PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Kyle Romo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Blade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eric Blade has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with John Kyle Romo's chin.

Kyle Romo
vs
Blade

190 cm
30
240 lbs
29 - 12 - 0

198 cm
37
257 lbs
42 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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 29 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Kyle Romo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 42 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eric Blade!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Bruno Lombardi and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romo throws a looping overhand right but Blade ducks down to avoid it.
Blade scores with a push kick.
Romo explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Blade just misses with a punch to the body.
Blade avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Blade throws an overhand right that lands on Romo's shoulder, as Romo tries to avoid the shot.
Romo throws a low kick but it's checked well by Blade.
Romo scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Blade doesn't seem bothered though.
Romo lands a jab to the nose.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Romo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
John Kyle Romo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blade fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Romo is out of range.
Romo looks for the body kick but Blade saw that one coming.
Blade lunges at Romo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Romo's hand.

Blade forces Romo back against the cage and clinches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Blade as Romo tries to tie him up.
Romo blocking some punches.
Romo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Blade can't find room to land a body shot as Romo controls the action.
Blade gets through Romo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Romo missing with knees to the body.
Romo is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Blade swings wildly with an uppercut but Romo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blade takes a shot to the head.
Blade swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Blade fails to land.
Romo looking to throw knees to the head but Blade is blocking nicely.
Romo lands with a light punch inside.
Blade goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knees to the body from Romo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Romo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Blade working aggressively here.
Romo blocks a body shot from Blade.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Romo.
Romo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Romo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Romo lands a right hand.
Romo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Romo scores a nice knee to the body.
Blade looks winded!
Romo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A bit of stalling here from Romo.
Blade scores with a shoulder strike.
Blade working aggressively here.
Blade misses with some punches.
Blade tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Romo tries to land knees in the clinch but Blade avoids the damage to the body.
Blade lands a body shot.
A short right from Romo.
Blade has a couple of punches blocked by Romo.
Romo tries to land a knee to the head but Blade blocks with his arms.
Blade misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Romo.
Romo works on Blade's body with a couple of short punches.
Romo tries a knee to the head but Blade blocks it.
Romo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Blade.
Blade is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Romo is keeping busy.
Blade misses with a short punch on the inside.
Blade is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Romo is keeping busy.
A head punch on the inside from Blade fails to land.
Blade stalling against the cage.
Blade tries a knee to the head but Romo blocks it.
Blade blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees in the clinch landing for Romo.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Blade letting Romo take a breather here.
Romo with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Romo as the two fighters clinch.
Blade goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A knee to the head by Romo.

It looks like Eric Blade has been cut.
Romo pushes Blade back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Blade on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Romo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Romo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Blade backwards.
Blade takes a knee to the side of the body.
Romo working Blade over with knees to the body.
Romo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Romo landing knees to the head.
Romo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Blade blocks it with crossed arms.
Romo misses with a knee strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Romo scores with a knee to the head.
Blade wants to get back to striking at distance but Romo won't allow it.
Blade lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Knees to the body from Romo.
Romo tries to land a knee to the head but Blade blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Kyle Romo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eric Blade'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.

Romo is looking to slow Blade down with leg kicks.
Blade connects with a jab.
Romo blocks the body kick.
That kick from Romo tenderised Blade's leg. Blade is trying to keep his angry face on.
Good leg kick by Romo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Romo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Romo throws a big shot that misses.
Romo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Romo throws a nice inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice cross by Romo.
A nice inside leg kick there by Romo. That's going to slow Blade down.
Romo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A slapping leg kick lands for Romo.
Romo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Romo thows a body kick. Blade tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Blade is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romo lands with a good body shot.
Romo fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Blade.
Romo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Blade. That did some damage!
Romo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Blade takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Romo looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blade takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Romo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Blade can do to turn this around?
Romo thuds his right hand into Blade's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Romo scores with a spinning back kick!
Romo lands a leg kick that knocks Blade off balance momentarily.
Romo throws a nice outside leg kick.
Romo connects with a leg kick. Blade looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Romo cracks Blade with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Romo, right into the meat.
Romo scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romo fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Blade.
Romo's jab looks to have found its range, popping Blade under the eye.
Romo jabs at Blade's body.
Romo connects with a high kick.
Romo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Blade's calf.
Romo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Blade takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A good leg kick by Romo.

Romo instigates a clinch.
Romo is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Blade's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Romo pushes Blade back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Romo lands with a short shot to the head.
Still in the clinch, Romo scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blade is looking to control Romo's arms but Romo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Blade has his back to the cage.
Romo lands a good knee to the midsection. Blade won't want to take too many of those.
Romo tries a knee to the head but Blade blocks it.
Romo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Romo lands a shoulder strike.
Romo avoiding damage.
Blade misses with the head strike.
A bit of stalling here from Romo.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blade.
Romo blocks a body shot from Blade.
Blade misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blade struggles to land a body shot inside as Romo controls his hands.
Blade avoiding damage as Romo throws knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Blade.
Blade missing with knees to the body.
Blade goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Romo misses with a knee to the head.
Romo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Good body shot from Romo.
Romo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Blade takes a knee right on the jaw!
Romo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Romo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Blade tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Romo's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Romo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Romo lands a good knee to the midsection. Blade won't want to take too many of those.
Blade being controlled against the cage.
Blade throws a punch but it's blocked by Romo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Kyle Romo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Eric Blade's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Romo connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Blade misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Blade takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Romo circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Blade drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Romo follows Blade to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:14 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Kyle Romo!
After winning the bout, John Kyle Romo thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.