PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pate Ro (ranked 755 p4p, 577 weight class) and Marcel Romanow (ranked 97 p4p, 74 weight class). Pate Ro is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Ro
vs
Romanow

194 cm
28
255
14 - 11 - 0

175 cm
32
247
18 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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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 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pate Ro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marcel Romanow!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Paul Aken and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romanow jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Romanow throws a shot to the body.
Ro is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

It looks like Marcel Romanow has been cut.

Romanow shoots in and gets a takedown into Ro's guard.
Romanow trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Romanow throwing strikes from guard but Ro blocks nicely.
Romanow landing with the ground and pound.
Romanow throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ro works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Romanow pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ro is keeping the position for now.
Ro preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Romanow is looking to work some ground and pound but Ro has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ro has his hands on Romanow's head, controlling the position.
Romanow missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ro trying to keep a closed guard but Romanow is proving a slippery customer.
Romanow with a flurry of punches that miss.
Romanow trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Romanow cracks Ro with a solid left hand.
Romanow is looking to work some ground and pound but Ro has wrist control.
Romanow throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ro avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romanow trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Romanow is looking to work some ground and pound but Ro has wrist control.
Romanow postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Romanow missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Romanow missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Romanow makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Romanow trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Romanow content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Romanow postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Romanow's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Romanow chips away with some ground and pound.
Romanow content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ro utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Romanow scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ro knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Romanow on the ground.
Romanow throws a big right hand that misses.
Romanow is looking to work some ground and pound but Ro has wrist control.
Romanow working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Romanow is looking to work some ground and pound but Ro has wrist control.
Romanow throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ro works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Romanow working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Ro pulls Romanow in close to prevent any damage.
Romanow working some strikes from top position.
Romanow throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Romanow working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romanow working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Romanow's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Romanow postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Romanow has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ro avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Romanow is looking to work some ground and pound but Ro has wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Romanow working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Romanow stands up over Ro, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Ro trying to control the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Romanow trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Romanow accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marcel Romanow dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marcel Romanow's cut.
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.

Romanow misses with a takedown
and Ro counters with a straight right hand.
Romanow tries to score a power double leg takedown but Ro sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Romanow somewhat.
Romanow with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ro ducks under a wild hook from Romanow.
Ro throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Good shot there by Romanow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ro slips a straight right by Romanow.
Ro walks into a jab.
A jab from Ro misses.
Ro throws a poor cross that misses

and Romanow counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Ro!
Ro is looking for a sweep.
Romanow has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Romanow punching from mount but Ro doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Romanow is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Ro is rocked!
Romanow softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Ro is out cold! Romanow jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcel Romanow!
Marcel Romanow seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.