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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lorenzo Von Matterhorn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Romo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lorenzo Von Matterhorn has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lorenzo Von Matterhorn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Frank Romo!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Jeff Smith and Josh West.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Von Matterhorn tries to clinch there but Romo circles away.
Von Matterhorn misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Romo throws a series of strikes that have Von Matterhorn backpedaling.
Von Matterhorn shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Romo but Romo pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Some wild striking there from Romo.
Von Matterhorn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Von Matterhorn fails with a takedown attempt.
Von Matterhorn takes a swing at Romo's ribcage but misses.
Romo throws an overhand right that lands on Von Matterhorn's shoulder, as Von Matterhorn tries to avoid the shot.
Romo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Von Matterhorn moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Frank Romo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Romo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Von Matterhorn.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lorenzo Von Matterhorn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Romo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Von Matterhorn.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Matterhorn fails with a takedown attempt.
Romo misses with a few strikes there.
Von Matterhorn forces Romo back against the cage and clinches.
Von Matterhorn jumps guard but Romo turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Romo has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Von Matterhorn after a bit of a struggle.
Von Matterhorn fails to pull guard.
Romo is trying to trip Von Matterhorn. He has hold of a leg but Von Matterhorn is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Romo persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Romo looks winded!
Romo wants to control from the top but Von Matterhorn keeps moving.
Romo's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Romo postures up in Von Matterhorn's guard and throws a big left but Von Matterhorn blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Von Matterhorn controls Romo momentarily but Romo frees himself.
Romo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Von Matterhorn keeping moving, preventing Romo from controlling successfully.
Frank Romo has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Romo misses with a series of wild punches.
Von Matterhorn shoots for a takedown but Romo saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Romo stuffs the takedown attempt from Von Matterhorn. Von Matterhorn gets slowly back to his feet.
Romo lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Romo.
Von Matterhorn thows a body shot but no joy.
Von Matterhorn with a poor takedown
and Romo counters with a two punch combo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Von Matterhorn blocks a head kick by Romo.
Romo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Frank Romo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Von Matterhorn looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Romo throws a nice looking combination but Von Matterhorn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Romo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Romo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Von Matterhorn moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Von Matterhorn uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Romo.
Romo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Von Matterhorn has managed to clinch.
Romo is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Von Matterhorn pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Von Matterhorn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Romo scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romo stuffs the takedown.
Romo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Von Matterhorn shoots in for a double leg but Romo sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Romo works over Von Matterhorn's head and body with a nice combination.
Romo throws an overhand right that lands on Von Matterhorn's shoulder, as Von Matterhorn tries to avoid the shot.
Romo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Von Matterhorn moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Romo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Romo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Von Matterhorn fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Romo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Von Matterhorn moves into range and clinches up with Romo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Romo dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Romo fails to land with a series of punches.
Von Matterhorn avoids a punch combination nicely.
Von Matterhorn is looking to clinch but Romo is avoiding it.
Von Matterhorn misses with the combination.
Romo looks for the body kick but Von Matterhorn saw that one coming.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Von Matterhorn.
Romo throws a series of strikes that have Von Matterhorn backpedaling.
Von Matterhorn lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Romo lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Von Matterhorn shoots in for a takedown but Romo shows good takedown defense.
Romo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Von Matterhorn circles away quickly and effectively.
Von Matterhorn missing with a left hand there. Romo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lorenzo Von Matterhorn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Romo leaves Von Matterhorn with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lorenzo Von Matterhorn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Von Matterhorn checks a leg kick.
Romo is looking to score with low kicks.
Sloppy strikes from Romo. Those never looked like landing.
Von Matterhorn avoids a punch combination nicely.
Von Matterhorn tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Romo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Von Matterhorn tries to clinch there but Romo circles away.
Von Matterhorn tries to close the distance and clinch but Romo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Von Matterhorn shoots for a takedown but Romo saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Romo cracks Von Matterhorn with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Von Matterhorn checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Romo lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Von Matterhorn is trying hard to land a takedown here. Romo sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Romo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Romo keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A punch combination from Von Matterhorn misses.
Romo clinches.
Romo displaying some good clinch control by pressing Von Matterhorn up against the cage.
Von Matterhorn pulls guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romo works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Romo missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Von Matterhorn knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Romo on the ground.
Romo stands up out of the half guard.
Romo has taken the fight to the clinch.
Romo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Romo has Von Matterhorn pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Von Matterhorn manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Von Matterhorn takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Von Matterhorn goes for a takedown attempt but Romo pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Romo misses with a two punch combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Von Matterhorn moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Von Matterhorn tries to clinch up but Romo circles away and keeps his distance.
Romo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Von Matterhorn lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Romo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Von Matterhorn.
Von Matterhorn blocks the body kick.
Frank Romo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Von Matterhorn misses with a takedown attempt - Romo sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
No joy there for Romo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Von Matterhorn fails with a takedown attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Von Matterhorn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Romo throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Von Matterhorn's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Romo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
A good leg kick by Romo.
Von Matterhorn is looking to clinch but Romo is avoiding it.
Romo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Romo gets a clinch.
Romo can't break the clinch.
Von Matterhorn jumps guard but Romo stands there with Von Matterhorn around his waist. Von Matterhorn gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Romo jumps guard but Von Matterhorn stands there with Romo around his waist. Romo gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Romo prevents a takedown attempt there.
Von Matterhorn fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lorenzo Von Matterhorn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Romo tries a body shot but Von Matterhorn blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romo prevents the takedown attempt.
Romo tries to break free but Von Matterhorn pushes him back against the cage.
Romo stalling in the clinch but Von Matterhorn improves position.
Romo misses with a punch on the inside.
Romo struggles to land a body shot inside as Von Matterhorn controls his hands.
Romo drops down looking for an ankle pick but Von Matterhorn pulls his leg out and moves away.
Von Matterhorn tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Romo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Von Matterhorn checks a leg kick nicely.
Romo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Von Matterhorn moves into the clinch successfully.
Von Matterhorn has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Romo after a bit of a struggle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romo has Von Matterhorn pressed against the cage.
Von Matterhorn jumps guard but Romo stands there with Von Matterhorn around his waist. Von Matterhorn gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Romo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Romo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Von Matterhorn tries to clinch there but Romo circles away.
Von Matterhorn fails to land the takedown.
Romo throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Von Matterhorn misses with a few strikes there.
Romo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romo throws a low kick but Von Matterhorn moves out of range easily.
Sloppy strikes from Romo. Those never looked like landing.
Von Matterhorn displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Von Matterhorn wants to clinch up but Romo keeps it at a distance.
Romo lands a nice hook to Von Matterhorn's body. Von Matterhorn takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Romo throws a push kick but Von Matterhorn slaps the foot to one side.
Von Matterhorn misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Romo misses with a wild combination.
Romo jabs Von Matterhorn to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Von Matterhorn goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Romo throws a right and a left that Von Matterhorn avoids nicely.
Frank Romo is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romo throws a right hand that Von Matterhorn ducks under and follows up with a left that Von Matterhorn also avoids with ease.
Von Matterhorn shoots in for a takedown but Romo shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Von Matterhorn fails in his attempt to clinch.
Romo throws a leg kick but Von Matterhorn sees it coming and moves out of range.
Romo throws a right hand that Von Matterhorn ducks under and follows up with a left that Von Matterhorn also avoids with ease.
Romo throws a leg kick but Von Matterhorn checks it.
Romo ducks under a wild hook from Von Matterhorn.
Von Matterhorn throws a chopping leg kick but Romo manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Romo throws a right hand that Von Matterhorn ducks under and follows up with a left that Von Matterhorn also avoids with ease.
Romo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Von Matterhorn shoots in for a double leg but Romo sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Romo lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Lorenzo Von Matterhorn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Romo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Romo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Romo has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Chris Saunders scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Josh West scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Romo!
In his post fight interview, Frank Romo gave a big smile as he said 'Big thanks to the guys at Hilo Pit(2428), couldn't have done this without the help of my coaches and training partners'.
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