Post by The Sandmen on Mar 5, 2018 9:25:41 GMT -5
Ronaldo Souza glares at his opponent from the opposite corner.
Yoel Romero looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
A pretty fair match today. I can't say who will be the one who will be raising his fist after the match.
The referee of the bout is Dan Miragliotta.
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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!
Romero goes to the body...
He punishes Jacare's ribs with a couple of hooks.
Jacare fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Romero sprawls and remains on his feet.
Jacare misses a step and Yoel Romero sees an opportunity to counter him!
Romero moves forward looking for some action
Ronaldo Souza struggles a bit before breaking Romero's attemp of grappling
Jacare is holding Yoel Romero's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Yoel Romero loses balance and goes to the ground.
Ronaldo Souza is in side mount over Yoel Romero
Ronaldo Souza looks to mount Yoel Romero...
Yoel Romero sees an opening and locks his opponent in half guard.
Ronaldo Souza is in half guard over Romero
Deep breaths from Yoel Romero who tries a hammer punch to Jacare's ribs.
That hit Jacare who moves on the ground in order to protect himself
Ronaldo Souza is in half guard over Romero
Ronaldo Souza tries to free his leg
Ronaldo Souza uses some of his skill by jumping out of Romero's guard. He moves quickly to side mount!
Ronaldo Souza is in side mount over Yoel Romero
Ronaldo Souza looks to mount Yoel Romero...
Ronaldo Souza slides his knee across and gets to mount.
The clock says 1:25 in the 1 round
Ronaldo Souza is in full mount over Yoel Romero
Ronaldo Souza seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Jacare catch Yoel Romero's right arm and tries a kimura
Romero Hyper-extended his arm
Jacare is locking that kimura...
Romero Hyper-extended his arm
You can see the pain reflected in Romero's eyes...
Yoel Romero holds his own arm and struggles until he gets free
The clock says 1:35 in the 1 round
Ronaldo Souza is in full mount over Yoel Romero
Yoel Romero tries to roll to his side and trap Ronaldo Souza in his guard...
Ronaldo Souza keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Ronaldo Souza is in full mount over Yoel Romero
Romero measures the resilience of Jacare's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Jacare blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Jacare is trying to counter now!
Jacare tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Ronaldo Souza controls the situation despite Yoel Romero efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Ronaldo Souza is in full mount over Yoel Romero
Yoel Romero tries to roll on the ground...
Jacare knows how to keep his advantage on the ground.
Ronaldo Souza is in full mount over Yoel Romero
Yoel Romero tries to roll to his side and trap Ronaldo Souza in his guard...
Yoel Romero gets his hip out and moves to full guard.
The clock says 2:10 in the 1 round
Ronaldo Souza is in full mount over Yoel Romero
Ronaldo Souza seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Jacare tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Ronaldo Souza controls the situation despite Yoel Romero efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Ronaldo Souza is in full mount over Yoel Romero
Ronaldo Souza takes a deep breath as he passes his arm over Yoel Romero shoulder and pushes his left arm againts the mat!
Romero struggles to free himself
Yoel Romero breaks that americana attempt!
Ronaldo Souza is in full mount over Yoel Romero
Yoel Romero doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Jacare's moves.
Ronaldo Souza is in full mount over Yoel Romero
Romero tries to stand up!
Jacare doesn't allow him!
The clock says 2:55 in the 1 round
Ronaldo Souza is in full mount over Yoel Romero
The fight was awfully one sided. Matchmakers should take this into account for future fights.
Yoel Romero tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Yoel Romero creates enough space to control Ronaldo Souza's leg.
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in PostFinance-Arena (Bern, Switzerland) are cheering for the fighters.
Romero is holding Ronaldo Souza's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Ronaldo Souza shows great balance while pushing away Yoel Romero
Jacare pushes Yoel Romero and moves away from him. He seems to be recovering his breath.
The clock says 3:30 in the 1 round
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
The clock says 3:40 in the 1 round
Ronaldo Souza shoots for a double leg takedown!
He hits it! Yoel Romero is taken off his feet, but he manages to pull Jacare into his guard.
Ronaldo Souza is in closed guard over Romero
Ronaldo Souza tries to better his position on the ground...
Jacare breaks the closed guard of Yoel Romero and moves to half guard
Ronaldo Souza is in side mount over Yoel Romero
Ronaldo Souza looks to mount Yoel Romero...
Ronaldo Souza slides his knee across and gets to mount.
The clock says 4:05 in the 1 round
Ronaldo Souza is in full mount over Yoel Romero
Jacare tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Ronaldo Souza controls the situation despite Yoel Romero efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Ronaldo Souza is in full mount over Yoel Romero
Ronaldo Souza throws the leg over and rolls it over into an armbar!
You can see the pain reflected in Romero's eyes...
That Armbar looks tight...
That Armbar from Ronaldo Souza appears to be unbreakable
Romero breaks the lock showing some skills...
The clock says 4:20 in the 1 round
Ronaldo Souza is in full mount over Yoel Romero
Romero measures the resilience of Jacare's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Jacare blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Ronaldo Souza is in full mount over Yoel Romero
Jacare catch Yoel Romero's left arm and tries a kimura
You can see the pain reflected in Romero's eyes...
You can see the pain reflected in Romero's eyes...
Jacare is locking that kimura...
That kimura from Ronaldo Souza appears to be unbreakable
Yoel Romero holds his own arm and struggles until he gets free
The clock says 4:45 in the 1 round
Ronaldo Souza is in full mount over Yoel Romero
Ronaldo Souza isolates Yoel Romero's arm and neck looking for an arm triangle
That Arm Triangle looks tight...
You can see the pain reflected in Romero's eyes...
Punishing hold!
Jacare is locking that Arm Triangle...
That Arm Triangle looks tight...
Yoel Romero is able to relieve the pressure on his neck and slip out of the hold.
The clock says 4:55 in the 1 round
Ronaldo Souza is in full mount over Yoel Romero
Jacare works on the ground with his fingers over Romero's face
He seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Dan Miragliotta didn't see that!
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
You have to give that round to Ronaldo Souza.
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Round 2
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Ronaldo Souza just won't stop and continues to rain punches
Romero may be in trouble!
There is a small laceration on Yoel Romero's Left cheek
Jacare looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Yoel Romero's punches
Jacare measures the resilience of Romero's chin with an uppercut while Romero lands some great crosses.
Romero is holding Ronaldo Souza's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Ronaldo Souza shows great balance while pushing away Yoel Romero
As the fight continues it seems that Ronaldo Souza is taking the best of the fight.
Jacare is swinging for the fences!
A hit that almost breaks Romero's jaw!
Romero has a small cut in his Right cheek
Winner is Ronaldo Souza by TKO (Stoppage - Small cut Right cheek) at 0:59 Round 2
Statistics: Ronaldo Souza
Punches 5/6 (83%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 2/3 (67%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 5/5 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 217 s
Statistics: Yoel Romero
Punches 4/5 (80%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/2 (0%)
GnP strikes 1/5 (20%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 217 s
At present, Souza is better than Yoel.
Yoel Romero looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
A pretty fair match today. I can't say who will be the one who will be raising his fist after the match.
The referee of the bout is Dan Miragliotta.
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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!
Romero goes to the body...
He punishes Jacare's ribs with a couple of hooks.
Jacare fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Romero sprawls and remains on his feet.
Jacare misses a step and Yoel Romero sees an opportunity to counter him!
Romero moves forward looking for some action
Ronaldo Souza struggles a bit before breaking Romero's attemp of grappling
Jacare is holding Yoel Romero's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Yoel Romero loses balance and goes to the ground.
Ronaldo Souza is in side mount over Yoel Romero
Ronaldo Souza looks to mount Yoel Romero...
Yoel Romero sees an opening and locks his opponent in half guard.
Ronaldo Souza is in half guard over Romero
Deep breaths from Yoel Romero who tries a hammer punch to Jacare's ribs.
That hit Jacare who moves on the ground in order to protect himself
Ronaldo Souza is in half guard over Romero
Ronaldo Souza tries to free his leg
Ronaldo Souza uses some of his skill by jumping out of Romero's guard. He moves quickly to side mount!
Ronaldo Souza is in side mount over Yoel Romero
Ronaldo Souza looks to mount Yoel Romero...
Ronaldo Souza slides his knee across and gets to mount.
The clock says 1:25 in the 1 round
Ronaldo Souza is in full mount over Yoel Romero
Ronaldo Souza seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Jacare catch Yoel Romero's right arm and tries a kimura
Romero Hyper-extended his arm
Jacare is locking that kimura...
Romero Hyper-extended his arm
You can see the pain reflected in Romero's eyes...
Yoel Romero holds his own arm and struggles until he gets free
The clock says 1:35 in the 1 round
Ronaldo Souza is in full mount over Yoel Romero
Yoel Romero tries to roll to his side and trap Ronaldo Souza in his guard...
Ronaldo Souza keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Ronaldo Souza is in full mount over Yoel Romero
Romero measures the resilience of Jacare's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Jacare blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Jacare is trying to counter now!
Jacare tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Ronaldo Souza controls the situation despite Yoel Romero efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Ronaldo Souza is in full mount over Yoel Romero
Yoel Romero tries to roll on the ground...
Jacare knows how to keep his advantage on the ground.
Ronaldo Souza is in full mount over Yoel Romero
Yoel Romero tries to roll to his side and trap Ronaldo Souza in his guard...
Yoel Romero gets his hip out and moves to full guard.
The clock says 2:10 in the 1 round
Ronaldo Souza is in full mount over Yoel Romero
Ronaldo Souza seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Jacare tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Ronaldo Souza controls the situation despite Yoel Romero efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Ronaldo Souza is in full mount over Yoel Romero
Ronaldo Souza takes a deep breath as he passes his arm over Yoel Romero shoulder and pushes his left arm againts the mat!
Romero struggles to free himself
Yoel Romero breaks that americana attempt!
Ronaldo Souza is in full mount over Yoel Romero
Yoel Romero doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Jacare's moves.
Ronaldo Souza is in full mount over Yoel Romero
Romero tries to stand up!
Jacare doesn't allow him!
The clock says 2:55 in the 1 round
Ronaldo Souza is in full mount over Yoel Romero
The fight was awfully one sided. Matchmakers should take this into account for future fights.
Yoel Romero tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Yoel Romero creates enough space to control Ronaldo Souza's leg.
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in PostFinance-Arena (Bern, Switzerland) are cheering for the fighters.
Romero is holding Ronaldo Souza's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Ronaldo Souza shows great balance while pushing away Yoel Romero
Jacare pushes Yoel Romero and moves away from him. He seems to be recovering his breath.
The clock says 3:30 in the 1 round
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
The clock says 3:40 in the 1 round
Ronaldo Souza shoots for a double leg takedown!
He hits it! Yoel Romero is taken off his feet, but he manages to pull Jacare into his guard.
Ronaldo Souza is in closed guard over Romero
Ronaldo Souza tries to better his position on the ground...
Jacare breaks the closed guard of Yoel Romero and moves to half guard
Ronaldo Souza is in side mount over Yoel Romero
Ronaldo Souza looks to mount Yoel Romero...
Ronaldo Souza slides his knee across and gets to mount.
The clock says 4:05 in the 1 round
Ronaldo Souza is in full mount over Yoel Romero
Jacare tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Ronaldo Souza controls the situation despite Yoel Romero efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Ronaldo Souza is in full mount over Yoel Romero
Ronaldo Souza throws the leg over and rolls it over into an armbar!
You can see the pain reflected in Romero's eyes...
That Armbar looks tight...
That Armbar from Ronaldo Souza appears to be unbreakable
Romero breaks the lock showing some skills...
The clock says 4:20 in the 1 round
Ronaldo Souza is in full mount over Yoel Romero
Romero measures the resilience of Jacare's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Jacare blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Ronaldo Souza is in full mount over Yoel Romero
Jacare catch Yoel Romero's left arm and tries a kimura
You can see the pain reflected in Romero's eyes...
You can see the pain reflected in Romero's eyes...
Jacare is locking that kimura...
That kimura from Ronaldo Souza appears to be unbreakable
Yoel Romero holds his own arm and struggles until he gets free
The clock says 4:45 in the 1 round
Ronaldo Souza is in full mount over Yoel Romero
Ronaldo Souza isolates Yoel Romero's arm and neck looking for an arm triangle
That Arm Triangle looks tight...
You can see the pain reflected in Romero's eyes...
Punishing hold!
Jacare is locking that Arm Triangle...
That Arm Triangle looks tight...
Yoel Romero is able to relieve the pressure on his neck and slip out of the hold.
The clock says 4:55 in the 1 round
Ronaldo Souza is in full mount over Yoel Romero
Jacare works on the ground with his fingers over Romero's face
He seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Dan Miragliotta didn't see that!
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
You have to give that round to Ronaldo Souza.
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Round 2
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Ronaldo Souza just won't stop and continues to rain punches
Romero may be in trouble!
There is a small laceration on Yoel Romero's Left cheek
Jacare looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Yoel Romero's punches
Jacare measures the resilience of Romero's chin with an uppercut while Romero lands some great crosses.
Romero is holding Ronaldo Souza's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Ronaldo Souza shows great balance while pushing away Yoel Romero
As the fight continues it seems that Ronaldo Souza is taking the best of the fight.
Jacare is swinging for the fences!
A hit that almost breaks Romero's jaw!
Romero has a small cut in his Right cheek
Winner is Ronaldo Souza by TKO (Stoppage - Small cut Right cheek) at 0:59 Round 2
Statistics: Ronaldo Souza
Punches 5/6 (83%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 2/3 (67%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 5/5 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 217 s
Statistics: Yoel Romero
Punches 4/5 (80%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/2 (0%)
GnP strikes 1/5 (20%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 217 s
At present, Souza is better than Yoel.