PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Herschel Pettaway (ranked 1004 p4p, 128 weight class) and Lars Romanow (ranked 463 p4p, 59 weight class). Pettaway comes to the cage accompanied by Empire State of Mind - Jay Z. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pettaway
vs
Romanow

163 cm
27
155 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

186 cm
27
168 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

Velocity Fightwear

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

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 New York, Herschel Pettaway!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lars Romanow!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Joseph Jones and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pettaway cracks Romanow with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Romanow throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Romanow darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Romanow slips a straight right by Pettaway.
Pettaway stuns Romanow with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Pettaway feints and then cracks Romanow's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Romanow down.
Pettaway throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Romanow connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A big right from Pettaway misses.
It seemed like Romanow was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Pettaway connects with a nice looking jab.
Romanow connects with a body shot that sends Pettaway's belly button to the back.
Romanow lands with a hook. Pettaway tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Romanow clobbers Pettaway with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Pettaway has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Romanow throws a low kick but Pettaway avoids it.
Romanow misses with an uppercut. Pettaway saw that one coming.
Romanow has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Romanow there as he acknowledges the shot.
Romanow cracks the inside of Pettaway's front leg.
Pettaway throws a jab when Romanow was well out of range.
Romanow cracks Pettaway with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Romanow punishes Pettaway's body with a nice straight punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pettaway misses with a body shot.
Pettaway keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Romanow displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pettaway throws out the jab.
Romanow fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Romanow bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Pettaway's head backwards.
Pettaway misses with an uppercut.
Pettaway stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Romanow.
A looping hook to the body misses from Romanow. Pettaway does a little dance to reset his feet.
Romanow with a nice cross.
Romanow avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pettaway will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Romanow looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lars Romanow is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Romanow lands with a cross.
Romanow throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Romanow bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Romanow misses with a looping right.
Pettaway misses with an uppercut. Romanow saw that one coming.
Romanow appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Romanow on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Pettaway blocks a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romanow misses with a looping right.
Romanow throws a leg kick but Pettaway sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Romanow throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling Pettaway to counter with a crisp jab.
Romanow is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Pettaway had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Pettaway looks to throw the jab but Romanow is out of range.
Pettaway throws out a loose jab but Romanow uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pettaway connects with a looping right hand.
Pettaway jabs Romanow right on the nose. Romanow blinks but takes it well.
A lazy left from Romanow finds it's target.
Pettaway misses with a wild body shot.
Romanow digs a good body shot into Pettaway's ribs.
Romanow is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Romanow lands a jab to Pettaway's midsection.
Romanow connects with a nice looking jab.
Pettaway lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Pettaway scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Pettaway throws a lazy uppercut
and Romanow cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pettaway slips under a jab from Romanow.
Romanow pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romanow thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pettaway misses the jab.
Romanow now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Romanow stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Pettaway.
Romanow defending well as Pettaway loads up on a big left hand.
Pettaway needs to keep his hands up - Romanow had a free shot at his head there.
Romanow scores with a jab. Pettaway acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Romanow lands a head kick!
Romanow scores with a jab. Pettaway acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Romanow misses with a lunging right hand
and Pettaway counters with a straight right hand.
Pettaway scores with a punch to the head.
Pettaway is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Lars Romanow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Romanow ducks under a wild hook from Pettaway.
Romanow slips under a jab.
Romanow misses with an uppercut. Pettaway saw that one coming.
Pettaway throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pettaway misses with a few strikes there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pettaway shoots in but no luck this time.
Pettaway looks to throw the jab but Romanow is out of range.
Pettaway on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Romanow misses with a body shot.
Pettaway throwing a counter right hand but Romanow manages to avoid it.
A jab from Romanow does it's job there.
Romanow lands a nice shot that snaps Pettaway's head back.
Pettaway throws out a loose jab but Romanow uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pettaway throws a lazy uppercut
and Romanow makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nice jab there from Romanow.
Pettaway is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Romanow.
Romanow fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pettaway has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Romanow attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A nice combination there by Romanow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Romanow lands with an overhand left.

Pettaway is rocked!
Romanow has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Pettaway's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Romanow connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Pettaway scrambles back to his feet.
Oh Pettaway is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pettaway throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Pettaway ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Pettaway tries to move into range but Romanow moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Pettaway seems to have got his legs back now.
Romanow uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pettaway.
Pettaway looks to throw the jab but Romanow is out of range.
Romanow displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pettaway throws out the jab.
Romanow has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pettaway misses with an uppercut
and Romanow counters with a nice uppercut.
Pettaway throws out a loose jab but Romanow uses good head movement to avoid it.
Romanow staying out of range there.
Pettaway ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Romanow moves away.
Romanow is looking for the big counter here.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Pettaway might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Romanow uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pettaway.
Pettaway looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Pettaway avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pettaway throws a hook to the side of Romanow's head but Romanow sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pettaway misses with a looping right.
Romanow lands with a hook. Pettaway tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Pettaway with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Pettaway looks to land a left hand but Romanow moved out of range nicely.
Romanow feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Pettaway's calf.
Romanow avoids a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pettaway throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pettaway misses with an uppercut. Romanow saw that one coming.
Romanow shapes to counter with a head kick.
Romanow fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Romanow ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pettaway moves away.
Romanow connects with a good right hand that stumbles Pettaway. Pettaway circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Lars Romanow seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pettaway checks a low kick from Romanow.
It looked like Pettaway wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Romanow uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pettaway.
Pettaway throws a hook but Romanow blocks it.
Pettaway misses with a looping right.
Pettaway takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Romanow lands with a hook. Pettaway tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A big right from Pettaway misses.
Romanow uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pettaway.
Romanow scores with a nice right hand.
Romanow throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Romanow ducks under a wild hook from Pettaway.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pettaway moves out of range as Romanow strikes.
Romanow jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pettaway tries for a takedown but Romanow sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Pettaway lands a really nice looking cross but Romanow seems unphased.
Romanow slips a jab from Pettaway.
Pettaway getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Pettaway takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Pettaway misses with a kick to the body.
Romanow lands a jab.
Pettaway lands with an overhand left.
Pettaway swings for the body but Romanow moves out of range.
Pettaway on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Pettaway is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Romanow keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pettaway.
Romanow has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Romanow lands the left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pettaway swinging wildly here.
Pettaway clobbers Romanow with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Pettaway uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Romanow.
Pettaway takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Pettaway has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Pettaway there as he acknowledges the shot.
Pettaway tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Romanow's corner calls for a 1-2. Romanow obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Romanow takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Pettaway throws a hook to the side of Romanow's head but Romanow sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Romanow rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pettaway moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pettaway throws a body shot but no joy.
A countering left hand to the body from Romanow misses.
Romanow throws a head kick that misses.
Romanow feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Pettaways jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pettaway throws a jab but it's blocked by Romanow.
Romanow keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pettaway throws a good cross that connects.
Romanow lands a really nice looking cross but Pettaway seems unphased.
Pettaway jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Romanow misses the shot to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Pettaway on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Romanow scores with a body shot.
Romanow misses the jab.
Pettaway swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Pettaway throws a big shot that misses.
Romanow uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pettaway.
Romanow scores with the left hand. Pettaway knows he should have avoided that one.
Pettaway takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Pettaway attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pettaway just misses with a punch to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Pettaway.
Romanow throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Romanow lands a lovely overhand right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Lars Romanow will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Pettaway walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Pettaway fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Romanow has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Pettaway moves out of range of the leg kick from Romanow.
Pettaway ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pettaway throws out a powerful jab.
Romanow throws a body punch but Pettaway moves out of range.
Romanow bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Romanow throws out a loose jab but Pettaway uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pettaway takes a jab right on the kisser.
Romanow throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pettaway staying out of range there.
Romanow works the jab nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pettaway tries for a takedown but Romanow sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Pettaway throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pettaway jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pettaway throws a low kick, looking for Romanow's leg but Romanow calmly moves out of range.
Romanow gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pettaway shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Romanow as he jumps to the side.
Pettaway backing away here, and Romanow unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Romanow.
Romanow misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Pettaway misses the target.
Romanow misses with a few strikes there.
Pettaway with a hook.
Pettaway throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Romanow stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Romanow takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Romanow scores with a jab to the body.
Romanow lands a jab to the head.
Romanow thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pettaway has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Romanow finds it's way round the side to connect with Pettaway's head.
Pettaway throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pettaway misses with an uppercut.
Pettaway throws a shot from downtown. Romanow moves away and avoids it.
Romanow feints a counter leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Romanow.
Romanow shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Pettaway eats them both and turns towards Romanow to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Romanow keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Pettaway lands a nice shot that snaps Romanow's head back.
Pettaway slips under a jab from Romanow.
Pettaway takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Pettaway digs a good body shot into Romanow's ribs.
An inside leg kick from Romanow misses.
Pettaway throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jab, jab by Pettaway - just one landing.
Nice shot by Romanow.
Romanow steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pettaway.
Romanow throws out a counter right but Pettaway avoids it with no problem.
Pettaway shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Romanow as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Herschel Pettaway. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Romanow throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pettaway waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Romanow.
A nice side step and Romanow releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Herschel Pettaway has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Danga de danga de dang - Romanow scores with a four punch combination!
Lars Romanow is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pettaway uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Romanow.
Romanow steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pettaway.
It seemed like Romanow was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Romanow lands a lovely overhand right.
Pettaway throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pettaway throws a chopping leg kick but Romanow manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A little jabbing left from Romanow on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Romanow scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Romanow slips a straight right by Pettaway.
Romanow dodges the punch combination from Pettaway.
Pettaway connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Romanow lands a nice shot that snaps Pettaway's head back.
Pettaway is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Romanow bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Pettaway's head backwards.
Romanow scores with a sloppy right hand. Pettaway should have avoided that one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pettaway looks to land a left hand but Romanow moved out of range nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Romanow as he connects with a hook.
Pettaway misses with a body shot.
Pettaway throws a low kick, looking for Romanow's leg but Romanow calmly moves out of range.
Romanow looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Pettaway keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Romanow bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Pettaway scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Romanow lands with an overhand left.
Pettaway doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Pettaway misses with a wild body shot.
Pettaway looks to land a right hand but Romanow moved out of range.
Romanow lands a lovely overhand right.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Romanow misses with a few strikes there.
Romanow lands with a nice combination. Pettaway backs away looking to recover.
Pettaway has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Romanow.
Pettaway avoids the body shot from Romanow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lars Romanow comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Romanow has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lars Romanow!
Lars Romanow thanked the fans post fight for their support.