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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keaton Vega (ranked 1743 p4p, 2764 weight class) and Marcel Romanow (ranked 193 p4p, 304 weight class). Marcel Romanow has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Keaton Vega!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marcel Romanow!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romanow fails with the takedown
and Vega counters with a stiff right hand.
Vega lands a glancing blow to the side of Romanow's head.
Romanow fails to land with a series of punches.
Romanow uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vega.
Vega keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Romanow.
Vega wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
A jab from Romanow misses.
Vega with a jab.
Vega gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Romanow slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vega trying to strike off his back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romanow postures up.
Romanow trying to control the position from guard on top but Vega is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Vega pulls Romanow in close to prevent any damage.
Romanow lands a couple of digs.
Vega keeping full guard, as Romanow tries to pass.
Romanow missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Romanow distracts Vega with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Romanow works over Vega with some ground and pound from guard.
Romanow postures up in Vega's guard and throws a big left but Vega blocks it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romanow forces his way into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Romanow lands a nice short elbow.
Vega makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Vega.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Romanow's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Romanow advances position into side control!
Sloppy strikes there by Romanow.
Check out the look on Romanow's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Romanow tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Romanow has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
A lull in the action here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vega can't do much from the bottom here.
The ground and pound from Romanow seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Romanow in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Romanow in side control lands a decent elbow.
Vega is working to avoid the ground and pound but Romanow connects with a decent elbow.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Romanow working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Romanow is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Vega knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Romanow landing a few strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vega tries to buck Romanow off but Romanow is having none of it.
Romanow is putting a hurting on Vega here, landing some big shots from side control.
Romanow lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Vega down.
Vega is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Romanow works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Vega is trying to get back to half guard.
Vega struggling a bit here.
Vega is not content to let Romanow control the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Marcel Romanow dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Vega slips a straight right by Romanow.
Romanow scores with a crisp jab that stopped Vega in his tracks.
Romanow has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A shot to the body from Romanow misses
and Vega cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A lazy left from Vega finds it's target.
Romanow takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Romanow cracks Vega with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Romanow tries to move into range but Vega moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Romanow looks to throw the jab but Vega is out of range.
Romanow misses with a hook. Vega ducked under it nicely.
Romanow misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vega.
Romanow misses with an uppercut.
Vega throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And Romanow tries to counter it with a takedown but Vega pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Vega looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Romanow closes this distance looking for a takedown but Vega circles away.
Vega throwing a counter right hand but Romanow manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vega displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Romanow.
Marcel Romanow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Romanow throws a hook but Vega blocks it.
Vega keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Keaton Vega has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcel Romanow.
Romanow manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Vega on his heels. He'll look to pass Vega's guard now, I'm sure.
Romanow postures up in Vega's guard and throws a big left but Vega blocks it.
Romanow won't allow Vega to sweep him here.
Romanow keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Vega's head.
Vega manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Romanow manages to get himself to full guard.
Vega controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Vega knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Romanow on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romanow throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Romanow is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Vega wants to control from the top but Romanow keeps moving.
Romanow is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Vega looking to pass the guard.
Romanow has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Vega can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vega stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Romanow swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Romanow is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Romanow escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Vega gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Vega trying to control but Romanow is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Vega will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Romanow is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Vega has his hands clasped together but Romanow extends and breaks Vega's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Romanow.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Marcel Romanow!
A relieved looking Marcel Romanow thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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