PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rickety Cricket (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raymondo Romero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Cricket
vs
Romero

185 cm
18
182 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
184 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rickety Cricket!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Raymondo Romero!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, George Francis and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romero lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Cricket looks to score with a jab to the body but Romero is just out of range.

Romero gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Romero presses Cricket against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Romero pushes Cricket back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Romero lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cricket backwards.
Cricket misses with the head strike.
Romero has a couple of punches blocked by Cricket.
Romero controlling the action here for a moment.

Romero escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jab from Romero.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short left from Romero.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Romero manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero loads up on a big right hand but Cricket slips the punch.
Romero throws a body punch but Cricket moves out of range.
Romero lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Romero feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Crickets jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Romero moves away from the strike by Cricket.
Romero tries to counter with a clinch but Cricket shakes him off and moves away.
Cricket swats away the attempt to clinch by Romero.
Romero fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cricket is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Romero scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Cricket doesn't seem bothered though.
Romero throws a jab when Cricket was well out of range.
Cricket circles away from the clinch attempt.
A cross from Cricket lands.
Romero cracks Cricket with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Romero tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cricket paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Romero tries to clinch but Cricket moves away
letting Cricket counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cricket takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Romero scores with a jab to the head.
A slow jab from Cricket misses its intended target.
Romero misses with a looping right.
Cricket keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Romero.
Cricket connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Raymondo Romero seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Romero tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cricket was well out of range. Poor timing from Romero.
A jab from Cricket misses.
Cricket takes a swing at Romero's ribcage but misses.
Romero closes the distance looking to clinch
and Cricket cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Romero throws a body punch but Cricket moves out of range.
Cricket throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Romero sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cricket gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Cricket definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Romero waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cricket.
Romero steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cricket.
Cricket misses with a hook. Romero ducked under it nicely.
Romero steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Cricket.
Romero works Cricket's body with a nice hook.
Cricket rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Romero moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Romero has Cricket up against the cage in a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Romero.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Romero misses with a punch to the body.

Romero pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romero is looking to clinch but Cricket is avoiding it.
Romero misses with a hook to the body
and Romero takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Romero dodges the punch combination from Cricket.
Cricket throws a lazy right hand but Romero sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cricket clobbers Romero with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cricket throws a shot from downtown. Romero moves away and avoids it.
Romero avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cricket takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Romero. Cricket does a little dance to reset his feet.
A decent looking cross lands there for Cricket.
Romero scores with a hook to the body. Cricket takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cricket needs to keep his hands up - Romero had a free shot at his head there.
Cricket takes a shot to the body in his stride.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raymondo Romero dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Romero ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Cricket throws a hook but Romero blocks it.
Romero cracks Cricket with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Cricket throws out a loose jab but Romero uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cricket is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Romero's corner calls for a 1-2. Romero obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Romero throws a lazy uppercut
and Cricket counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice shot lands for Romero.
Romero walks into a left hand.
Cricket jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Romero takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Cricket takes one to the side of the head.
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!
Cricket ducks under a wild hook from Romero.
Good exchange - Cricket coming out on top.
Romero misses with a right hand
letting Cricket counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero lands a head shot.
Cricket misses with a series of wild punches.
Cricket throws a series of punches but Romero avoids them all with ease.
Romero tries to clinch up.
Cricket misses with a jab, cross combination.
Romero's corner calls for a 1-2. Romero obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Romero throws a body punch but Cricket moves out of range.
Cricket was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Romero misses with a straight right.
Cricket throws a body punch but Romero moves out of range.
Romero is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Cricket throws a jab but it's blocked by Romero.
Romero lands an overhand right.
Good exchange - Romero coming out on top.
Cricket has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Romero finds it's way round the side to connect with Cricket's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romero connects with a single shot there.

Cricket is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Romero throws an overhand right that drops Cricket like a sack of potatoes! Romero dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raymondo Romero!