PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Juancho De La Rosa (ranked 1824 p4p, 1545 weight class) and Roel Kreshnik (ranked 161 p4p, 140 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!

De La Rosa
vs
Kreshnik

180 cm
21
154
4 - 3 - 0

172 cm
21
145
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Juancho De La Rosa!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Roel Kreshnik!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Sergei Dronov and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kreshnik throws an overhand right that lands on De La Rosa's shoulder, as De La Rosa tries to avoid the shot.
Kreshnik clobbers De La Rosa with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
De La Rosa looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kreshnik prevents a body shot from De La Rosa.
Kreshnik lands with a short shot to the head.
De La Rosa working aggressively here.
Kreshnik blocks the elbow strike.
A short uppercut from Kreshnik.
De La Rosa prevents a body shot from Kreshnik.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A hook to the body from De La Rosa.
Kreshnik has a couple of punches blocked by De La Rosa.
Kreshnik presses De La Rosa against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
De La Rosa misses with the head strike.
Kreshnik misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De La Rosa.
Kreshnik looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kreshnik.
De La Rosa has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Kreshnik after a bit of a struggle.
A head punch on the inside from Kreshnik fails to land.
De La Rosa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
De La Rosa lands an uppercut.
De La Rosa misses with a hook to the ribs.
De La Rosa working aggressively here.
Kreshnik lands a shoulder strike.
De La Rosa looking to slow down the pace here.
De La Rosa scores with a hook to the body.
De La Rosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Come on De La Rosa - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
De La Rosa looking to stall.
Kreshnik tried to land a shot to the body but connects with De La Rosa's elbow.
Kreshnik misses with a hook from the clinch.
De La Rosa misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kreshnik lands a body shot.
De La Rosa misses with a punch to the body.
De La Rosa blocks a body shot from Kreshnik.
Kreshnik swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kreshnik fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De La Rosa controlling the action here for a moment.
De La Rosa stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Kreshnik lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kreshnik fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De La Rosa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice body punch from Kreshnik - that landed with a thud.
Kreshnik is working De La Rosa over against the cage.
Kreshnik blocks an uppercut.
Kreshnik misses with a body punch.
De La Rosa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Rosa struggles to land a body shot inside as Kreshnik controls his hands.
De La Rosa wants to stall.
Kreshnik makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short right from De La Rosa on the inside.
De La Rosa working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kreshnik.
Kreshnik lands a right hand that snaps the head of De La Rosa backwards.
De La Rosa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Kreshnik on the inside.
Kreshnik throws a punch but it's blocked by De La Rosa.
De La Rosa is looking to break free of the clinch but Kreshnik has double underhooks.
Kreshnik lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
De La Rosa scores with a nice hook to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De La Rosa.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kreshnik.

It looks like Juancho De La Rosa has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De La Rosa cracks Kreshnik with a nice body shot.
Kreshnik throws a punch but it's blocked by De La Rosa.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kreshnik swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kreshnik.
De La Rosa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kreshnik lands a left hand that snaps the head of De La Rosa backwards.
Kreshnik misses with a punch on the inside.
De La Rosa misses with a hook to the ribs.
De La Rosa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kreshnik backwards.
De La Rosa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De La Rosa misses with a body punch.
De La Rosa is struggling to control the position.
Kreshnik goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kreshnik misses with a body punch.
Kreshnik digs a right hand into De La Rosa's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on De La Rosa's gas tank.
De La Rosa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
De La Rosa is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Kreshnik pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Kreshnik misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kreshnik scores with a shot to the side of De La Rosa's head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Roel Kreshnik dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Juancho De La Rosa's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Kreshnik uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kreshnik wants to clinch.
De La Rosa gets cracked there but stands up to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kreshnik lands with a good body shot.
Kreshnik dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kreshnik connects with a right hand. De La Rosa shakes it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Rosa throws a leg kick but Kreshnik moved away.
De La Rosa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It looked like De La Rosa was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Kreshnik.
Kreshnik lands with a straight right. De La Rosa didn't see that one coming.
A punch lands to the side of De La Rosa 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Roel Kreshnik seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De La Rosa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kreshnik.
De La Rosa was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Kreshnik lands a jab.

Kreshnik fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with De La Rosa, pushing him back against the cage.
De La Rosa throws a punch but it's blocked by Kreshnik.
De La Rosa cracks Kreshnik with a nice body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kreshnik scores with a hook to the body.
De La Rosa tries to work over Kreshnik's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kreshnik lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
De La Rosa looking to stall.
Kreshnik lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
De La Rosa blocking some punches.
De La Rosa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kreshnik backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short right from Kreshnik.
Kreshnik misses with a punch on the inside.
De La Rosa digs a right hand into Kreshnik's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kreshnik's gas tank.
A hook to the body from De La Rosa.
De La Rosa throws a punch but it's blocked by Kreshnik.
De La Rosa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kreshnik lands a shoulder strike.
Kreshnik prevents a body shot from De La Rosa.
Kreshnik lands a nice uppercut.
Kreshnik lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

De La Rosa is rocked!
Kreshnik has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Kreshnik fails to land.
Oh De La Rosa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kreshnik tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kreshnik.
De La Rosa blocking some punches.
Kreshnik misses with a short punch on the inside.
De La Rosa blocks an uppercut.
De La Rosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
De La Rosa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kreshnik's elbow.
Kreshnik throws a punch but it's blocked by De La Rosa.
De La Rosa misses with a punch to the body.
Kreshnik misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kreshnik tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kreshnik misses with the head strike.
Good body shot from Kreshnik.
Kreshnik throws a head punch that misses.
Kreshnik swings wildly with an uppercut but De La Rosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kreshnik misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kreshnik misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kreshnik swings wildly with an uppercut but De La Rosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kreshnik lands a body shot in the clinch.
De La Rosa seems to have got his legs back now.
De La Rosa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kreshnik tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kreshnik can't find room to land a body shot as De La Rosa controls the action.
Kreshnik lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
De La Rosa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
De La Rosa misses with some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kreshnik lands a body punch.
Kreshnik lands a nice uppercut.
De La Rosa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kreshnik's elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De La Rosa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Roel Kreshnik seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kreshnik working aggressively here.
Kreshnik prevents a body shot from De La Rosa.
Kreshnik doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
De La Rosa stalling in the clinch but Kreshnik improves position.
Kreshnik scores with a shoulder strike.
De La Rosa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kreshnik lands a body punch in the clinch.
De La Rosa is looking to break free of the clinch but Kreshnik has double underhooks.
Kreshnik tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kreshnik misses with a hook from the clinch.
De La Rosa looking to slow down the pace here.
A short uppercut from Kreshnik.
A short right from Kreshnik.
Kreshnik lands a big right hand that drops De La Rosa! The killer instinct kicks in and Kreshnik finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Kreshnik!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roel Kreshnik!
Roel Kreshnik is the new featherweight champion!
A relieved looking Roel Kreshnik thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.