PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joel Romero (ranked 409 p4p, 60 weight class) and Second Winger (ranked 1346 p4p, 209 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Romero
vs
Winger

185 cm
27
205 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

194 cm
26
215 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Sportivité

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joel Romero!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Second Winger!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Atkins and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Romero shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Winger manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Winger preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Winger working a defensive guard here.
Winger keeping full guard, as Romero tries to pass.
Winger looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Romero content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Romero passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Romero has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Winger stops Romero from passing to mount.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Winger can't do much from the bottom here.
Romero 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.
Romero throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero working the head and body with strikes.
Winger tries to improve position but can't.
Winger avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Romero.
Winger tries to improve position but can't.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Winger can do anything to dispel that myth.
Romero advances nicely into full mount.
Romero lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Winger hang on?
Romero landing punches.
Winger really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Romero. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Winger is trying desperately to improve position.
Winger avoids a series of strikes thrown by Romero.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romero lands a big elbow.

Romero has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Winger is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Joel Romero!
Joel Romero retains his light heavyweight title!
Our winner, Joel Romero, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Second Winger spoke after the fight, saying 'The best man wins.'.