PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yo Romeo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergeant Dignam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Romeo
vs
Dignam

188 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
18
197 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 Sydney, Yo Romeo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sergeant Dignam!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Chris Dean and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dignam lands a body shot.
Romeo lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Romeo takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Dignam lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Dignam clinches up against the cage.
Dignam can't find room to land a body shot as Romeo controls the action.
Romeo working aggressively here.
Dignam tries to throw a body punch but Romeo avoids it by throwing Dignam back against the cage.
Dignam lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Romeo or not.
Romeo tries to throw a body punch but Dignam avoids it by throwing Romeo back against the cage.
Romeo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dignam swings wildly with an uppercut but Romeo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dignam lands a shot to the body.
Dignam gets through Romeo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Romeo is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dignam creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dignam.
Romeo is looking to control Dignam's arms but Dignam gets an underhook and turns him. Now Romeo has his back to the cage.
Dignam lands a shoulder strike.
A short right from Dignam on the inside.
Dignam lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Romeo backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dignam working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dignam scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Romeo is rocked!
Dignam lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Oh Romeo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dignam lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Romeo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Romeo seems to have got his legs back now.
Dignam lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Romeo takes a shot to the head.
Dignam working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Dignam.
A head punch on the inside from Romeo fails to land.
Dignam pushes Romeo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dignam lands a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dignam lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dignam lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dignam lands a right hand.
Dignam lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dignam dips a shoulder and cracks Romeo with a mighty uppercut! Romeo falls back against the cage and Dignam unloads with a barrage of strikes! Romeo is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Dignam screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sergeant Dignam!
A victorious Sergeant Dignam thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.