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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between John Kyle Romo (ranked 7584 p4p, 535 weight class) and Arnaldo Silva (ranked 20330 p4p, 529 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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187 lbs
57 - 40 - 1 |
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187 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
World class boxer
Big right hand
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World class MT
Good gas tank
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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
57 - 40 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, John Kyle Romo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arnaldo Silva!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Alexandre Firmino and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romo throws a combination that misses
and Silva counters with a nice uppercut.
Romo just misses with a punch to the body.
Romo takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Silva moves into the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silva.
Romo struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
Romo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Silva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Romo lands a shoulder strike.
Silva works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Romo lands with a left to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Silva looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Romo controls his hands.
Romo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva lands with a light punch inside.
Romo is rocked!
Romo is breathing heavily.
Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Oh Romo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Romo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Romo crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5,6... it doesn't look like he's going to make it! Romo face plants back to the mat and the referee calls off the fight! Silva takes it with a brutal technical knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Arnaldo Silva!
In his post fight interview, Arnaldo Silva started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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