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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jay Leaf (ranked 4798 p4p, 3450 weight class) and Juancho De La Rosa (ranked 353 p4p, 280 weight class). Juancho De La Rosa acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jay Leaf!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Juancho De La Rosa!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Ian Loll and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leaf avoids the head kick by De La Rosa.
Leaf was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Leaf throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
De La Rosa scores with a hook.
A shot to the body from Leaf misses
and De La Rosa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
De La Rosa throws a looping overhand right but Leaf ducks down to avoid it.
De La Rosa takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Leaf lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as De La Rosa backs up against the cage.
It looks like Juancho De La Rosa has been cut.
De La Rosa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Leaf.
De La Rosa tests Leaf's chin there with a solid looking shot.
De La Rosa scores with a leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Leaf swings widly with a right hand
enabling De La Rosa to counter with a crisp jab.
De La Rosa cracks Leaf with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Leaf moves out of range of the body kick.
Leaf displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leaf slips under a jab.
De La Rosa lands a slapping body shot.
Leaf walks into a straight right hand from De La Rosa.
De La Rosa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
De La Rosa throws a head kick that misses.
Leaf walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
De La Rosa has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
De La Rosa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Leaf.
De La Rosa slips under a jab.
De La Rosa unleashes a big counter combination but Leaf bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
De La Rosa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
De La Rosa dodges the punch combination from Leaf.
De La Rosa moves out of range of the strikes.
De La Rosa looking to land some kicks to the body here.
De La Rosa lands with a cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De La Rosa rushes Leaf and presses him up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De La Rosa pushes Leaf back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
De La Rosa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
De La Rosa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Leaf's elbow.
The referee calls for De La Rosa to work.
Leaf lands a left hand.
De La Rosa lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Leaf lands a hook that snaps the head of De La Rosa backwards.
Leaf blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
De La Rosa misses with a hook to the ribs.
De La Rosa misses with a short punch on the inside.
De La Rosa lands a shot to the body.
A short right from Leaf on the inside.
De La Rosa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Leafs head.
A head punch on the inside from De La Rosa fails to land.
De La Rosa misses with the head strike.
De La Rosa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leaf scores with a hook to the body.
De La Rosa lands an uppercut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as De La Rosa takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
De La Rosa misses with a hook to the ribs.
I was talking to Leaf's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A quick uppercut on the inside from De La Rosa.
Leaf tries to pull guard but De La Rosa won't allow it.
Leaf fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De La Rosa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Leaf throws a combination that misses
and De La Rosa finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Leaf misses with a straight left.
De La Rosa feints a counter leg kick.
De La Rosa jabs at Leaf's body.
De La Rosa throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Leaf is rocked!
It looks like Jay Leaf has been cut.
De La Rosa throws an uppercut from hell that sends Leaf clean off his feet! He's out cold! De La Rosa stands back and admires his work as he thinks about that KO of the night award that is surely being wrapped up for him back stage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Juancho De La Rosa!
A determined Juancho De La Rosa didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!
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energy
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hype
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