PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Romano S (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Krilich Berglomi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Berglomi comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Gargaj - Rude Awakening kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

S
vs
Berglomi

180 cm
21
160 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

175 cm
25
160 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Heavy handed

{GTI} - HGH Nutrients

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Romano S!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Krilich Berglomi!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Radbod Blank and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
S tries to clinch but Berglomi is having none of it.
S takes one on the button.
Berglomi tries to clinch but fails miserably

and S counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as S takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
S has Berglomi pressed against the cage, preventing Berglomi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
S leaning his opponent against the cage.
S creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Berglomi's defenses.

It looks like Krilich Berglomi has been cut.
S pushes off an throws an elbow but Berglomi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
S lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
S throws an elbow that misses.
S pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Berglomi is trying to break the clinch but S has him pressed against the cage.
Berglomi tries to break the clinch but S is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berglomi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but S has him pressed against the cage.
Berglomi takes an elbow to the temple.
S keeps control of Berglomi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Berglomi wants to get back to striking at distance but S won't allow it.
S misses with an elbow over the top.
Berglomi tries to break free but S pushes him back against the cage.
S lands an elbow just above Berglomi 's eye.
S looking to throw knees to the head but Berglomi is blocking nicely.
S leaning his opponent against the cage.
Berglomi working hard to break the clinch.
Berglomi tries to circle away but S has him pinned against the cage.
Berglomi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Berglomi blocks the elbow strike.
Berglomi tries to break the clinch but S is controlling the position.
Berglomi takes an elbow to the forehead.
S is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Berglomi is trying to force a seperation but S has the dominant position.
S throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Berglomi wants to break free but S has control.
Berglomi is trying to break the clinch but S is controlling him.
S throws an elbow that misses.
Berglomi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Berglomi blocks an elbow strike from S.
S missing with knees to the body.
Berglomi is trying to force a seperation but S has the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berglomi dodges an elbow strike from S.
Berglomi blocks the elbow strike.
S is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Berglomi is defending well for now.
Berglomi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Berglomi working hard to break the clinch.
S lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
S tries to land knees in the clinch but Berglomi avoids the damage to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from S.
Berglomi tries to break free but S pushes him back against the cage.
S lands a nice elbow.
Berglomi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
S lands a damaging elbow.

That has opened up Krilich Berglomi's cut even more.
S lands a damaging elbow.
S lands a damaging elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
S pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Berglomi tries to circle away but S has him pinned against the cage.
S throws an elbow but it's blocked.
S lands an elbow inside that Berglomi shrugs off.
S throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
S throws an elbow that misses.
Berglomi tries to circle away but S has him pinned against the cage.
Berglomi managing to block the knees to the body from S.
S lands an elbow inside that Berglomi shrugs off.
Berglomi blocks an elbow strike from S.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Berglomi is trying to break the clinch but S is controlling him.
Berglomi dodges an elbow strike from S.
Berglomi avoids a wild elbow strike from S.
S lands an elbow that stopped Berglomi in his tracks for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Romano S dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Krilich Berglomi'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.

Berglomi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to S's calf.
S throws a chopping leg kick but Berglomi manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Berglomi throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Berglomi tries to clinch but fails miserably

and S holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Berglomi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Berglomi blocks an elbow strike.
Berglomi is looking to break free of the clinch but S has double underhooks.
Berglomi blocks an elbow strike from S.
Berglomi has had enough of the clinch but S keeps him there for the moment.
S pressing his opponent against the cage.
Berglomi wants to get back to striking at distance but S won't allow it.
Berglomi is trying to force a seperation but S has the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Berglomi's face as he tries to break the clinch.
S throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Berglomi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
S dodges the punch combination from Berglomi.
Krilich Berglomi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
S throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Berglomi keeps the fight on the outside.

S gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Berglomi takes an elbow to the forehead.
S prevents Berglomi from breaking the clinch.
Berglomi is trying to break the clinch but S is controlling him.
Berglomi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Berglomi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The referee calls for S to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
S misses with an elbow strike.
S keeps control of Berglomi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
S lands a nice elbow.

The cut above Krilich Berglomi's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
S misses with an elbow strike.
Berglomi takes an elbow to the temple.
S tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Berglomi avoids it.
With the fighters up against the cage, S throws an elbow but misses.
S tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
S has Berglomi pressed against the cage.
S creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
S holding his opponent close, against the cage.
S gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Berglomi is trying to break the clinch but S has him pressed against the cage.
Berglomi wants to break free but S has control.
S prevents Berglomi from breaking the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, S throws an elbow but misses.
S lands a damaging elbow.
S is pushing Berglomi up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
S throws an elbow that misses.

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.
S tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
S lands a damaging elbow.
Berglomi tries to break the clinch but S is controlling the position.
Berglomi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Berglomi is looking to break free of the clinch but S has double underhooks.
Berglomi can't break the clinch.
Berglomi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
S throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice glancing elbow lands by S.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
S stalls.
Berglomi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Romano S will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Krilich Berglomi's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

S throws a sloppy head kick and Berglomi moves out of range easily.
Krilich Berglomi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A bone on bone clash there as S blocks the leg kick.
Berglomi darts in trying to clinch
and S counters with a slapping leg kick.
Berglomi closes the distance looking to clinch
and S counters with a flying knee. Nice.
A punch combination from Berglomi misses.
Berglomi misses with a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body kick from S.
S wants to clinch.
Berglomi walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. S checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berglomi throws a lazy head kick

and S counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Berglomi tries to circle away but S has him pinned against the cage.
Berglomi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
S creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Berglomi's defenses.
S prevents Berglomi from breaking the clinch.
S lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Berglomi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but S has him pressed against the cage.
S leaning his opponent against the cage.
S has Berglomi pressed against the cage, preventing Berglomi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Berglomi is trying to break the clinch but S is controlling him.

Berglomi manages to break the clinch.
Berglomi thows a leg kick but S checks it
and S counters with an inside leg kick.
Berglomi looks to clinch

and S holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Berglomi is trying to break the clinch but S has him pressed against the cage.
Berglomi is looking to break free of the clinch but S has double underhooks.
Berglomi is trying to break free.
S with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
S displaying some good clinch control by pressing Berglomi up against the cage.
Berglomi tries to circle away but S has him pinned against the cage.
S content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
S lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
S keeps control of Berglomi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
S lands an elbow inside that Berglomi shrugs off.
Berglomi can't break the clinch.

Berglomi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fight stays on the outside here - S looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Berglomi closes the distance but S moves to the side

and S counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
S has Berglomi pushed against the cage.
S pushes off an throws an elbow but Berglomi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
S gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Krilich Berglomi's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
S lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Krilich Berglomi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Berglomi can't break the clinch.
S creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Berglomi's defenses.
S lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Krilich Berglomi's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Romano S!