PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Prince Tonni (ranked 3892 p4p, 419 weight class) and Romulus Gerber (ranked 2121 p4p, 270 weight class). Prince Tonni has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Tonni
vs
Gerber

190 cm
21
185 lbs
10 - 14 - 0

179 cm
22
175 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Prince Tonni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Romulus Gerber!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Topper Green and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gerber lands with a hook. Tonni tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Tonni swings for the body but Gerber moves out of range.
We've been told by Tonni's head coaches at Tycoon Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Gerber bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tonni's head.
Tonni is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Gerber uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tonni.
Tonni throws a hook but Gerber blocks it.
Tonni lands a nice looking body shot.
Tonni looks to land a combination but Gerber avoids it well.
Prince Tonni seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tonni tries to bum rush Gerber with a series of wild strikes but Gerber uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gerber flicks out a counter leg kick but Tonni steps away.
Tonni looks to score with a jab to the body but Gerber is just out of range.
Gerber replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Tonni blocks it well.
Tonni cracks Gerber with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Tonni scores with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tonni throws a body punch but Gerber moves out of range.
Gerber throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tonni stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gerber lands with a nice combination. Tonni backs away looking to recover.
Tonni rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gerber moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Gerber closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Gerber pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gerber scores with a jab. Tonni acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tonni stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gerber.
Gerber cracks Tonni with a right hand to the side of the head.
Tonni throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Gerber counters with a three punch combo that has Tonni backing up. Tonni nods at Gerber to acknowledge the strikes.
Tonni throws a big shot that misses.
Tonni misses with a body shot.
Tonni throws an off balance right hand
and Gerber counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Tonni throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And Gerber responds with a good body kick, but Tonni manages to step out the way in time.
Tonni looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Gerber lands a left and a right that send Tonni crashing to the mat, dazed. Gerber thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Tonni is rocked!
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!
Gerber cracks Tonni with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Tonni falls to his knees and Gerber doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Romulus Gerber!
A victorious Romulus Gerber thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.