PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ray Mancini (ranked 2733 p4p, 303 weight class) and Aquiles Romero (ranked 2651 p4p, 0 weight class). Romero has chosen Scotland The Brave as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mancini
vs
Romero

178 cm
27
170 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

174 cm
34
161 lbs
17 - 22 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Pit Bull Development

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 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ray Mancini!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Aquiles Romero!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mancini paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Romero lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Mancini looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Romero is fending him off so far but Mancini persists. Nope, Romero circles away and we're back to standing.
Romero appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Romero fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A slow jab from Mancini misses its intended target.
Romero moves away from the strike by Mancini.
Ray Mancini seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Mancini has managed to clinch.
Romero blocks an uppercut.

Romero has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Mancini uses from the top position.
Mancini sitting in guard here, content to control.
Mancini's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Romero is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero is still trying to improve position.
Mancini throws a big elbow that misses.
Our spies down at at Heart Cave (8 elites, 4 double-elites, 1 triple) inform us that Romero has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Mancini with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Romero trying to control the position.
Mancini postures up in Romero's guard and throws a big left but Romero blocks it.
Mancini is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mancini stands up over Romero, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Mancini landing some decent shots from guard.
Mancini stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Romero swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mancini trying to control but Romero is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mancini controls from within his opponent's guard.
Mancini is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Mancini not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Mancini trying to control but Romero is working from the bottom.
Mancini with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Mancini trying to control but Romero is working from the bottom.
Mancini looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mancini chips away with some ground and pound.
Mancini loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Mancini controlling from the top position.
Mancini scoring with some ground and pound.
Mancini distracts Romero with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Mancini trying to control the position from guard on top but Romero is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Romero managing to control the position.
Mancini loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mancini throwing strikes but missing.
Mancini trying to control but Romero is working from the bottom.
Mancini throwing strikes from guard but Romero blocks nicely.
Mancini being controlled here momentarily.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Romero keeping moving, preventing Mancini from controlling successfully.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Romero keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Mancini dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Mancini swings for the body but Romero moves out of range.
Nice body punch from Mancini.

Mancini fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Romero sprawls well initially but Mancini persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Romero on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Mancini working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Mancini trying to control from half guard but Romero is working away.
Mancini moves nicely into side control.
Mancini is looking to take a break and control but Romero is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mancini controlling the position from side mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mancini connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Romero some visible discomfort.
Mancini working the head with strikes.
Romero is letting Mancini control him for a moment.
Mancini is looking to take a break and control but Romero is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Romero on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Mancini creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Ray Mancini overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mancini lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Romero down.
Mancini wants to control but Romero is keeping him busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mancini gets to mount! Romero was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Mancini tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Mancini lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Romero hang on?
Mancini tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Mancini cracks Romero with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Romero is rocked!
Mancini looking to control but Romero is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Mancini! Romero is hurt baaadly! Mancini is firing away with more strikes - Romero is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ray Mancini!
Ray Mancini seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
Aquiles Romero spoke after the fight, saying 'expect me to move down to 145 weight class'.