PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Arturro Affi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derric Rose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Affi might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Men at work - Land of down under. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Derric Rose enters the cage!

Affi
vs
Rose

180 cm
22
169 lbs
6 - 1 - 1

175 cm
29
154 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great low kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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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 6 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Arturro Affi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Derric Rose!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Bruno Hogan and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rose lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Affi slips under a jab.
Rose scores with a jab to the body.
Rose misses with a left hand
and Affi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rose throws a looping overhand right but Affi ducks down to avoid it.
Rose throws a jab when Affi was well out of range.

Rose tries to keep at a distance but Affi has taken the fight into the clinch.
Affi misses with a punch on the inside.
Affi manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Affi lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rose.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Affi.
Affi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rose backwards.
Affi swings wildly with an uppercut but Rose uses good head movement to avoid it.
Affi taking a breather.
Still in the clinch, Affi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Affi digs a right hand into Rose's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rose's gas tank.
Rose wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Affi has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Affi content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Affi pushes Rose back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Affi scores with a shoulder strike.
Affi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rose blocks a body shot from Affi.
Affi presses Rose against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Rose working hard to break the clinch.
Affi tries a body shot but Rose blocks it.
Affi has Rose pushed against the cage.
Affi lands a body punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Come on Affi - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose is trying to break the clinch but Affi has him pressed against the cage.
Affi throws a head punch that misses.
Affi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rose backwards.
Rose is looking to take this one to the mat.
Affi scores with a hook to the body.
Affi is pushing Rose up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Affi scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Affi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Roses head.
A right hand to the body from Affi.
Affi lands a hook that snaps the head of Rose backwards.
Affi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Affi cracks Rose with a nice body shot.
Affi is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Affi lands a body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Affi lands with a left to the head.
Affi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arturro Affi dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Rose keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Affi lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Rose is rocked!
Affi lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rose circles away quickly and effectively.
Rose is still on wobbly legs! Can Affi finish him?
Affi misses with a wild combination.
Rose misses with a right hand

and Affi counters by moving into the clinch.
Rose seems to have recovered his senses.
Affi leaning his opponent against the cage.
Affi has Rose pressed against the cage, preventing Rose from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Affi tries to throw a body punch but Rose avoids it by throwing Affi back against the cage.
Rose is looking to control Affi's arms but Affi gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rose has his back to the cage.
Rose is trying to force a seperation but Affi has the dominant position.
Affi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Affi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Affi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rose's efforts to push away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Affi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Affi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rose changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Affi fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Rose swats away the attempt to clinch by Affi.
Rose keeps the fight on the outside.
Affi tries to clinch up but Rose circles away and keeps his distance.
The fighters circling - Rose throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Affi drives through and clinches with Rose against the cage.
Affi gets through Rose's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Affi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rose backwards.
Arturro Affi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Affi.
Stalling in the clinch from Affi.
Affi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rose wants a takedown.
Affi unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Rose! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Affi is unloading with more strikes now! Rose drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arturro Affi!
A relieved looking Arturro Affi thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.