PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Henrique Rosa (ranked 527 p4p, 757 weight class) and Charles Tucker (ranked 82 p4p, 114 weight class). Tucker has chosen Faith of The Heart as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Rosa
vs
Tucker

188 cm
31
205
18 - 10 - 1

187 cm
30
210
21 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 18 - 10 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Henrique Rosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charles Tucker!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Sam Margolis and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rosa throws out a loose jab but Tucker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rosa avoids a punch combination nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Rosa misses the target.
Rosa misses with a wild body shot.
Rosa connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Rosa misses with a hook. Tucker ducked under it nicely.
Rosa misses with a low kick as Tucker jumps back.
Rosa misses the shot to the body.
Rosa scores with a nice head shot.
Rosa throws a hook but Tucker avoids it easily.
Tucker throws a counter combo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rosa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tucker.
Rosa looks to throw the jab but Tucker is out of range.
Rosa avoids the head kick by Tucker.
Tucker uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rosa.
Rosa looks to land a right hand but Tucker moved out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Tucker misses.
Tucker steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rosa.
Rosa is looking to score with low kicks.
Tucker scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rosa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rosa chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tucker can pounce on him.
Rosa throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Tucker connects with a leg kick.
Tucker takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Rosa misses the jab.
Tucker lets loose with a powerful body kick. Rosa will feel that in the morning.
Rosa is looking to score with low kicks.
Rosa tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Henrique Rosa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rosa pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Tucker throws a lazy right hand but Rosa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tucker looks to land a right hand but Rosa moved out of range.
Rosa moves away from the strike by Tucker.
Tucker throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Tucker tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Rosa is able to avoid easily.
Rosa was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tucker throws a sloppy head kick and Rosa moves out of range easily.
Tucker misses with a body kick.
Tucker throws a hook but Rosa blocks it.
Rosa scores with a leg kick.
A head kick from Tucker lands but Rosa takes it in his stride.

It looks like Henrique Rosa has been cut.
Tucker misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tucker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rosa.
Tucker will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Rosa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tucker sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rosa takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosa ducks under a wild hook from Tucker.
It looked like Rosa wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Tucker gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Tucker blocks a jab.
Rosa throws a body shot but no joy.
Rosa misses with a low kick.
Tucker walks into a jab.
Rosa moves out of range of the body kick.
Rosa blocks a leg kick.
Rosa looks to land a right hand but Tucker moved out of range.
Rosa looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Tucker blocks a jab.
Rosa goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Tucker throws out a loose jab but Rosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tucker throws a right hand that misses
and Rosa makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tucker moves out of range of the body kick from Rosa.
Tucker is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Rosa with a body shot.
Rosa moves out of range as Tucker strikes.
Tucker ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tucker throws a leg kick but Rosa sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Tucker swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Tucker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rosa.
Tucker is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Rosa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Rosa!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tucker lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Tucker misses with the combination.
Jab by Rosa.
Rosa misses with a looping right.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Henrique Rosa will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Henrique Rosa's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Tucker just misses with a punch to the body.
Rosa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tucker manages to avoid it.
Tucker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tucker throws a leg kick but Rosa moved away.
Tucker displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rosa throws out the jab.
Tucker looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Tucker tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Rosa is able to avoid easily.
Rosa jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Rosa swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Rosa connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Tucker momentarily.
Rosa has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Tucker misses with a hook. Rosa ducked under it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jab from Tucker.
Tucker on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Rosa scores with a nice head shot.
A low kick lands for Rosa.
Tucker lands a nice hook to Rosa's body. Rosa takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosa scores with a spinning back kick!

Tucker lands a big right hand that sends Rosa crashing to the mat! Tucker stays standing though and waves Rosa back to his feet!
A nice leg kick from Tucker, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rosa chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Tucker throws an overhand right that lands on Rosa's shoulder, as Rosa tries to avoid the shot.
Rosa changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tucker throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tucker throws out a loose jab but Rosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tucker takes a swing at Rosa's ribcage but misses.
Rosa throwing a counter right hand but Tucker manages to avoid it.
Tucker lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Rosa is rocked!
Rosa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tucker was well out of range. Poor timing from Rosa.
Charles Tucker seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tucker finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Tucker on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A jab from Rosa does it's job there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Tucker misses.
Jab, jab by Rosa - just one landing.
Rosa misses with a left hand
and Tucker counters with a slapping leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tucker. Rosa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rosa was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Rosa fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Rosa lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Tucker takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rosa just misses with a punch to the body.
Rosa misses with a wild body shot.
Rosa misses with an uppercut. Tucker saw that one coming.
Rosa throws an overhand right that lands on Tucker's shoulder, as Tucker tries to avoid the shot.
Rosa connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Tucker momentarily.
Rosa feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Tuckers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Rosa tries to score with a low kick but Tucker moves his leg out of the way.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tucker throws a nice outside leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Rosa misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tucker! But no joy.
Tucker connects with a solid leg kick.
Rosa throws a low kick but Tucker avoids it.
Rosa misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tucker pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A counter left hand to the body from Rosa misses its target.
Rosa throws a low kick but Tucker moves out of range easily.
Tucker replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Rosa blocks it well.
Rosa throws a shot to the body.
Good shot there by Rosa.
Tucker throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rosa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tucker.
A jab from Rosa misses.
Rosa throws a head kick but Tucker moves out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rosa.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Oooooh!!! Tucker has knocked Rosa down with a huge combo! Tucker steps away and waves a wobbly Rosa back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Oh Rosa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rosa tries to get into range but Tucker steps to the side and lands a beautiful hook that drops Rosa! He's faceplanted into the mat, ass in the air... he's out cold! That's an image he won't want to show his grandkids when he gets older! Tucker scores the big KO victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Charles Tucker!
After winning the bout, Charles Tucker thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.