PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alessandro Romano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cecilio Heineken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Alessandro Romano has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Romano
vs
Heineken

194 cm
22
194 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

187 cm
19
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alessandro Romano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cecilio Heineken!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romano tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Heineken paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Romano throws a nice inside leg kick.
A head kick misses from Romano.
Heineken uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Romano.
A head kick misses from Romano.

Heineken shoots in and bounces Romano off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Romano looking to hit a scissor sweep but Heineken is one step ahead there.
Heineken slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Romano keeping moving, preventing Heineken from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Heineken is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Romano keeping moving, preventing Heineken from controlling successfully.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Romano shoots and misses

and Heineken counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Heineken really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Romano. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Heineken is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Let's hope that Heineken has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Romano keeping moving, preventing Heineken from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heineken is fighting to break Romano's control of his arms but Romano is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Heineken trying to control but Romano is working from the bottom.

Romano looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Romano is breathing heavily.
Heineken slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Romano throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Romano is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Heineken sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Romano's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Heineken stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Romano trying to control but Heineken postures up.
Well, if Heineken is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

Despite being in the dominant position, Cecilio Heineken just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Romano thows a left - swing and a miss!
Romano fails with the takedown

and Heineken counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Romano!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heineken content just to control the position here.
Heineken trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Heineken controlling his opponent.
Romano is trying to stand up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cecilio Heineken dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Romano gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Heineken counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Romano's guard now.
Heineken trying to control but Romano is working from the bottom.
Heineken not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Heineken trying to control but Romano is working from the bottom.

Despite being in the dominant position, Cecilio Heineken just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Romano misses with a two punch combination.
Heineken will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Heineken is trying to trip Romano. He has hold of a leg but Romano is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Heineken persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Cecilio Heineken has got the better of the ground game so far.
Heineken wants to control from the top but Romano keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Romano looking for a guillotine here but Heineken defends easily.
Heineken trying to control but Romano is working from the bottom.
Heineken looking to sit in guard and control but Romano gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Heineken working a defensive guard here.
Romano seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Heineken is trying to control the position but Romano postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Heineken has control of Romano's left arm, preventing Romano from doing any damage.
Heineken controls Romano momentarily but Romano frees himself.

Despite being in the dominant position, Cecilio Heineken just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Romano wants to clinch

and Heineken counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Romano's guard now.
Romano keeping moving, preventing Heineken from controlling successfully.

Romano is looking for a triangle but Heineken pushes his legs off easily.
Heineken sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romano keeping moving, preventing Heineken from controlling successfully.
Heineken is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Romano trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Romano is trying to keep Heineken in close.
Heineken pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Romano is keeping the position for now.

Romano had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Heineken is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Romano Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Heineken's back instead.
Heineken trying to control the position but Romano manages to sink in the hooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Romano keeps control of the position as Heineken tries to break free.
Heineken prevents Romano from getting a body triangle.
Romano gets his hands free as Heineken looks to control.

Despite being in the dominant position, Cecilio Heineken just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Romano looks for a takedown but Heineken sprawls well.

Romano darts in and clinches Heineken up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cecilio Heineken showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Heineken.
Romano throws a head kick that misses

and Heineken counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Romano's guard now.
Heineken wants to control from the top but Romano keeps moving.
Romano looking for a sweep. Not yet Romano, not yet.
Heineken sitting in guard here, content to control.
Romano keeping moving, preventing Heineken from controlling successfully.
Romano wants to sweep here but Heineken controlling him for the moment.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Romano being controlled here, momentarily.
Heineken wants to control from the top but Romano keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Romano tries for a takedown but Heineken circles away easily

and Heineken counters with a single leg into guard. Romano didn't expect that.
Romano not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Heineken prevents Romano from getting back to his feet.
Heineken looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Heineken wants to control from the top but Romano keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romano is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Heineken is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Romano looking for a sweep. Not yet Romano, not yet.
Heineken showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Romano looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Romano shoots and misses

and Heineken decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Romano's guard.
Romano keeping moving, preventing Heineken from controlling successfully.
Heineken sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Heineken wants to control from the top but Romano keeps moving.
Heineken slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Heineken trying to control the position from guard on top but Romano is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Heinekenis looking to pass into half guard but Romano pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Romano is in guard.
Alessandro Romano has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romano controls from within his opponent's guard.
Heineken pulls Romano in to control the position.
Heineken not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Heineken working a defensive guard but Romano passes into half guard.

Despite being in the dominant position, Cecilio Heineken just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A head kick by Romano misses

so Heineken counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Heineken trying to control the position from guard on top but Romano is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Heineken controls from within his opponent's guard.
Heineken trying to control but Romano is working from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cecilio Heineken comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Heineken winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cecilio Heineken!