PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juan dela Rosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Rockwell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). dela Rosa kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Amazing. Rockwell is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: faint. This should be fireworks!

dela Rosa
vs
Rockwell

189 cm
21
205 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

188 cm
22
205 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Juan dela Rosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Simon Rockwell!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rockwell displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from dela Rosa.
dela Rosa shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Rockwell pinned against the cage. Rockwell gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Rockwell misses with a takedown

and dela Rosa counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Rockwell!
dela Rosa landing shots from mount.
dela Rosa throwing strikes but Rockwell uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
dela Rosa not landing any meaningful shots this time.
dela Rosa tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
dela Rosa prevents Rockwell from improving his position.

dela Rosa is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Rockwell defends it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rockwell looks like he's trying to stand up.
dela Rosa seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Rockwell does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Rockwell drives through and clinches with dela Rosa against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Rockwell - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
dela Rosa tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Rockwell smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Juan dela Rosa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rockwell wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rockwell fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

dela Rosa closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Rockwell is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on dela Rosa's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Rockwell is not content to let dela Rosa control the position.
Rockwell is trying to control but can't.
Rockwell keeping control of the position.
Rockwell is staying active underneath dela Rosa, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rockwell manages to get to full guard.
dela Rosa preventing the sweep.
dela Rosa wants to stand and escape but instead Rockwell has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Rockwell postures up.
Rockwell slips nicely into half guard.
Rockwell working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
dela Rosa wants to get back to full guard.
Rockwell working over dela Rosa with some ground and pound. dela Rosa looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Rockwell working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rockwell is trying to control. dela Rosa wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Rockwell looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

dela Rosa looking for submissions off his back.
dela Rosa is breathing heavily.
dela Rosa tries to roll over but Rockwell keeps him under control.
Rockwell working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
dela Rosa tries to roll over but Rockwell keeps him under control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Simon Rockwell dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

dela Rosa with a lazy takedown attempt
and Rockwell counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Rockwell looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for dela Rosa!
Rockwell working the ground and pound effectively.

It looks like Juan dela Rosa has been cut.

Rockwell moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, dela Rosa has worked his arm free - good work by dela Rosa!
Rockwell in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
dela Rosa on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
dela Rosa gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
dela Rosa wants to get back to full guard but Rockwell has passed into side control.
dela Rosa tries to reverse the position but Rockwell maintains control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rockwell lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Juan dela Rosa's cut is getting worse.
Rockwell putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Rockwell with good strikes from the mount here!

Jeez, Juan dela Rosa's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Juan dela Rosa's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Simon Rockwell!