PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juan dela Rosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ab Sly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think dela Rosa might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Amazing. Sly is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by In Flames - My Sweet Shadow. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

dela Rosa
vs
Sly

189 cm
25
205 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

187 cm
27
212 lbs
9 - 10 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 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 9 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Ab Sly!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Ren Mimura and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sly gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and dela Rosa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sly gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and dela Rosa counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Sly tries to clinch up
and dela Rosa counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
dela Rosa misses with a double jab

and Sly counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Sly.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sly trying to control the position from guard on top but dela Rosa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sly would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
dela Rosa keeping moving, preventing Sly from controlling successfully.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
dela Rosa working a defensive guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Ab Sly hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Sly falls off balance throwing a combination
and dela Rosa counters with a nice kick to the body.
Sly looks gassed!
dela Rosa misses with a wild combination.
dela Rosa tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
dela Rosa bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Jab, jab by dela Rosa - just one landing.
Juan dela Rosa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
dela Rosa lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Sly backs up against the cage.

It looks like Ab Sly has been cut.
dela Rosa fails to land with a series of punches.
Sly slips a jab and a cross from dela Rosa.
dela Rosa shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Sly throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

dela Rosa lands a left and a right that send Sly crashing to the mat, dazed. dela Rosa thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Sly is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sly drops his hands momentarily and dela Rosa needs no second invitation. He sets himself and throws a perfect high kick, that clips Sly just on the top of the head. Sly drops like a sack of potatoes to the canvas, out cold! Oooooooh yeah! Stick a fork in Sly - he's done!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Juan dela Rosa!