PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Kyle Romo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Avon Barksdale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barksdale comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Three Six Mafia - Its A Fight kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Kyle Romo
vs
Barksdale

190 cm
25
184 lbs
21 - 7 - 0

185 cm
30
186 lbs
15 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Kyle Romo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Avon Barksdale!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Dean Styles and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romo thows a body shot but no joy.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Romo.
Barksdale cracks the inside of Romo's front leg.
Romo throws a body kick that misses
and Barksdale counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Romo throws a low kick but Barksdale avoids it.
Barksdale cracks the inside of Romo's front leg.
Barksdale doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Romo throws the kick towards the body but Barksdale avoids it.
Romo throws a big shot that misses.
Barksdale takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Barksdale on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barksdale misses with a wild body shot.
Romo throws a low kick but Barksdale avoids it.
Romo moves into range and connects with a jab.
Romo throws a solid leg kick but Barksdale takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Romo.
Barksdale looks for the body kick but Romo saw that one coming.
Barksdale throws a body kick, spinning off balance

and Romo counters by clinching up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romo tries to stall but Barksdale uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Romo blocks an elbow strike from Barksdale.
Romo lands a shoulder strike.
Romo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Barksdale looking to stall.
Barksdale missing with knees to the body.

Romo breaks from the clinch.
Romo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Barksdale.
Barksdale throws a leg kick but Romo sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Romo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Barksdale.
Barksdale feints and then cracks Romo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Romo down.
Avon Barksdale seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barksdale connects with a leg kick. Romo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Barksdale misses with a body kick.
Romo needs to keep his hands up - Barksdale had a free shot at his head there.

Romo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Barksdale, pushing him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
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!
Barksdale is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Romo is breathing heavily.
Romo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Barksdale throws an elbow that misses.
Romo avoids the elbow strike from Barksdale, against the cage.
Romo lands with a short shot to the head.
Barksdale wants to stall.
Romo misses with some punches.
Barksdale lands an elbow inside.
Barksdale connects with a nasty looking knee right to Romo's face.

It looks like John Kyle Romo has been cut.
Barksdale looking to throw knees to the head but Romo is blocking nicely.
Barksdale is leaning against Romo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Romo blocks an elbow strike from Barksdale.
Barksdale misses with a body punch.
Romo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Barksdale has him pressed against the cage.
Romo avoiding damage as Barksdale throws knees to the body.
Barksdale lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Barksdale trying to land knees to the body.
Barksdale tries to stall but Romo uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Barksdale creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Romo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Romo blocks an elbow strike.
Romo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Romo is pushing Barksdale up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Barksdale lands a knee to the body.
Romo blocks the elbow strike.
Romo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Barksdale up against the cage.
Barksdale blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Romo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Romo tries a knee to the head but Barksdale blocks it.
Barksdale tries to break the clinch but Romo is controlling the position.
Barksdale working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romo tries to land a knee to the head but Barksdale blocks with his arms.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Romo avoiding damage as Barksdale throws knees to the body.
Romo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Barksdale blocking some punches.
Romo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Barksdale backwards.
Barksdale scores with a nice hook to the head.
Barksdale working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Romo dodges an elbow strike from Barksdale.
Romo avoids the elbow strike from Barksdale, against the cage.
Romo avoiding damage as Barksdale throws knees to the body.
Barksdale goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Romo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Romo holding his opponent close, against the cage.

Romo breaks from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Romo throws a solid leg kick but Barksdale takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Romo.
A lazy left from Barksdale finds it's target.
Romo throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Avon Barksdale dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Kyle Romo's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

A nice leg kick lands there from Barksdale.
Barksdale throws a shot from downtown. Romo moves away and avoids it.
Romo checks the leg kick.
Romo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Barksdale lands a head shot.
Nice body kick there by Romo.
Barksdale will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A telegraphed right hand from Barksdale misses the target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barksdale takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Barksdale lands a nice looking kick to the body. Romo takes a step back to recover.
Romo blocks a head kick by Barksdale.
Barksdale fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Romo has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Romo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barksdale lunges at Romo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Romo's hand.

Romo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Barksdale, pushing him back against the cage.
Romo avoiding damage as Barksdale throws knees to the body.
Romo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nice elbow from Barksdale.
A head punch on the inside from Barksdale fails to land.
Romo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Barksdale's face.
Romo looking to throw knees to the head but Barksdale is blocking nicely.
Romo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Romo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Barksdale makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
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!
Romo blocks an elbow strike from Barksdale.
Barksdale tries to work over Romo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Barksdale missing with knees to the body.
Romo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Barksdale is breathing heavily.
Barksdale throws an elbow but it misses.
Romo trying to control the position but instead, Barksdale has worked for underhooks and has pushed Romo into the cage.
Romo scores with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Barksdale trying to land knees to the body.
Barksdale misses with a hook from the clinch.
Romo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Romo gets through Barksdale's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Barksdale misses with an elbow strike.
Romo leaning his opponent against the cage.
Romo tries to land a knee to the head but Barksdale blocks with his arms.
Romo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barksdale has a couple of punches blocked by Romo.
Barksdale blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Romo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Barksdale misses with an elbow strike.
Romo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Romo looking to throw knees to the head but Barksdale is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barksdale misses with a punch to the body.
Barksdale creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Romo slows down the pace here.
Romo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barksdale looking to throw knees to the head but Romo is blocking nicely.
Romo misses with a punch on the inside.
Barksdale throws an elbow that misses.
Barksdale misses with an elbow strike.
Barksdale blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barksdale creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Romo's defenses.
Barksdale lands a knee to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Romo.
Romo blocks an uppercut.
Barksdale looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Barksdale crunches a lovely knee into Romo's ribcage.
Romo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Romo is trying to push Barksdale away but Barksdale has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Barksdale lands a nice elbow.
Barksdale leaning against his opponent.
Barksdale misses with an elbow over the top.

Romo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Romo is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Barksdale throws a head kick but Romo moves out of range.
Romo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Romo throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Romo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Barksdale misses the shot to the body.
Romo scores with a nice right hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
No joy there for Romo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Barksdale tries to land a front kick but Romo steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Romo connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Barksdale momentarily.
Barksdale misses with a kick to the body.
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 John Kyle Romo will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on John Kyle Romo's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Romo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Barksdale tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Romo swings widly with a right hand
and Barksdale counters with a stiff right hand.
Nice body punch from Romo.
Romo pushes Barksdale away with a front kick.
Romo throws a low kick, looking for Barksdale's leg but Barksdale calmly moves out of range.
Barksdale tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Romo was well out of range. Poor timing from Barksdale.
Barksdale finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Romo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Barksdale moves into the clinch.
Romo tries a body shot but Barksdale blocks it.
Romo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Barksdale blocks it with crossed arms.
Barksdale is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Romo is defending well for now.
Barksdale takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
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!
Barksdale pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Barksdale throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romo lands a nice uppercut.
Barksdale pushes off an throws an elbow but Romo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A short uppercut from Romo.
Romo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Barksdale comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Barksdale pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Romo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Barksdale pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Barksdale lands a knee to the head.
Barksdale is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Barksdale prevents a body shot from Romo.
Barksdale looking to throw knees to the head but Romo is blocking nicely.
Barksdale lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Romo takes an elbow to the temple.
Romo lands an uppercut.
Barksdale throws a head punch that misses.
Romo dodges an elbow strike from Barksdale.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romo missing with knees to the body.
Avon Barksdale seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Romo lands a shot to the body.
Romo managing to block the knees to the body from Barksdale.
Barksdale takes a shot to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Romo.
Romo scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Barksdale is rocked!
Romo scores with a knee to the head.
Barksdale is still on wobbly legs! Can Romo finish him?
Romo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Barksdale's face.
Romo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The referee calls for Romo to work.
A head punch on the inside from Barksdale fails to land.
Barksdale throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Romo scores with a shoulder strike.
Romo tries to stall but Barksdale uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Romo pushes Barksdale against the cage. Romo is working some dirty boxing. Romo pushes off with a quick right hook! Barksdale goes down! Barksdale tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Romo moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Kyle Romo!
John Kyle Romo retains his welterweight title!
John Kyle Romo thanked the fans post fight for their support.