PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tommy TuTone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dom Romanelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Romanelli has chosen slipknot - psychosocial as his entrance music. Tommy TuTone is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

TuTone
vs
Romanelli

180 cm
18
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
22
170 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tommy TuTone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dom Romanelli!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Illya Tyunina and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

TuTone has Romanelli up against the cage in a clinch.
Romanelli tries to break the clinch but TuTone is controlling the position.
The referee calls for TuTone to work.
TuTone looking for a takedown.
Romanelli jumps guard but TuTone stands there with Romanelli around his waist. Romanelli gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Romanelli wants to break free but TuTone has control.
Romanelli is trying to break the clinch but TuTone has him pressed against the cage.
Romanelli is looking to break free of the clinch but TuTone has double underhooks.
Romanelli misses with a knee strike.
TuTone tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Romanelli smiles and moves away.
TuTone takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Romanelli fails to land the takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A clash of legs there as Romanelli blocks the low kick.
Romanelli ducks right into an uppercut from TuTone.
TuTone throws a right hand that Romanelli ducks under and follows up with a left that Romanelli also avoids with ease.

TuTone moves into the clinch successfully.
Romanelli can't break the clinch.
Romanelli tries to score a body lock takedown but TuTone shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Tommy TuTone has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dom Romanelli.

That's one minute gone in the round.
TuTone wants a takedown but no success here.

TuTone escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

TuTone gets a takedown into half guard.
Romanelli looks gassed!
TuTone looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Romanelli is pressing down on TuTone's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Romanelli keeping moving, preventing TuTone from controlling successfully.
TuTone throws a big right hand that misses.
Romanelli striking off his back but it's not causing TuTone any problems.
Romanelli is trying to control the position from the bottom.
TuTone chips away with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
TuTone distracts Romanelli with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Romanelli has momentary wrist control but TuTone slips an elbow through the middle.
TuTone stands up over Romanelli, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
TuTone lands a couple of digs.
TuTone slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
TuTone works to advance to full mount. Romanelli defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
TuTone lands a nice shot to the head.
TuTone with a couple of short strikes.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
TuTone tries to control but Romanelli wriggling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
TuTone cracks Romanelli with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
TuTone lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
TuTone with the ground and pound from mount.

TuTone looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
TuTone lands a heavy elbow.
TuTone working Romanelli over with strikes here.

TuTone is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Romanelli can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
TuTone scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Romanelli?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
TuTone postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Romanelli looks a forlorn figure.
Romanelli can't escape the position.
TuTone lands a big shot there that rocks Romanelli but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
TuTone wants to control the pace but Romanelli is squirming around nicely.
TuTone scoring with strikes but Romanelli is staying in there.
TuTone lands a heavy elbow.
TuTone lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy TuTone dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

TuTone closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Romanelli working aggressively here.
TuTone can't break the clinch.
Romanelli tries to pull guard but TuTone holds him up against the cage and eventually Romanelli drops back down to his feet.

TuTone successfully pulls guard.
Romanelli throwing strikes from guard but TuTone blocks nicely.

TuTone is working an open guard so Romanelli takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

TuTone scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Romanelli takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
TuTone scores with a couple of short elbows.
Romanelli on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Romanelli gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Romanelli is breathing heavily.
TuTone putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romanelli is working to get back to half guard.
TuTone scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Romanelli?
TuTone pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Romanelli is wriggling around trying to escape.
TuTone fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
A nice elbow there by TuTone.
Romanelli keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
TuTone avoids the attempt from Romanelli to control.

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.
TuTone postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Romanelli looks a forlorn figure.
TuTone trying to control but Romanelli is having none of it.
Romanelli is in a horrible position here. TuTone smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
TuTone unloading with bombs!
A nice elbow there by TuTone.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romanelli tries to hold on but TuTone postures up.
TuTone has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Romanelli's face.
TuTone with the ground and pound from mount.
Romanelli throwing hammer fists to the chest of TuTone. What's that going to do exactly?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Romanelli is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
TuTone landing punches.
Romanelli taking shots to the head.
Romanelli swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

TuTone looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
TuTone has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Romanelli's face.
Romanelli taking shots to the head.
TuTone punishing his opponent with strikes.
Romanelli is trying to escape the mount.
Romanelli is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
TuTone lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Romanelli hang on?
TuTone tries to control but Romanelli wriggling away.
Romanelli bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy TuTone dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

TuTone throws a series of punches but Romanelli moves out of range.
TuTone will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
TuTone throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Romanelli displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as TuTone throws out the jab.
Romanelli takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Romanelli gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
TuTone trying to control the position from guard on top but Romanelli is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
TuTone is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Romanelli is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Romanelli is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
TuTone postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
TuTone lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Romanelli wants to sweep but no luck.
TuTone showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
TuTone has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Romanelli wants to get back to his feet but TuTone is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
TuTone controls from within his opponent's guard.
TuTone landing with the ground and pound.

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.
TuTone passes into half guard.
Romanelli is not content to let TuTone control the position.
Romanelli wants to improve his position but TuTone is controlling well.
TuTone working Romanelli over with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
TuTone scoring with strikes to the body and head.
TuTone working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
TuTone wants to control but Romanelli is keeping him busy.
Romanelli taking some punishment here, with TuTone in his half guard.
Romanelli is trying to defend against the ground and pound but TuTone scores with a couple of nice shots.
TuTone wants to lay and pray for a moment but Romanelli keeps working.
Romanelli keeping control of the position.
Nice strikes from TuTone there.

That's four 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.
TuTone winds up and cracks Romanelli with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

TuTone decides to stand up.
Romanelli uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by TuTone.
Dom Romanelli has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

TuTone scores with a takedown into Romanelli's guard.
Romanelli not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
TuTone missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
TuTone passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Romanelli tries to get back to half guard but can't.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tommy TuTone showed his dominance in that final round.
Well TuTone 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tommy TuTone!