PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lance Nasri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derrick Rose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Derrick Rose is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Nasri
vs
Rose

173 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
155 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lance Nasri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Derrick Rose!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nasri throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nasri scores with a hook to the body. Rose takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Rose on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Some wild striking there from Nasri.
Nasri throws a body punch but Rose moves out of range.
Rose tries to clinch but Nasri moves out of range.
Lance Nasri seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nasri throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rose.
Nasri misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rose slips a jab and a cross from Nasri.
Nasri ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rose moves away.
Rose is looking to clinch but Nasri is avoiding it.
Rose with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Rose moves into the clinch successfully.
Rose putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Nasri in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Nasri's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rose stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Nasri wants to break the clinch but can't.
A knee to the head by Rose.
Rose using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nasri has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rose lands a good knee to the midsection. Nasri won't want to take too many of those.
Rose with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nasri is trying to break free.
Rose connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nasri's face.
Rose scores with a knee to the head.
Rose stalls.
Rose has Nasri pressed against the cage, preventing Nasri from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nasri tries to break the clinch but Rose is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rose lands a nice knee to the body.
Nasri is breathing heavily.
Rose prevents Nasri from breaking the clinch.
Nasri takes an elbow to the temple.
Rose using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nasri has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rose using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nasri has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rose lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Lance Nasri has been cut.
Rose landing knees to the head.
Nasri takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nasri takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nasri wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nasri tries to break free but Rose pushes him back against the cage.
Nasri is trying to break the clinch but Rose is controlling him.
Rose with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nasri tries to break the clinch but Rose is controlling the position.
Nasri tries to break the clinch but Rose is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nasri blocks an elbow strike.
A knee to the head by Rose.
Rose scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nasri tries to break the clinch but Rose is controlling the position.
Rose using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Nasri's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rose with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rose lands a right hand.
Rose connects with a knee to the head.
Rose is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rose lands a knee to the head.
Rose connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nasri's face.
Rose putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Nasri in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rose.
Rose scores a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nasri takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rose using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nasri has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nasri can't break the clinch.
Nasri is trying to break free.
Rose landing knees to the body.
Rose keeps control of Nasri as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nasri wants to break free but Rose has control.
Nasri takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rose working Nasri over with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Rose.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rose lands a knee to the body.
Rose misses with the head strike.
Rose lands a nice knee to the body.
Nasri wants to break free but Rose has control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Derrick Rose dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lance Nasri's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Rose ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nasri looks to throw the jab but Rose is out of range.
The fighters circling - Nasri throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nasri sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Nasri swinging wildly here.
Rose doesn't manage to clinch there - Nasri circles away.
Rose wants to clinch.

Rose closes the distance and clinches.
Rose lands a nice knee to the body.
Rose keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nasri's efforts to push away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose scores with a knee to the head.
Rose lands a good knee to the midsection. Nasri won't want to take too many of those.
Nasri is trying to push Rose away but Rose has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Rose landing knees to the body.
Rose lands a knee to the head.
Rose working Nasri over with knees to the body.
Rose misses with a body punch.
Rose misses with some punches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rose obliges.
Rose connects with a knee to the head.
Rose landing knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rose lands a knee to the body.
Rose lands a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rose obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rose stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rose unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nasri lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rose unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rose controlling the action here for a moment.
Rose lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rose unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nasri lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nasri is trying to push Rose away but Rose has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Nasri wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rose is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rose stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Rose throws an elbow but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nasri is looking to break free of the clinch but Rose has double underhooks.
Nasri wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nasri looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rose connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nasri's face.
Rose unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rose connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nasri's face.
Rose misses with a knee to the head.
Rose landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rose tries to land knees in the clinch but Nasri avoids the damage to the body.
Rose with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rose tries to land knees in the clinch but Nasri avoids the damage to the body.
Rose tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nasri avoids it.
Nasri is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rose has Nasri pressed against the cage, preventing Nasri from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rose with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nasri is looking to break free of the clinch but Rose has double underhooks.
Rose putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Nasri in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nasri tries to circle away but Rose has him pinned against the cage.
Nasri avoiding damage as Rose throws knees to the body.
Rose tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nasri can't break the clinch.
Rose pushes off an throws an elbow but Nasri leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Nasri is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nasri wants to break free but Rose has control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rose landing knees to the head.
Rose looking to throw knees to the head but Nasri is blocking nicely.
Nasri is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Derrick Rose showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Lance Nasri's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A punch combination from Nasri misses.
Rose fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rose fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Lance Nasri is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rose keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nasri fails to land with a series of punches.
A slow jab from Nasri misses its intended target.
Rose tries to clinch up.
Nasri misses with a wild body shot.
Rose tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Nasri manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rose is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Nasri.
A leg kick checked by Nasri.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose tries to close the distance and clinch but Nasri swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rose swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nasri looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A punch combination from Nasri misses.
Rose doesn't manage to clinch there - Nasri circles away.
Nasri misses with a double jab.
Rose tries to clinch but Nasri is having none of it.
Rose will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Rose lands a two punch combo.

Rose has managed to clinch.
Rose misses with an elbow over the top.
Rose pushes off an throws an elbow but Nasri leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rose keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nasri's efforts to push away.
Rose working Nasri over with knees to the body.
Rose lands a nice knee to the body.
Rose landing knees to the body.
Rose taking a breather.
Rose connects with a knee to the head.
Rose tries to land a knee to the head but Nasri blocks with his arms.
Nasri is trying to force a seperation but Rose has the dominant position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rose looking to slow down the pace here.
Nasri wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rose scores with a knee to the head.
Derrick Rose seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nasri is trying to force a seperation but Rose has the dominant position.
Rose looking to stall.
Nasri wants to get back to striking at distance but Rose won't allow it.
Rose is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Nasri wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rose landing knees to the head.
Nasri is trying to break free.
Nasri is trying to break the clinch but Rose is controlling him.
Nasri is trying to break the clinch but Rose has him pressed against the cage.
Rose connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nasri's face.
Rose throws a head punch that misses.
Rose lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rose is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rose creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nasri's defenses.
Rose pushes off an throws an elbow but Nasri leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nasri takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nasri takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nasri wants to get back to striking at distance but Rose won't allow it.
Rose unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nasri lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rose.
Rose landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nasri tries to break free but Rose pushes him back against the cage.
Nasri wants to break the clinch but can't.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rose throws an elbow that misses.
Rose with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
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!
Knees in the clinch landing for Rose.
Nasri working hard to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Derrick Rose really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lance Nasri's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Nasri smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Nasri throws a body punch but Rose moves out of range.
Nasri avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rose tries to clinch but Nasri is having none of it.
Rose scores with a jab.
No joy there for Nasri, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nasri swinging wildly here.
Nasri falls off balance throwing a combination
and Rose counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nasri misses with a few strikes there.
Rose tries to clinch but Nasri moves out of range.
Nasri swings for the body but Rose moves out of range.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nasri throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nasri is looking to wear down Rose with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

Nasri gets tackled into the cage by Rose. Rose maintains the clinch.
A knee to the head by Rose.
Nasri tries to break the clinch but Rose is controlling the position.
Rose looking to stall.
Nasri tries to break the clinch but Rose is controlling the position.
Nasri takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nasri takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rose with a knee to the head.
Rose comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rose keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nasri's efforts to push away.
Rose crunches a lovely knee into Nasri's ribcage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rose connects with a knee to the head.
Rose misses with a knee to the head.
Rose keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nasri's efforts to push away.
Rose lands a good knee to the midsection. Nasri won't want to take too many of those.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Rose with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nasri is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nasri tries to break the clinch but Rose is controlling the position.
Rose tries a knee to the head but Nasri blocks it.
Rose prevents Nasri from breaking the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rose tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nasri has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nasri working hard to break the clinch.
Rose tries to land a knee to the head but Nasri blocks with his arms.
Rose trying to land knees to the body.
Nasri is trying to break the clinch but Rose is controlling him.
Nasri working hard to break the clinch.
Nasri working hard to break the clinch.
Nasri wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rose has him pressed against the cage.
Nasri wants to break free but Rose has control.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Nasri as Rose tries to tie him up.
Rose misses with the head strike.
Nasri tries to break the clinch but Rose is controlling the position.
Knees to the body from Rose.
Rose using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rose utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nasri is trying to break the clinch but Rose has him pressed against the cage.
Rose stalling against the cage.
Rose lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rose is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Nasri's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Nasri's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rose throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rose throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nasri blocks it with crossed arms.
Nasri takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rose has Nasri pressed against the cage, preventing Nasri from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Derrick Rose dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Lance Nasri's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Nasri swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rose tries to clinch there but Nasri circles away.
Rose showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nasri.
Rose has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nasri throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rose.
Nasri takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nasri misses with a wild combination.
Nice straight punches there by Rose. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rose.
A combination from Nasri does no damage.
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.
A big right from Rose misses.
Nasri swats away the attempt to clinch by Rose.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nasri throws a nice looking combination but Rose bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nice defenses there by Nasri.
Rose is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Rose gets a clinch.
Rose scores a nice knee to the body.
Rose lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rose lands a knee to the head.
Rose unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nasri lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rose unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rose lands a knee to the head.
Rose using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rose is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rose.
Rose scores with a knee to the head.
Rose misses with a knee strike.
Nasri wants to break free but Rose has control.
Nasri is trying to break free.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rose creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nasri is trying to break the clinch but Rose is controlling him.
Rose landing knees to the body.
Nasri wants to break free but Rose has control.
Rose utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rose scores with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nasri wants to break free but Rose has control.
Nasri is looking to break free of the clinch but Rose has double underhooks.
Nasri wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rose has him pressed against the cage.
Nasri working hard to break the clinch.
Rose lands a knee to the body.
Rose with a knee to the head.
Rose tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A knee to the head by Rose.
Nasri wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nasri is trying to break free.
Nasri is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rose throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rose taking a breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nasri blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nasri is trying to push Rose away but Rose has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Rose missing with knees to the body.
Nasri wants to get back to striking at distance but Rose won't allow it.
Rose tries to land knees in the clinch but Nasri avoids the damage to the body.
Nasri wants to get back to striking at distance but Rose won't allow it.
Rose looking to slow down the pace here.
Nasri tries to break the clinch but Rose is controlling the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nasri has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rose misses with a knee strike.
Lance Nasri has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Derrick Rose is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nasri tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

And that's the end of the fight!
Derrick Rose comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rose winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight for Derrick Rose!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Derrick Rose!
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Derrick Rose!

Derrick Rose wins by unanimous decision!
Derrick Rose seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.