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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Herbert Merill (ranked 3552 p4p, 25367 weight class) and Jun Romero (ranked 397 p4p, 517 weight class). The key to victory for Herbert Merill has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
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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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Herbert Merill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jun Romero!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Paul Tew and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Merill stuns Romero with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Romero closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Romero lands in his opponent's guard.
Romero working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Merill's head.
Romero controlling from the top position.
Romero lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Romero showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Romero content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Romero controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Romero content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Romero working some strikes from top position.
Romero stops Merill from standing up.
Romero stands up over Merill, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Romero working some strikes from top position.
Merill wants to get back to his feet but Romero is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Merill wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Romero manages to pass to side control.
Merill is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Romero scores with a couple of nice shots.
Romero with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Merill on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Romero is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Let's hope that Romero has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Merill knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Romero on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Merill is trying to stand up here but Romero is controlling him well.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Merill takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
It looks like Jun Romero has been cut.
Romero throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Merill was covering up waiting for the punch and Romero finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Merill wants to get back to his feet but Romero is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Romero controls from within his opponent's guard.
Romero with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romero is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Romero working some strikes from top position.
Romero controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Romero with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Romero content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Romero showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Romero with a nice head shot there.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Romero distracts Merill with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Romero keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Merill's head.
Romero is in close to Merill's body, working some short punches and elbows.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jun Romero dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jun Romero's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Romero shoots in and gets a takedown into Merill's guard.
Romero controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Romero has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Romero lands a couple of digs.
Romero controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Romero landing some decent shots from guard.
Romero lands a couple of elbows.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Romero's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Merill is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Romero is controlling him.
Romero working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero chips away with some ground and pound.
Romero is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Romero scoring with some ground and pound.
Romero is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Romero distracts Merill with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Romero is working Merill over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Romero sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Romero postures up and lands a big shot to Merill's brow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Merill is wriggling around but Romero manages to pass to half guard.
Merill on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romero seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Romero lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Romero in particular looking to stall.
Romero lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Romero content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Merill has hold of Romero's hands but Romero slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Romero is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Romero lands a nice short elbow.
Jun Romero has got the better of the ground game so far.
Romero landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Romero looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Merill with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Merill taking some punishment here, with Romero in his half guard.
Romero drops an elbow to the side of Merill's head.
Ground and pound from Romero.
Romero is figuring out what he wants to do next.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romero working the head and body with strikes.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Romero lands a nice short elbow.
Merill wants to get back to his feet.
Romero drops an elbow to the side of Merill's head.
Romero lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Romero scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Merill on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Romero controlling the action here.
Nice strikes from Romero there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jun Romero showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jun Romero's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Romero shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Merill napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Merill tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Merill is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Romero working the ground and pound effectively.
Romero has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Romero controlling from mount.
Merill is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Merill takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Romero lands a heavy elbow.
Romero takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Romero working the ground and pound effectively.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero lands a couple of good shots and Merill has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Romero throwing damaging strikes from the back! Merill could be in trouble here!
Romero slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Romero lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Merill.
Romero lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Romero biding his time, controlling Merill.
Romero punches Merill on the ear.
Romero controls the position.
Romero is landing with strikes. Merill can't take much more of this.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Merill trying to get back to his feet but Romero is in full control for now.
Romero lands a shot to the head.
Romero controls the position.
We're seeing a lot of stalling here from Romero.
Romero lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Romero.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romero scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Merill covers up after that shot from Romero.
Romero just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Romero gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Jun Romero is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Merill takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Merill is trying to get back to his feet but Romero has full control of the position and if anything, Merill has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Merill is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Merill covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Romero punches Merill on the ear.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Romero scores with strikes from the back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Merill is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Romero scores with punches to the body.
Merill wants to get back to his feet.
Romero really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Merill.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Herbert Merill has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
And that's the end of the fight!
Jun Romero comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Romero winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight for Jun Romero!
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight for Jun Romero!
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight for Jun Romero!
Jun Romero wins by unanimous decision!
Jun Romero was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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