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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Derrick Rose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Ellen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rose comes to the cage accompanied by Mama Said Knock You Out. Jake Ellen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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160 lbs
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Derrick Rose!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jake Ellen!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Stewart Dunkirk and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rose wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ellen shoots in and drives through. Rose sprawls well.
A punch combination from Rose misses.
Rose fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rose throws a series of strikes that have Ellen backpedaling.
Rose connects with a right hand. Ellen shakes it off.
Ellen tries to clinch up but Rose circles away and keeps his distance.
Rose feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Rose sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Rose might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Rose loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rose controls from within his opponent's guard.
Rose has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose with a nice head shot there.
Rose wants to pass the guard but Ellen is keeping the position.
Rose advances position into side control!
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Rose working away.
Rose advances to mount.
Ellen is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Rose controlling from mount.
Rose has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Ellen is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Rose seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Ellen for as long as he can get away with.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Derrick Rose just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
No luck for Ellen with that takedown attempt.
Ellen wants to clinch up but Rose keeps it at a distance.
Rose goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ellen gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Rose counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Derrick Rose has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jake Ellen.
Ellen tries to keep at a distance but Rose has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ellen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ellen is trying to stall.
Ellen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ellen looks gassed!
Rose displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ellen up against the cage.
Ellen is trying to break free.
Rose is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Ellen has Rose pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Rose manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Ellen wants to get back to striking at distance but Rose won't allow it.
Ellen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rose.
Rose has hold of one of Ellen's legs. Ellen is fighting the takedown attempt but Rose gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Derrick Rose dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A right-left combo lands from Rose.
Derrick Rose is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Left hook, right uppercut from Rose.
Ellen misses with a takedown attempt
and Rose counters with a single leg into guard. Ellen didn't expect that.
Rose seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Rose stands and steps away. Ellen gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Ellen tries to clinch
and Rose decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Ellen's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rose not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Rose looking to pass the guard.
Ellen is breathing heavily.
Rose passes into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose moves nicely into side control.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Rose looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Ellen is avoiding damage well.
Rose controls the position.
Rose lands an elbow.
Rose decides to stand up, so the ref orders Ellen to his feet.
Ellen tries to clinch but Rose moves away
and Rose decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Ellen's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rose is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Derrick Rose just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Rose shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ellen looking for submissions off his back.
Rose controlling the action here.
Rose tries to pass the half guard into mount. Ellen knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Rose moves nicely into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Rose postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Ellen takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
You can see the frustration on Ellen's face as Rose controls the position.
Sloppy strikes there by Rose.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rose just content to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Derrick Rose dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Rose lands a nice shot to the body.
Rose ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Rose stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Rose wants it to stay on the feet.
Rose dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ellen. That did some damage!
Ellen tries for a takedown but Rose circles away easily
and Rose counters with a shoot takedown. Ellen fights it but they end up in guard.
Rose not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Ellen is adopting a defensive guard.
Derrick Rose overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rose controls from within his opponent's guard.
Ellen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ellen wants to control the position but Rose says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Rose is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Derrick Rose just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Rose shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Ellen's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rose showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Rose stopping the sweep attempt from Ellen.
Rose looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Derrick Rose is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rose advances to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ellen is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ellen is in trouble now - Rose has advanced to mount!
Rose tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Rose's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
And that's the end of the fight!
Derrick Rose showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rose has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Alan Glass scores the fight for Derrick Rose!
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight for Derrick Rose!
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight for Derrick Rose!
Derrick Rose wins by unanimous decision!
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RATING
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