PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Derick Rose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ramon Abelardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Rose
vs
Abelardo

180 cm
25
200 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

190 cm
24
203 lbs
11 - 3 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Derick Rose!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Ramon Abelardo!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Ryoma Takatsuka and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abelardo looks to land a body kick but Rose moved away.
Abelardo moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A right-left combo lands from Rose.

It looks like Ramon Abelardo has been cut.
Rose throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Abelardo scores with a decent looking hook.
Rose has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Boom Boom Room in the buildup to the fight.
Abelardo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rose.
Rose connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Abelardo thumps Rose with a low kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rose steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Abelardo. That one must have hurt.
That kick from Abelardo tenderised Rose's leg. Rose is trying to keep his angry face on.
Abelardo throws a leg kick but Rose checks it.
Rose shoots in for a takedown but Abelardo shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Crunch! Abelardo slams his shin into Rose's torso.
Rose is breathing heavily.
Rose takes a swing at Abelardo's ribcage but misses.
Abelardo fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Rose checks it well.
A big left from Abelardo misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Rose is defended easily by Abelardo.
Rose moves out of range of the body kick from Abelardo.
Rose throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Abelardo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Abelardo throws a half hearted mid kick.
Rose with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rose tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Abelardo swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Derick Rose. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Rose is defended easily by Abelardo.
Rose moves out of range of the body kick.
Derick Rose seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Abelardo throws a leg kick that misses.
Rose blocks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rose misses the shot to the body.
Horrible takedown attempt by Rose or perhaps it was just good defense by Abelardo, which made it look bad.
Abelardo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Rose slips under a jab.
Rose missing with a left hand there. Abelardo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Abelardo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ramon Abelardo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Abelardo chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rose lands a nice shot to the body.
Abelardo is looking to score with low kicks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Rose shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Rose is trying to work for a kimura but Abelardo is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rose is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Rose is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Abelardo doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Rose.

Abelardo manages to escape and get back to his feet!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abelardo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rose shoots in looking for a takedown. Abelardo tries to sprawl out of it but Rose keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Abelardo manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A slapping body kick lands there for Abelardo.
Rose moves in looking to clinch but Abelardo pushes him off.
Abelardo tried to score with a low kick but Rose checks it.
Rose misses the shot to the body.
Good leg kick by Abelardo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Rose closes the distance and clinches up with Abelardo, looking for a takedown. Rose pushes Abelardo against the cage but Abelardo circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Rose is looking to wear down Abelardo with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Abelardo slips under a jab.
Rose misses with a right hand
and Abelardo counters with an outside leg kick.
Abelardo throws a half hearted mid kick.
An inside leg kick from Abelardo misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ramon Abelardo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ramon Abelardo'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.

Thud! ouch! good body kick from Abelardo - that will leave a mark!
Rose takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Abelardo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Abelardo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ramon Abelardo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Abelardo slaps away a takedown attempt from Rose, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Rose looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Abelardo takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Derick Rose is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rose throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Abelardo counters with a body kick.
Rose dives in for a single leg takedown but Abelardo sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.

Abelardo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A slapping body kick lands there for Abelardo.
Abelardo scores with a push kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rose throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Abelardo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose walks forward, straight into a front kick from Abelardo.
Abelardo lands with a slapping head kick.
Abelardo connects with a looping right hand.
Abelardo misses with a body kick.
Abelardo misses with a body kick.
Good leg kick by Abelardo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Rose takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Rose on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Abelardo. Abelardo obviously looking to wear him down.
Abelardo throws a body kick that misses.
Rose will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A head kick misses from Abelardo.
Rose closes this distance looking for a takedown but Abelardo circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Derick Rose. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Abelardo lands a big head kick that sends Rose tumbling to the mat! Abelardo takes a step backwards and waves Rose back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Rose is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Abelardo scores with a leg kick.
Oh Rose is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A slapping leg kick lands for Abelardo.
Ohhhhhhhhhh, brutal head kick from Abelardo! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Ramon Abelardo!
In his post fight interview, Ramon Abelardo started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.