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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Saunders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Kyle Romo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saunders comes to the cage accompanied by Fort Minor - Remember the Name. John Saunders has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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169 lbs
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184 lbs
17 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 0 - 2, fighting out of London, John Saunders!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, John Kyle Romo!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Colin Fotheringham and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Romo scores with a spinning back kick!
Romo misses with a hook. Saunders ducked under it nicely.
Saunders really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Romo looks to land a right hand but Saunders moved out of range.
Romo checks a leg kick.
Saunders checks the leg kick nicely there.
Saunders checks the leg kick nicely there.
Saunders swinging wildly here.
Romo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Saunders takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Romo cracks the inside of Saunders's front leg.
Romo throws the kick towards the body but Saunders avoids it.
Saunders takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Saunders misses with a hook. Romo ducked under it nicely.
Romo throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Romo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Saunders misses with a looping left.
Saunders misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romo walks forward, straight into a front kick from Saunders.
Saunders connects with a crisp jab.
Romo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Saunders swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Romo feints and then cracks Saunders's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Saunders down.
Romo throws a chopping leg kick but Saunders manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A head kick misses from Saunders.
Romo throws a shot from downtown. Saunders moves away and avoids it.
Saunders throws a leg kick that misses.
Saunders moves out of range of the body kick from Romo.
Saunders swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Saunders throws a shot from downtown. Romo moves away and avoids it.
Saunders has managed to clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Saunders misses with an elbow over the top.
Saunders fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Romo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Romo misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Saunders avoids it.
Romo has Saunders pressed against the cage.
Saunders misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Romo jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Saunders walks away with a smile on his face. Romo gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
John Kyle Romo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Saunders fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Romo ducks right into an uppercut from Saunders.
Saunders takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Saunders fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Romo is out of range.
Romo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Saunders.
Saunders clinches with his opponent.
Saunders misses with some punches.
Saunders lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Romo blocking some punches.
A knee to the head by Romo.
A head punch on the inside from Romo fails to land.
Saunders blocks an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saunders pushes off an throws an elbow but Romo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Saunders.
Romo lands a knee to the head.
Romo misses with a knee strike.
Saunders tries to throw a body punch but Romo avoids it by throwing Saunders back against the cage.
Saunders working aggressively here.
Saunders goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Romo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short left from Saunders.
Romo tries to land knees in the clinch but Saunders avoids the damage to the body.
Saunders prevents a body shot from Romo.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Romo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Romo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Saunders working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Romo avoiding damage as Saunders throws knees to the body.
Romo scores with a shoulder strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saunders gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romo takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like John Kyle Romo has been cut.
Romo is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Saunders to keep the fight standing.
John Saunders has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Kyle Romo.
Romo is trying to maintain a safe position but Saunders gets an underhook and turns Romo into the cage.
Romo is pushing Saunders up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Romo fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Romo looking to throw knees to the head but Saunders is blocking nicely.
Saunders blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Romo misses with a knee strike.
Saunders wants to break free but Romo has control.
Saunders creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Romo's defenses.
Romo tries to throw a body punch but Saunders avoids it by throwing Romo back against the cage.
Romo avoids a wild elbow strike from Saunders.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Romo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Saunders has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Romo content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Saunders doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Saunders swings wildly with an uppercut but Romo uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but John Kyle Romo will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on John Kyle Romo's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Romo.
Romo is looking to clinch but Saunders is avoiding it.
Saunders checks a low kick from Romo.
Romo tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Saunders is able to avoid easily.
Saunders tests Romo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
John Kyle Romo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A nice leg kick lands there from Saunders.
Romo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Romo scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Romo throws a push kick but Saunders slaps the foot to one side.
Saunders throws an off balance right hand
letting Romo counter with a right hand.
Saunders is looking to score with low kicks.
Saunders digs a good body shot into Romo's ribs.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nice defenses there by Saunders.
Saunders lands with a good body shot.
Romo misses with a leg kick
and Saunders counters with a nice low kick that buckles Romo's knee momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romo lands with a cross.
Saunders throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Saunders walks into a jab.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Saunders connects with a looping right hand.
Romo misses with a low kick.
Saunders ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Romo is looking to clinch but Saunders is avoiding it.
Romo misses with a hook. Saunders ducked under it nicely.
Romo throws a chopping leg kick but Saunders manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Romo on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Romo is rocked!
A low kick from Romo is predictable there
and Saunders counters with a slapping leg kick.
Romo is still on wobbly legs! Can Saunders finish him?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Saunders cracks Romo with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Romo falls to his knees and Saunders doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Saunders!
John Saunders retains his welterweight title!
Post fight, an emotional John Saunders said '"Hell Ya!" *Shouts to Wilson: "Who's next? Jari "Wodka" Harrikari (63494) @ 185lbs ?!?!"'.
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