PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Miguel De La Rosa (ranked 5142 p4p, 4045 weight class) and Dwight Schrute (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

De La Rosa
vs
Schrute

167 cm
18
170
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
18
175
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Miguel De La Rosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dwight Schrute!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Daniel Blasius and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De La Rosa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Schrute was well out of range. Poor timing from De La Rosa.
De La Rosa takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
De La Rosa slips under a jab from Schrute.
Schrute feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits De La Rosas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
De La Rosa jabs Schrute to the body, keeping him at a distance.

De La Rosa instigates a clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Schrute.
Schrute lands a body punch in the clinch.
Schrute working aggressively here.
De La Rosa lands a hook to the side of the head.
Schrute swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice body punch from De La Rosa.
De La Rosa tries to throw a body punch but Schrute avoids it by throwing De La Rosa back against the cage.
Come on De La Rosa - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
De La Rosa manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Rosa content to slow the pace in the clinch.
De La Rosa has Schrute pushed against the cage.
De La Rosa gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
De La Rosa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Schrute looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
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.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Miguel De La Rosa.
De La Rosa takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Schrute looks to throw the jab but De La Rosa is out of range.

De La Rosa clinches.
De La Rosa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Schrute working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De La Rosa working aggressively here.
Schrute misses with a hook from the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for De La Rosa.
Schrute misses with a hook to the ribs.
De La Rosa is working Schrute over against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Schrute.
Schrute throws a head punch that misses.
De La Rosa blocking some punches.
De La Rosa misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schrute blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Schrute working aggressively here.
Schrute is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but De La Rosa is keeping busy.
Schrute tried to land a shot to the body but connects with De La Rosa's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
De La Rosa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Schrute breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

De La Rosa closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
De La Rosa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Schrute holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Schrute lands an uppercut.
De La Rosa tries to throw a body punch but Schrute avoids it by throwing De La Rosa back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from De La Rosa.
Schrute doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
De La Rosa lands a body punch in the clinch.
Schrute throws a punch but it's blocked by De La Rosa.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schrute tries a body shot but De La Rosa blocks it.
De La Rosa misses with a body punch.
De La Rosa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Schrute is stalling here.
A short right from Schrute on the inside.
Schrute wants to get back to striking at distance but De La Rosa won't allow it.
Schrute tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
De La Rosa works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Schrute is looking to break free of the clinch but De La Rosa has double underhooks.
De La Rosa lands on the inside with an uppercut.
De La Rosa could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Schrute.
De La Rosa presses Schrute against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
De La Rosa displaying some good clinch control by pressing Schrute up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Dwight Schrute will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

De La Rosa has managed to clinch.
Schrute misses with the head strike.
De La Rosa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Schrute is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Schrute pushes De La Rosa back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
De La Rosa works on Schrute's body with a couple of short punches.
Schrute lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of De La Rosa backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Schrute working aggressively here.
De La Rosa misses with a punch to the body.
De La Rosa gets through Schrute's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
De La Rosa leaning against his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schrute lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Schrute.
De La Rosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Schrute throws a head punch that misses.
De La Rosa tries to throw a body punch but Schrute avoids it by throwing De La Rosa back against the cage.
De La Rosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stalling in the clinch from De La Rosa.
De La Rosa taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Schrute swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Schrute throws a blind hook that connects with the side of De La Rosas head.
Nice body punch from De La Rosa - that landed with a thud.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
De La Rosa controlling the action here for a moment.
De La Rosa seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schrute misses with a punch to the body.
De La Rosa dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
De La Rosa misses with some punches.
De La Rosa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Schrute's efforts to push away.
Schrute makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Schrute stalling against the cage.
Schrute blocks a body shot from De La Rosa.
De La Rosa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
De La Rosa lands a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Rosa misses with some punches.
Schrute misses with a short punch on the inside.
De La Rosa tries to throw a body punch but Schrute avoids it by throwing De La Rosa back against the cage.
Schrute blocks an uppercut.
De La Rosa stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
De La Rosa tries to throw a body punch but Schrute avoids it by throwing De La Rosa back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Schrute.
De La Rosa has Schrute pushed against the cage.
Schrute misses with a short punch on the inside.
De La Rosa stalls.
De La Rosa is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Schrute has a couple of punches blocked by De La Rosa.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schrute is looking to break free of the clinch but De La Rosa has double underhooks.
De La Rosa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
De La Rosa can't find room to land a body shot as Schrute controls the action.
Schrute stalling in the clinch but De La Rosa improves position.
Schrute tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Schrute lands with a right to the head.
Schrute wants to break the clinch but can't.
De La Rosa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Schrute's elbow.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from De La Rosa.
A shot in the inside from De La Rosa.
De La Rosa misses with a punch to the body.
Schrute blocks a body shot from De La Rosa.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Dwight Schrute will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

De La Rosa takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

Schrute tries to keep at a distance but De La Rosa has taken the fight into the clinch.
De La Rosa throws a punch but it's blocked by Schrute.
Schrute blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
De La Rosa lands a hook that snaps the head of Schrute backwards.
De La Rosa scores with a shoulder strike.
De La Rosa slows down the pace here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, De La Rosa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De La Rosa lands a body shot in the clinch.
Schrute misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De La Rosa.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Rosa tries to work over Schrute's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
De La Rosa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Schrute blocking some punches.
Schrute scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by De La Rosa as Schrute tries to tie him up.
Schrute tried to land a shot to the body but connects with De La Rosa's elbow.
A short right from De La Rosa.
Schrute swings wildly with an uppercut but De La Rosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Schrute blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
De La Rosa taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Schrute has a couple of punches blocked by De La Rosa.
De La Rosa is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Schrute breaks from the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from De La Rosa. Schrute does a little dance to reset his feet.
Schrute throws a nice looking combination but De La Rosa bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
De La Rosa lands an overhand right.
De La Rosa paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
De La Rosa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
De La Rosa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dwight Schrute seems to be getting the better of the standup.
De La Rosa scores with a decent looking hook.
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!
Schrute waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract De La Rosa.
De La Rosa lands a nice hook to Schrute's body. Schrute takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Schrute throws a body shot but no joy.
De La Rosa is looking to counter the offense by Schrute and move into the clinch.
De La Rosa looks to score with a jab to the body but Schrute is just out of range.
Dwight Schrute is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Rosa misses the shot to the body.
Schrute cracks De La Rosa with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
De La Rosa takes one to the chin there.
De La Rosa is looking to clinch but Schrute is avoiding it.

De La Rosa has closed the distance and engaged Schrute in a clinch.
De La Rosa just leaning against Schrute, taking a breather.
Miguel De La Rosa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
De La Rosa misses with some punches.
De La Rosa is stalling here.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Miguel De La Rosa has scored more points in the clinch so far.
De La Rosa can't find room to land a body shot as Schrute controls the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De La Rosa misses with a punch to the body.
Schrute stalls.
De La Rosa is pushing Schrute up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
De La Rosa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Miguel De La Rosa showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Schrute 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 29:29
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 28:29
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!