PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rodniel Romero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maciej Zegan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Romero might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Kanye West - Amazing. Zegan comes into a darkened arena with his song building. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4B99CQV3uY&feature=related kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Romero
vs
Zegan

176 cm
31
164 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

180 cm
26
162 lbs
15 - 11 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rodniel Romero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Maciej Zegan!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Frank Dennis and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romero circles away from the clinch attempt.
Zegan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Zegan misses with an uppercut
and Romero counters with a straight right hand.
Romero on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Zegan throws a right and a left that both miss.

Zegan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Zegan can't find room to land a body shot as Romero controls the action.

Zegan breaks from the clinch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Zegan.
Zegan misses with a body kick.
Zegan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Zegan moves to clinch but Romero breaks away

and Romero counters with a left and a right that hurts Zegan! He wobbles and falls to the floor - he's in big trouble! Romero jumps into full mount!

Zegan is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero wants to control the pace but Zegan is squirming around nicely.
Zegan is still in real trouble! Can Romero finish him?
Zegan is working to get back to half guard.
Romero can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Zegan is looking to escape.
Zegan seems to have recovered his senses.

Romero working for a submission but Zegan is keeping him at bay.

Romero has control of Zegan's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Zegan regains control of the situation pretty easily.

Romero is working for a guillotine from mount but Zegan frees his head quite easily.

Romero with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Romero is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Zegan has managed to escape the submission attempt.

Romero with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zegan is desperately trying to improve his position but Romero has a good base and remains in mount.
Zegan is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Romero looking to control but Zegan is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Romero tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Romero looking to control but Zegan is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Romero working for a guillotine from mount but Zegan is in no mood to give up.

Romero working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Romero fails to take his opponent's back.
Zegan is trying to escape the mount.
Zegan really wants to buck Romero off and get back to his feet.

Romero is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Zegan is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Rodniel Romero!
A less than humble Rodniel Romero misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.