PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jeremy Heathen (ranked 918 p4p, 116 weight class) and Lars Romanow (ranked 999 p4p, 128 weight class). Heathen comes to the cage accompanied by Twenty One Pilots - Heathens. Lars Romanow has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Heathen
vs
Romanow

175 cm
24
159 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

186 cm
27
168 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

RAGS of a RONIN

RAGS of a RONIN
Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jeremy Heathen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lars Romanow!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Steve Montenegro and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Heathen rushes Romanow and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Nice body punch from Romanow.
Heathen lands a nice uppercut.
Heathen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Romanow throws an elbow that misses.
Heathen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Romanow tries to work over Heathen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Romanow tries to throw a body punch but Heathen avoids it by throwing Romanow back against the cage.
Romanow blocks an uppercut.
Romanow misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Heathen fails to land.
Romanow blocking some punches.
Heathen working aggressively here.
Heathen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Heathen wants to break free but Romanow has control.
Romanow lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heathen misses with a punch on the inside.
Romanow can't find room to land a body shot as Heathen controls the action.
Heathen scores with a shot to the side of Romanow's head.
Romanow lands an elbow inside.
Heathen avoids the elbow strike from Romanow, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Romanow takes a shot to the head.
Romanow digs a right hand into Heathen's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Heathen's gas tank.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heathen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Heathen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Romanow.
Heathen lands with a short shot to the head.
Romanow tries to throw a body punch but Heathen avoids it by throwing Romanow back against the cage.
Romanow lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A hook to the body from Romanow.
Romanow lands with a short shot to the head.
Heathen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Heathen swings wildly with an uppercut but Romanow uses good head movement to avoid it.
Romanow stalling the fight.
Romanow struggles to land a body shot inside as Heathen controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Heathen.
A right handed body shot lands from Romanow.
Heathen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Romanow doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Romanow struggles to land a body shot inside as Heathen controls his hands.
Still in the clinch, Romanow scores with a nice short uppercut.
Romanow struggles to land a body shot inside as Heathen controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romanow tries to work over Heathen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Heathen misses with a punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Romanow lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Romanow.
Heathen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Heathen throws a punch but it's blocked by Romanow.
A body shot lands from Heathen.
Romanow misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Heathen.
Heathen works on Romanow's body with a couple of short punches.
Romanow misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Heathen misses with a punch on the inside.
Heathen throws a head punch that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Heathen.
Romanow working aggressively here.
Heathen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Romanow backwards.
Heathen swings wildly with an uppercut but Romanow uses good head movement to avoid it.
Heathen lands an uppercut.
Heathen misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heathen tries to work over Romanow's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Heathen misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Romanow.
Romanow misses with a short punch on the inside.
Heathen blocking some punches.
Heathen swings wildly with an uppercut but Romanow uses good head movement to avoid it.
Heathen tries to work over Romanow's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Heathen lands a shoulder strike.
A right hand to the body from Heathen.
Heathen misses with some punches.
Romanow looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Heathen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Romanow lands a body punch.
Heathen working aggressively here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Romanow just misses with a elbow thrown towards Heathen's brow.
Heathen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Heathen lands a shoulder strike.
Heathen lands with a light punch inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romanow works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Heathen misses with a punch to the body.
Heathen is trying to break the clinch but Romanow is controlling him.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Romanow.
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!
Nice body punch from Heathen - that landed with a thud.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Romanow has a couple of punches blocked by Heathen.
Heathen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Romanow creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Heathen's defenses.
Heathen throws a head punch that misses.
Romanow blocking some punches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Romanow comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Heathen throws a head punch that misses.
Romanow tries to work over Heathen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Romanow blocking some punches.
Heathen misses with the head strike.
Heathen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Heathen throws a punch but it's blocked by Romanow.
Heathen swings wildly with an uppercut but Romanow uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Heathen dominated that round.
That's time! Heathen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Romanow punishes Heathen's body with a nice straight punch.
Heathen tries to clinch but Romanow is having none of it.
Romanow fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Heathen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Romanow clinches with his opponent.
Romanow misses with an elbow over the top.
Romanow can't find room to land a body shot as Heathen controls the action.
Heathen has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Heathen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Heathen lands with a short shot to the head.
Heathen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Romanow misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heathen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Heathen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jeremy Heathen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Heathen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Romanow blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Heathen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Romanow backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Romanow creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Heathen takes a shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heathen lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right from Romanow on the inside.
Heathen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Heathen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Romanow lands a right hand that snaps the head of Heathen backwards.
Heathen misses with a body punch.
Romanow lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Heathen.
Heathen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Romanows head.
Romanow throws a head punch that misses.
Heathen misses with some punches.
Still in the clinch, Romanow scores with a nice short uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Romanow.
A right hand to the body from Heathen.
Heathen misses with a punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Romanow.
Romanow lands an elbow that stopped Heathen in his tracks for a moment.
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!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Romanow.
Romanow lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Romanow prevents a body shot from Heathen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heathen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Romanow blocks an uppercut.
Romanow misses with some punches.
Heathen throws a head punch that misses.
Romanow goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Heathen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Romanow scores with a shoulder strike.
Romanow blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Romanow.
Romanow lands a left hand that snaps the head of Heathen backwards.
Heathen blocks an elbow strike.
Heathen blocking some punches.
Good body shot from Romanow.
Romanow tries to stall but Heathen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Romanow tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Romanow blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Romanow lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Heathen has a couple of punches blocked by Romanow.
Romanow lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romanow misses with a short punch on the inside.
Romanow scores with a shoulder strike.

Heathen is rocked!
Heathen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Oh Heathen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Romanow dips a shoulder and cracks Heathen with a mighty uppercut! Heathen falls back against the cage and Romanow unloads with a barrage of strikes! Heathen 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 - Romanow screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lars Romanow!
A relieved looking Lars Romanow thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.