PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Katt Mamma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeramiah Rose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Mamma
vs
Rose

187 cm
22
195 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

200 cm
22
190 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Brawler
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Katt Mamma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jeramiah Rose!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rose dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mamma. That did some damage!
Jeramiah Rose seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rose is looking to slow Mamma down with leg kicks.
Mamma drops his hands momentarily and Rose takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Rose cracks Mamma with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Rose scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mamma doesn't seem bothered though.
Mamma takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Mamma on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Rose is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Mamma misses with a takedown attempt - Rose sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Mamma takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Good exchange - Rose coming out on top.
Mamma misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Mamma shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Katt Mamma. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
No luck for Mamma with that takedown attempt.
Rose scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mamma shoots in for a double leg but Rose sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Mamma shoots in but no luck this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rose scores with a jab.
Mamma takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Mamma stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rose.
Mamma fails to land the takedown.
Mamma is breathing heavily.
Mamma closes this distance looking for a takedown but Rose circles away.
Good standup being displayed there by Rose as he connects with a hook.
Mamma moves forwards but Rose connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Mamma shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Rose but Rose pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Rose lands with a shot to the body.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Mamma. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Mamma has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Rose finds it's way round the side to connect with Mamma's head.
Mamma on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rose scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Rose is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Mamma had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Mamma takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mamma walks into a straight right hand from Rose.
Rose throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mamma doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Rose has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Rose listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Rose lands with a good body shot.
Mamma closes the distance and clinches up with Rose, looking for a takedown. Mamma pushes Rose against the cage but Rose circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Rose changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Rose defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Mamma.
Rose throws out a powerful jab.
Rose scores with a jab to the head.
Mamma gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rose.
Mamma moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Rose lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Rose lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Rose scores with a jab to the head.
Rose scores with a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mamma's head.
Mamma takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rose connects with a single shot there.
Mamma fails with the takedown.
Mamma gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A jab from Rose does it's job there.
Rose cracks Mamma with a right hand to the side of the head.
Rose stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Rose wants it to stay on the feet.
Rose feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Mamma's calf.
Mamma takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jeramiah Rose is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rose lands a lovely overhand right.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice leg kick lands there from Rose.
Mamma takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Mamma shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Rose connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rose with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rose fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rose lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Good standup being displayed there by Rose as he connects with a hook.
Rose feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Mamma's calf.
Rose changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Rose connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Mamma's hands.
Mamma takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rose ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nice jab there from Rose.
Rose works over Mamma's head and body with a nice combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rose uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Mamma has time to react.
Rose jabs at Mamma's body.
Mamma closes the distance and clinches up with Rose, looking for a takedown. Mamma pushes Rose against the cage but Rose circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Rose fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Mamma on the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeramiah Rose dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

A nice combination there by Rose.

It looks like Katt Mamma has been cut.
Jeramiah Rose seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rose lands with a straight right. Mamma didn't see that one coming.
Mamma fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Mamma looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Good leg kick by Rose there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Rose scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Mamma.
Mamma takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Rose lands a nice shot to the body.
Mamma doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Rose counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Katt Mamma. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rose scores with a jab to the body.
Rose lands a jab.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rose moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mamma walks into a jab.
Rose bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mamma's head.
Rose stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Rose scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Horrible takedown by Mamma or perhaps it was just good defense by Rose which made him look bad.
Rose connects with an inside leg kick.
Rose lands a really nice looking cross but Mamma seems unphased.
Rose lands a nice looking body shot.
Rose connects with a single shot there.
Rose uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Rose throws a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rose changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Mamma might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Rose scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jab, jab by Rose - just one landing.
Rose lands a jab-cross combination.

Mamma is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rose lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Oh Mamma is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rose scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Mamma takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A left lands for Rose.
Rose scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Mamma takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Rose throws out a powerful jab.
Mamma takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Rose listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Rose drops Mamma with a naaaaasty hook - Mamma is in real trouble here! Rose dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jeramiah Rose!
In his post fight interview, Jeramiah Rose started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.