PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Nate Baker Jr (ranked 3627 p4p, 411 weight class) and John Kyle Romo (ranked 7617 p4p, 536 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Baker Jr
vs
Kyle Romo

190 cm
25
200 lbs
5 - 9 - 0

190 cm
51
187 lbs
56 - 39 - 1

Great elbows
Very quick

World class boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nate Baker Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 56 - 39 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, John Kyle Romo!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Alexandre Firmino and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baker Jr scores with a hook.

It looks like John Kyle Romo has been cut.
Baker Jr looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Baker Jr lands with a shot to the body.
Romo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Baker Jr misses with a series of wild punches.
Romo throws a head kick that misses.
Romo throws an overhand right that lands on Baker Jr's shoulder, as Baker Jr tries to avoid the shot.
Baker Jr dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Baker Jr ducks under a wild hook from Romo.
Romo scores with a three punch combo!

It looks like Nate Baker Jr has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Romo misses with an uppercut.

Baker Jr takes the fight into the clinch.
Baker Jr missing with knees to the body.
Romo tries to land a knee to the head but Baker Jr blocks with his arms.

Baker Jr breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Romo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Baker Jr misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Romo steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Baker Jr.
Baker Jr misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Romo works Baker Jr's body with a nice hook.
Romo looks to score with a jab to the body but Baker Jr is just out of range.
Romo avoids the head kick by Baker Jr.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baker Jr throws a looping overhand right but Romo ducks down to avoid it.
Romo wants to counter the offense by Baker Jr and move into the clinch position.
Baker Jr tries a low kick but Romo avoids it.
Romo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Romo throws a body punch but Baker Jr moves out of range.
Romo throws a body shot but no joy.
Baker Jr tries to counter by clinching up but Romo breaks away and moves out of range.
No joy there for Baker Jr, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Romo, right into the meat.
Romo scores with a head kick. Baker Jr tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Baker Jr tries a head kick but it misses.
Baker Jr cracks the inside of Romo's front leg.
Romo has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Romo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Baker Jr throws a good cross that connects.
Romo drops his guard momentarily, allowing Baker Jr to crack him with a picture perfect lead left hook! Boom! Down goes Romo! Oh, he's in big trouble - I don't like his chances here as the referee's count reaches 5. 6,7,8,9...10! He's out! Baker Jr takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Nate Baker Jr!