PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tobias Ahearn (ranked 2686 p4p, 1856 weight class) and Muenster Romano (ranked 329 p4p, 250 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Ahearn
vs
Romano

185 cm
20
181
5 - 1 - 1

178 cm
20
174
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Vegan Gains

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tobias Ahearn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Muenster Romano!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Reed Andrews and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Ahearn misses the target.
Romano let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Ahearn throws a series of punches but Romano moves out of range.
Romano lands a nice hook to Ahearn's body. Ahearn takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ahearn looks to land a left hand but Romano moved out of range nicely.
Ahearn paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Romano avoids the body shot from Ahearn.
Ahearn throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ahearn lunges at Romano with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Romano's hand.
Romano takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A jab from Ahearn misses.
Romano on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Romano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ahearn scores with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahearn misses with a few strikes there.
We've been told by Ahearn's head coaches at ubergym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Ahearn misses the body punch
and Romano cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ahearn throws a combination that misses
letting Romano counter with a right hand.
Ahearn just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice defenses there by Ahearn.
Ahearn misses with a wild body shot.
Romano cracks Ahearn with a right hand to the side of the head.

It looks like Tobias Ahearn has been cut.
Ahearn keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Romano.
Ahearn misses with a two punch combination.
Romano misses with a hook.
Ahearn misses with a right hand
and Romano cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Romano cracks Ahearn with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ahearn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Romano moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Romano throws a looping overhand right but Ahearn ducks down to avoid it.
Ahearn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A slow jab from Romano misses its intended target.
Ahearn rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Romano counters with a nice body shot.
Romano ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ahearn swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Romano.
Romano throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ahearn throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Romano connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ahearn misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ahearn stuns Romano with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Ahearn gets tackled into the cage by Romano. Romano maintains the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahearn working aggressively here.
Ahearn swings wildly with an uppercut but Romano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ahearn lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Romano.
Ahearn misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ahearn.
Romano misses with a punch to the body.
Ahearn is trying to break the clinch but Romano has him pressed against the cage.
Romano lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Romano doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Romano lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ahearn backwards.
Romano scores with a shoulder strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Romano.
A short left from Romano.
Romano misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ahearn throws a head punch that misses.
Ahearn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Romano pushes Ahearn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ahearn is looking to break free of the clinch but Romano has double underhooks.
Ahearn is trying to pull guard but Romano turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Romano blocks an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romano scores with a shot to the side of Ahearn's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ahearn is trying to pull guard but Romano turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Romano blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Romano.
Romano keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ahearn's efforts to push away.
Romano blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Romano.
Romano misses with a hook to the ribs.
Romano tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Romano scores with a shoulder strike.
Romano lands a shoulder strike.
Ahearn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Romano blocking some punches.
Ahearn tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tobias Ahearn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A short left from Romano.
Ahearn lands a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ahearn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ahearn jumps guard but Romano stands there with Ahearn around his waist. Ahearn gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Romano lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Muenster Romano dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tobias Ahearn's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Ahearn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ahearn scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Romano throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ahearn counters with a stiff right hand.
Romano slips a jab and a cross from Ahearn.
Ahearn misses with a hook. Romano ducked under it nicely.
Romano lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ahearn throws the left hand but Romano avoids the punch easily.
Tobias Ahearn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Romano tests Ahearn's chin there with a solid looking shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Romano takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Romano misses with a straight left.
Romano digs a good body shot into Ahearn's ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahearn throws a poor cross that misses
and Romano connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ahearn swings widly with a right hand
and Romano counters with a nice uppercut.

Ahearn is rocked!
Romano has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Romano lands a right hook to the body.
Ahearn throws an off balance right hand
and Romano counters with a left to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Romano throws a lazy right hand but Ahearn sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Romano throws out a loose jab but Ahearn uses good head movement to avoid it.

Romano has closed the distance and engaged Ahearn in a clinch.
Still in the clinch, Romano scores with a nice short uppercut.
Romano lands a nice uppercut.
Ahearn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ahearn tries a body shot but Romano blocks it.
Ahearn swings wildly with an uppercut but Romano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ahearn tries to pull guard but Romano forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Romano lands a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Romano lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Muenster Romano seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ahearn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ahearn tries to pull guard but Romano won't allow it.
Ahearn lands a right hand.
Romano lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ahearn fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tobias Ahearn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A body shot lands from Romano.
Romano lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Romano tries to throw a body punch but Ahearn avoids it by throwing Romano back against the cage.
Romano lands a body punch in the clinch.
Romano working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Romano lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Romano lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ahearn backwards.
Oh Ahearn is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Romano scores with a nice hook to the head.
Romano lands a big right hand that drops Ahearn! The killer instinct kicks in and Romano finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Romano!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Muenster Romano!
Muenster Romano seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.