PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Sam Canasta (ranked 5391 p4p, 4450 weight class) and DeMar DeRozan (ranked 487 p4p, 426 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!

Canasta
vs
DeRozan

187 cm
18
197
1 - 2 - 0

197 cm
18
211
0 - 0 - 0

Excellent MT
KO power

Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sam Canasta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, DeMar DeRozan!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Steve Montenegro and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The crowd cheers as DeRozan lands an impressive looking overhand right. Canasta doesn't seem phased though.

DeRozan closes the distance and pushes Canasta back into the ropes.
Canasta throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Canasta definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A short uppercut from Canasta.
A head punch on the inside from DeRozan fails to land.
Canasta doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
DeRozan throws a punch but it's blocked by Canasta.
DeRozan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Canasta throws a punch but it's blocked by DeRozan.
DeRozan blocking some punches.
DeRozan is stalling here.
A right handed body shot lands from DeRozan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
DeRozan blocks a body shot from Canasta.
DeRozan has Canasta pushed against the ropes.
Canasta scores with a nice hook to the head.
DeRozan throws a punch but it's blocked by Canasta.
DeRozan holding his opponent close, against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
DeRozan lands a left hand.
DeRozan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
DeRozan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Canasta blocking some punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Canasta.
DeRozan gets through Canasta's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Canasta fails to land.
DeRozan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
DeRozan has a couple of punches blocked by Canasta.
DeRozan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Canasta's elbow.
DeRozan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
A shot in the inside from DeRozan.
Canasta swings away with an uppercut that misses.
DeRozan misses with a punch to the body.
Canasta misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Canasta misses with the head strike.
Canasta blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Canasta working aggressively here.
Canasta lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt DeRozan or not.
DeRozan looks winded!
Canasta misses with a body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
DeRozan takes a shot to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Canasta.
Canasta tries to work over DeRozan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Canasta working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Canasta misses with a body punch.
Canasta tried to land a shot to the body but connects with DeRozan's elbow.
Canasta can't break the clinch.
DeRozan misses with a body punch.
Canasta misses with a hook from the clinch.
Canasta struggles to land a body shot inside as DeRozan controls his hands.
Canasta misses with a shot to the kidneys.
DeRozan misses with a punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but DeMar DeRozan will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Canasta has DeRozan up against the ropes in a clinch.
DeRozan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
DeRozan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Canasta misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Canasta.
DeRozan misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Canasta fails to land.
DeRozan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Canastas head.
DeRozan leaning his opponent against the ropes.
A bit of stalling here from DeRozan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
DeRozan is looking to control Canasta's arms but Canasta gets an underhook and turns him. Now DeRozan has his back to the ropes.
DeRozan stalling in the clinch.
DeRozan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
DeRozan misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
DeRozan lands an uppercut.
DeMar DeRozan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Canasta misses with some punches.
DeRozan lands a body punch.
DeRozan taking a breather.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from DeRozan.
DeRozan has Canasta pushed against the ropes.
DeRozan just leaning against Canasta, taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by DeMar DeRozan.
Canasta throws a hook but DeRozan avoids it easily.
DeRozan let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

DeRozan closes the distance and clinches.
DeRozan will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Canasta up against the ropes.
DeRozan manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Canasta lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Canasta misses with the head strike.
A short right from Canasta.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Canasta lands with a short head shot on the inside.
DeRozan gets through Canasta's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right from DeRozan.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Canasta misses with a shot to the kidneys.
DeRozan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Canasta misses with some punches.
Canasta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Canasta swings wildly with an uppercut but DeRozan uses good head movement to avoid it.
DeRozan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Canasta lands a hook that snaps the head of DeRozan backwards.
DeRozan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Stalling in the clinch from DeRozan.
A nice right hand lands inside from Canasta.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Sam Canasta will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Canasta throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

DeRozan closes the distance and clinches.
DeRozan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Canastas head.
DeRozan is working Canasta over against the ropes.
DeRozan's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Still in the clinch, Canasta scores with a nice short uppercut.
Canasta misses with a punch to the body.
Canasta throws a punch but it's blocked by DeRozan.
DeRozan leaning against his opponent.
DeRozan taking a breather.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Canasta tries a body shot but DeRozan blocks it.
Canasta blocks an uppercut.
Stalling in the clinch from DeRozan.
Canasta tries to throw a body punch but DeRozan avoids it by throwing Canasta back against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
DeRozan working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from DeRozan fails to land.
Canasta misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Canasta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Canasta misses with the head strike.
A short right from Canasta on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
DeRozan blocking some punches.
DeRozan lands a hook that snaps the head of Canasta backwards.
The referee calls for DeRozan to work.
DeRozan is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Canasta can't find room to land a body shot as DeRozan controls the action.
Canasta blocks an uppercut.
Canasta lands with a left to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
DeRozan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Canasta has a couple of punches blocked by DeRozan.
DeRozan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
DeRozan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
DeRozan is trying to stall.
DeRozan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Canasta lands a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
DeRozan is trying to stall.
DeRozan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Canasta has a couple of punches blocked by DeRozan.
The referee calls for DeRozan to work.
DeRozan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Canasta tries a body shot but DeRozan blocks it.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to DeMar DeRozan.
Well DeRozan has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 29:29
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!