PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Derrick Rose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rose's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Mama Said Knock You Out. Almeida has chosen 24 theme song as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Rose
vs
Almeida

170 cm
22
160 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

170 cm
26
163 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Derrick Rose!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Anthony Almeida!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Almeida. No joy for Rose on that attempt.
Rose tries to close the distance and clinch but Almeida swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rose throws a series of punches but Almeida avoids them all with ease.
Almeida lands a jab.
Rose lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Almeida circles away quickly and effectively.
Some wild striking there from Rose.
Rose shoots in for a takedown but Almeida shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Rose misses with a few strikes there.
Rose throws a series of punches but Almeida avoids them all with ease.
A right-left combo lands from Rose.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rose swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Almeida slaps away a takedown attempt from Rose, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Derrick Rose. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rose misses with a wild combination.
Rose is looking to score with low kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Almeida avoids it really well and circles away.
Rose will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Almeida sizes up Rose with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Rose fails with an attempt to clinch.
Almeida drops his hands momentarily and Rose takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Rose is looking to land body kicks.
Rose looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rose throws a nice looking combination but Almeida bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rose misses with the combination.
The fighters circling - Almeida throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Anthony Almeida is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rose shoots in for a takedown but Almeida shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rose. Almeida does a little dance to reset his feet.
Almeida misses with a wild body shot.
Almeida tries to score with a low kick but Rose moves his leg out of the way.
Rose is looking to clinch but Almeida is avoiding it.
Rose throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rose tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Almeida manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Rose moves into the clinch successfully.
Rose jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Almeida walks away with a smile on his face. Rose gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Rose will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rose bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Almeida's head.
Rose stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Almeida.
Rose is trying hard to land a takedown here. Almeida sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Almeida lands a nice looking body shot.
Rose lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Almeida backs up against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rose scores with a punch to the head.
Rose swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rose lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Rose closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.

Almeida manages to break the clinch.
Almeida blocks a jab.
A punch combination from Rose misses.
Rose misses with the combination.
Rose jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rose blocks a head kick by Almeida.
Rose keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Some wild striking there from Rose.
Almeida throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Rose throws a series of punches but Almeida avoids them all with ease.
Sloppy strikes from Rose. Those never looked like landing.
Rose misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rose throws a series of punches but Almeida avoids them all with ease.
A combination from Rose does no damage.
Rose pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Almeida swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Almeida throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Rose.
Almeida misses the shot to the body.
Almeida throws a wild body kick that Rose sees coming a mile off.

Rose scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Almeida is trying to get back to his feet.
Almeida regains half guard there - taking advantage of Rose's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Rose keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Derrick Rose will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Rose pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Almeida back to the ropes. Rose follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Rose displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Almeida throws out the jab.
Rose scores with a nice head shot.
Rose on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Almeida. Rose does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rose swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Almeida counter with a right hand.

Rose shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Rose wants to take a breather but Almeida is having none of it.
Well, if Rose is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Rose wants to take a breather but Almeida is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Rose stops Almeida from getting back to his feet.
Almeida is not content to let Rose control the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Derrick Rose.
Rose tries to bum rush Almeida with a series of wild strikes but Almeida uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Almeida lands a nice looking body shot.
Rose takes one to the side of the head.
Almeida misses with a straight right.
Almeida blocks a leg kick.
Almeida leaves Rose with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Rose swings for the body but Almeida moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Almeida dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Rose looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Rose with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Almeida is not content to let Rose control the position.
Almeida looks like he's trying to stand up.

Almeida kicks off Rose and gets to his feet.
Almeida checks a leg kick.
Rose doesn't manage to clinch there - Almeida circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Rose shoots in but Almeida avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Almeida uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rose.
Almeida misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rose throws a right hand that Almeida ducks under and follows up with a left that Almeida also avoids with ease.
Almeida throws a head kick but Rose moves out of range.
Almeida tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Almeida throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Rose throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rose shoots in and drives through. Almeida sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Derrick Rose. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rose blocks a head kick by Almeida.
Derrick Rose is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rose lands with a hook. Almeida tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rose shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Almeida eats them both and turns towards Rose to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Rose!
Rose swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rose throws a left and a right that both miss
and Almeida counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rose will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rose misses with a two punch combination.
Rose misses with the combination.
Rose throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Almeida counters with a nice body shot.
Almeida looks for the body kick but Rose saw that one coming.
Almeida slips a jab and a cross from Rose.

Rose shoots in and gets a takedown into Almeida's guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Almeida keeping moving, preventing Rose from controlling successfully.
Almeida is looking to stand up but Rose isn't so interested in that idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Derrick Rose dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Almeida misses with a body shot.
Rose throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Almeida counters with a nice body shot.
Rose slips a jab from Almeida.
A jab from Almeida does it's job there.
Rose doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Almeida counters with a straight right hand.
Rose throws a big shot that misses.
Derrick Rose seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sloppy strikes from Rose. Those never looked like landing.
Rose swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Almeida counters with a nice low kick that buckles Rose's knee momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Almeida looks to score with a jab to the body but Rose is just out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Rose misses the target.
Almeida connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Rose's hands.
Almeida avoids a punch combination nicely.
A slow jab from Almeida misses its intended target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida slips a jab and a cross from Rose.
Rose takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Rose misses with a takedown attempt
and Almeida counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rose misses with a double jab
and Almeida connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rose throws a right and a left that both miss.
A left and a right from Rose both land. Nice combination.
Rose throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Almeida cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rose will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Derrick Rose. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rose tries to close the distance and clinch up but Almeida swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rose shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Almeida counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rose tries to clinch up but Almeida circles away and keeps his distance.
Anthony Almeida has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida walks into a stiff left hand from Rose.
Rose throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Almeida counters with an outside leg kick.
Rose fails to land with a series of punches.
Rose looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Rose stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Almeida.

Rose looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Almeida is staying active underneath Rose, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Derrick Rose is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rose looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Rose seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Almeida does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Rose prevents Almeida from standing back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almeida is looking to get back to is feet but Rose passes into side control.
Rose controls the position.
Almeida is not content to let Rose control the position.

Rose decides to stand back up. Rose steps back and let's Almeida get back to his feet.
Rose misses with the combination.
Rose fails to land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Almeida blocks a jab.
Rose moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Rose ducks under a wild hook from Almeida.
Rose fails to land with a series of punches.
Rose connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Almeida's hands.
Rose fails to land with a series of punches.
Almeida connects with a right hand. Rose shakes it off.
Almeida throws a body kick the misses
and Rose counters with a stiff right hand.
Rose throws a series of strikes that have Almeida backpedaling.
Rose throws a combination that misses
and Almeida counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rose throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rose tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rose throws a series of punches but Almeida moves out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Derrick Rose.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Rose, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Derrick Rose!