PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between German Valdez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gaudencio Roman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gaudencio Roman is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Valdez
vs
Roman

182 cm
45
117 lbs
17 - 32 - 0

150 cm
28
130 lbs
6 - 12 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 17 - 32 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, German Valdez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gaudencio Roman!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valdez misses with a takedown attempt - Roman sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Roman lands a lovely overhand right.
Roman leaves Valdez with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Valdez on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Roman. Roman obviously looking to wear him down.
Roman looks to score with a jab to the body but Valdez is just out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Roman lands with a good body shot.
Valdez shoots for a takedown but Roman saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for German Valdez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Roman looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Roman connects with a nice looking jab.
Roman leaves Valdez with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Valdez slips a jab and a cross from Roman.
A solid leg kick lands there for Roman.
Horrible takedown attempt by Valdez or perhaps it was just good defense by Roman, which made it look bad.
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!
Valdez tries for a takedown but Roman circles away easily
and Roman counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Roman clinches up with Valdez and pushes him back against the cage.
Valdez jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Roman walks away with a smile on his face. Valdez gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Roman shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Valdez napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Roman lands a decent elbow from side control.
Roman works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Valdez really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Roman happy to just control the position for now.
Roman scoring with punches from side control.
Roman is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Valdez will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Roman lands a few punches from side control.
A lull in the action here as Roman stalls from top position.
Valdez is looking to reverse the position.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valdez tries to improve position but can't.
Roman grinds an elbow into Valdez's temple.
Roman controls the position.
Valdez is looking to regain half guard here but Roman keeps moving and retains side control.

Roman is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Valdez is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Check out the look on Roman's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Roman is chipping away with strikes.
Valdez is looking to reverse the position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Roman working away.
Roman works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Roman tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valdez is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Valdez can't do much from the bottom here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Roman slows the pace down.
Roman creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Valdez is looking to reverse the position.
Roman cracks Valdez with a big right hand but Valdez just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The referee asks Roman politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Roman prefers to stall for the moment though.
Valdez is trying to control Roman's posture but Roman avoids it.
Roman lands a decent elbow from side control.
Roman lands some shots froms side control.
Valdez is working to avoid the ground and pound but Roman connects with a decent elbow.
Valdez is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Roman controlling the position.

Roman is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Valdez is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valdez is trying to control Roman's posture but Roman avoids it.
Roman moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Valdez can't do much from the bottom here.
Roman working the ground and pound.
Roman controls the position from side control.
Valdez taking a bit of punishment here - Roman scoring with strikes.
Valdez is looking to reverse the position.
Roman content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Valdez can't do much from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gaudencio Roman dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Roman cracks a nice hook into Valdez's ribs.
A good leg kick by Roman.
Valdez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Roman pinned against the cage. Roman gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Valdez shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Roman darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Roman scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Valdez trying to control from the bottom.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

Valdez looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Roman stalling.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roman slips a nice elbow through Valdez's hands, connecting with Valdez's forehead.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valdez is pressing down on Roman's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Gaudencio Roman has got the better of the ground game so far.
Roman content to stall in guard here.
Roman working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Roman engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Roman lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Roman's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Valdez is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Roman postures up and lands a big shot to Valdez's brow.
Roman controls from within his opponent's guard.
Roman slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Valdez is being controlled here.

That's two 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.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Roman is chipping away with strikes.

Roman is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Valdez has escaped the position, nice work there.
Roman is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Valdez will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Valdez tries to buck Roman off but Roman is having none of it.
Roman working the ground and pound from side control.
Valdez manages to get back to half guard.
Roman slips a nice elbow through Valdez's hands, connecting with Valdez's forehead.
Roman looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Valdez has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Roman is working away from the top position though.
Roman working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Roman drops an elbow to the side of Valdez's head.
Valdez is looking to control Roman's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Valdez avoid being mounted?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roman controlling the action here.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Roman connects with a nice short shot to Valdez's temple.
Valdez trying to control here.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Roman in particular looking to stall.
Valdez gets back to full guard.
Roman working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Valdez's head.
Roman has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Roman sitting in guard here, content to control.

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.
Roman preventing the sweep.
Roman sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Valdez trying to control the position here.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Roman clinches with his opponent.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Roman.

Roman ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Roman no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Roman looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Valdez wants to control from the top but Roman keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gaudencio Roman showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Valdez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Valdez.

Roman looking to score a takedown here. Valdez is defending well but Roman drives through and ends up in Valdez's guard.
Roman is stalling in the full guard.
Roman postures up.
Roman is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Roman with a nice head shot there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roman looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Valdez is looking to sweep but instead, Roman has passed into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roman slows the pace down in half guard.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Roman stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Roman wants it to stay on the feet.
Valdez sets himself, and Roman steps forward looking for the clinch! Valdez avoids it this time.
Valdez's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Roman connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Valdez scrambles back to his feet.
Roman connects with a crisp jab.
A thudding body kick lands there by Roman!
Valdez shoots in for a double leg but Roman sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for German Valdez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Valdez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Roman is looking for the big counter here.
German Valdez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Roman looks to land a combination. Valdez sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Roman shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Roman showed some decent athleticism there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Roman connects with a nice short shot to Valdez's temple.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Roman lands strikes from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Roman is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Valdez doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Roman.
Roman with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Valdez has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Roman is working away from the top position though.
Well, if Roman is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

Roman is trying for a kimura here. Valdez looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Roman wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Gaudencio Roman!
During a confident post fight interview, Gaudencio Roman thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.