PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Omar Sumner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Furi Romu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Romu is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Shawn Chris-Stars Align!!. Furi Romu is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Sumner
vs
Romu

187 cm
25
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
20
205 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Inexperienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Omar Sumner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Furi Romu!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Darius Henderson and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romu swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Romu swinging wildly here.
Romu keeps the fight on the outside.
Romu is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
No joy there for Romu, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Some wild striking there from Romu.
Sumner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Romu paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Despite the aggression on Romu's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Sumner is looking to clinch but Romu is avoiding it.
Sumner doesn't manage to clinch there - Romu circles away.
Sumner is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Romu throws a nice looking combination but Sumner bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Romu throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Sumner moves into the clinch successfully.
Sumner misses with a punch on the inside.
Sumner lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Romu blocks an uppercut.
Sumner lands a left hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sumner throws a head punch that misses.
Sumner goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Sumner fails to land.
Romu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sumner manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Romu is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sumner is defending well for now.
Sumner misses with some punches.
Sumner digs a right hand into Romu's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Romu's gas tank.
Romu blocking some punches.
Sumner goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sumner lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sumner scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Romu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sumner lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sumner lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sumner tries a body shot but Romu blocks it.
Romu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sumner swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sumner swings wildly with an uppercut but Romu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sumner avoiding damage as Romu throws knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Sumner.
Sumner has a couple of punches blocked by Romu.
Sumner misses with a short punch on the inside.
Romu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sumner misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sumner throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romu blocking some punches.
Sumner lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Sumner fails to land.
Romu working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sumner tries to throw a body punch but Romu avoids it by throwing Sumner back against the cage.
Sumner throws a punch but it's blocked by Romu.
Sumner misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sumner doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Romu lands an uppercut.
Sumner misses with the head strike.
A short right from Romu on the inside.
Sumner swings wildly with an uppercut but Romu uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Sumner fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romu lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sumner backwards.
Sumner misses with the head strike.
Sumner tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sumner tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Romu tries to land knees in the clinch but Sumner avoids the damage to the body.
Sumner swings wildly with an uppercut but Romu uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch on the inside from Sumner fails to land.
Sumner struggles to land a body shot inside as Romu controls his hands.
Romu misses with the head strike.
Sumner lands a shoulder strike.
Sumner misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sumner lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Romu backwards.
Sumner softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Omar Sumner dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Romu misses with a two punch combination.
Sumner moves in looking to clinch but Romu pushes him off.
Sloppy strikes from Romu. Those never looked like landing.
Romu looks to land a combination but Sumner avoids it well.
Romu throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Romu rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sumner moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sumner fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sumner tries to clinch up but Romu circles away and keeps his distance.
Romu lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Sumner dodges the punch combination from Romu.
Romu tries to bum rush Sumner with a series of wild strikes but Sumner uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sumner moves in looking to clinch but Romu pushes him off.
Some wild striking there from Romu.
Sumner fails in his attempt to clinch.
Romu unleashes a big counter combination but Sumner bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Sumner tries to clinch but Romu is having none of it.

Sumner instigates a clinch.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Romu in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sumner misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sumner working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sumner tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sumner gets through Romu's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sumner.
Sumner throws a head punch that misses.
Sumner misses with a hook from the clinch.
Romu misses with some punches.
Romu prevents a body shot from Sumner.
Romu lands a shoulder strike.
A short left from Romu.
Sumner has a couple of punches blocked by Romu.
Sumner misses with some punches.
Romu is working Sumner over against the cage.
Sumner throws a punch but it's blocked by Romu.
Sumner tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sumner throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sumner avoiding damage as Romu throws knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Romu fails to land.
Romu scores with a nice hook to the head.
Romu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Romu lands a body punch.
Sumner doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sumner goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sumner has a couple of punches blocked by Romu.
Sumner blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sumner misses with a punch to the body.
Sumner misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sumner throws a punch but it's blocked by Romu.
Romu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sumner misses with the head strike.
Omar Sumner has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sumner misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sumner on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Romu.
Romu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sumner avoiding damage as Romu throws knees to the body.
Sumner swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Romu lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Romu blocking some punches.
Sumner lands a left hand.
Romu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sumner dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Sumner has a couple of punches blocked by Romu.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romu throws a head punch that misses.
Romu missing with knees to the body.
Sumner working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sumner tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Romu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sumner working aggressively here.
Sumner throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Sumner fails to land.
Sumner swings wildly with an uppercut but Romu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Romu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Sumner.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Romu misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Furi Romu showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. And we move into the final round!

Sumner dodges the punch combination from Romu.
Sumner tries to clinch but Romu moves out of range.
Sumner wants to clinch up but Romu keeps it at a distance.
Romu unleashes a big counter combination but Sumner bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Romu throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sumner dodges the punch combination from Romu.

Sumner gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Sumner fails to land.
Sumner throws a punch but it's blocked by Romu.
Sumner throws a punch but it's blocked by Romu.
Sumner scores with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Romu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sumner throws a punch but it's blocked by Romu.
Romu misses with a punch on the inside.
Romu blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sumner tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sumner tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sumner on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Romu blocks an uppercut.
Sumner misses with a body punch.
Sumner misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sumner swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Romu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sumner misses with some punches.
Sumner tries a body shot but Romu blocks it.
Sumner swings wildly with an uppercut but Romu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sumner pushes Romu back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sumner has a couple of punches blocked by Romu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sumner throws a punch but it's blocked by Romu.
Sumner tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sumner can't find room to land a body shot as Romu controls the action.
Sumner misses with the head strike.
Sumner misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Romu.
Sumner misses with a punch to the body.
Sumner misses with a punch to the body.
Romu throws a head punch that misses.
Romu misses with some punches.
Sumner lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Romu backwards.
Romu missing with knees to the body.
Sumner gets through Romu's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sumner swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sumner tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Romu prevents a body shot from Sumner.
Sumner throws a punch but it's blocked by Romu.
Sumner has a couple of punches blocked by Romu.
Romu takes a shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Sumner fails to land.
Sumner tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Romu's elbow.
Sumner blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sumner swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sumner is trying to maintain a safe position but Romu gets an underhook and turns Sumner into the cage.
Sumner working aggressively here.
Sumner struggles to land a body shot inside as Romu controls his hands.
Sumner has a couple of punches blocked by Romu.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sumner fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Romu's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Romu working aggressively here.
A hook to the body from Sumner.
Sumner misses with the head strike.
Sumner misses with the head strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Romu blocking some punches.
Romu is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sumner is defending well for now.
Sumner tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Romu struggles to land a body shot inside as Sumner controls his hands.
Romu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Romu misses with a hook to the ribs.

And that's the end of the fight!
Omar Sumner showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sumner has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Francis DeMontford scores the fight 29:28
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Omar Sumner!
The defeated Furi Romu had this to say: 'Must of been their night, Not mine ill be back very soon!'.