PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raymond Lewinski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergey Romanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Lewinski might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Shoot from the hip. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Lewinski
vs
Romanov

190 cm
25
215 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

187 cm
25
201 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

GREEN!

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Raymond Lewinski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sergey Romanov!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Fedor Mirinova and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romanov lands with a good body shot.

Lewinski takes the fight into the clinch.
Romanov tries to land knees in the clinch but Lewinski avoids the damage to the body.
Romanov taking a breather.
Romanov scores with a shot to the side of Lewinski's head.
Lewinski avoiding damage as Romanov throws knees to the body.
Romanov lands a knee to the body.
A right hand to the body from Romanov.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lewinski avoiding damage.
Lewinski wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Romanov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Romanov lands an uppercut.
Romanov throws a head punch that misses.
Romanov is trying to break the clinch but Lewinski has him pressed against the cage.
Lewinski wants to take the fight to the mat but Romanov manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romanov misses with an elbow strike.
Romanov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lewinski blocks an elbow strike.
Lewinski avoids the elbow strike from Romanov, against the cage.
Romanov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Romanov tries to throw a body punch but Lewinski avoids it by throwing Romanov back against the cage.
Lewinski can't get the takedown.
Lewinski pressing his opponent against the cage.
Lewinski tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Raymond Lewinski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lewinski trying to control the position but instead, Romanov has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lewinski into the cage.
Romanov utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romanov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lewinski is breathing heavily.
Romanov lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Good body shot from Romanov.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Romanov lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lewinski backwards.
Romanov lands a damaging elbow.
A short right from Romanov on the inside.
Romanov scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lewinski dodges an elbow strike from Romanov.
Romanov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Romanov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Romanov dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

Lewinski works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.

Lewinski drops back, looking for a kneebar! Romanov looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Romanov looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Romanov!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romanov wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lewinski keeps working.
Romanov is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Lewinski tries to buck Romanov off but Romanov is having none of it.
Romanov is looking to take a break and control but Lewinski is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lewinski is trying to get back to half guard.
Romanov is looking to take a break and control but Lewinski is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lewinski regains half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergey Romanov dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A punch combination from Romanov misses.
Romanov connects with a leg kick. Lewinski looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A good leg kick by Romanov.
Lewinski takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Romanov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lewinski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Romanov lands with a thumping leg kick.
Lewinski tries for a takedown but Romanov sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Lewinski fails with an attempt to clinch.
Romanov feints with a jab and clips Lewinski right behind the ear with a massive overhand right! Lewinski is sent crashing into the canvas and Romanov leaps in for the kill! Lewinski tries to get to his feet but Romanov is just battering him from every conceivable angle. The ref decides that Lewinski is in need of a savior and steps in!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sergey Romanov!
A relieved looking Sergey Romanov thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.