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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dmitri Romonov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Power White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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215 lbs
16 - 12 - 0 |
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210 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dmitri Romonov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Power White!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Arvi Lind and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romonov checks a leg kick nicely.
White throws a solid leg kick but Romonov takes the impact on his shin and smiles at White.
Romonov misses with a jab, cross combination.
A chopping leg kick lands by White.
Romonov blocks a jab.
White bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Romonov's head.
Power White seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Romonov misses with a kick to the body.
Romonov throws a shot to the body.
White scores with a leg kick.
White thumps Romonov with a low kick.
Romonov lands with a shot to the body.
Romonov throws a nice looking combination but White bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Romonov throws a one two combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
White lands a jab to the head.
White swings for the body but Romonov moves out of range.
Romonov buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
White throws an overhand right that lands on Romonov's shoulder, as Romonov tries to avoid the shot.
Romonov throws a big shot that misses.
White misses the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White throws a leg kick but Romonov sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Romonov rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but White moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
White finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
White displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Romonov throws out the jab.
White tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Romonov was well out of range. Poor timing from White.
Romonov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from White.
White throws a shot from downtown. Romonov moves away and avoids it.
Romonov lands a slapping body shot.
Some wild striking there from Romonov.
Romonov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Romonov scores with a jab to the body.
White goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
White fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
White fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Romonov checks it well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
White ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Romonov moves away.
Romonov digs a good body shot into White's ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romonov connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Romonov connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between White's hands.
White uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Romonov lands a two punch combo.
The fighters circling - White throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Romonov is looking to wear down White with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Romonov swings for the body but White moves out of range.
Romonov tries to bum rush White with a series of wild strikes but White uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Romonov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Romonov turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Romonov misses the shot to the body.
Romonov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Romonov throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
White connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
White misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Romonov.
White misses with a wild body shot.
Romonov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romonov throws out a leg kick but White moves out of range and Romonov only half commits.
Romonov lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
White throws a hook but Romonov avoids it easily.
White throws a low kick but Romonov moves out of range easily.
White dodges the punch combination from Romonov.
White is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
White looks to land a body kick but Romonov moved away.
White is looking to chop away at Romonov's legs.
White steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Romonov.
Romonov connects with a body shot.
Romonov scores with a nice right hand.
Romonov slips a jab and a cross from White.
Romonov misses with a double jab.
Romonov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by White.
White misses with a hook
and Romonov makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
White checks the leg kick nicely there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
White lands a glancing blow to the side of Romonov's head.
White with a nice cross.
White connects with an inside leg kick.
Romonov ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Romonov throws a head kick that misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by White. That's going to slow Romonov down.
Romonov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
White looks gassed!
Romonov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
White misses with a head kick.
Romonov gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A good leg kick by Romonov.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Romonov wants to slow White down by chopping away at his legs.
Romonov moves out of range of the body kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Romonov.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dmitri Romonov dominated that round.
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.
White misses with a body kick.
Dmitri Romonov is winning the standup battle so far.
Romonov on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Romonov blocks a low kick nicely.
Romonov checks a low kick from White.
White works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Romonov. White does a little dance to reset his feet.
White lunges at Romonov with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Romonov's hand.
Dmitri Romonov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Romonov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by White.
Romonov connects with a nice looking jab.
Romonov misses with a wild combination.
Romonov misses with a series of wild punches.
Romonov throws a right and a left that White avoids nicely.
Romonov punishes White's body with a nice straight punch.
White swings away with a leg kick that misses.
White paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romonov looks to land a combination but White avoids it well.
White lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
White throws a hook but Romonov avoids it easily.
White scores with a head kick.
Romonov cracks a nice hook into White's ribs.
Romonov stuns White with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nice body punch from Romonov.
Romonov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
White fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Romonov.
A jab from Romonov does it's job there.
Romonov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from White.
White drops his hands momentarily and Romonov takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Romonov lands a really nice looking cross but White seems unphased.
White walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Romonov checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Romonov shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White throws a shot from downtown. Romonov moves away and avoids it.
Romonov moves out of range as White throws a body kick.
Romonov works over White's head and body with a nice combination.
White connects with an inside leg kick.
Romonov lands with a shot to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Romonov. Those never looked like landing.
White connects with a right hand. Romonov shakes it off.
White cracks Romonov with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
White scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from White.
Romonov throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent White stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Romonov misses with a body shot.
Romonov tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
White connects with an inside leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by White. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of White.
White avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White connects with a high kick.
Romonov scores with a one two! White had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
White fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Romonov is out of range.
White attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
White falls off balance throwing a combination
and Romonov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
White is breathing heavily.
Romonov throws a right and a left that both miss.
White showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Romonov.
Romonov checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
White misses with a lunging right hand
and Romonov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
White misses with a hook
and Romonov makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A punch combination from White misses.
Romonov misses with a series of wild punches.
White misses with a straight left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
A lazy left from Romonov finds it's target.
White misses with a body punch
and Romonov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
White waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Romonov.
White lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Romonov scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Romonov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Romonov lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Romonov scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. White doesn't seem bothered though.
Romonov tests White's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Romonov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but White manages to avoid it.
Romonov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from White.
Romonov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dmitri Romonov dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from White lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Romonov has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Romonov and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Romonov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from White.
Romonov is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
White pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Romonov avoids the body shot from White.
A head kick misses from White.
White misses with an uppercut. Romonov saw that one coming.
Romonov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
White swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Romonov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from White.
Romonov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A combination from Romonov does no damage.
Romonov throws a series of punches but White moves out of range.
Romonov thows a body shot but no joy.
White misses with a body kick.
White misses with an uppercut. Romonov saw that one coming.
Romonov throws a right hand that White ducks under and follows up with a left that White also avoids with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White misses with an uppercut.
Romonov takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
White misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Romonov throws a nice outside leg kick.
Romonov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
White is looking to score with low kicks.
Romonov has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from White finds it's way round the side to connect with Romonov's head.
White dodges the punch combination from Romonov.
Nice body punch from White.
White takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
White looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
White throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Romonov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
White throws a push kick but Romonov slaps the foot to one side.
White moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White misses with an attempted mid kick.
Romonov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Romonov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Romonov throws a right and a left that White avoids nicely.
White throws a leg kick but Romonov checks it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Romonov on the side of the head.
White slips a jab and a cross from Romonov.
Romonov with a nice cross.
Romonov misses with a jab, cross combination.
White lands a nice shot to the body.
White moves out of range of the body kick.
A big left from White misses.
White lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Romonov misses with a body shot.
White lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Romonov blocks the low kick.
Romonov takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Romonov walks forward, straight into a front kick from White.
White throws a nice inside leg kick.
Romonov moves out of range of the strikes.
Romonov avoids the body shot from White.
White throws a right hand that Romonov ducks under and follows up with a left that Romonov also avoids with ease.
Power White has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
White throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Romonov takes one to the chin there.
A chopping leg kick lands by White.
Romonov throws a series of strikes that have White backpedaling.
Good work by Romonov as he checks the leg kick.
Romonov showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from White.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
White throws the left hand but Romonov avoids the punch easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romonov slips under a jab from White.
White wants to slow Romonov down by chopping away at his legs.
White catches Romonov with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
White connects with an inside leg kick.
White fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Romonov looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Dmitri Romonov is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
White throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Romonov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Romonov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
White slips under a jab.
Romonov slips a jab and a cross from White.
White misses with a head kick.
Sloppy strikes from Romonov. Those never looked like landing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
White pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
White throws a poor cross that misses
and Romonov counters with a thumping low kick.
Romonov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that's the end of the fight!
Power White comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Romonov has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dmitri Romonov!
After winning the bout, Dmitri Romonov thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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