PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Happy Hands (ranked 1867 p4p, 3086 weight class) and Juancho De La Rosa (ranked 162 p4p, 244 weight class). Hands's entrance music is Pharoahe Monch- Simon Says. A fine choice. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Hands
vs
De La Rosa

169 cm
21
154
5 - 4 - 0

180 cm
20
154
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Honest Apparel ($30 SPECIAL Hoodie!)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Happy Hands!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Juancho De La Rosa!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Ian Loll and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hands throws a jab but it's blocked by De La Rosa.
A telegraphed right hand from Hands misses the target.
Hands scores with a nice strike.
An inside leg kick lands from Hands.
Hands definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Hands checks a low kick from De La Rosa.
Hands throws the left hand but De La Rosa avoids the punch easily.
De La Rosa throws a nice looking combination but Hands bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hands looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A jab from Hands misses.

Hands fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with De La Rosa, pushing him back against the cage.
De La Rosa swings wildly with an uppercut but Hands uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hands misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hands lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of De La Rosa backwards.
De La Rosa is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hands.
Hands blocking some punches.
Hands blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Rosa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hands backwards.
Hands keeps the fight in the clinch, despite De La Rosa's efforts to push away.
A head punch on the inside from Hands fails to land.
A short right from Hands on the inside.
De La Rosa dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
De La Rosa lands with a right to the head.
Good body shot from Hands.
De La Rosa has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Hands seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if De La Rosa can turn it around.
De La Rosa blocks an uppercut.
De La Rosa blocking some punches.
Hands blocks an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Hands.
Hands scores with a nice hook to the head.

Hands breaks the clinch.

Hands gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hands lands a hook that snaps the head of De La Rosa backwards.
Hands misses with a hook from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hands blocking some punches.
Hands lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down De La Rosa.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hands lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down De La Rosa.
Hands lands a nice shot to the body.
De La Rosa looks winded!
Hands blocking some punches.
De La Rosa has a couple of punches blocked by Hands.
De La Rosa misses with a punch to the body.
Good body shot from Hands.
Hands prevents a body shot from De La Rosa.
A short left from Hands.
Hands lands a hook that snaps the head of De La Rosa backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De La Rosa.
De La Rosa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hands lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hands.
Hands lands with a right to the head.
Hands lands with a light punch inside.
Hands prevents De La Rosa from breaking the clinch.
Hands misses with the head strike.
De La Rosa has a couple of punches blocked by Hands.
Hands lands with a right to the head.
De La Rosa blocks an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hands struggles to land a body shot inside as De La Rosa controls his hands.
De La Rosa is trying to stall.
Hands lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
De La Rosa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
De La Rosa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

De La Rosa is rocked!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hands.
De La Rosa is still on wobbly legs! Can Hands finish him?
Hands throws a head punch that misses.
Hands working aggressively here.
Hands fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hands misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hands has a couple of punches blocked by De La Rosa.
Hands tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
De La Rosa blocks an uppercut.
Hands leaning against his opponent.
Hands misses with some punches.
De La Rosa tries to throw a body punch but Hands avoids it by throwing De La Rosa back against the cage.
Hands working aggressively here.
De La Rosa swings wildly with an uppercut but Hands uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hands fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De La Rosa.
De La Rosa blocks an uppercut.
De La Rosa seems to have recovered his senses.
De La Rosa is trying to maintain a safe position but Hands gets an underhook and turns De La Rosa into the cage.
Hands blocking some punches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hands goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hands can't find room to land a body shot as De La Rosa controls the action.
De La Rosa trying to control the position but instead, Hands has worked for underhooks and has pushed De La Rosa into the cage.
Hands tries to work over De La Rosa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De La Rosa throws a head punch that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch on the inside from Hands fails to land.
Hands has a couple of punches blocked by De La Rosa.
Hands lands a right hand.
De La Rosa looking to stall.
De La Rosa pushes Hands back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
De La Rosa trying to stall but Hands improves his position.
De La Rosa lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hands lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of De La Rosa backwards.
A shot in the inside from Hands.
A nice right hand lands inside from De La Rosa.
De La Rosa is trying to stall.
Hands tries to work over De La Rosa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hands throws a head punch that misses.
Hands lands a left hand.
De La Rosa misses with a body punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Happy Hands dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Hands changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hands throws a head kick that misses
and De La Rosa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hands misses with a kick to the body.
Hands throws a front kick that sends De La Rosa stumbling back into the cage.
Hands lands a slapping body shot.
Hands throws a hook but De La Rosa blocks it.
Hands takes a swing at De La Rosa's ribcage but misses.
De La Rosa looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
De La Rosa takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hands throws a shot from downtown. De La Rosa moves away and avoids it.
Happy Hands seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De La Rosa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
De La Rosa misses with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De La Rosa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hands.
Nice straight punches there by Hands. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hands.
Hands lands a really nice looking cross but De La Rosa seems unphased.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hands fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hands misses with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hands tests De La Rosa's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hands throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hands has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
De La Rosa walks straight into a right hand from Hands - that's dropped him! Hands jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save De La Rosa from any more punishment! De La Rosa complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Happy Hands!
During a confident post fight interview, Happy Hands thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.