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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sola Romaneiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Veron Totto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Romaneiro comes to the cage accompanied by White Iverson. Totto has chosen Rob Zombie - Feel So Numb as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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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
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sola Romaneiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 17 - 1, fighting out of New York, Veron Totto!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Stewart Dunkirk and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romaneiro misses with a body shot.
Totto throws a lazy uppercut
and Romaneiro counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Totto thinking.
Totto throws a shot from downtown. Romaneiro moves away and avoids it.
A big right from Romaneiro misses.
Totto tries to bum rush Romaneiro with a series of wild strikes but Romaneiro uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Totto jabs Romaneiro to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Totto connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Totto checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
The fighters circle momentarily. Totto darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Totto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Romaneiro moves into the clinch.
Romaneiro wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Totto.
Romaneiro breaks from the clinch.
Totto throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Romaneiro moves out of range as Totto strikes.
Romaneiro appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Totto throws a nice looking combination but Romaneiro bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Romaneiro slips under a jab.
Romaneiro looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Totto tries to get to full guard but Romaneiro has control of the leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romaneiro not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Totto keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Romaneiro tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Totto.
Totto is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Totto is not content to let Romaneiro control the position.
Romaneiro is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Romaneiro sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Totto defending well though.
Totto is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Romaneiro pulls his head out easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Totto wants to improve his position but Romaneiro is controlling well.
Totto is trying to control but can't.
Romaneiro seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Totto does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Romaneiro looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Totto with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Romaneiro content to control rather than advance.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Romaneiro prevents Totto from improving his position.
Romaneiro wants to free his trapped foot but Totto is holding on for dear life with his legs.
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.
Totto is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The fighters are battling for position here. Totto manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Totto keeping moving, preventing Romaneiro from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Totto preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Totto trying to keep a closed guard but Romaneiro is proving a slippery customer.
Romaneiro would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Romaneiro is stalling in the full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Romaneiro's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Totto tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Romaneiro trying to control but Totto is working from the bottom.
Totto doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Totto looking to control.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Totto misses with the combination.
Totto misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Horrible takedown attempt by Romaneiro or perhaps it was just good defense by Totto, which made it look bad.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Totto checks a leg kick.
Totto misses with a two punch combination.
Romaneiro takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Totto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Totto scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Veron Totto will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Romaneiro is trying hard to land a takedown here. Totto sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Romaneiro pivots, looking for a leg kick but Totto is out of range and Romaneiro settles back down.
Totto swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Veron Totto seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Totto is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Romaneiro has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Totto finds it's way round the side to connect with Romaneiro's head.
Totto lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Totto leaves Romaneiro with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Romaneiro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Romaneiro throws a hook to the side of Totto's head but Totto sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Totto stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Totto wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sola Romaneiro. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Romaneiro slips a jab and a cross from Totto.
Totto has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Romaneiro is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Totto.
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!
Romaneiro avoids a punch combination nicely.
Romaneiro changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Totto tries to avoid it but Romaneiro manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Totto to the ground. Totto escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Totto throws a right and a left that Romaneiro avoids nicely.
Totto might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Romaneiro takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Totto misses with a double jab.
Romaneiro tries to clinch
and Totto counters with a shoot takedown. Romaneiro fights it but they end up in guard.
Sola Romaneiro overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Romaneiro is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Totto working some strikes from top position.
Totto with a nice head shot there.
Totto throws a strike but Romaneiro rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Romaneiro looking to pass the guard.
Totto keeping moving, preventing Romaneiro from controlling successfully.
Totto looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Romaneiro passes into side control.
Totto on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Totto tries to improve position but can't.
Totto gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Totto tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Romaneiro is looking for a kimura here.
Totto is looking to control Romaneiro's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Totto avoid being mounted?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Romaneiro working over Totto with some ground and pound. Totto looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Totto trying to control from the bottom.
Totto regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Totto trying to strike off his back.
Totto wants to sweep here but Romaneiro controlling him for the moment.
Romaneiro is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Totto looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Totto trying to control the position.
Romaneiro seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Totto keeping moving, preventing Romaneiro from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Romaneiro won't allow Totto to sweep him here.
Romaneiro tries to free his leg and advance position but Totto is retaining full guard.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Romaneiro throws a solid leg kick but Totto takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Romaneiro.
Totto displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Totto tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Romaneiro manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Romaneiro has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Romaneiro throws a body kick that misses.
Romaneiro tried to score with a low kick but Totto checks it.
Romaneiro looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Totto is fending him off so far but Romaneiro persists. Nope, Totto circles away and we're back to standing.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Totto! But no joy.
Totto ducks under a wild hook from Romaneiro.
Totto feints the counter takedown.
Totto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
As Totto backs away, Romaneiro returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Totto lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Romaneiro circles away quickly and effectively.
Romaneiro misses with a few strikes there.
Totto looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Romaneiro swings for the body but Totto moves out of range.
Totto digs a good body shot into Romaneiro's ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Veron Totto showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Romaneiro's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Totto lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Totto throws a nice looking combination but Romaneiro bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Romaneiro tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Totto manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Romaneiro moves forwards but Totto connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Romaneiro pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Totto has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Romaneiro tries to clinch up but Totto circles away and keeps his distance.
Totto rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Romaneiro moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Romaneiro looks for the body kick but Totto saw that one coming.
Romaneiro waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Totto.
Romaneiro connects with an inside leg kick.
Totto moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Oooooh!!! Romaneiro has knocked Totto down with a huge combo! Romaneiro steps away and waves a wobbly Totto back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Totto is rocked!
It looks like Veron Totto has been cut.
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!
Romaneiro throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Totto tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Romaneiro is in Totto's guard.
Totto is still in real trouble! Can Romaneiro finish him?
Totto is trying to control the position but Romaneiro postures up.
Totto seems to have recovered his senses.
Romaneiro is fighting to break Totto's control of his arms but Totto is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Romaneiro postures up in Totto's guard and throws a big left but Totto blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romaneiro trying to control the position from guard on top but Totto is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Romaneiro got a little sloppy there for a moment and Totto has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Romaneiro has managed to get both his arms back between Totto's legs - danger averted.
Totto trying to keep a closed guard but Romaneiro is proving a slippery customer.
Romaneiro wants to pass the guard but Totto is keeping the position.
Romaneiro pushes down on Totto's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Romaneiro thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Romaneiro prevents Totto from improving his position.
Romaneiro content to control rather than advance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Romaneiro lands a nice short elbow.
Romaneiro prevents Totto from improving his position.
Totto is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Romaneiro throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Totto is pressing down on Romaneiro's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Romaneiro would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Romaneiro drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Totto dives on top into guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Totto postures up in Romaneiro's guard and throws a big left but Romaneiro blocks it.
Romaneiro trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Romaneiro is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sola Romaneiro has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Veron Totto is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Totto is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Totto throws a big elbow that misses.
Romaneiro has his hands on Totto's head, controlling the position.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Romaneiro lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Totto looking to hit a scissor sweep but Romaneiro is one step ahead there.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Totto holds on and takes a little breather.
Romaneiro got a little sloppy there for a moment and Totto has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Romaneiro has managed to get both his arms back between Totto's legs - danger averted.
Totto lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sola Romaneiro showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Totto has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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