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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rock Romero (ranked 1524 p4p, 995 weight class) and Roberto Karokaro (ranked 188 p4p, 134 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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Excellent boxer
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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 26 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rock Romero !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Roberto Karokaro!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Glass and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Romero misses the target.
Romero pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Romero throws a big shot that misses.
Karokaro feints a counter leg kick.
Romero misses with an uppercut.
Karokaro throws a counter combo.
Romero throws a shot from downtown. Karokaro moves away and avoids it.
It seemed like Karokaro was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Rock Romero seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Romero blocks a jab.
Karokaro on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Romero misses with a right hand
and Karokaro counters with a stiff right hand.
Romero misses with a left hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Romero looks to land a left hand but Karokaro moved out of range nicely.
Karokaro lands a head kick. Romero smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Karokaro throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Romero misses with an uppercut
and Karokaro counters with a straight right hand.
Romero throws a lazy uppercut
and Karokaro connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Karokaro takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Romero throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Romero throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero looks to land a right hand but Karokaro moved out of range.
Romero throws a shot from downtown. Karokaro moves away and avoids it.
Karokaro ducks right into an uppercut from Romero .
Romero cracks Karokaro with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Romero misses with an uppercut.
Romero swings widly with a right hand
and Karokaro counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Romero is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Karokaro dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Karokaro throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Romero doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Karokaro plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Karokaro slips under a jab from Romero .
Karokaro slips a straight right by Romero .
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Karokaro ducks under a wild hook from Romero .
Karokaro jabbing away but nothing is landing.
An attempted straight right counter from Romero misses the target.
Romero misses with a lunging right hand
and Karokaro counters with a good low kick that Romero was not able to check.
Karokaro works over Romero 's head and body with a nice combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Romero misses the target.
Karokaro uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Romero .
Karokaro looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sloppy strikes from Romero . Those never looked like landing.
Karokaro throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Romero misses with a hook.
Romero misses with an uppercut
and Karokaro counters with a low kick, right behind Romero 's knee.
Romero throws a jab but it's blocked by Karokaro.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Karokaro.
Karokaro throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Romero .
Romero rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Karokaro counters with a nice body shot.
Romero misses with a looping right.
Karokaro moves away from the strike by Romero .
Romero misses with a lunging right hand
and Karokaro counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Romero looks to land a left hand but Karokaro moved out of range nicely.
Karokaro connects with an inside leg kick.
Karokaro slips a jab from Romero .
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romero waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Karokaro.
Romero throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Karokaro on the side of the head.
Karokaro scores with a jab to the body.
Karokaro lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Karokaro uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Romero .
Romero blocks a head kick by Karokaro.
Romero waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Karokaro.
Karokaro feints a counter leg kick.
Karokaro connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Romero 's hands.
Romero throws a left and a right that both miss
and Karokaro counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Romero throws a shot from downtown. Karokaro moves away and avoids it.
Romero falls off balance throwing a combination
and Karokaro counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Karokaro lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Karokaro bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Karokaro ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Romero looks to throw the jab but Karokaro is out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karokaro lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Romero misses with a hook.
Romero on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Romero misses with a hook.
Romero misses with a straight right.
Karokaro defending well as Romero loads up on a big left hand.
Romero loads up on a big right hand but Karokaro slips the punch.
Karokaro moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Karokaro on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Romero misses with a looping left.
Romero misses with a left hand
enabling Karokaro to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Romero shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Romero throws an off balance right hand
and Karokaro counters with a stiff right hand.
The fighters circling - Romero throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Romero throws a looping overhand right but Karokaro ducks down to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Roberto Karokaro dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Romero rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Karokaro moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Romero tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Romero swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Romero misses with a straight right.
A swing and a miss from Romero .
Karokaro takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Karokaro throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Romero .
Karokaro keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Romero .
Romero misses with a left hand
and Karokaro counters with a three punch combo that has Romero backing up. Romero nods at Karokaro to acknowledge the strikes.
Karokaro throws a sloppy head kick and Romero moves out of range easily.
Romero is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Karokaro moves out of range of the strikes.
Romero thows a left - swing and a miss!
Karokaro misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Karokaro jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Karokaro throws a nice looking combination but Romero bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Romero connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Karokaro counter with a right hand.
Romero throws a right hand that misses
and Karokaro counters with a low kick, right behind Romero 's knee.
Romero is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Karokaro connects with a nice looking jab.
Romero throws a jab but it's blocked by Karokaro.
Karokaro walks into a straight right hand from Romero .
Romero misses with an uppercut
and Karokaro counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Romero misses with a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Romero keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Romero throws a looping overhand right but Karokaro ducks down to avoid it.
Karokaro keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Romero .
Despite the aggression on Karokaro's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Romero fails to land with a series of punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Romero takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Romero throws a lazy right hand but Karokaro sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Karokaro let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karokaro slips under a jab.
Romero throws a lazy uppercut
and Karokaro counters with a straight right hand.
Karokaro works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Roberto Karokaro is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Karokaro swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Romero .
Romero looks to land a combination. Karokaro sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Romero swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Karokaro throws out a loose jab but Romero uses good head movement to avoid it.
Romero throws out a loose jab but Karokaro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Karokaro looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A combination from Karokaro does no damage.
Karokaro uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Romero .
Romero throws a poor cross that misses
and Karokaro counters with a nice uppercut.
Roberto Karokaro seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Karokaro on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Karokaro tries to land a front kick but Romero steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Karokaro misses with a few strikes there.
Romero rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Karokaro counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romero walks into a jab.
Romero fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The fighters circling - Romero throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Karokaro was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Karokaro bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Romero misses with a lunging right hand
and Karokaro counters with a slapping leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Karokaro scores with a decent looking hook.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Romero might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Romero fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Karokaro is looking to slow Romero down with leg kicks.
Karokaro throws a right hand that Romero ducks under and follows up with a left that Romero also avoids with ease.
Karokaro scores with a hook.
Romero moves out of range of the strikes.
Karokaro slips a jab from Romero .
Karokaro displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Romero throws out the jab.
Romero waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Karokaro.
Karokaro looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Romero takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karokaro throws a leg kick which misses Romero 's front leg but catches the back leg as Romero tries to avoid it.
Karokaro has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Karokaro lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Romero connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Karokaro's hands.
Romero works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Nice defenses there by Karokaro.
Romero looks to land a left hand but Karokaro moved out of range nicely.
Karokaro throws out a counter right but Romero avoids it with no problem.
Romero swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Karokaro scores with a leg kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Karokaro. That snapped Romero 's head back.
Karokaro lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Romero misses the jab.
A little jabbing left from Karokaro on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A combination from Romero does no damage.
A big right from Romero misses.
Romero looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Romero throws an off balance right hand
and Romero takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Karokaro moves out of range of the strikes.
Karokaro swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Roberto Karokaro showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Romero misses with a looping left.
Despite the aggression on Karokaro's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Karokaro uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Romero .
Karokaro with a nice calf kick.
Romero displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Karokaro throws out the jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Romero misses the target.
Karokaro swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A big left from Romero misses.
Karokaro stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Romero misses with a hook. Karokaro ducked under it nicely.
Romero swings widly with a right hand
enabling Karokaro to counter with a crisp jab.
No joy there for Karokaro, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Romero throws a jab but it's blocked by Karokaro.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Romero showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Karokaro.
Romero swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Karokaro counters with a straight right hand.
Karokaro moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Romero is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Romero scores with a punch to the head.
Oh Romero is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero blocks a head kick by Karokaro.
Romero takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Romero finds himself stumbling back on wobbly legs after being clipped by a right hand. He's up against the cage, ducking and weaving under Karokaro's strikes but an uppercut finds it's way through and Romero falls! - He's completely out of it and the ref jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roberto Karokaro!
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RATING
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