PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Josiah Roman (ranked 23081 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Hearns (ranked 6184 p4p, 589 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Roman
vs
Hearns

188 cm
25
346 lbs
0 - 6 - 1

220 cm
25
290 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Josiah Roman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Chris Hearns!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Ackerman and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roman fails with a takedown attempt.

Hearns decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Hearns works his foot free and advances to mount.

Hearns stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roman walks into a jab.

It looks like Josiah Roman has been cut.

Hearns gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Roman could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
A frustrated look appears on Roman's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Roman looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hearns gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Hearns in particular looking to stall.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Roman tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Hearns has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Hearns raining down shots from the mount!

Roman is rocked!
A big strike lands for Hearns! That's really hurt Roman and he's turned his back - Hearns keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Hearns jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chris Hearns!