PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lars Romanow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Morgan Wade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wade has chosen The Bleeding as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Romanow
vs
Wade

186 cm
22
168 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

175 cm
22
163 lbs
5 - 4 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lars Romanow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Morgan Wade!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Franklyn Lucas and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wade lands a jab to Romanow's midsection.
Wade slips under a jab.
Wade on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Romanow stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Wade.
Wade throws a leg kick which misses Romanow's front leg but catches the back leg as Romanow tries to avoid it.
Romanow swings for the body but Wade moves out of range.
Romanow looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Wade moves out of range of the strikes.
Wade connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nice uppercut there from Romanow.
Romanow slips under a jab.
Wade jabs Romanow right on the nose. Romanow blinks but takes it well.
Wade scores with a punch to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wade stuns Romanow with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Romanow scores with a crisp jab that stopped Wade in his tracks.
Romanow throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wade displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Romanow throws out the jab.
Wade connects with a solid leg kick.
A big left from Romanow misses.
Wade looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Wade lands a slapping body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romanow throws a shot from downtown. Wade moves away and avoids it.
Nice body kick from Wade.
Romanow will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wade lands a really nice looking cross but Romanow seems unphased.
Romanow missing with a left hand there. Wade was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wade throws out a counter right but Romanow avoids it with no problem.
Romanow throws a lazy uppercut
and Wade counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Wade's corner calls for a 1-2. Wade obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Wade ducks under a wild hook from Romanow.
Romanow is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Wade throws a shot from downtown. Romanow moves away and avoids it.
Wade throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Romanow sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A shot to the liver by Wade. Beautiful body shot.
Romanow throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Romanow shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wade scores with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wade misses with a few strikes there.
Romanow throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wade lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Romanow throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Wade to counter with a crisp jab.
A punch lands to the side of Wade 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Wade misses with a body kick.
Romanow moves into range and connects with a jab.
Wade blocks a jab.
Wade misses with a body shot.
Romanow swings widly with a right hand
and Wade counters with a body kick.
Wade moves away from the strike by Romanow.
Wade wants to counter the offense by Romanow and move into the clinch position.
Wade avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A punch lands to the side of Wade 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Wade is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Romanow had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Romanow misses with a straight right.
Romanow avoids the body shot from Wade.
Romanow scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wade with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wade digs a good hook to Romanow's body.
Wade throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Romanow counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Romanow uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wade.
Romanow throws a hook but Wade blocks it.
Wade misses the shot to the body.
Romanow throws an off balance right hand
and Wade makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Romanow. Wade does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wade looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Romanow is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Wade throws a lazy uppercut
and Romanow counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A punch combination from Romanow misses.
Romanow throws a looping overhand right but Wade ducks down to avoid it.
Wade ducks under a wild hook from Romanow.
Romanow misses with a left hand
and Wade counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Romanow throws an off balance right hand
and Wade counters with a left to the body.
Wade thows a left - swing and a miss!
It looked like Romanow wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wade lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Wade throws a hook but Romanow blocks it.
Wade cracks the inside of Romanow's front leg.
Romanow with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Wade to score with a decent uppercut.
Romanow throws a body shot but no joy.
Romanow throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wade appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
A jab from Romanow misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Romanow misses the target.
Wade tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Romanow punishes Wade's body with a nice straight punch.
Wade connects with a leg kick. Romanow looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A big right from Wade misses.
Wade has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wade ducks under a wild hook from Romanow.
The fighters circling - Romanow throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Romanow misses the shot to the body.
Wade slips a jab from Romanow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Morgan Wade dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Romanow swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Romanow misses with an uppercut
and Wade counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Wade.
Romanow lands a jab.
Romanow loads up on a big right hand but Wade slips the punch.
Wade moves out of range as Romanow strikes.
Romanow misses with an uppercut.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Wade! But no joy.
Wade throws a shot from downtown. Romanow moves away and avoids it.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Romanow might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Wade uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Romanow.
Wade misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Romanow is looking to counter punch.
A cross from Romanow lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wade with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Romanow connects with a nice looking jab.
Romanow misses with an uppercut.
Romanow scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wade throws a big shot that misses.
It looked like Romanow wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A looping hook to the body misses from Romanow. Wade does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romanow takes one on the button.
Wade misses with a body kick.
Romanow bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Romanow swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wade slips a jab from Romanow.
Romanow misses with an uppercut.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Wade.
Romanow drops his hands momentarily and Wade takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Romanow is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Romanow looks to land a right hand but Wade moved out of range.
Romanow dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Romanow loads up on a big right hand but Wade slips the punch.
Romanow slips under a jab from Wade.
Wade thuds his shin into the meat of Romanow's side.
Wade throws a body kick that misses.
Romanow's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Wade connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Romanow scrambles back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Romanow lands a body shot.
Wade throws a hook but Romanow avoids it easily.
Wade takes a swing at Romanow's ribcage but misses.
Romanow works the jab nicely.
Wade throws a low kick but Romanow moves out of range easily.
Romanow misses with a right hand
and Wade counters with a slapping leg kick.
Romanow just misses with a punch to the body.
Romanow throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Wade to counter with a crisp jab.
Romanow throws a jab but it's blocked by Wade.
Wade keeps Romanow at a distance using the push kick.
Romanow throws a shot from downtown. Wade moves away and avoids it.
Romanow jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wade digs a good body shot into Romanow's ribs.
Romanow misses with a straight left.
Romanow will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Wade has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Romanow finds it's way round the side to connect with Wade's head.
Wade takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romanow throws a jab when Wade was well out of range.
Wade throws a quick inside leg kick.
Wade throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wade lands with a kick to the temple. Romanow shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Romanow jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Morgan Wade seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Romanow on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Wade. Wade obviously looking to wear him down.
Romanow throws a lazy right hand but Wade sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Romanow misses with a lunging right hand
and Wade makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Romanow really felt that one!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wade throws a right hand that misses
and Romanow counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wade scores with a body shot.
Romanow throws a big shot that misses.
Wade fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Romanow.
Wade moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wade keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wade lands a jab to Romanow's midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wade lands a slapping body shot.
Wade uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Romanow.
Wade appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Wade lands with a right hand.
Wade scores with a hook.
Romanow thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wade fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Romanow has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Romanow looks to land a right hand but Wade moved out of range.
Romanow takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Wade lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Romanow takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wade just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wade uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Romanow.
Romanow throws a poor cross that misses
and Wade counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Romanow throws a body punch but Wade moves out of range.
Wade ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Morgan Wade showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Romanow takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
A telegraphed right hand from Romanow misses the target.
Wade moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Romanow looks to land a right hand but Wade moved out of range.
Romanow scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Romanow throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wade scores with a nice right hand.
Wade moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Romanow throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wade loads up on a big right hand but Romanow slips the punch.
Wade buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A big right from Romanow misses.
Romanow misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Wade counters with a flying knee. Nice.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wade blocks a jab.
A big right from Romanow misses.
Wade connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Romanow momentarily.

Romanow is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wade throws a right and a left that both miss.
Romanow pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Romanow blocks the body kick.
Wade has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Romanow throws a hook but Wade blocks it.
Wade throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Romanow looks to throw the jab but Wade is out of range.
Wade looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Wade connects with a right hand. Romanow shakes it off.
Romanow just misses with a punch to the body.
Wade is looking to slow Romanow down with leg kicks.
Romanow throws a body punch but Wade moves out of range.
Wade feints a counter leg kick.
Romanow throws an overhand right that lands on Wade's shoulder, as Wade tries to avoid the shot.
Wade slips a jab from Romanow.
Wade works over Romanow's head and body with a nice combination.
Romanow looks to land a right hand but Wade moved out of range.
Wade now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Wade keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Romanow.
Lars Romanow has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Wade misses its intended target.
Wade moves out of range of the strikes.
Wade lands the left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Romanow pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Romanow takes a kick to the side of the head.
Oh Romanow is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Romanow just misses with a punch to the body.
Wade lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
A slapping body kick lands there for Wade.
Wade darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Wade changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Wade fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Wade cracks Romanow with a hook to the temple - Romanow is on wobbly legs here! Wade swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Romanow falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Wade wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Morgan Wade!
A relieved looking Morgan Wade thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.