PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Juancho De La Rosa (ranked 2264 p4p, 2961 weight class) and Caius Cosades Jr (ranked 188 p4p, 249 weight class). Cosades Jr is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Morrowind. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

De La Rosa
vs
Cosades Jr

180 cm
21
154
4 - 4 - 0

165 cm
21
145
3 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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Conviction

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Juancho De La Rosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Caius Cosades Jr!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Konstantin Menshow and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De La Rosa goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cosades Jr tries to counter by closing the distance.
De La Rosa connects with a crisp jab.

Cosades Jr has De La Rosa up against the cage in a clinch.
Cosades Jr scores with a knee to the head.
Cosades Jr utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Cosades Jr misses with a knee to the head.
Cosades Jr unloads a knee to the mid-section.

De La Rosa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
De La Rosa tests Cosades Jr's chin there with a solid looking shot.
De La Rosa dips to his left and cracks Cosades Jr with an uppercut!
De La Rosa looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
De La Rosa swings for the body but Cosades Jr moves out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De La Rosa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cosades Jr manages to avoid it.
Cosades Jr keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De La Rosa.
Cosades Jr lands a leg kick that knocks De La Rosa off balance momentarily.
De La Rosa jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Rosa swings for the body but Cosades Jr moves out of range.
Cosades Jr goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Cosades Jr works the jab nicely.
De La Rosa walks into a jab.
De La Rosa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cosades Jr manages to avoid it.
Cosades Jr defending well as De La Rosa loads up on a big left hand.
De La Rosa with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Cosades Jr scores with a leg kick.
Cosades Jr with the inside leg kick.

De La Rosa rushes Cosades Jr and presses him up against the cage.
A short right from De La Rosa.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
De La Rosa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cosades Jr takes a shot to the head.
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!
De La Rosa working aggressively here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by De La Rosa.
Still in the clinch, De La Rosa scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De La Rosa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cosades Jr's elbow.
De La Rosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cosades Jr blocks a body shot from De La Rosa.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De La Rosa.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, De La Rosa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cosades Jr's brow.
De La Rosa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
De La Rosa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A right handed body shot lands from De La Rosa.
Cosades Jr tries a knee to the head but De La Rosa blocks it.
De La Rosa misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from De La Rosa.
De La Rosa stalling in the clinch but Cosades Jr improves position.
De La Rosa manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
De La Rosa lands a right hand.
Cosades Jr is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. De La Rosa is defending well for now.
De La Rosa throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cosades Jr tries to land knees in the clinch but De La Rosa avoids the damage to the body.
Cosades Jr landing knees to the body.
Cosades Jr misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De La Rosa.
De La Rosa working aggressively here.
De La Rosa tries to work over Cosades Jr's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cosades Jr utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
De La Rosa presses Cosades Jr against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
De La Rosa misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cosades Jr.
De La Rosa has a couple of punches blocked by Cosades Jr.
De La Rosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
De La Rosa tries to stall but Cosades Jr uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Cosades Jr tries to land a knee to the head but De La Rosa blocks with his arms.
De La Rosa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cosades Jr trying to land knees to the body.
Cosades Jr putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has De La Rosa in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cosades Jr tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cosades Jr missing with knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from De La Rosa.
De La Rosa gets through Cosades Jr's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
De La Rosa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cosades Jr tries to land knees in the clinch but De La Rosa avoids the damage to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De La Rosa managing to block the knees to the body from Cosades Jr.
Still in the clinch, De La Rosa scores with a nice short uppercut.
De La Rosa pushes Cosades Jr back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
De La Rosa can't find room to land a body shot as Cosades Jr controls the action.
De La Rosa managing to block the knees to the body from Cosades Jr.
De La Rosa tries to throw a body punch but Cosades Jr avoids it by throwing De La Rosa back against the cage.
De La Rosa wants to stall.
De La Rosa lands a body shot.
De La Rosa misses with some punches.
Cosades Jr using the Thai plumb to throw knees but De La Rosa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cosades Jr misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De La Rosa.
De La Rosa tries to work over Cosades Jr's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
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 Juancho De La Rosa will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

De La Rosa throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
De La Rosa misses the shot to the body.
De La Rosa lands the left hand.
De La Rosa swings for the body but Cosades Jr moves out of range.
De La Rosa looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
De La Rosa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De La Rosa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cosades Jr can do to turn this around?
De La Rosa looks to score with a jab to the body but Cosades Jr is just out of range.
De La Rosa connects with a looping right hand.
De La Rosa looks to land a body kick but Cosades Jr moved away.
De La Rosa looks to throw the jab but Cosades Jr is out of range.
Cosades Jr is looking for the big counter here.
Cosades Jr throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cosades Jr staying out of range there.
Cosades Jr steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from De La Rosa.
De La Rosa blocks a head kick by Cosades Jr.
De La Rosa takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
De La Rosa attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Cosades Jr has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. De La Rosa seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Cosades Jr can turn it around.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De La Rosa can't find room to land a body shot as Cosades Jr controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Rosa managing to block the knees to the body from Cosades Jr.
Cosades Jr is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. De La Rosa is defending well for now.
De La Rosa managing to block the knees to the body from Cosades Jr.
De La Rosa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
De La Rosa working aggressively here.
De La Rosa lands with a short punch from the clinch.
De La Rosa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cosades Jr crunches a lovely knee into De La Rosa's ribcage.
Cosades Jr missing with knees to the body.
Juancho De La Rosa has scored more points in the clinch so far.
De La Rosa misses with a hook to the ribs.
De La Rosa works on Cosades Jr's body with a couple of short punches.
De La Rosa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cosades Jr throws a knee to the head but misses.
De La Rosa misses with some punches.
De La Rosa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cosades Jr's elbow.
Cosades Jr with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Juancho De La Rosa has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De La Rosa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
De La Rosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
De La Rosa misses with a punch on the inside.
De La Rosa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cosades Jr using the Thai plumb to throw knees but De La Rosa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
De La Rosa lands a body punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De La Rosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cosades Jr tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
De La Rosa trying to control the position but instead, Cosades Jr has worked for underhooks and has pushed De La Rosa into the cage.
Cosades Jr trying to land knees to the body.
De La Rosa takes a knee to the side of the body.
Cosades Jr tries to land knees in the clinch but De La Rosa avoids the damage to the body.
De La Rosa lands a hook that snaps the head of Cosades Jr backwards.
Cosades Jr lands a knee to the body.
Cosades Jr tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Rosa lands a body punch.
Cosades Jr blocking some punches.
A right handed body shot lands from De La Rosa.
De La Rosa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cosades Jr backwards.
De La Rosa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cosades Jr with an attempt at a knee that misses.
De La Rosa managing to block the knees to the body from Cosades Jr.
De La Rosa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cosades Jr misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De La Rosa.
De La Rosa struggles to land a body shot inside as Cosades Jr controls his hands.
Cosades Jr working De La Rosa over with knees to the body.
Cosades Jr throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but De La Rosa blocks it with crossed arms.
De La Rosa is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Cosades Jr missing with knees to the body.
De La Rosa misses with a punch to the body.
Cosades Jr tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and De La Rosa avoids it.
Cosades Jr trying to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cosades Jr blocks a body shot from De La Rosa.
De La Rosa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
De La Rosa scores with a shoulder strike.
Cosades Jr keeps control of De La Rosa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
De La Rosa tries to throw a body punch but Cosades Jr avoids it by throwing De La Rosa back against the cage.
De La Rosa misses with some punches.
Cosades Jr throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but De La Rosa blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cosades Jr scores with a knee to the head.
Cosades Jr throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cosades Jr landing some nice looking knees to the body.
De La Rosa lands with a right to the head.
De La Rosa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cosades Jr trying to land knees to the body.
De La Rosa can't find room to land a body shot as Cosades Jr controls the action.
Cosades Jr misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De La Rosa.
De La Rosa working aggressively here.
Cosades Jr misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De La Rosa.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Caius Cosades Jr will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Juancho De La Rosa's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Cosades Jr looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Juancho De La Rosa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De La Rosa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cosades Jr manages to avoid it.
Cosades Jr takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nice defenses there by Cosades Jr.
De La Rosa misses with a body shot.
De La Rosa throws a lazy uppercut

and Cosades Jr moves into the clinch.
Cosades Jr tries to land knees in the clinch but De La Rosa avoids the damage to the body.
Cosades Jr missing with knees to the body.
Cosades Jr trying to land knees to the body.
De La Rosa has Cosades Jr pressed against the cage.
Cosades Jr is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. De La Rosa is defending well for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cosades Jr misses with a knee strike.
De La Rosa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
De La Rosa lands with a short shot to the head.
Cosades Jr lands a knee to the body.
Cosades Jr tries to land knees in the clinch but De La Rosa avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cosades Jr working De La Rosa over with knees to the body.
De La Rosa misses with a body punch.

De La Rosa breaks from the clinch.
De La Rosa has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from De La Rosa there as he acknowledges the shot.
Cosades Jr slips a jab from De La Rosa.
De La Rosa throws a body punch but Cosades Jr moves out of range.
De La Rosa throws a hook but Cosades Jr avoids it easily.
De La Rosa throws a right hand that Cosades Jr ducks under and follows up with a left that Cosades Jr also avoids with ease.
De La Rosa lands with a nice body punch.
De La Rosa throws a looping overhand right but Cosades Jr ducks down to avoid it.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Cosades Jr in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
De La Rosa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cosades Jr tries to counter by closing the distance.
Cosades Jr throws a leg kick which misses De La Rosa's front leg but catches the back leg as De La Rosa tries to avoid it.
De La Rosa staying out of range there.
Both fighters circling a little - Cosades Jr finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Cosades Jr throws a hook but De La Rosa avoids it easily.
De La Rosa appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cosades Jr takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A big right from De La Rosa misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De La Rosa fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Cosades Jr looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A big left from Cosades Jr misses.
De La Rosa throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Cosades Jr ducks right into an uppercut from De La Rosa.
Cosades Jr tries to close the distance and clinch but De La Rosa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cosades Jr tries to close the distance and clinch up but De La Rosa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
De La Rosa swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
De La Rosa uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Cosades Jr has time to react.
Cosades Jr tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Cosades Jr closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Cosades Jr tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and De La Rosa avoids it.
Cosades Jr tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
De La Rosa tries to work over Cosades Jr's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cosades Jr missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cosades Jr looking to throw knees to the head but De La Rosa is blocking nicely.
De La Rosa trying to control the position but instead, Cosades Jr has worked for underhooks and has pushed De La Rosa into the cage.
De La Rosa avoiding damage as Cosades Jr throws knees to the body.
De La Rosa throws a head punch that misses.
Cosades Jr with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
De La Rosa managing to block the knees to the body from Cosades Jr.
De La Rosa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
De La Rosa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cosades Jr connects with a nasty looking knee right to De La Rosa's face.
Cosades Jr misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De La Rosa.
Cosades Jr lands a nice knee to the body.
De La Rosa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
De La Rosa trying to control the position but instead, Cosades Jr has worked for underhooks and has pushed De La Rosa into the cage.
Cosades Jr scores a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cosades Jr working De La Rosa over with knees to the body.
De La Rosa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cosades Jr misses with a knee to the head.
Cosades Jr missing with knees to the body.
Cosades Jr is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. De La Rosa is defending well for now.
De La Rosa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cosades Jr trying to land knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De La Rosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cosades Jr blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
De La Rosa is trying to maintain a safe position but Cosades Jr gets an underhook and turns De La Rosa into the cage.
De La Rosa misses with a body punch.
De La Rosa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
De La Rosa avoiding damage as Cosades Jr throws knees to the body.
De La Rosa has had enough of the clinch but Cosades Jr keeps him there for the moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Caius Cosades Jr.
I think Cosades Jr has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:29
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Caius Cosades Jr!
Our winner, Caius Cosades Jr, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.