PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sola Romaneiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mario Toro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Romaneiro comes to the cage accompanied by Roads - Portishead. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Romaneiro
vs
Toro

176 cm
20
241 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

205 cm
20
285 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Great low kicks
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Tormented Nutrition
Fighters First Nutrition Amsterdam 160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Sola Romaneiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mario Toro!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Wagner Zegers and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romaneiro lands a nice leg kick that just misses Toro's sensitive parts.
Toro goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

It looks like Sola Romaneiro has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Toro keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Romaneiro.
That kick from Romaneiro tenderised Toro's leg. Toro is trying to keep his angry face on.
Toro moves into range and connects with a jab.
That kick from Romaneiro tenderised Toro's leg. Toro is trying to keep his angry face on.
Romaneiro buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Romaneiro connects with a nice looking jab.
Toro throws a right and a left that both miss.
Toro looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Toro clobbers Romaneiro with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A jab from Toro does it's job there.
Romaneiro lands a nice looking kick to the body. Toro takes a step back to recover.
That kick from Romaneiro tenderised Toro's leg. Toro is trying to keep his angry face on.
Toro looks winded!
Toro will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Romaneiro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Toro moves away.

Romaneiro drives through and clinches with Toro against the cage.
Romaneiro stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romaneiro slowing the pace effectively.

Romaneiro successfully pulls guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Romaneiro escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Toro gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Toro trying to control but Romaneiro is working from the bottom.
Romaneiro has control of Toro's left arm, preventing Toro from doing any damage.

Romaneiro looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romaneiro is pulling down on Toro's head to control his posture.
Romaneiro is trying to keep Toro in close.

We're going to have a standup here because Sola Romaneiro wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Toro fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romaneiro lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Romaneiro lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Toro waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Romaneiro.
Toro defending well as Romaneiro loads up on a big left hand.
Romaneiro lands a jab to Toro's midsection.
Romaneiro throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Romaneiro scores with a leg kick.
Romaneiro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Romaneiro scores with a jab to the jaw.
Romaneiro throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Romaneiro thumps Toro with a low kick.
Romaneiro lands a nice leg kick that just misses Toro's sensitive parts.
Romaneiro looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Romaneiro lands with a shot to the body.
Toro needs to keep his hands up - Romaneiro had a free shot at his head there.
Romaneiro cracks the inside of Toro's front leg.
A chopping leg kick lands by Romaneiro.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romaneiro lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Toro uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Romaneiro.
A big right from Romaneiro misses.
Mario Toro is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Toro throws an off balance right hand

and Romaneiro counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Toro!
Romaneiro cracks Toro with a big right hand but Toro just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
A lull in the action here as Romaneiro stalls from top position.

Romaneiro is trying to get an arm triangle but Toro is defending well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Romaneiro controlling the position from side mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sola Romaneiro dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sola Romaneiro'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.

Toro 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.
Romaneiro buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Toro gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Toro has had enough of the clinch but Romaneiro keeps him there for the moment.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Romaneiro here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.

Romaneiro decides to pull guard.
Romaneiro has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Toro stopping the sweep attempt from Romaneiro.

Toro got a little sloppy there for a moment and Romaneiro has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Toro has managed to get both his arms back between Romaneiro's legs - danger averted.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romaneiro wants to sweep here but Toro controlling him for the moment.
Romaneiro is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

Romaneiro is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Toro is aware though and is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romaneiro has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Romaneiro 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.
Toro trying to control but Romaneiro is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romaneiro has his hands on Toro's head, controlling the position.
We've been hearing good reports from Romaneiro's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.

Romaneiro working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Toro doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Romaneiro is tightening it up a little... Toro has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Toro reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Toro taps out! Nice BJJ there by Romaneiro!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Sola Romaneiro!
After winning the bout, Sola Romaneiro thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.