PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Lance Stevens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Romeo Hernanes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hernanes has chosen Awolnation - Sail as his entrance music. Romeo Hernanes has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Stevens
vs
Hernanes

170 cm
24
143 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

170 cm
29
145 lbs
10 - 3 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Damnfield clothing
Knox Energy

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lance Stevens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Romeo Hernanes!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Roger Salmon and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stevens moves out of range as Hernanes throws a body kick.
Stevens rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hernanes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've been told by Stevens's head coaches at The Cave Fighting Team that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Stevens uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hernanes has time to react.
Hernanes dodges the punch combination from Stevens.
Hernanes works Stevens's body with a nice hook.
Hernanes has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Hernanes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hernanes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stevens.
Stevens looks to land a right hand but Hernanes moved out of range.
Hernanes looks to land a left hand but Stevens moved out of range nicely.
Hernanes's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Hernanes duly obliges.
Donk. Stevens catches Hernanes right on the button with a cross.
Hernanes throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Hernanes throws a series of punches but Stevens avoids them all with ease.
Hernanes fails in his attempt to clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stevens misses with a lunging right hand
and Hernanes counters with a left and a right that stings Stevens.

Stevens is rocked!
Hernanes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Oh Stevens is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hernanes misses with a combination
enabling Stevens to counter with a crisp jab.
Hernanes falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Stevens counter with a right hand.
Hernanes scores with a nice head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stevens. Hernanes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hernanes falls off balance throwing a combination
and Stevens counters with a straight right hand.
Lance Stevens seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hernanes throws a combination that misses
and Stevens counters with a straight right hand.
Stevens fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hernanes manages to avoid it.
Hernanes throws a combination that misses
enabling Stevens to counter with a crisp jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stevens. Hernanes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hernanes swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Stevens connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Stevens rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hernanes counters with a low kick, right behind Stevens 's knee.
Hernanes tries to clinch there but Stevens circles away.
Stevens throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hernanes falls off balance throwing a combination
and Stevens counters with a straight right hand.
Hernanes misses with a combination
and Stevens counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hernanes looks winded!
Hernanes swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Stevens counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big left from Stevens misses.
Hernanes drops Stevens with a naaaaasty hook - Stevens is in real trouble here! Hernanes dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Romeo Hernanes!
Our winner, Romeo Hernanes, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.