PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andreas Lowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felix Rosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Lowe
vs
Rosa

160 cm
18
214 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

185 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andreas Lowe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Felix Rosa!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Viktor Lagutenko and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rosa throws a series of punches but Lowe moves out of range.

Lowe closes the distance and clinches.
Lowe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lowe lands an elbow inside that Rosa shrugs off.
Rosa has a couple of punches blocked by Lowe.
Lowe is looking to take this one to the mat.
Rosa is trying to maintain a safe position but Lowe gets an underhook and turns Rosa into the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Lowe ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Lowe no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

Lowe working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Rosa doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Rosa manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Rosa stands up from guard. Let's bang!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosa throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Rosa lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Lowe shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Rosa defends it nicely.

Lowe darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Rosa is trying to escape back to his feet but Lowe uses the scramble to pass into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rosa is trying to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rosa tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Lowe avoids the attempt from Rosa to control.
Rosa flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Rosa wants to control but Lowe is having none of it.
Lowe controlling from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosa tries to control Lowe's body but Lowe pushes him off. Rosa squirms to his side and now Lowe has his back!
Rosa is in bad spot here.

Lowe has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Lowe keeps control of the position easily here as Rosa tries to buck him off.
Lowe not allowing Rosa to control his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rosa wants to get back to his feet.
Rosa is trying to break free.
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 Andreas Lowe will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Rosa feints a jab promting Lowe to slip. Rosa then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Lowe slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Rosa connects with a crisp jab.
Rosa lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Lowe has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Rosa finds it's way round the side to connect with Lowe's head.

Rosa gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Rosa is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Lowe presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Lowe drags the fight down to the ground.
Rosa throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lowe tries to strike from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosa throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rosa throws a strike but Lowe rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Rosa is looking to stand up but Lowe isn't so interested in that idea.

Lowe stands up from guard. Let's bang!
A left and a right from Rosa both land. Nice combination.
Lowe really is a fat lump.
Rosa is breathing heavily.
Rosa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lowe.
Lowe is looking to counter punch.

Lowe closes the distance and pushes Rosa back into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Lowe tries to pull guard but Rosa holds him up against the cage and eventually Lowe drops back down to his feet.
Rosa misses with a short punch on the inside.

Lowe jumps guard and drags Rosa to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Rosa wanted to stand there but Lowe had control of the position.
Rosa with a flurry of punches that miss.
Rosa looking to sit in guard and control but Lowe gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Lowe sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Rosa's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosa wants to control the action here but instead Lowe manages to pass to full mount!
Lowe raining down shots from the mount!
Rosa wants to control but Lowe is having none of it.

Lowe is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!

Lowe closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Rosa's guard.
Rosa is looking to stand back up but Lowe counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Rosa.
Andreas Lowe overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Lowe performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

Lowe stands up and beckons Rosa to join him on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Andreas Lowe will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Lowe closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Rosa did well to prevent Lowe getting side control.
Rosa throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Rosa is trying to maintain the position but Lowe is very close to passing his half guard.

Lowe is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Rosa wants to control but Lowe is keeping busy and won't allow it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Lowe gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lowe drives through and clinches with Rosa against the cage.
Lowe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lowe scores a nice knee to the body.
Rosa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lowe with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A short body shot lands from Lowe as the two fighters clinch.
Lowe tries to pull guard but Rosa won't allow it.

Lowe ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Lowe no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

Lowe scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Rosa defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Lowe.
Felix Rosa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Lowe is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Rosa's half guard.
Rosa tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Lowe manages to move to mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lowe lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Rosa hang on?
Rosa tries to lock up and control but Lowe gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Lowe content just to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosa tries to hold on but Lowe postures up.
Lowe tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Lowe avoids the attempt from Rosa to control.
Rosa is just holding on here. Lowe manages to take his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Rosa defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Lowe's arms.

Lowe working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Rosa trying to control the hands but Lowe won't let him.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
I would not like to be Rosa right now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Andreas Lowe showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Lowe, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andreas Lowe!