PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Kyle Romo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Ryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryan has chosen Delerium - Silence as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Kyle Romo
vs
Ryan

190 cm
32
240 lbs
32 - 16 - 0

195 cm
38
280 lbs
29 - 18 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Fast

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 32 - 16 - 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 29 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jack Ryan!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Emerson Jorge and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ryan was well out of range. Poor timing from Romo.
Ryan tries to clinch but Romo is having none of it.
A solid body kick from Ryan.
Ryan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ryan misses the shot to the body.
Ryan has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Ryan cracks Romo with an open hand slap.

It looks like John Kyle Romo has been cut.
Ryan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Romo.
Ryan misses with a lunging right hand
and Romo counters with a thumping low kick.
Ryan is looking to clinch but Romo is avoiding it.
Ryan wants to clinch
and Romo counters with a slapping leg kick.
Ryan tries to clinch but Romo moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ryan slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Romo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ryan throws a half hearted mid kick.
Romo wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Ryan moves in looking to clinch but Romo pushes him off.
Ryan throws a sloppy head kick and Romo moves out of range easily.
As Ryan backs away, Romo returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romo checks the leg kick.
Romo connects with a crisp jab.

It looks like Jack Ryan has been cut.
Ryan takes a swing at Romo's ribcage but misses.
Romo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ryan.
Romo lands a jab to the head.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Ryan.
Ryan lands with a nice body punch.
Romo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ryan throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Romo is breathing heavily.
An inside leg kick from Ryan misses.

Ryan rushes Romo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Romo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ryan stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ryan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Romo's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ryan managing to block the knees to the body from Romo.
Ryan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ryan is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ryan.
Romo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ryan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ryan looking to slow down the pace here.
Ryan swings wildly with an uppercut but Romo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ryan taking a breather.
A short right from Ryan.
Ryan is trying to stall.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Ryan.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jack Ryan.
Romo throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Ryan is trying to counter with his kicks.
A thudding body kick lands there by Romo!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romo shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Ryan feints a counter leg kick.
Ryan misses with a body kick.
Romo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Romo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Romo getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Romo fakes the leg kick and cracks Ryan in the body.
Romo lands a really nice looking cross but Ryan seems unphased.
Romo fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Ryan on the side of the head.
Romo delivers a nice body kick.
Romo lands with a cross.
Ryan doesn't manage to clinch there - Romo circles away.
Romo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ryan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Romo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fighters circling - Ryan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ryan takes a swing at Romo's ribcage but misses.
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!
Romo lands a really nice looking cross but Ryan seems unphased.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ryan misses with an uppercut.
Ryan is looking to clinch.
Romo throws a jab but it's blocked by Ryan.
It looks like Romo has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Romo lands a lovely overhand right.
Romo takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Ryan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Romo tries to clinch up
and Ryan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ryan tries a low kick but Romo avoids it.
Romo is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Ryan moves out of range of the body kick from Romo.
A jab lands there for Romo.

That has opened up Jack Ryan's cut even more.
Romo ducks under a wild hook from Ryan.
Romo keeps the fight on the outside.
Romo on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that John Kyle Romo will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Ryan tries to clinch but Romo is having none of it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ryan checks a leg kick.
Ryan feints and then cracks Romo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Romo down.
Romo throws a big shot that misses.
A good leg kick by Ryan.
Ryan connects with an inside leg kick.
Nice shot lands for Romo.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ryan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Romo tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Ryan manages to circle out of the way.
Romo moves out of range as Ryan throws a body kick.
Ryan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Romo is looking to slow Ryan down with leg kicks.
Romo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Romo thuds his right hand into Ryan's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Ryan takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Ryan throws a head kick but Romo moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Romo.
Ryan is breathing heavily.
Romo connects with a leg kick. Ryan looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A low kick from Ryan misses
and Romo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ryan throws a lazy head kick

and Romo moves into the clinch.
Romo lands a nice shot to the body.
Romo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ryan misses with the head strike.
Romo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ryans head.

The cut above Jack Ryan's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Romo here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Romo landing knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Romo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Romo landing knees to the head.

Jack Ryan's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Romo lands a hook that snaps the head of Ryan backwards.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jack Ryan's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). John Kyle Romo!
John Kyle Romo decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.