PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Robert Plesniak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derrick Rose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Derrick Rose has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Plesniak
vs
Rose

170 cm
22
152 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

185 cm
23
155 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Zentrope Fighting Universe

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Robert Plesniak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Derrick Rose!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Ackerman and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rose throws a body punch but Plesniak moves out of range.

Plesniak gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rose throws a knee to the head but misses.

Plesniak jumps into guard, dragging Rose to the mat.
Plesniak looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rose is one step ahead there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rose would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Plesniak seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Plesniak looks to land a right hand but Rose moved out of range.
Rose lands a slapping body shot.
Rose fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Plesniak checks it well.
Rose throws a shot from downtown. Plesniak moves away and avoids it.

Plesniak moves into range and clinches up with Rose.
Rose avoiding damage as Plesniak throws knees to the body.
Plesniak throws a punch but it's blocked by Rose.
Rose throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Plesniak blocks it with crossed arms.
Rose lands an elbow inside that Plesniak shrugs off.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rose throws an elbow but misses.
Rose throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rose tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Plesniak avoids it.
Rose is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Rose with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Plesniak tries to land a knee to the head but Rose blocks with his arms.
Rose misses with a knee strike.
Rose lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rose throws a head punch that misses.
Plesniak blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rose throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Plesniak blocks it with crossed arms.
Plesniak lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rose backwards.
Rose looking to throw knees to the head but Plesniak is blocking nicely.
Plesniak wants a takedown but no success here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rose looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Plesniak working aggressively here.
Plesniak misses with a knee strike.
Plesniak slows down the pace here.
Plesniak swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Plesniak avoids the elbow strike from Rose, against the cage.
Plesniak dodges an elbow strike from Rose.
Rose missing with knees to the body.
Rose avoids a wild elbow strike from Plesniak.
Plesniak on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Plesniak successfully pulls guard.
Plesniak is looking to sweep but instead, Rose has passed into half guard.
Rose tries to stand and escape but Plesniak is controlling the position.
Plesniak controlling the position for now.
Plesniak is trying to maintain the position but Rose is very close to passing his half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Rose seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rose prevents Plesniak from improving his position.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Robert Plesniak wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Rose throws a leg kick which misses Plesniak's front leg but catches the back leg as Plesniak tries to avoid it.

Rose drives through and clinches with Plesniak against the cage.
Plesniak lands a knee to the body.
Plesniak swings wildly with an uppercut but Rose uses good head movement to avoid it.
Plesniak throws a knee to the head but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Plesniak misses with the head strike.
Rose is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Plesniak connects with a knee to the head.
Plesniak tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Rose just stands there and leans against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Robert Plesniak will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Rose closes the distance and pushes Plesniak back into the cage.
Rose misses with a knee strike.
Plesniak's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Rose crunches a lovely knee into Plesniak's ribcage.
Plesniak pushes Rose back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Rose misses with a knee to the head.
Plesniak with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rose tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rose lands a knee to the head.
Plesniak lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Plesniak drags the fight down to the ground.
Plesniak looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rose is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose wants to stand and escape but instead Plesniak has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Plesniak showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Plesniak with a flurry of punches that miss.
Rose really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Plesniak. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rose is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Plesniak wants to control from the top but Rose keeps moving.
Plesniak stops Rose from standing up.
Plesniak scoring with punches to the head and body.
Plesniak might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Plesniak stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rose swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Plesniak is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Plesniak prevents Rose from getting back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Plesniak trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Rose can do anything to dispel that myth.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Robert Plesniak just wasn't active enough.
Rose misses with a head kick.

Plesniak gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rose utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Plesniak swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rose pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Plesniak lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rose backwards.
Rose blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rose lands a knee to the head.
Rose tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rose lands a shoulder strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Plesniak.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Plesniak lands a nice uppercut.
Plesniak slows down the pace here.
Plesniak takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rose lands a good knee to the midsection. Plesniak won't want to take too many of those.
Rose scores with a knee to the head.
Rose using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Plesniak has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rose missing with knees to the body.
Rose blocks a body shot from Plesniak.
Plesniak throws a punch but it's blocked by Rose.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rose tries to land a knee to the head but Plesniak blocks with his arms.
Rose throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Plesniak blocks it with crossed arms.
Rose avoids a wild elbow strike from Plesniak.
Plesniak is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Derrick Rose will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

A combination from Plesniak does no damage.

Plesniak rushes Rose and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rose takes a shot to the head.
Plesniak dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Plesniak taking a breather.
Plesniak throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Plesniak misses with the head strike.
Rose throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rose blocks a body shot from Plesniak.

Plesniak escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Rose tries a knee to the head but Plesniak blocks it.
Plesniak fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A knee to the head by Rose.

Plesniak is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose lands a knee to the head.
Oh Plesniak is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Derrick Rose seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Rose lands a big knee to the head and Plesniak goes down! Rose pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Derrick Rose!
After the fight, Derrick Rose was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.