PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vyacheslav Romanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tito Sobis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Romanov
vs
Sobis

204 cm
36
300 lbs
31 - 15 - 0

210 cm
36
278 lbs
24 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vyacheslav Romanov!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tito Sobis!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romanov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sobis.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Sobis. Romanov shrugs it off though.
Sobis feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Romanov's calf.
A head kick misses from Romanov.
Sobis has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Sobis lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Vyacheslav Romanov has been cut.
Romanov avoids a kick to the body.
Sobis throws a series of punches but Romanov moves out of range.
Romanov throws a head kick that misses.
Sobis works the jab nicely.
Sobis moves out of range of the leg kick from Romanov.
Sobis misses with a head kick.
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!
Romanov tries to move into range but Sobis moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sobis lands an overhand right.
Sobis throws an overhand right that lands on Romanov's shoulder, as Romanov tries to avoid the shot.
Decent striking displayed by Sobis there.
Sobis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Romanov.
Romanov appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobis keeps Romanov at a distance using the push kick.
Sobis fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sobis lands a really nice looking cross but Romanov seems unphased.
Romanov throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

It looks like Tito Sobis has been cut.
Romanov moves into range and connects with a jab.

Sobis clinches up with Romanov and pushes him back against the cage.
Romanov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Romanov presses Sobis against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sobis tries to land knees in the clinch but Romanov avoids the damage to the body.
Romanov lands a hook that snaps the head of Sobis backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Romanov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sobis blocks it with crossed arms.
Sobis managing to block the knees to the body from Romanov.
Sobis wants to break free but Romanov has control.
Romanov lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sobis or not.
I was talking to Romanov's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romanov tries to land a knee to the head but Sobis blocks with his arms.
Sobis tries to land knees in the clinch but Romanov avoids the damage to the body.
Knees to the body from Sobis.

Romanov pulls guard effortlessly.
Romanov keeping full guard, as Sobis tries to pass.
Sobis wants to stand but Romanov is controlling his posture from full guard.
Sobis preventing the sweep.
Romanov bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sobis's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romanov is stalling in the full guard.
Sobis is looking to stand up but Romanov isn't so interested in that idea.
Romanov stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sobis swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Romanov postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Romanov stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sobis swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Romanov trying to control but Sobis is working from the bottom.

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.
Sobis preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Romanov throws a big elbow that misses.
Romanov postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sobis can do anything to dispel that myth.
Romanov trying to control the position from guard on top but Sobis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Sobis utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sobis connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Sobis moves into range and connects with a jab.
Romanov avoids a kick to the body.
Romanov thinks about countering with a body kick.
Sobis fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Romanov has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Romanov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And Romanov counters with a quick kick to the body but Sobis blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tito Sobis dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Sobis throws the left hand but Romanov avoids the punch easily.
A head kick misses from Sobis.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Romanov.
Sobis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Romanov gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sobis sizes up Romanov with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Sobis lands a head kick!
Tito Sobis seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Romanov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sobis scores with a decent looking hook.
Tito Sobis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sobis tried to score with a low kick but Romanov checks it.
Romanov tries to clinch there but Sobis circles away.
Sobis misses with a left hand
enabling Romanov to counter with a crisp jab.
Sobis bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
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!
Romanov scores with a kick to the midsection.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sobis.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romanov moves into range and connects with a jab.
Romanov has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Romanov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sobis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Romanov tries to close the distance and clinch but Sobis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Romanov moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Romanov chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sobis can pounce on him.
Sobis misses with an uppercut. Romanov saw that one coming.

Sobis closes the distance and clinches.
Romanov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sobis avoids it.
Sobis looking to throw knees to the head but Romanov is blocking nicely.
Romanov's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Sobis misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sobis taking a breather.
Sobis landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sobis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sobis is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Sobis blocking some punches.
Romanov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Romanov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Romanov misses with a punch on the inside.
Sobis trying to stall but Romanov improves his position.
Sobis is pushing Romanov up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobis gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Romanov.
Sobis looking to throw knees to the head but Romanov is blocking nicely.
Romanov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sobis misses with a body punch.
Romanov drops down looking for an ankle pick but Sobis pulls his leg out and moves away.
A shot to the body from Sobis misses
and Romanov counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Romanov lands with a shot to the body.
Sobis throws a lazy head kick

and Romanov moves into the clinch.
Romanov lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Sobis is breathing heavily.
Sobis taking a breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romanov tries to land knees in the clinch but Sobis avoids the damage to the body.
Sobis blocks a body shot from Romanov.
The referee calls for Sobis to work.
Romanov tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Sobis smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vyacheslav Romanov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Romanov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Romanov throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sobis takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sobis misses with a hook. Romanov ducked under it nicely.
Romanov staying out of range there.
Sobis throws a sloppy head kick
and Romanov makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Romanov.
Romanov lands a lovely overhand right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Vyacheslav Romanov will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Sobis has closed the distance and engaged Romanov in a clinch.
Romanov is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A nice right hand lands inside from Romanov.
Sobis scores with a hook to the body.
Romanov lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sobis backwards.
Sobis landing knees to the body.
Romanov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vyacheslav Romanov has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sobis letting Romanov take a breather here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sobis missing with knees to the body.
Sobis missing with knees to the body.
Sobis stalling in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romanov swings wildly with an uppercut but Sobis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sobis displaying some good clinch control by pressing Romanov up against the cage.
Romanov tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Sobis smiles and moves away.

Sobis has closed the distance and engaged Romanov in a clinch.
Romanov tries to work over Sobis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sobis content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Romanov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sobis avoids it.
Sobis is struggling to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romanov lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Sobis takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Romanov lands a knee to the head.
Romanov lands a nice uppercut.
Sobis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sobis is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Romanov putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sobis in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Romanov.
Sobis avoiding damage.
Romanov misses with the head strike.
Romanov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Romanov as Sobis tries to tie him up.
Sobis stalls.
Romanov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sobis avoids it.
Romanov tries to land knees in the clinch but Sobis avoids the damage to the body.
Sobis's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Romanov scores with a hook to the body.
Romanov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sobis blocks it with crossed arms.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sobis just misses with a elbow thrown towards Romanov's brow.
Romanov pressing his opponent against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romanov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sobis managing to block the knees to the body from Romanov.
Sobis is looking to control Romanov's arms but Romanov gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sobis has his back to the cage.
Romanov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Romanov trying to land knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Romanov - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sobis avoiding damage as Romanov throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vyacheslav Romanov clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Romanov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Donk. Sobis catches Romanov right on the button with a cross.

Romanov throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Sobis stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Romanov follows into mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Romanov throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Romanov trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Sobis takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sobis is in a horrible position here. Romanov smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Sobis is rocked!
Romanov postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Sobis out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Romanov goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 4, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Vyacheslav Romanov!
Vyacheslav Romanov retains his super heavyweight title!
Vyacheslav Romanov seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.