PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Third Round Romero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksis Aaltonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Round Romero
vs
Aaltonen

190 cm
25
211 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

188 cm
21
206 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

AnonymouS
GREEN!160

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 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Third Round Romero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Aleksis Aaltonen!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Daniel Cesar and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romero moves in looking to clinch but Aaltonen pushes him off.
Aaltonen loads up on a big right hand but Romero slips the punch.
Aaltonen moves out of range as Romero strikes.
Romero moves into range and connects with a jab.
Aaltonen looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Romero throws a hook but Aaltonen blocks it.
Aaltonen is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Romero with a body shot.
Aaltonen with a hook.
Romero fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Aaltonen manages to avoid it.
Romero throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Aaltonen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Romero throws a poor cross that misses
and Romero takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Aaltonen lands a body shot.
Aaltonen slips under a jab.
Romero misses with a lunging right hand
and Aaltonen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Romero misses with a straight right.
Romero lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Aaltonen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Romero misses with a combination
and Aaltonen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero misses with a hook. Aaltonen ducked under it nicely.
Romero definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Romero closes the distance and pushes Aaltonen back into the cage.
Romero swings wildly with an uppercut but Aaltonen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Romero goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Romero prevents a body shot from Aaltonen.
Aaltonen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Romero backwards.
Romero working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Aaltonen misses with a punch on the inside.
Aaltonen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Romero scores a nice knee to the body.
Aaltonen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Romero keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Aaltonen's efforts to push away.
Romero tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aaltonen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Romero.
Aaltonen looks winded!
Romero misses with a hook from the clinch.
Romero lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aaltonen avoids a wild elbow strike from Romero.
Romero throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Romero lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Romero.
Aaltonen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Romero throws a punch but it's blocked by Aaltonen.
Romero lands a right hand.
Aaltonen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Aaltonen avoids a wild elbow strike from Romero.
A hook to the body from Romero.
Romero lands a left hand.
Romero lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Romero fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Romero on the inside.
Romero misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Aaltonen.
Aaltonen tries to break the clinch but Romero is controlling the position.
Aaltonen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Romero fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Romero fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Aaltonen blocking some punches.
Aaltonen dodges an elbow strike from Romero.
Romero swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Romero tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Romero fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Romero throws a punch but it's blocked by Aaltonen.
Romero fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Romero misses with a hook to the ribs.
Romero misses with a knee strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Aaltonen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Aaltonen fails to land.
Romero tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Aaltonen fails to land.

Aaltonen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Aaltonen takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Romero lands a big right hand that sends Aaltonen crashing to the mat! Romero stays standing though and waves Aaltonen back to his feet!

Aaltonen is rocked!
Aaltonen lands an overhand right.
Aaltonen is still on wobbly legs! Can Romero finish him?
Romero scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Aaltonen doesn't seem bothered though.
Aaltonen seems to have recovered his senses.
A swing and a miss from Romero.

Romero feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Aaltonen sprawling to the canvas! Aaltonen rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Romero finish him?!
Romero scores with a nice head shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Aaltonen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Romero sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Romero was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Aaltonen takes a swing at Romero's ribcage but misses.
Romero is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Romero throws a lazy uppercut
and Aaltonen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Romero throws a hook but Aaltonen avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Romero throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Aaltonen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Romero swings for the body but Aaltonen moves out of range.
Aaltonen doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Romero wants to clinch but Aaltonen slips to the side
and Aaltonen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Romero uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Aaltonen.
Aaltonen lands a slapping body shot.
Romero swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A little jabbing left from Aaltonen on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Romero throws a big shot that misses.
Romero throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Aaltonen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Romero misses the jab.
The crowd cheers as Romero lands an impressive looking overhand right. Aaltonen doesn't seem phased though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Romero gets a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Aaltonen.
A nice right hand lands inside from Aaltonen.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Romero lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Romero.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero misses with a punch to the body.
Romero pushes Aaltonen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A hook to the body from Romero.
Aaltonen is breathing heavily.
Romero misses with a hook from the clinch.
Romero throws a punch but it's blocked by Aaltonen.
Aaltonen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Romero is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Aaltonen can do to turn this around?
Romero throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Aaltonens head.
Aaltonen is trying to break free.
Romero softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Aaltonen in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aaltonen.
Romero tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Romero lands a damaging elbow.
Romero blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Romero unloads a knee to the mid-section. Aaltonen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Romero pushes Aaltonen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Third Round Romero has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aaltonen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Aaltonen avoids the elbow strike from Romero, against the cage.
Aaltonen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Romero lands a nice shot to the body.
Aaltonen takes a shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Romero drops Aaltonen onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Aaltonen is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Aaltonen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Romero misses with a short punch on the inside.

Aaltonen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Romero misses with a body shot.
Romero tries to clinch but Aaltonen is having none of it.
Aaltonen gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Romero gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Aaltonen is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Third Round Romero!
A pretty intense looking Third Round Romero took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.