PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Cory Rose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Soza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Soza comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Sponge Bob Theme Song kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be a great matchup!

Rose
vs
Soza

169 cm
20
150 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

173 cm
25
155 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

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 Sydney, Cory Rose!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bob Soza!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Winston Howard and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rose misses with an uppercut
and Soza counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rose misses with a lunging right hand
letting Soza counter with a right hand.
Rose misses with a hook
and Soza counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rose misses with a right hand
and Soza counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rose misses with a left hand
and Soza counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Soza digs a good body shot into Rose's ribs.
Rose throws a sloppy head kick
and Soza counters with a head kick.
Rose will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A head kick misses from Soza.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose misses with a right hand

and Soza holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Soza displaying some good clinch control by pressing Rose up against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Rose.
Soza connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rose's face.
Rose on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rose is trying to break free.
Soza landing knees to the head.
Soza lands a good knee to the midsection. Rose won't want to take too many of those.
Rose takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rose avoids a wild elbow strike from Soza.
Rose wants to break free but Soza has control.
Soza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rose.
Rose has Soza pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Soza manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Soza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rose misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rose is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Soza with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Soza using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rose has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soza lands a body shot.
Soza is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Soza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rose.
Soza slowing the pace effectively.
Rose tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Soza with a knee to the head.
Soza looks gassed!
Soza using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rose has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Soza just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rose's brow.
Rose fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cory Rose. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rose tries to pull guard but Soza won't allow it.
Rose tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Soza smiles and moves away.
Rose just misses with a punch to the body.

Rose clinches.
Rose jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Soza walks away with a smile on his face. Rose gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Rose misses with a left hand

and Soza holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soza tries to land knees in the clinch but Rose avoids the damage to the body.
Soza tries to land knees in the clinch but Rose avoids the damage to the body.
Rose blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Soza throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rose blocks it with crossed arms.
Soza scores a nice knee to the body.
Rose is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Soza throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rose tries for a takedown but Soza manages to get underhooks.
Soza throws a knee to the head but misses.
Soza has Rose pressed against the cage, preventing Rose from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Soza is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Soza prevents Rose from breaking the clinch.
Rose tries to land a knee to the head but Soza blocks with his arms.
Soza lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rose wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rose tries to pull guard but Soza won't allow it.
Soza blocks an elbow strike from Rose.
Rose on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Soza throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rose blocks it with crossed arms.
Soza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rose is defending well for now.
Rose tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Soza smiles and moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Rose throws a big shot that misses.
Cory Rose seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Soza moves away from the strike by Rose.
Rose throws an off balance right hand
and Soza counters with a three punch combo that has Rose backing up. Rose nods at Soza to acknowledge the strikes.
Rose throws a lazy uppercut
and Soza counters with an outside leg kick.
Rose throws a right hand that misses

and Soza counters by clinching up.
Soza lands a shoulder strike.
Rose avoids a wild elbow strike from Soza.
Soza crunches a lovely knee into Rose's ribcage.
Rose is trying to maintain a safe position but Soza gets an underhook and turns Rose into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bob Soza dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Rose closes the distance and clinches.
Rose stalling the fight.
Rose fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Soza tries to land knees in the clinch but Rose avoids the damage to the body.
Soza missing with knees to the body.
Rose fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Rose looking to throw knees to the head but Soza is blocking nicely.
Rose tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Soza with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Soza working Rose over with knees to the body.
Soza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rose.
Rose jumps guard but Soza stands there with Rose around his waist. Rose gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Rose misses with a punch to the body.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Soza 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.
Soza throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Rose managing to block the knees to the body from Soza.
Rose blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Soza tries to land a knee to the head but Rose blocks with his arms.
Rose is looking to break free of the clinch but Soza has double underhooks.
Soza is breathing heavily.
Soza trying to land knees to the body.
Soza tries to land knees in the clinch but Rose avoids the damage to the body.
Rose looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cory Rose. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rose struggles to land a body shot inside as Soza controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soza blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rose jumps guard but Soza stands there with Rose around his waist. Rose gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Rose avoids the elbow strike from Soza, against the cage.
Soza lands a nice knee to the body.
Rose fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Rose fails to pull guard.
Soza with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rose throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rose tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Rose tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Soza smiles and moves away.
Rose throws a right hand that misses

and Soza counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Soza tries to land knees in the clinch but Rose avoids the damage to the body.
Rose jumps guard but Soza stands there with Rose around his waist. Rose gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Rose blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rose can't break the clinch.
Rose has a couple of punches blocked by Soza.
Rose tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Soza just stands there and leans against the cage.
Rose working hard to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rose has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Soza blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Soza leaning against his opponent.
Rose jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Soza walks away with a smile on his face. Rose gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Rose throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Soza moves into the clinch.
Soza lands a knee to the head.
Soza throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Soza has Rose pressed against the cage, preventing Rose from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Soza throws a knee to the head but misses.
Soza trying to land knees to the body.
Rose wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rose working aggressively here.
Rose changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Soza fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Rose swings widly with a right hand

and Soza counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Soza.
Rose wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rose tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Soza smiles and moves away.
Soza tries to move into range but Rose moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soza steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rose.
Rose throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Soza counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Soza.
Soza lands a nice knee to the body.
Soza missing with knees to the body.
Soza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rose.
Rose tries for a takedown. No joy.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Rose jumps guard but Soza stands there with Rose around his waist. Rose gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Soza misses with a knee to the head.
Rose goes for a takedown in the clinch but Soza prevents it.
Rose wants to break free but Soza has control.
Soza tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Soza looking to throw knees to the head but Rose is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Rose tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Soza just stands there and leans against the cage.
Rose can't break the clinch.
Rose blocks an elbow strike.
Soza throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rose blocks it with crossed arms.
Rose tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Soza blocks an elbow strike from Rose.
Rose avoiding damage as Soza throws knees to the body.
Rose has had enough of the clinch but Soza keeps him there for the moment.
Rose wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rose jumps guard but Soza stands there with Rose around his waist. Rose gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Rose fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Rose tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Soza smiles and moves away.
Soza is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Rose missing with a left hand there. Soza was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bob Soza showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Rose misses with an uppercut

and Soza moves into the clinch.
Rose drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Soza gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Soza working Rose over with knees to the body.
Bob Soza seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Soza landing knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Soza.
Soza landing knees to the head.
Rose on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Soza working Rose over with knees to the body.
Soza prevents a takedown attempt there.

Rose pulls guard successfully.
Rose wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Soza manages to pass to side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rose wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Soza decides to stand up.
Rose is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Rose misses with an uppercut
and Soza counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Rose rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Soza counters with a leg kick.
Rose misses with an uppercut

and Soza counters by moving into the clinch.
Rose can't break the clinch.
Rose tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cory Rose. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Soza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rose avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Soza.
Soza lands a good knee to the midsection. Rose won't want to take too many of those.
Soza trying to land knees to the body.
Soza lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Soza tries to stall but Rose uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Rose fails to pull guard.
Soza creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Soza prevents a takedown attempt there.
Soza misses with an elbow strike.
Rose trying to stall but Soza improves his position.
Rose is trying to break the clinch but Soza has him pressed against the cage.
Soza is pressed up against the cage. Rose has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Soza down to the mat. Soza avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Rose throws a combination that misses

and Soza holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Soza using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Soza looking to throw knees to the head but Rose is blocking nicely.
Soza looking to throw knees to the head but Rose is blocking nicely.
Rose wants to break free but Soza has control.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Soza just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rose's brow.
Rose tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Soza just stands there and leans against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose looking to stall.
Soza is pressed up against the cage. Rose has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Soza down to the mat. Soza avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Rose throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Soza holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Soza obliges.
Soza lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Soza throws a knee to the head but misses.
Soza prevents Rose from breaking the clinch.
Rose tries for a takedown but Soza manages to get underhooks.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rose as Soza tries to tie him up.
Soza looking to throw knees to the head but Rose is blocking nicely.
Rose is trying to drag Soza to the mat but Soza just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Rose is trying to force a seperation but Soza has the dominant position.
Soza looking to throw knees to the head but Rose is blocking nicely.
Rose tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Soza just stands there and leans against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rose fails to pull guard.
Rose avoids the elbow strike from Soza, against the cage.
Rose tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Rose managing to block the knees to the body from Soza.
Rose is trying to break the clinch but Soza has him pressed against the cage.
Soza tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rose tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Soza smiles and moves away.
No joy there for Rose, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rose misses with an uppercut
and Soza counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Rose is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Soza tries to clinch up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bob Soza comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Soza has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 27:30
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bob Soza!