PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ichiro Kosugi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keith Del Rosario (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Keith Del Rosario has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Kosugi
vs
Del Rosario

188 cm
22
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

192 cm
20
221 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ichiro Kosugi!
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, Keith Del Rosario!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Del Rosario lands the left hand.
Del Rosario throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kosugi.
Del Rosario misses with a double jab.
Kosugi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Del Rosario lands an overhand right.
Del Rosario lands with a good body shot.
Del Rosario blocks a jab.
Kosugi slips a jab from Del Rosario.
Del Rosario moves out of range as Kosugi strikes.
Kosugi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Del Rosario looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A slow jab from Kosugi misses its intended target.
Del Rosario with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kosugi to score with a decent uppercut.
Kosugi takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like Ichiro Kosugi has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Del Rosario missing with a left hand there. Kosugi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kosugi moves out of range as Del Rosario strikes.
Keith Del Rosario seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kosugi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Kosugi works Del Rosario's body with a nice hook.
Good shot there by Del Rosario.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Del Rosario uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kosugi.
Del Rosario misses with a few strikes there.
Del Rosario throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Del Rosario throws the left hand but Kosugi avoids the punch easily.
Kosugi slips a jab and a cross from Del Rosario.
Del Rosario scores with a nice right hand.
Del Rosario throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Del Rosario misses with a looping right.
Del Rosario lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kosugi circles away quickly and effectively.
Del Rosario misses with a looping left.
Del Rosario thows a body shot but no joy.
Del Rosario scores with a decent looking hook.
Kosugi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Del Rosario scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Del Rosario scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Del Rosario lands an overhand right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Del Rosario.
Del Rosario throws a right and a left that Kosugi avoids nicely.
Kosugi moves out of range as Del Rosario strikes.
Del Rosario is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Kosugi had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Del Rosario throws a looping overhand right but Kosugi ducks down to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Del Rosario takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kosugi staying out of range there.
Del Rosario misses with a two punch combination.
Del Rosario misses the shot to the body.
No luck for Kosugi with that takedown attempt.
Kosugi misses the shot to the body.
Del Rosario with a jab.
A jab from Kosugi misses.
Del Rosario misses with a hook. Kosugi ducked under it nicely.
Del Rosario looks to land a combination but Kosugi avoids it well.
Del Rosario throws a hook but Kosugi avoids it easily.
Kosugi has a takedown stuffed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kosugi swings for the body but Del Rosario moves out of range.
Del Rosario swinging wildly here.
Keith Del Rosario is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kosugi slips under a jab.
Del Rosario thows a left - swing and a miss!
Good exchange - Del Rosario coming out on top.
Del Rosario looks to land a combination but Kosugi avoids it well.
Del Rosario throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kosugi.
Kosugi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Del Rosario.
Del Rosario slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Kosugi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Del Rosario takes a swing at Kosugi's ribcage but misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Kosugi checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Kosugi is looking to wear down Del Rosario with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Del Rosario rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kosugi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Del Rosario lunges at Kosugi with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kosugi's hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Del Rosario.
Kosugi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kosugi fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Del Rosario looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Del Rosario, as that shot connected.
Kosugi looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ichiro Kosugi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Del Rosario gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kosugi.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Del Rosario throws a looping overhand right but Kosugi ducks down to avoid it.
Kosugi walks into a jab.
Del Rosario misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kosugi.
Kosugi staying out of range there.
Del Rosario throws a jab but it's blocked by Kosugi.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Del Rosario scores with a nice right hand.
Del Rosario misses with a jab to the body
letting Kosugi counter with a right hand.
Del Rosario looks to land a combination but Kosugi avoids it well.
Kosugi misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Keith Del Rosario dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ichiro Kosugi's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Kosugi misses with a hook. Del Rosario ducked under it nicely.
Kosugi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Del Rosario.
Nice defenses there by Del Rosario.
Kosugi lands a head shot.
Del Rosario connects with a right hand. Kosugi shakes it off.
Keith Del Rosario seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kosugi cracks Del Rosario with a good jab.
Del Rosario lands a nice hook to Kosugi's body. Kosugi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Del Rosario waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kosugi.
Del Rosario throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kosugi on the side of the head.
Kosugi misses with a looping left.
Kosugi throws a looping overhand right but Del Rosario ducks down to avoid it.
Keith Del Rosario is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kosugi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kosugi throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kosugi misses the shot to the body.
Kosugi slips a jab and a cross from Del Rosario.
Del Rosario thuds his right hand into Kosugi's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Del Rosario blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kosugi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kosugi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kosugi misses with a body shot.
Kosugi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Del Rosario paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Kosugi throws a body punch but Del Rosario moves out of range.
Kosugi misses with a looping left.
Del Rosario throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kosugi ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A nice combination there by Del Rosario.
Del Rosario moves out of range as Kosugi strikes.
Kosugi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Del Rosario ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Del Rosario uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kosugi looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Del Rosario scores with a nice head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kosugi with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Del Rosario throws a series of punches but Kosugi avoids them all with ease.
Del Rosario misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kosugi.
Kosugi lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kosugi throws the left hand but Del Rosario avoids the punch easily.
Del Rosario lands with a cross.
Kosugi staying out of range there.
Del Rosario looks to land a combination. Kosugi sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Del Rosario throws a looping overhand right but Kosugi ducks down to avoid it.
Del Rosario throws out a loose jab but Kosugi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Del Rosario drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Kosugi lands with a shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Del Rosario misses the target.
Del Rosario jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kosugi works the jab nicely.

Del Rosario is rocked!
Kosugi misses the jab.
Del Rosario is still on wobbly legs! Can Kosugi finish him?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kosugi loads up on a big right hand but Del Rosario slips the punch.
Del Rosario staying out of range there.
Kosugi throws an overhand right that lands on Del Rosario's shoulder, as Del Rosario tries to avoid the shot.
Del Rosario moves away from the strike by Kosugi.
The fighters circling - Kosugi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Del Rosario defending well as Kosugi loads up on a big left hand.
Kosugi shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Kosugi misses the jab.
Del Rosario staying out of range there.
Nice defenses there by Del Rosario.
Del Rosario slips under a jab from Kosugi.
Del Rosario blocks a jab.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kosugi throws a lazy right hand but Del Rosario sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Del Rosario slips under a jab from Kosugi.
Kosugi throws a looping overhand right but Del Rosario ducks down to avoid it.
Kosugi throws the left hand but Del Rosario avoids the punch easily.
Kosugi throws an overhand right that lands on Del Rosario's shoulder, as Del Rosario tries to avoid the shot.
Kosugi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Del Rosario.
Del Rosario uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kosugi.
Kosugi throws a lazy right hand but Del Rosario sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kosugi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Del Rosario moves out of range as Kosugi strikes.
Del Rosario might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Del Rosario bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kosugi misses the jab.
Del Rosario seems to have recovered his senses.
Kosugi thuds a left hand into Del Rosario's body.
Nice jab there from Del Rosario.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kosugi takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kosugi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Del Rosario connects with a leg kick. Kosugi looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Del Rosario misses with a hook.
Kosugi looks to throw the jab but Del Rosario is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Kosugi.
A big left from Kosugi misses.
Kosugi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kosugi lands a right hook to the body.
Kosugi moves into range and connects with a jab.
Good shot there by Del Rosario.
Del Rosario throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Kosugi counter with a right hand.
Del Rosario steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kosugi.
Kosugi takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Del Rosario throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Del Rosario throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Del Rosario looks to land a right hand but Kosugi moved out of range.
Del Rosario avoids the body shot from Kosugi.
A jab from Kosugi misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ichiro Kosugi dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ichiro Kosugi's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Kosugi with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Del Rosario to score with a decent uppercut.
Kosugi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Del Rosario.
Del Rosario jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kosugi misses with a looping right.
Kosugi misses with a looping right.
Kosugi on the wrong end of a nice jab.
and Kosugi counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Del Rosario! He's just covering up as Kosugi starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ichiro Kosugi!