PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sola Romaneiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marty Garcilazo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Romaneiro comes to the cage accompanied by Guns of Brixton - The Clash. Marty Garcilazo is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Romaneiro
vs
Garcilazo

176 cm
23
219 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

180 cm
28
200 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 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 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Marty Garcilazo!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Andrew Berry and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romaneiro shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Garcilazo sprawls well. Garcilazo wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Romaneiro gets slowly back to his feet.

Garcilazo pushes Romaneiro up against the cage in a clinch.

Romaneiro gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Romaneiro missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Romaneiro throwing shots but Garcilazo is blocking nicely.
Romaneiro passes to side control.
Garcilazo is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Romaneiro has just dragged him back down to the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Garcilazo told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Romaneiro misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcilazo on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Romaneiro trying to control the action but Garcilazo is working from the bottom.
Romaneiro prevents Garcilazo from escaping the position.
Romaneiro has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Romaneiro seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Garcilazo prevents Romaneiro from moving into mount.
Garcilazo is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Romaneiro has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Romaneiro tries to advance to mount but Garcilazo denies him.
Romaneiro throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Garcilazo is trying to buck Romaneiro off.
Romaneiro moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.

Romaneiro is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Garcilazo knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Garcilazo wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Romaneiro tries to move to mount but Garcilazo blocks the move with his legs.

Romaneiro tries for a kimura but Garcilazo is defending well.
Romaneiro moves into full mount!
Romaneiro looking to control but Garcilazo is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Garcilazo really wants to buck Romaneiro off and get back to his feet.
Romaneiro can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Garcilazo is looking to escape.
You get the feeling that Garcilazo really doesn't like being in this position too much.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romaneiro tries to control but Garcilazo wriggling away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Garcilazo is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Romaneiro unloading with bombs!
Garcilazo is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Garcilazo holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Romaneiro tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Garcilazo is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Romaneiro landing strikes, looking to finish!
Romaneiro fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Garcilazo is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Romaneiro landing shots from mount.
Romaneiro wants to control the pace but Garcilazo is squirming around nicely.
Garcilazo's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romaneiro lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Romaneiro with the ground and pound from mount.
Romaneiro trying to control but Garcilazo is having none of it.
Romaneiro misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Romaneiro looking to ground and pound but Garcilazo is blocking nicely.
Romaneiro is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Garcilazo can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Romaneiro has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Garcilazo's face.

Garcilazo is rocked!
A big strike lands for Romaneiro! That's really hurt Garcilazo and he's turned his back - Romaneiro keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Romaneiro jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sola Romaneiro!
Our winner, Sola Romaneiro, 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.