PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Romeo Hernanes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ed Wuncler Iii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hernanes comes to the cage accompanied by Awolnation - Sail. Wuncler Iii is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Smooth Operator - Sade. This should be a great matchup!

Hernanes
vs
Wuncler Iii

170 cm
29
145 lbs
12 - 4 - 1

160 cm
29
140 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Romeo Hernanes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ed Wuncler Iii!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Trevor Gratis and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wuncler Iii misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hernanes throws a right and a left that Wuncler Iii avoids nicely.
Hernanes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wuncler Iii swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wuncler Iii swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wuncler Iii tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wuncler Iii misses with a wild body shot.
Hernanes moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Wuncler Iii uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Wuncler Iii avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wuncler Iii has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.

Hernanes clinches up against the cage.
Wuncler Iii takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wuncler Iii is trying to break the clinch but Hernanes has him pressed against the cage.
Hernanes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Ed Wuncler Iii has been cut.

Wuncler Iii's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Good leg kick by Hernanes there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hernanes tries to clinch but Wuncler Iii is having none of it.
Wuncler Iii throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hernanes counters with a good low kick that Wuncler Iii was not able to check.
Wuncler Iii throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hernanes throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Wuncler Iii throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wuncler Iii blocks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hernanes gets a clinch.

Wuncler Iii breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hernanes lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Wuncler Iii throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hernanes fails to land with a series of punches.
Wuncler Iii wants to slow Hernanes down by chopping away at his legs.
Hernanes throws a head kick that misses.
Wuncler Iii throws a leg kick but Hernanes moved away.
Hernanes lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Wuncler Iii throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hernanes stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Wuncler Iii throws a head kick that misses.
Hernanes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wuncler Iii takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Wuncler Iii swings for the body but Hernanes moves out of range.

Hernanes darts in and clinches Wuncler Iii up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Wuncler Iii pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fighters circling - Wuncler Iii throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wuncler Iii avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wuncler Iii swats away the attempt to clinch by Hernanes.
Wuncler Iii takes a swing at Hernanes's ribcage but misses.
Hernanes throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wuncler Iii misses with a wild body shot.
A low kick from Hernanes is predictable there
and Wuncler Iii counters with a right hand to the body.
Hernanes blocks a jab.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hernanes darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Hernanes throws a head kick that misses.
Hernanes wants to clinch.
A right-left combo lands from Hernanes.
Hernanes will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Wuncler Iii tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wuncler Iii blocks the body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wuncler Iii has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hernanes.
A head kick misses from Hernanes.
Hernanes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wuncler Iii lands a nice looking body shot.
Wuncler Iii lands a nice looking body shot.
Wuncler Iii showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hernanes.
Wuncler Iii tries to score with a low kick but Hernanes moves his leg out of the way.
Wuncler Iii ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hernanes moves away.
Wuncler Iii blocks a head kick by Hernanes.
Hernanes's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Wuncler Iii connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Hernanes scrambles back to his feet.
Hernanes moves in looking to clinch but Wuncler Iii pushes him off.
Wuncler Iii swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wuncler Iii drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A clash of legs there as Hernanes blocks the low kick.
Wuncler Iii thows a body shot but no joy.
Hernanes wants to clinch up but Wuncler Iii keeps it at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hernanes scores with a head kick. Wuncler Iii tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Wuncler Iii looks to score with a jab to the body but Hernanes is just out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Hernanes blocks the leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wuncler Iii takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hernanes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wuncler Iii ducks under a wild hook from Hernanes.
Hernanes connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wuncler Iii swats away the attempt to clinch by Hernanes.
Hernanes cracks the inside of Wuncler Iii's front leg.
Wuncler Iii throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hernanes throws a right hand that Wuncler Iii ducks under and follows up with a left that Wuncler Iii also avoids with ease.
Wuncler Iii pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wuncler Iii throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wuncler Iii is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hernanes rather than just go for the knockout.
Nice straight punches there by Wuncler Iii. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Wuncler Iii.
Hernanes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wuncler Iii.
Wuncler Iii's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Wuncler Iii lands with an uppercut that bounces Hernanes off the cage and back into range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Romeo Hernanes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ed Wuncler Iii's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Wuncler Iii jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hernanes lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Hernanes has closed the distance and engaged Wuncler Iii in a clinch.
Wuncler Iii working hard to break the clinch.

Wuncler Iii's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hernanes throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Wuncler Iii.
Wuncler Iii scores with a body shot.
Wuncler Iii tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wuncler Iii lands with an uppercut that bounces Hernanes off the cage and back into range.
Wuncler Iii will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wuncler Iii throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hernanes stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hernanes keeps control of Wuncler Iii as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hernanes misses with a knee to the head.
Wuncler Iii can't break the clinch.
Hernanes has Wuncler Iii pressed against the cage, preventing Wuncler Iii from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wuncler Iii looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernanes looking to throw knees to the head but Wuncler Iii is blocking nicely.
Hernanes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wuncler Iii blocks it with crossed arms.
Wuncler Iii has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hernanes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hernanes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wuncler Iii blocks it with crossed arms.
Wuncler Iii lands a nice uppercut.
Hernanes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Wuncler Iii's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hernanes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hernanes tries a knee to the head but Wuncler Iii blocks it.
Hernanes scores with a knee to the head.
Wuncler Iii has had enough of the clinch but Hernanes keeps him there for the moment.

Wuncler Iii breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wuncler Iii fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wuncler Iii lands a jab to the nose.
Wuncler Iii getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Wuncler Iii fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hernanes manages to avoid it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Wuncler Iii thows a body shot but no joy.
A head kick from Wuncler Iii lands but Hernanes takes it in his stride.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wuncler Iii throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hernanes lands a jab.
Wuncler Iii avoids the head kick by Hernanes.
Wuncler Iii throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hernanes tries a head kick but it misses.
Wuncler Iii throws a right and a left that Hernanes avoids nicely.
Hernanes takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hernanes tries to clinch but Wuncler Iii moves away
and Wuncler Iii makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Hernanes moves out of range of the leg kick from Wuncler Iii.
Hernanes tries to close the distance and clinch but Wuncler Iii swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wuncler Iii works Hernanes's body with a nice hook.
Hernanes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wuncler Iii swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hernanes wants to clinch.
Hernanes misses with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernanes fails to land with a series of punches.
Wuncler Iii throws out a leg kick but Hernanes moves out of range and Wuncler Iii only half commits.
Hernanes throws a series of punches but Wuncler Iii avoids them all with ease.
Wuncler Iii misses with a straight left.
Hernanes misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hernanes blocks a leg kick.
Hernanes misses with a hook.
Wuncler Iii lands a nice shot to the body.
Hernanes looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hernanes wants to clinch.
Jab by Wuncler Iii.
Wuncler Iii connects with a leg kick. Hernanes looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Wuncler Iii misses with a low kick as Hernanes jumps back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wuncler Iii throws a low kick but Hernanes moves out of range easily.
Wuncler Iii lands with a cross.
Wuncler Iii takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hernanes walks into a stiff left hand from Wuncler Iii.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wuncler Iii throws a shot from downtown. Hernanes moves away and avoids it.
Hernanes tries to clinch but Wuncler Iii moves out of range.
Wuncler Iii wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hernanes lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Wuncler Iii throws a nice looking combination but Hernanes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hernanes tries to clinch but Wuncler Iii moves out of range.
Wuncler Iii blocks a head kick by Hernanes.
Wuncler Iii lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice uppercut there from Wuncler Iii.
Hernanes takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hernanes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wuncler Iii.
Hernanes is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ed Wuncler Iii showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ed Wuncler Iii's cut.
That's time! Hernanes's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Hernanes wants to clinch up but Wuncler Iii keeps it at a distance.

Hernanes clinches.
Wuncler Iii managing to block the knees to the body from Hernanes.

Wuncler Iii pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wuncler Iii throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hernanes moves in looking to clinch but Wuncler Iii pushes him off.
Hernanes misses with a head kick.
Wuncler Iii misses with an uppercut.
Hernanes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wuncler Iii looks to land a combination but Hernanes avoids it well.
A head kick misses from Hernanes.
Wuncler Iii walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hernanes checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That kick from Wuncler Iii tenderised Hernanes's leg. Hernanes is trying to keep his angry face on.
Wuncler Iii checks a low kick from Hernanes.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Hernanes.
Hernanes blocks a head kick by Wuncler Iii.
Hernanes doesn't manage to clinch there - Wuncler Iii circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernanes scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hernanes takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Hernanes takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Wuncler Iii lands with a nice body punch.
Wuncler Iii throws a leg kick which misses Hernanes's front leg but catches the back leg as Hernanes tries to avoid it.
An inside leg kick lands from Wuncler Iii.
Wuncler Iii takes a swing at Hernanes's ribcage but misses.
Hernanes is looking to clinch but Wuncler Iii is avoiding it.
Hernanes is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Wuncler Iii avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wuncler Iii blocks a head kick by Hernanes.
Hernanes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wuncler Iii.
Hernanes throws a head kick that misses
letting Wuncler Iii counter with a right hand.
Wuncler Iii throws a right and a left that Hernanes avoids nicely.
Hernanes tries to clinch but Wuncler Iii moves out of range.
Wuncler Iii throws a leg kick but Hernanes sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hernanes blocks a head kick by Wuncler Iii.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Wuncler Iii, right into the meat.

Hernanes has managed to clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hernanes unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hernanes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hernanes looking to throw knees to the head but Wuncler Iii is blocking nicely.

Wuncler Iii breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hernanes connects with an inside leg kick.
Wuncler Iii has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hernanes.
A low kick from Wuncler Iii is predictable there
and Hernanes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A combination from Wuncler Iii does no damage.
Wuncler Iii takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wuncler Iii scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hernanes with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wuncler Iii lands with a right hand.
Hernanes fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Wuncler Iii.
Hernanes chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hernanes looks to land a combination. Wuncler Iii sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Ed Wuncler Iii seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernanes throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Wuncler Iii misses with an uppercut. Hernanes saw that one coming.
Wuncler Iii moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hernanes throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Hernanes scores with a head kick. Wuncler Iii tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Hernanes with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hernanes scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A head kick from Hernanes lands but Wuncler Iii takes it in his stride.
Wuncler Iii throws a low kick, looking for Hernanes's leg but Hernanes calmly moves out of range.
Wuncler Iii misses with a body kick.
An inside leg kick from Wuncler Iii misses.
Wuncler Iii keeps the fight on the outside.
Hernanes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wuncler Iii manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hernanes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hernanes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hernanes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wuncler Iii lands a head shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Wuncler Iii checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hernanes throws a low kick but it's checked well by Wuncler Iii.
Hernanes tries to clinch up.
Hernanes takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hernanes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hernanes lands a head kick!
Wuncler Iii scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Jab from Wuncler Iii.
Wuncler Iii scores with a hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hernanes wants to clinch.
Wuncler Iii throws a leg kick that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Romeo Hernanes.
I think Hernanes has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Romeo Hernanes!
After winning the bout, Romeo Hernanes thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.