PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Preuss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luivel Romero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luivel Romero is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Preuss
vs
Romero

180 cm
19
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
26
193 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Nuggetori's Nutritionals
Viral Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Aaron Preuss!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Luivel Romero!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Russell Pearce and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Preuss takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Romero looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Preuss closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Romero fails to land.
Romero working aggressively here.
Romero misses with a punch on the inside.
Preuss goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Preuss tries to throw a body punch but Romero avoids it by throwing Preuss back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Preuss.
Romero scores with a nice hook to the head.
Romero throws a head punch that misses.
Preuss misses with a hook from the clinch.
Preuss blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Romero letting Preuss take a breather here.
Preuss scores with a shoulder strike.
Romero tries to work over Preuss's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Romero leaning his opponent against the cage.
Romero lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Romero swings wildly with an uppercut but Preuss uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Preuss misses with the head strike.
Romero misses with a punch to the body.
Romero fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Preuss.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Romero.
Romero throws a head punch that misses.
Romero misses with the head strike.
Preuss misses with the head strike.
Romero throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Preusss head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Romero.
Romero keeps control of Preuss as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Preuss creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Romero stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Romero goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Preuss.
Romero misses with the head strike.
Preuss throws a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Preuss.
Romero tries a body shot but Preuss blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Preuss tries a body shot but Romero blocks it.
Romero just leaning against Preuss, taking a breather.
Preuss lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Romero tries to throw a body punch but Preuss avoids it by throwing Romero back against the cage.
Preuss misses with the head strike.
A short body shot lands from Romero as the two fighters clinch.
Preuss is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Preuss tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Romero on the inside.
Romero gets through Preuss's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Romero lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Preuss backwards.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Romero throws a punch but it's blocked by Preuss.
Romero is working Preuss over against the cage.
Romero misses with a hook from the clinch.
Romero swings wildly with an uppercut but Preuss uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Preuss fails to land.
Romero misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Romero.
Preuss misses with a body punch.
Preuss misses with a hook to the ribs.
Romero misses with the head strike.
Romero misses with a punch on the inside.
Romero softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Preuss is rocked!
Preuss unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Preuss lands with a right to the head.
Preuss looking to slow down the pace here.
Preuss tries to break free but Romero pushes him back against the cage.
Romero misses with some punches.
Romero lands a hook to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Romero.
Oh Preuss is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Romero takes a knee right on the jaw!
Preuss seems to have got his legs back now.
Preuss takes a shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Romero misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Romero scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romero throws a punch but it's blocked by Preuss.
Romero misses with a hook from the clinch.
Preuss works on Romero's body with a couple of short punches.
Romero misses with a hook to the ribs.
Romero lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Preuss misses with a short punch on the inside.
Romero lands a nice shot to the body.
Romero lands with a light punch inside.
Preuss misses with a short punch on the inside.
Romero fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Preuss throws a head punch that misses.
Romero throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Romero makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Romero blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Romero can't find room to land a body shot as Preuss controls the action.
Preuss tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short uppercut from Romero.
Romero stalling the fight.
Romero lands a nice shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luivel Romero dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Romero circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Preuss to the canvas! Preuss doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Romero keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luivel Romero!
An out of breath Luivel Romero thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.