PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Furi Romu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Wills (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Romu's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Shawn Chris-Stars Align!!. Wills is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Enter Sandman . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Romu
vs
Wills

195 cm
19
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

205 cm
21
198 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Furi Romu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joe Wills!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Chris Dean and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Romu rushes Wills and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Good body shot from Romu.
Wills scores with a knee to the head.
Romu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wills jumps guard but Romu turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Wills working hard to break the clinch.
Wills has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Romu after a bit of a struggle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Romu gets underhooks to prevent Wills's takedown attempt.
Furi Romu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joe Wills.
Romu blocks the elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wills is trying to break the clinch but Romu has him pressed against the cage.
Wills looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wills just misses with a elbow thrown towards Romu's brow.
Romu letting Wills take a breather here.
Wills prevents a body shot from Romu.
Romu throws a punch but it's blocked by Wills.
Romu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Romu stops a takedown attempt from Wills.
Romu tries to throw a body punch but Wills avoids it by throwing Romu back against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Romu scores with a shoulder strike.
Romu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Romu lands a nice uppercut.
Wills jumps guard but Romu turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
A bit of stalling here from Wills.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wills looking to throw knees to the head but Romu is blocking nicely.
Wills fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Romu tries to land knees in the clinch but Wills avoids the damage to the body.
Wills tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Romu just stands there and leans against the cage.
Wills wants to get back to striking at distance but Romu won't allow it.
Wills tries to land knees in the clinch but Romu avoids the damage to the body.
Wills looking for a takedown.
Romu lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romu scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wills misses with a knee strike.
Romu lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Wills backwards.
Romu lands with a short shot to the head.

Wills is rocked!
Romu managing to block the knees to the body from Wills.
Wills wants to break the clinch but can't.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Wills blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Romu blocks an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Furi Romu dominated that round.
That's time! Romu's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Romu clinches up with Wills and pushes him back against the cage.
A hook to the body from Wills.
Romu gets through Wills's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wills has Romu pushed against the cage.
Furi Romu has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Wills tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wills wants a takedown.
Romu pushes Wills back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Romu misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wills is trying to force a seperation but Romu has the dominant position.
Wills looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Wills jumps guard but Romu stands there with Wills around his waist. Wills gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Wills is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Romu is defending well.
Furi Romu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joe Wills.
Wills jumps guard but Romu stands there with Wills around his waist. Wills gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Romu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Wills is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Romu gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Romu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Romu lands a shoulder strike.
Wills has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Romu avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Wills is trying to push Romu away but Romu has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Romu landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wills is looking to take this one to the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Romu.
Wills'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.
Wills wants to break free but Romu has control.
Wills pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Romu scores a nice knee to the body.
Wills creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Romu's defenses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wills on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wills is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Romu gets through Wills's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wills is trying to break the clinch but Romu is controlling him.
Romu lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Wills is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Romu gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Wills misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Furi Romu dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

A telegraphed takedown attempt from Wills is defended easily by Romu.

Romu rushes Wills and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Wills is trying to push Romu away but Romu has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Romu lands a nice uppercut.
Wills tries to break free but Romu pushes him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Romu lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Wills or not.
Wills is looking to break free of the clinch but Romu has double underhooks.
Romu tries a body shot but Wills blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wills prevents a body shot from Romu.
Wills has had enough of the clinch but Romu keeps him there for the moment.
Romu tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wills avoids it.
Romu is pressed up against the cage. Wills has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Romu down to the mat. Romu avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Wills has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Romu after a bit of a struggle.
Furi Romu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joe Wills.
Romu tries to land knees in the clinch but Wills avoids the damage to the body.

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.
Wills is trying to force a seperation but Romu has the dominant position.
Romu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wills.
Furi Romu is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Romu working aggressively here.
Wills creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Wills is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Romu is keeping busy.
Romu lands a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wills is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Romu is defending well for now.
Wills is looking to break free of the clinch but Romu has double underhooks.
Wills blocking some punches.
Wills is looking for a takedown.
Romu blocks a body shot from Wills.
Wills is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Wills prevents a body shot from Romu.
Wills blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Romu trying to land knees to the body.
Wills is trying to break the clinch but Romu has him pressed against the cage.
Wills is looking to break free of the clinch but Romu has double underhooks.
Wills has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Romu avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Romu - that landed with a thud.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Wills wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

And that's the end of the fight!
Furi Romu showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Romu 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 Francis DeMontford scores the fight 30:26
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Furi Romu!
Furi Romu decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
In defeat, Joe Wills stepped up to the mic, saying 'Well Try Better Next Time'.