PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kamill The Beast (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Salazar Romello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kamill The Beast has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

The Beast
vs
Romello

175 cm
25
135 lbs
1 - 10 - 0

180 cm
18
137 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 1 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kamill The Beast!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Salazar Romello!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Romello clinches up against the cage.

The Beast lands a takedown into guard.
The Beast stops Romello from standing up.
Romello keeping full guard, as The Beast tries to pass.

The Beast drops back, looking for a kneebar! Romello looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Romello looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Romello!
Romello wants to lay and pray for a moment but The Beast keeps working.
The strikes coming from Romello are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
The Beast misses with a strike from the bottom.
The Beast tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Romello has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Romello wants to control but The Beast is keeping him busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romello throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
The Beast is trying to improve his position.
The Beast looks to move to half guard but instead Romello has passed into mount! Damn!
Romello can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as The Beast is looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Romello moves to the back position.
Romello has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of The Beast's body.
Romello misses with punches from the back.
Romello is hanging on to The Beast's back as he tries to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romello tries to keep control of the position but The Beast is staying busy.
The Beast is really stuck here.
Romello struggling to keep hold of the position.
The Beast knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Romello on the ground.
Romello keeps control of the position as The Beast tries to break free.
Romello is riding his opponent, not letting The Beast buck him off.
Romello trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
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!
The Beast looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
The Beast is trying to break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romello is looking to control The Beast but The Beast is wriggling around and keeping busy.

Romello is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
The Beast tries to escape the position.
The Beast is working hard here to advance position.
Romello thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Romello biding his time, looking for the opening.
The Beast tries to escape but Romello has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Romello misses with an elbow to the head.
The Beast really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romello has the hooks in. The Beast is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Romello trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Romello controlling well, preventing The Beast from escaping the position.
The Beast rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Romello prevents The Beast from improving his position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Romello moves into full mount! The Beast won't be happy about that!
Romello looks winded!
Romello trying to control but The Beast is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Salazar Romello will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

The Beast tries to clinch up.

The Beast rushes Romello and presses him up against the cage.

Romello manages to pull guard.
Romello keeping moving, preventing The Beast from controlling successfully.
Romello throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
The Beast prevents Romello from getting back to his feet.
The Beast working some strikes from top position.
The Beast is in close to Romello's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The Beast cracks Romello with a solid left hand.
The Beast landing with the ground and pound.
The Beast throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Beast pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Romello is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Beast trying to control but Romello is working from the bottom.
Romello trying to control the position.
The Beast wants to control from the top but Romello keeps moving.
The Beast scoring with some ground and pound.
The Beast with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The Beast pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Romello is keeping the position for now.
The Beast connects with a couple of short punches.
The Beast wants to control from the top but Romello keeps moving.
The Beast with a nice head shot there.
The Beast wants to get up but he can't break Romello's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Beast trying to control the position from guard on top but Romello is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The Beast scoring with punches to the head and body.
Kamill The Beast overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Romello is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Romello is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Romello pulls The Beast in to control the position.
The Beast has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
The Beast throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The Beast scoring with some ground and pound.
The Beast trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Romello is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
The Beast wants to stand but Romello is controlling his posture from full guard.
The Beast trying to control but Romello is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Beast wants to pass the guard but Romello is keeping the position.
Romello wants to sweep but no luck.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

The Beast decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The Beast landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Romello looking for submissions off his back.
The Beast scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The Beast prevents Romello from improving his position.
Romello won't allow The Beast to pass to mount.
The Beast wants to take a breather but Romello is having none of it.

The Beast is looking for a kimura but Romello is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for The Beast to get the leverage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Romello is defending against the submission attempts here by The Beast.
The Beast tries to pass the half guard into mount. Romello knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Romello tries to roll over but The Beast keeps him under control.
The Beast takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. The Beast lands a nice short elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Beast takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The Beast trying to mount his opponent but Romello defends it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kamill The Beast dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

The Beast manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Romello on his heels. He'll look to pass Romello's guard now, I'm sure.
The Beast sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Romello's guard.
The Beast trying to pass the guard but Romello defending well.
The Beast trying to control the action but Romello is working from the bottom.
The fighters are battling for position here. Romello manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Romello throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Romello preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

The Beast drops back, looking for a kneebar! Romello looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Romello looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Romello!
The Beast misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Romello takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The Beast tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Romello wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Beast striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
The Beast manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Romello wants to take a breather but The Beast is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Beast tries to roll over but Romello keeps him under control.
The Beast misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Romello seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but The Beast does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Salazar Romello wasn't active enough on the ground.

The Beast closes the distance and clinches.

The Beast gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
The Beast tries to free his leg and advance position but Romello is retaining full guard.
The Beast cracks Romello with a solid left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Beast stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Romello swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The Beast lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The Beast chips away with some ground and pound.
The Beast stopping the sweep attempt from Romello.
The Beast lands a couple of digs.
The Beast controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The Beast tries to free his leg and advance position but Romello is retaining full guard.
The Beast working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Romello's head.
The Beast keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Romello's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Beast tries to free his leg and advance position but Romello is retaining full guard.
The Beast trying to control the position from guard on top but Romello is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The Beast is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Romello is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

The Beast thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Romello controls The Beast momentarily but The Beast frees himself.
The Beast lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The Beast wants to control from the top but Romello keeps moving.
The Beast tries to free his leg and advance position but Romello is retaining full guard.
Romello wants to sweep but no luck.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Beast cracks Romello with a solid left hand.
The Beast trying to control but Romello is working from the bottom.
The Beast working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Romello's head.
Romello keeping moving, preventing The Beast from controlling successfully.

Romello is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The Beast scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The Beast is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Beast postures up and lands a big shot to Romello's brow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Beast is working Romello over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kamill The Beast showed his dominance in that final round.
Well The Beast has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kamill The Beast!