but Piper postures up.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Romero tries to strike from the bottom.
Piper won't allow Romero to sweep him here.
Romero is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Romero missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Piper trying to hold on to Romero's head to control him but Romero postures up.
Piper is trying to stand back up but Romero is controlling him

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romero wants to pass to mount but Piper is defending the position.

Romero wants to work for an arm triangle but Piper is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Romero wants to free his trapped foot but Piper is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Romero is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Romero missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Romero working the head and body with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Piper is looking for a sweep. Romero is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romero stalling.
Romero thows a huge punch but Piper dodges it nicely.
Piper is looking for a sweep. Romero is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Romero sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Piper defending well though.
Romero is keen to just control but Piper is a slippery customer.
Romero sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Piper defending well though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romero thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Romero seems to be looking for submissions.
Piper is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Romero trying to control the action but Piper is working from the bottom.
Romero wants to pass the guard but Piper is defending well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Piper blocking the ground and pound attempt from Romero.
Romero is trying to control. Piper wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cristian Romero dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Romero misses with a takedown attempt - Piper sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Piper throws out a loose jab but Romero uses good head movement to avoid it.
Piper fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Romero on the side of the head.
Piper lands a nice shot that snaps Romero's head back.
Romero misses with a takedown attempt - Piper sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Romero keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Piper looks for a takedown but Romero sprawls well.

Romero throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Piper tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Romero is in Piper's guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Romero's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero looking to sit in guard and control but Piper gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Romero is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Piper stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Romero swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Romero bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Piper's guard.
Piper keeping moving, preventing Romero from controlling successfully.
Romero is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romero trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Romero working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Romero stands and throws Piper's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Romero tries for a kimura but Piper is defending well.
Romero lands some shots froms side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romero 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.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Romero working the ground and pound but Piper is defending the strikes.
Romero tries to advance to mount but can't.
Romero is looking to take a break and control but Piper is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Piper is trying to improve his position.
Romero throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Cristian Romero has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Piper prevents Romero from improving position.
Piper regains half guard, as Romero was trying to land strikes.
Romero wants to control but Piper is keeping him busy.
Romero seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Romero has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Piper is not content to let Romero control the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Romero throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cristian Romero 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. This is the final round!

Piper closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Romero did well to prevent Piper getting side control.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Piper lands a nice short elbow.
Romero wants to control but Piper is keeping busy.
Romero wants to improve his position but Piper is controlling well.
Romero controlling the position well.
Romero wants to get back to full guard.
Romero controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Romero wants to control but Piper is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Cristian Romero has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Piper throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Piper closes the distance and clinches up with Romero, looking for a takedown. Piper pushes Romero against the cage but Romero circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Piper tries to avoid it but Romero manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Piper to the ground. Piper escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Romero avoids the body shot from Piper.
Piper fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Romero displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Piper.
Piper misses the shot to the body.
Piper throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Piper shoots in but Romero avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roddy Piper. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Piper shoots for a double leg takedown but Romero sprawls well. He's pushed Piper's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Piper.
Romero tries to buck Piper off but Piper is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romero is trying to control Piper's posture but Piper avoids it.
A lull in the action here.
Romero can't do much from the bottom here.
Piper looks up at the clock and then as Romero takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Piper smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Romero is trying to control Piper's posture but Piper avoids it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Romero tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Piper wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The ground and pound from Piper seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
Piper creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Piper postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
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Piper wants to lay and pray for a moment but Romero keeps working.
Piper prevents Romero from escaping the position.
An elbow from Piper crashes against the mat.
Romero manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Piper is looking to escape.
Romero seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Romero not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Piper makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Piper closes this distance looking for a takedown but Romero circles away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Romero drives through with a takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Romero trying to control the position from guard on top but Piper is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Piper looking for a sweep. Not yet Piper, not yet.
Romero postures up in Piper's guard and throws a big left but Piper blocks it.
Roddy Piper has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Romero is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Romero preventing the sweep.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Romero accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Romero sitting in guard, not really doing much.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Roddy Piper.
I think Romero has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cristian Romero!
Cristian Romero very nearly forgot to thank Brute amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.