Friday, June 12, 2009

Liveblog: ROC 25 Part 6

Bill Scott-trained Marc Berrocal enters to square off against TSMMA's Radji Bryson-Barrett. They starts boxing immediately, and Berrocal feeds Bryson-Barrett a devastating overhand right for the KO just 13 seconds in. It's a bad knockout, too, and the TSMMA rep is slow to get back up. Solid win for Berrocal. Very solid win. Next up is Joe Abouata of Alex Wilkie's Gang of Scary Individuals (and I say that with the utmost respect) against Bellmore Kickboxing rep Gian Villante. This one is pretty one-sided, with Villante steamrolling over Abouata with aggression and punches on the ground. Ref Mullhall intervenes at 1:48 of the first round. Two more bouts to go. For the USKBA light-heavyweight belt, Advanced Martial Arts superstar Ricardo Romero squares off against Gabriel Gonzaga-student Karen Grigoryan. Round 1 sees Romero chasing Grigoryan around and the two winging bolos, but apparently this bores Romero, so in Round 2 he takes his opponent down and beats the hell out of him until the ref steps in. The official time of the TKO is 2:50 of the second round. Why Romero isn't fighting on the national stage is beyond me. The dude is ready. Last bout: Team Renzo's Rafael Natal vs. Team Vision/Walker MMA's Victor O'Donnell for the ROC middleweight title (Natal is actually defending it as champ). Who the heck is O'Donnell? He seems to be someone who can take a punch and deliver it back tenfold, as he survives Natal's heavy hands to rock and stumble the Renzo rep repeatedly. The bell for the first round rings, but the doctors don't like how the Brazilian is doing the funky chicken, so they stop it. O'Donnell is the new ROC middleweight champ. And that's it.

1 comment:

Andy Main said...

Thanks for the live feeds. Sounds like it was a pretty exciting card wish I could have been there.

-Andy Main