PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Journey Sky (ranked 499 p4p, 875 weight class) and Vic Romano (ranked 75 p4p, 122 weight class). Romano is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by MXC Most Extreme Challenge. Journey Sky could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Vic Romano's chin.

Sky
vs
Romano

179 cm
27
169
9 - 3 - 0

165 cm
24
170
9 - 5 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Pulling Guard

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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Journey Sky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vic Romano!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Daniel Blasius and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romano tries to move into range but Sky moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The crowd cheers as Romano lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sky doesn't seem phased though.
Romano takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sky scores with a jab to the body.
Romano walks into a left hand.
Sky swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Romano uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sky.
Romano appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sky. Romano does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fighters circling - Sky throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sky has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Outlaw MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Sky throws the left hand but Romano avoids the punch easily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Sky.
Sky fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Romano manages to avoid it.
Romano scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Romano cracks a nice hook into Sky's ribs.
Sky lands a jab.
Sky takes a swing at Romano's ribcage but misses.
Sky swings for the body but Romano moves out of range.
Romano digs a good body shot into Sky's ribs.
Romano has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Romano there as he acknowledges the shot.
Journey Sky seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sky swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Romano lands a nice shot to the body.
Romano tries to close the distance and clinch but Sky swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romano on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Sky throws a right hand that misses
and Romano counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sky displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Romano throws out the jab.
Romano slips under a jab.
A cross from Sky lands.
Sky looks to land a left hand but Romano moved out of range nicely.
Romano is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Sky with a body shot.
Sky ducks under a wild hook from Romano.
Romano misses with a straight right.
Romano ducks under a wild hook from Sky.
Sky fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Romano on the side of the head.
A big left from Sky misses.
Romano takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Romano throws a hook to the side of Sky's head but Sky sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sky is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Romano tries to clinch up but Sky circles away and keeps his distance.
Sky jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sky throws out a powerful jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Romano gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sky.
Romano cracks a nice hook into Sky's ribs.
Romano misses with a looping left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sky defending well as Romano loads up on a big left hand.
Romano misses with an uppercut. Sky saw that one coming.
Sky throws out a powerful jab.
Romano missing with a left hand there. Sky was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sky avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sky throws a looping overhand right but Romano ducks down to avoid it.
Sky ducks under a wild hook from Romano.
Sky moves out of range of the strikes.
Sky is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Sky throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Romano throws out a counter right but Sky avoids it with no problem.
Sky throws a hook to the side of Romano's head but Romano sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sky jabs at Romano's body.
Nice straight punches there by Romano. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Romano.
Romano tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Romano throws a body shot but no joy.
Romano misses with a straight left.
Romano misses with a looping left.
Sky circles away from the clinch attempt.
Romano misses the shot to the body.
Sky throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Romano sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Romano is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sky lands with an overhand left.
Romano on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Romano connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Sky lands with a good body shot.
Romano scores with the left hand. Sky knows he should have avoided that one.
Romano tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sky manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sky jabs at Romano's body.
Sky takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sky connects with a looping right hand.
Sky is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sky misses with a jab to the body
enabling Romano to counter with a crisp jab.
Sky is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Romano.
Romano thuds his right hand into Sky's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Sky with a jab.
Sky bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Romano loads up on a big right hand but Sky slips the punch.
Sky connects with a body shot.
Romano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sky.
Sky 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Romano has Sky up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sky.
Knees to the body from Sky.

Romano pulls guard effortlessly.

Sky gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Sky walks into a straight right hand from Romano.
Romano looks to land a left hand but Sky moved out of range nicely.
Sky swings for the body but Romano moves out of range.
Sky connects with the punch.
Sky uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Romano.
Sky fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Romano has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sky lands with a good body shot.
Sky lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Romano uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sky.
Sky throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sky misses with a hook.
Romano bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Sky scores with a jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Journey Sky dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Romano looks to score with a jab to the body but Sky is just out of range.
Romano has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Romano jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Romano ducks under a wild hook from Sky.
Sky throws out a loose jab but Romano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Romano appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Sky misses with an uppercut.
Sky ducks right into an uppercut from Romano.
Romano lands with a straight right. Sky didn't see that one coming.
Sky ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Romano moves away.
Sky thumps Romano with a low kick.
Sky is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Sky is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Sky tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Romano was well out of range. Poor timing from Sky.
Romano throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Romano moves out of range as Sky strikes.
Romano throws a shot from downtown. Sky moves away and avoids it.
Sky appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
A swing and a miss from Sky.
Romano throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sky lands with an overhand left.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sky throws a lazy right hand but Romano sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sky is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Romano can do to turn this around?
Sky misses with a hook
and Romano connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sky. Romano does a little dance to reset his feet.
Romano avoids the body shot from Sky.
Romano slips a jab from Sky.
Romano displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sky throws out the jab.
A nice side step and Romano releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Sky looks to throw the jab but Romano is out of range.
Sky throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sky misses with a body shot.
Romano lands a glancing blow to the side of Sky's head.
Romano lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sky at a distance.
A shot to the body from Sky misses
and Romano counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Romano avoids the body shot from Sky.
Sky on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Romano lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sky circles away quickly and effectively.
Romano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sky.
Sky gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sky stuns Romano with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sky avoids the body shot from Romano.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A jab from Sky misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sky moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Sky is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Romano.
Romano checks a low kick from Sky.
Romano swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sky lands a nice leg kick that just misses Romano's sensitive parts.
Sky takes a swing at Romano's ribcage but misses.
Sky looks to land a left hand but Romano moved out of range nicely.
Romano slips under a jab.
Journey Sky is winning the standup battle so far.
Sky slips under a jab from Romano.
Romano throws a hook but Sky blocks it.
Romano on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Sky throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sky throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sky connects with a looping right hand.
Romano is looking to clinch.
Sky looks to score with a jab to the body but Romano is just out of range.
Sky throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Romano lands a jab to Sky's midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sky throws a body shot but no joy.
Romano is looking to clinch but Sky is avoiding it.
Sky ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Romano rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sky moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sky ducks under a wild hook from Romano.
Sky throwing a counter right hand but Romano manages to avoid it.
Romano slips a straight right by Sky.
Romano appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Sky lands with a hook. Romano tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nice uppercut lands for Romano. That snapped Sky's head back.
Romano misses with a hook.
Sky is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Sky clobbers Romano with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Sky throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Romano just misses with a punch to the body.
Romano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Romano fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Romano throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sky sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sky is looking to counter punch.
A telegraphed right hand from Sky misses the target.
A jab from Sky finds it's way through Romano's defenses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Romano uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sky.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romano connects with a body shot.
Sky wants to slow Romano down by chopping away at his legs.
Sky throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Romano counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sky throws a body punch but Romano moves out of range.
Romano ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sky throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Romano now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Sky throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A jab from Sky misses.
Sky moves out of range of the strikes.
Romano ducks under a wild hook from Sky.
A little jabbing left from Romano on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Romano throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sky misses with a looping left.
Sky slips under a jab from Romano.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Romano throws a right hand that misses
enabling Sky to counter with a crisp jab.
Romano swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sky tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Romano was well out of range. Poor timing from Sky.
Romano jabs Sky to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sky misses the shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Journey Sky will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Romano scores with a punch to the head.
Sky throws a body punch but Romano moves out of range.
Jab by Romano.
Sky scores with a decent looking hook.
Sky scores with a jab to the jaw.
Sky scores with a jab to the jaw.
Sky throws a hook to the side of Romano's head but Romano sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sky throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Sky.
An inside leg kick lands from Sky.
Nice defenses there by Romano.
Sky scores with a decent looking hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sky finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Romano doesn't manage to clinch there - Sky circles away.
Sky misses with a straight left.
A telegraphed right hand from Romano misses the target.
Romano misses the jab.
Sky looks to land a left hand but Romano moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sky lands with an uppercut that bounces Romano off the cage and back into range.
Sky takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sky misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Romano.
Sky throws a jab but it's blocked by Romano.
Romano misses with a straight right.
A telegraphed right hand from Romano misses the target.
Romano lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sky circles away quickly and effectively.
Sky just misses with a punch to the body.
Sky with a jab.
Sky misses with a body punch
letting Romano counter with a right hand.
Sky misses with a body shot.
Romano throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sky sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sky throws a body shot but no joy.
Sky lands with an uppercut that bounces Romano off the cage and back into range.
Romano throws a right hand that misses
and Sky counters with a left to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sky swings for the body but Romano moves out of range.
Romano just misses with a punch to the body.
Romano wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Journey Sky is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sky swats away the attempt to clinch by Romano.
Romano works Sky's body with a nice hook.
Sky thows a left - swing and a miss!
Romano throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sky throws a hook to the side of Romano's head but Romano sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Romano avoids the body shot from Sky.
Sky throws a jab when Romano was well out of range.
Sky looks to land a right hand but Romano moved out of range.
Sky comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sky misses the jab.
Sky throws a body shot but no joy.
Romano misses the shot to the body.
Sky walks into a straight right hand from Romano.
Sky throws the left hand but Romano avoids the punch easily.
Romano throws a shot from downtown. Sky moves away and avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romano moves out of range of the strikes.
Sky misses with a hook.
Sky connects with an inside leg kick.
Sky avoids the body shot from Romano.
Romano pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sky stuns Romano with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Romano pushes Sky up against the cage in a clinch.
Romano fails to pull guard.
Vic Romano has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sky lands with a left to the head.
Romano lands a body shot in the clinch.

Romano manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Sky gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Sky just misses with a punch to the body.
A cross from Sky lands.
Sky smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Romano ducks under a wild hook from Sky.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Sky throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Romano throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sky sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sky was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Romano takes a swing at Sky's ribcage but misses.
Romano throws a shot from downtown. Sky moves away and avoids it.
Romano misses with a body shot.
Romano misses with a wild body shot.
Romano slips under a jab from Sky.

Romano closes the distance and clinches.
Romano fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Romano misses with a body punch.
Romano throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Romano working aggressively here.
Romano misses with a punch on the inside.
Romano throws a punch but it's blocked by Sky.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Journey Sky.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sky, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:28
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Journey Sky!
A relieved looking Journey Sky thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Vic Romano spoke after the fight, saying 'DON'T. GET. ELIMINATEDDD!!!'.