PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kekoa Kai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derrick Rose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rose has chosen Mama Said Knock You Out as his entrance music. Kekoa Kai could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Derrick Rose's chin.

Kai
vs
Rose

175 cm
25
160 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

170 cm
22
160 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kekoa Kai!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Derrick Rose!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rose lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kai at a distance.
Rose throws a leg kick
and Kai counters with a straight right hand.
Rose throws a shot to the body.
Rose has his takedown stuffed
and Kai counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rose takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A low kick from Rose misses

and Kai holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Kai creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kai is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rose is keeping busy.
A short right from Kai on the inside.
A short uppercut from Kai.
A bit of stalling here from Rose.
Rose is trying to push Kai away but Kai has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Kai lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rose or not.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rose stalling in the clinch.
Kai wants a takedown but no success here.
Kai misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rose is trying to maintain a safe position but Kai gets an underhook and turns Rose into the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kai content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Kai.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kai lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rose backwards.
Kai wants a takedown but no success here.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Kai creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Kai.
Rose blocks an elbow strike.
Rose tries to stall but Kai uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Rose blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rose misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kai swings wildly with an uppercut but Rose uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rose wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kai is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Kai digs a right hand underneath Rose's ribcage. Rose let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kai landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kai throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kai throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Rose takes a shot to the head.
Kai is working Rose over against the ropes.
Rose looks gassed!
Kai tries to score a body lock takedown but Rose shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kekoa Kai. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kai has Rose pushed against the ropes.
Kai scores with a shot to the side of Rose's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rose is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Kai lands a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Kai creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kai scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kai.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kai.
Kai lands a hook that snaps the head of Rose backwards.
Kai lands with a short shot to the head.

Rose is rocked!
Kai misses with a punch on the inside.
Rose is still on wobbly legs! Can Kai finish him?
Rose blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rose seems to have recovered his senses.
Rose working hard to break the clinch.
Kai tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Kai lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rose.
Kai looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kai lands a nice elbow.
Rose taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Kai wants a takedown but no success here.
Nice body punch from Kai.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rose can't break the clinch.
Kai tries to throw a body punch but Rose avoids it by throwing Kai back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Kai - that landed with a thud.
Kai has Rose pressed against the ropes.
Rose has had enough of the clinch but Kai keeps him there for the moment.
Kai misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kai scores with a hook to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kai as Rose tries to tie him up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kai lands an elbow that stopped Rose in his tracks for a moment.
Kai pushes Rose back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rose tries to circle away but Kai has him pinned against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kekoa Kai dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Kai throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rose rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kai counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Rose drives through and clinches with Kai against the ropes.
Kai is stalling here.
Kai lands a nice uppercut.
Kai pushes Rose back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kai lands a shoulder strike.
Rose stops a takedown attempt from Kai.
Kai wants to stall.
Kai misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kai tries to pull guard but Rose won't allow it.
Kekoa Kai has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rose prevents a body shot from Kai.

Rose jumps into guard, dragging Kai to the mat.
Kai pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rose is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose keeping moving, preventing Kai from controlling successfully.
Rose looking for a sweep. Not yet Rose, not yet.
Rose looking to control.
Kai content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Kai thows a big elbow that misses.
Rose looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rose is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Kai is controlling him.
Kai has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Kai missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Kai scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Kai wants to control from the top but Rose keeps moving.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kai accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kai throwing strikes from guard but Rose blocks nicely.
Rose not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kai accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kai throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rose works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Rose wants to sweep here but Kai controlling him for the moment.
Rose trying to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kai wants to control from the top but Rose keeps moving.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kai accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kai tries to free his leg and advance position but Rose is retaining full guard.
Kai is looking to work some ground and pound but Rose has wrist control.
Kai wanted to stand there but Rose had control of the position.
Kai trying to control the position from guard on top but Rose is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rose.
Kai rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rose moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Rose swings widly with a right hand

and Kai counters by moving into the clinch.

Rose pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kai takes a swing at Rose's ribcage but misses.
Rose has a takedown stuffed.
Rose misses with a looping right.
Kai scores with a hook.
Rose misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rose scores with a body shot.
Kai misses with a looping right.
Kekoa Kai is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kai feints a jab promting Rose to slip. Kai then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Rose slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Kai lands with a hook. Rose tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rose circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kai misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kekoa Kai dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Rose misses with an uppercut
and Kai counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kai walks into a jab.
Rose misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Kai counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Rose takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rose swats away the attempt to clinch by Kai.
Rose throws a sloppy body shot
and Kai counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kai looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kai looking to land some kicks to the body here.

Rose forces Kai back against the ropes and clinches.
Kai scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kai is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rose blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rose blocks an elbow strike.
Rose is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kai lands a nice shot to the body.
Rose takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kai pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
A shot in the inside from Kai.
Kai lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rose backwards.
Rose is trying to break the clinch but Kai has him pressed against the ropes.
Kai controlling the action here for a moment.
Kai pushes Rose back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Good body shot from Kai.
Rose blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kai lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rose is trying to break free.
Rose trying to stall but Kai improves his position.
Kai tries to pull guard but Rose holds him up against the ropes and eventually Kai drops back down to his feet.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kai obliges.
A short left from Kai.
Kai unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rose is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kai is keeping busy.
Kai lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rose backwards.
Kai misses with a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A short body shot lands from Kai as the two fighters clinch.
Kai comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rose blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose tries to circle away but Kai has him pinned against the ropes.
Kai lands with a short shot to the head.
Kai throws a head punch that misses.
Kai swings wildly with an uppercut but Rose uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rose is trying to break the clinch but Kai is controlling him.
Rose stops a takedown attempt from Kai.
Kai lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Kai changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Rose fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kekoa Kai. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rose misses with an uppercut
and Kai cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kai throws a lazy uppercut
and Rose counters with a straight right hand.
Rose misses with a left hand

and Kai moves into the clinch.
Rose taking a breather.
Rose prevents a body shot from Kai.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rose is pressed up against the ropes. Kai has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Rose down to the mat. Rose avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Kai shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Rose eats them both and turns towards Kai to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Nice jab there from Kai.
Rose tries a head kick but it misses.
Rose uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kai.
Kai misses with a series of wild punches.
Kai avoids the body shot from Rose.
Kai lands with a right hand.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kai lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Rose has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rose and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kai misses with a body shot.
Kai misses with a hook to the body
and Rose counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kai scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Rose uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kai.
Rose throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kekoa Kai clearly takes that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Rose on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Rose misses with a lunging right hand
and Kai counters with a nice uppercut.
Kai misses with a shot to the body
and Rose counters with a nice body shot.
Kai jabs Rose right on the nose. Rose blinks but takes it well.
Kai wants to clinch.
Kai misses with a few strikes there.
Kai cracks a nice hook into Rose's ribs.
Kai misses with a few strikes there.
Kai misses with a looping left.
Rose misses with a hook
and Kai counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Kai with a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rose. Kai does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kai misses with a right hand
and Rose counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kai.
Rose misses with a lunging right hand

and Kai holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Kai tries a knee to the head but Rose blocks it.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Rose is trying to break the clinch but Kai has him pressed against the ropes.
Rose stalling in the clinch but Kai improves position.
Kai has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Rose avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Kai misses with a hook from the clinch.

Rose's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rose works Kai's body with a nice hook.
Rose misses with a left hand

and Kai counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Kai tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kai creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rose controlling the action here for a moment.
Kai scores a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rose blocks an elbow strike.
Kai works on Rose's body with a couple of short punches.
Kai working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kai misses with a punch on the inside.
Kai lands a nice uppercut.
Kai tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kai misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kai is working Rose over against the ropes.

Rose manages to break the clinch.
Kekoa Kai is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rose throws a looping overhand right but Kai ducks down to avoid it.
Rose moves forwards but Kai connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Rose swats away the attempt to clinch by Kai.
Kai throws a sloppy body shot
and Rose connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kai throws out a loose jab but Rose uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rose throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kai counters with a left and a right that stings Rose.
Kai throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rose.
Kai scores with a jab to the body.
Rose misses with a left hand
and Kai cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kai throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Rose counter with a right hand.
Kekoa Kai is winning the standup battle so far.
Kai bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rose takes a swing at Kai's ribcage but misses.
Rose misses with a lunging right hand
and Kai counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rose throws a combination that misses
and Kai counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Kai is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rose can do to turn this around?
Kai lands a body shot.
Kai tries to bum rush Rose with a series of wild strikes but Rose uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rose misses with a hook
and Kai counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Kai - just one landing.
Rose throws a right hand that misses
and Kai counters with a two punch combo.
No joy there for Kai, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rose slips a jab and a cross from Kai.
Kai misses with a series of wild punches.
Kai thows a body shot but no joy.
Rose tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kai was well out of range. Poor timing from Rose.
Kai defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Rose.
Rose throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Kai counter with a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rose dodges the punch combination from Kai.
Kai scores with a decent looking hook.

Kai forces Rose back against the ropes and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kekoa Kai had his way with Derrick Rose in that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Rose moves into the clinch successfully.
Kai throws a punch but it's blocked by Rose.
Rose is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rose jumps guard but Kai stands there with Rose around his waist. Rose gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Kai throws a head punch that misses.
Kai misses with some punches.
Kai goes for a takedown attempt but Rose pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Kai tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rose swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Rose shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Rose tries to control but Kai wriggling away.
Kai can't escape the position.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose tries to control but Kai wriggling away.
Kai slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Rose tries to pass to full mount but Kai defends it.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Rose working over Kai with some ground and pound. Kai looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Kai blocking the ground and pound attempt from Rose.
Rose wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kai keeps working.

Kai actively working from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Kai tries to roll over but Rose keeps him under control.
Kai has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Rose is working away from the top position though.
Kai is looking to improve his position.
Rose slows the pace down in half guard.
Rose is thwarting Kai's attempts to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Derrick Rose wasn't active enough on the ground.
Kai uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rose.
Kai wants to clinch but Rose slips to the side
and Rose counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rose has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kai slips a straight right by Rose.
Rose cracks Kai with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.

Rose clinches.
Derrick Rose has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rose is trying to stall.
Kai misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kai swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kai looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rose throws an elbow that misses.
A short left from Rose.
Rose blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kai misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Rose fails to land.
Kai throws a head punch that misses.
Kai lands a hook that snaps the head of Rose backwards.
Stalling in the clinch from Rose.
Rose taking a breather.
Kekoa Kai is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kai lands with a light punch inside.
Rose is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kai is keeping busy.
Kai can't get the takedown.
Rose is looking to control Kai's arms but Kai gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rose has his back to the ropes.
Rose is working for takedown but Kai is calmly controlling the position for now.
Kai pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kai blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rose using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kai has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A head punch on the inside from Rose fails to land.
Kai lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rose takes an elbow to the temple.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rose.

And that's the end of the fight!
Derrick Rose comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kai has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 49:46
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 49:46
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kekoa Kai!
Kekoa Kai is the new lightweight champion!