PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Kyle Romo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tomi Atomi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Atomi has chosen Spookshow Baby as his entrance music. Tomi Atomi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kyle Romo
vs
Atomi

190 cm
26
184 lbs
23 - 7 - 0

191 cm
30
181 lbs
17 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

TWGC Champion
World class boxer
Granite chin

Fight Night Nutrition

Fight Night Nutrition
Dynamite

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 23 - 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 17 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tomi Atomi!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Eddie Farnsworth and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Atomi.
Romo walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Good standup being displayed there by Atomi as he connects with a hook.
Romo misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Atomi counters with a slapping leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Romo.
Atomi keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Romo lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Tomi Atomi has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Romo lands a slapping body shot.
Romo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Atomi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Romo blocks a low kick nicely.
Romo throws a lazy right hand but Atomi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Romo avoids the head kick by Atomi.

Atomi shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Atomi was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Atomi throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Atomi tries for a kimura but Romo is defending well.
Romo is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Romo keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Romo is looking to control Atomi's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Romo avoid being mounted?
Atomi scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Atomi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Romo defending well though.
Romo is looking to control Atomi's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Romo avoid being mounted?
Romo is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Romo is working hard here to advance position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romo moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Atomi throws a big right hand that misses.
Atomi with a flurry of punches that miss.
Atomi has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Romo 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.
Atomi wants to pass the guard but Romo is keeping the position.
Atomi lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Romo managing to control the position.
Atomi trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Romo preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romo is trying to control the position but Atomi postures up.
Romo trying to control the position here.
Atomi tries to free his leg and advance position but Romo is retaining full guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of John Kyle Romo.
Romo misses with a left hand

and Atomi counters with a shoot takedown. Romo fights it but they end up in guard.
Romo working a defensive guard but Atomi manages to pass into side control anyway.
Romo tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Romo is not content to let Atomi control the position.
Atomi tries to advance to mount but Romo denies him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Atomi wants to lay and pray for a moment but Romo keeps working.
Atomi scoring with punches and elbows.
Atomi fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The strikes coming from Atomi are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Atomi looks up at the clock and then as Romo takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Atomi smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Atomi 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 crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Romo tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Atomi wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Romo takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Atomi grinds an elbow into Romo's temple.

Romo is rocked!
Atomi landing a few strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tomi Atomi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tomi Atomi's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Romo throws a leg kick but Atomi checks it.
Oh Romo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Romo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Atomi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A punch combination from Atomi misses.
Romo seems to have got his legs back now.
Atomi misses with a looping right.
Atomi looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Atomi scores with a nice right hand.
Romo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Atomi.
Romo tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Atomi is able to avoid easily.
Romo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Romo thumps Atomi with a low kick.
Romo scores with a decent looking hook.
Romo takes a swing at Atomi's ribcage but misses.
Romo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Romo is looking to wear down Atomi with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Atomi works the jab nicely.
Romo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Atomi.

Atomi shoots in and bounces Romo off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Atomi missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Romo is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Romo utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Romo seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of John Kyle Romo.
Atomi tests Romo's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atomi looks for the body kick but Romo saw that one coming.
Romo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Atomi was well out of range. Poor timing from Romo.
Atomi throws the kick towards the body but Romo avoids it.
A head kick misses from Atomi.
Romo looks to score with a jab to the body but Atomi is just out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Atomi slips under a jab from Romo.
Romo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Atomi.
Romo bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Atomi's head.
Atomi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Romo finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Romo tries to land a front kick but Atomi steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Atomi.
Some bone on bone action there as Atomi checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Romo tries to close the distance and clinch but Atomi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
John Kyle Romo is winning the standup battle so far.
Atomi misses with a low kick.
Romo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Atomi's sensitive parts.
John Kyle Romo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Romo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Atomi throws a low kick but Romo moves out of range easily.
John Kyle Romo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Atomi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Romo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Atomi tries for a takedown but Romo sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Atomi lands a right hook to the body.
Romo tries to clinch up but Atomi circles away and keeps his distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romo throws the kick towards the body but Atomi avoids it.
Romo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Romo moves away from the strike by Atomi.
Romo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Romo enables Atomi to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Romo manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
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 keeping moving, preventing Atomi from controlling successfully.
Atomi with a flurry of punches that miss.
Atomi trying to control the position from guard on top but Romo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Atomi stopping the sweep attempt from Romo.
Romo keeping moving, preventing Atomi from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Tomi Atomi will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Tomi Atomi's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Romo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A swing and a miss from Romo.
The fighters circling - Atomi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Atomi scoring well with a low kick there.
Romo throws a right hand that misses
letting Atomi counter with a right hand.
Atomi misses with a body shot.
Romo takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Romo on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Romo's corner calls for a 1-2. Romo obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Atomi moves out of range of the body kick from Romo.
Atomi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Romo connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Atomi momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romo will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A low kick from Romo misses
and Atomi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Romo tries to clinch there but Atomi circles away.
Atomi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Atomi connects with a single shot there.
Atomi moves out of range as Romo strikes.
Atomi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Romo feints and then cracks Atomi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Atomi down.
Romo tries to clinch but Atomi is having none of it.
Atomi connects with a leg kick. Romo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Romo uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Atomi tenderised Romo's leg. Romo is trying to keep his angry face on.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Romo with a jab.
Atomi wants to land a leg kick but Romo is out of range.
A jab lands there for Atomi.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Atomi, right into the meat.
Romo loads up on a big right hand but Atomi slips the punch.
Nice takedown defense from Romo. No joy for Atomi on that attempt.
Romo swings for the body but Atomi moves out of range.
Romo walks into a stiff left hand from Atomi.
Romo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Atomi swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atomi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Atomi checks a leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Atomi.
Romo goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Romo throws the left hand but Atomi avoids the punch easily.
Romo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Atomi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Romo wants to clinch.
Romo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Atomi was well out of range. Poor timing from Romo.
Romo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Atomi's calf.
Romo misses with an uppercut. Atomi saw that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Romo.
Romo scoring well with a low kick there.
Romo delivers a nice body kick.
Romo throws a nice outside leg kick.
Romo connects with a leg kick. Atomi looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Romo tries to clinch up but Atomi circles away and keeps his distance.
A bone on bone clash there as Romo blocks the leg kick.
Romo slaps away a takedown attempt from Atomi, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Atomi drops his hands momentarily and Romo takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Romo forces Atomi back against the cage and clinches.
Romo prevents the takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Kyle Romo clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Tomi Atomi's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Romo bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Atomi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Atomi throws a lazy right hand but Romo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Good shot there by Atomi.
Romo scores with a leg kick.
Romo misses with a looping right.
A nice inside leg kick there by Romo. That's going to slow Atomi down.
Romo lands a nice looking kick to the body. Atomi takes a step back to recover.
Some bone on bone action there as Romo checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Romo throws a big shot that misses.
Atomi misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romo misses with a lunging right hand
and Atomi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Romo walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Atomi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Atomi scores with a head kick. Romo tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Romo misses with a head kick.
Atomi lands a jab to the head.
Romo lands a nice shot that snaps Atomi's head back.
Atomi throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Romo counters with a nice uppercut.
Romo misses with a body kick.
Romo displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Atomi.
Atomi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Romo cracks the inside of Atomi's front leg.
Atomi is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Romo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Romo will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Atomi throws a sloppy head kick

and Romo counters by moving into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Atomi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Atomi is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Atomi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Romo tries to land a knee to the head but Atomi blocks with his arms.
Romo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Romo lands a knee to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Romo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Atomi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Atomi scores with a shoulder strike.
Romo lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Atomi blocks it with crossed arms.
Romo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Atomi stalling in the clinch.
Atomi works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Atomi misses with a punch to the body.
A hook to the body from Romo.

Atomi manages to break the clinch.

Atomi closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Atomi winds up and cracks Romo with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Atomi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Romo defending well though.
Atomi missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Romo is looking to improve his position.

Atomi is trying to work for a kimura but Romo is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atomi missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Atomi is keen to just control but Romo is a slippery customer.
Atomi throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Atomi throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Romo wants to get back to full guard.
Romo regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Atomi.
Atomi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Romo is keeping the position for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Atomi throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Romo works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that John Kyle Romo will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tomi Atomi's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Romo lands a nice shot that snaps Atomi's head back.
Atomi shoots in for a double leg but Romo sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Romo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Atomi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Atomi loads up on a big right hand but Romo slips the punch.
Romo darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Atomi throws a lazy uppercut
and Romo counters with an outside leg kick.
Nice takedown defense from Romo. No joy for Atomi on that attempt.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Romo lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Atomi has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Atomi and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Atomi thows a body shot but no joy.
Romo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Romo swings away with a body shot that misses

and Atomi counters with a takedown into side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Atomi fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Atomi is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romo manages to work his way to half guard, despite Atomi's best efforts.
Romo wants to control but Atomi is keeping busy.
Atomi winds up and cracks Romo with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Atomi works his way into side control.
Atomi working the ground and pound but Romo is defending the strikes.
Atomi trying to control the position but Romo is working away.
Tomi Atomi has got the better of the ground game so far.
Romo defending against the ground and pound.
Atomi advances to full mount.
Atomi with the ground and pound from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romo wants to control but Atomi is having none of it.
Atomi looking to finish with strikes here!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Atomi lands a nice shot to the head.
Romo wants to control but Atomi is having none of it.
Romo wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Atomi.
Atomi unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Romo wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Atomi celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tomi Atomi!
Tomi Atomi is the new welterweight champion!
Tomi Atomi thanked the fans post fight for their support.