PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Hendrix Rosa (ranked 24593 p4p, 3047 weight class) and Waampa Woodoo (ranked 645 p4p, 348 weight class). Waampa Woodoo is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Rosa
vs
Woodoo

179 cm
19
163
0 - 4 - 0

180 cm
28
168
4 - 8 - 0

Excellent boxer
Very strong

Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hendrix Rosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Waampa Woodoo!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rosa throws a jab but it's blocked by Woodoo.
Rosa blocks a head kick by Woodoo.
The fighters circle momentarily. Rosa darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Woodoo throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Rosa misses with the combination.
Woodoo scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Nice defenses there by Woodoo.
Woodoo walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rosa. Woodoo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rosa moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromWoodoo.
Rosa digs a good body shot into Woodoo's ribs.
Rosa definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Rosa has Woodoo up against the ropes in a clinch.
Woodoo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rosa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Woodoo tries to land knees in the clinch but Rosa avoids the damage to the body.
Woodoo lands an elbow inside that Rosa shrugs off.

It looks like Hendrix Rosa has been cut.
Woodoo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rosa avoids it.
Woodoo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

Rosa breaks the clinch.
Hendrix Rosa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rosa.
A head kick misses from Woodoo.
As Woodoo tries to get set, Rosa tries to push him back and clinch up but Woodoo manages to avoid the attempt.
Woodoo throws a head kick but Rosa moves out of range.
Rosa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Woodoo scoring well with a low kick there.
Crunch! Woodoo slams his shin into Rosa's torso.
Rosa throws a body shot but no joy.
Woodoo scores with a head kick.
Woodoo takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Rosa avoids the head kick by Woodoo.
Woodoo moves out of range as Rosa strikes.
Rosa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rosa missing with a left hand there. Woodoo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rosa lands a lovely overhand right.
Rosa misses with a looping left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rosa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Woodoo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rosa swings for the body but Woodoo moves out of range.
Woodoo slips under a jab from Rosa.
Woodoo ducks under a wild hook from Rosa.
Woodoo ducks under a wild hook from Rosa.
Rosa moves in looking to clinch but Woodoo pushes him off.
Woodoo has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Rosa moves out of range of the body kick.
Rosa throwing a counter right hand but Woodoo manages to avoid it.
Woodoo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rosa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Woodoo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rosa tries to clinch but Woodoo is having none of it.
Woodoo throws a counter combo.
A jab from Rosa misses.
Rosa blocks a head kick by Woodoo.
Woodoo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rosa.
Woodoo swings for the body but Rosa moves out of range.
A jab from Rosa misses.
Rosa misses with an uppercut. Woodoo saw that one coming.
Rosa lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woodoo has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Woodoo there as he acknowledges the shot.
Rosa moves out of range of the body kick from Woodoo.

Rosa closes the distance and pushes Woodoo back into the ropes.

Rosa breaks from the clinch.

Rosa moves into the clinch successfully.
Rosa lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Woodoo throws an elbow but misses.
Rosa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Woodoo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
A nice left hand lands by Rosa.

Rosa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Woodoo throws a nice head kick!

Rosa fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Woodoo, pushing him back against the ropes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rosa throws a punch but it's blocked by Woodoo.
Rosa is trying to push Woodoo away but Woodoo has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Woodoo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Rosa lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Woodoo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Woodoo misses with a knee strike.
Rosa misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Woodoo trying to land knees to the body.
Rosa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Woodoo backwards.
Woodoo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rosa lands a right hand.
Rosa lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rosa is looking to break free of the clinch but Woodoo has double underhooks.
Woodoo looking to throw knees to the head but Rosa is blocking nicely.
Woodoo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rosa.

Rosa manages to break the clinch.
Woodoo throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Woodoo with a knee to the head.
Woodoo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Woodoo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Woodoo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Woodoo looks winded!
Rosa avoiding damage as Woodoo throws knees to the body.
Woodoo misses with a body punch.
Rosa avoids a wild elbow strike from Woodoo.
Woodoo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
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 Hendrix Rosa will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Hendrix Rosa's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Woodoo slips a jab from Rosa.
Rosa works the jab nicely.
Rosa misses with a double jab.
Woodoo throws a sloppy head kick and Rosa moves out of range easily.
A big right from Rosa misses.
Woodoo blocks a jab.
Woodoo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Rosa gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Woodoo missing with knees to the body.

Rosa breaks the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rosa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Woodoo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rosa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Woodoo manages to avoid it.

Rosa forces Woodoo back against the ropes and clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Woodoo.
Rosa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Woodoo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Woodoo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rosa avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woodoo missing with knees to the body.
Rosa tries to break the clinch but Woodoo is controlling the position.
Woodoo missing with knees to the body.
Woodoo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Woodoo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rosa lands a left hand.

Rosa manages to break the clinch.
A jab from Rosa does it's job there.
Woodoo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rosa rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Woodoo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Woodoo misses with a two punch combination.
Woodoo pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

Rosa has closed the distance and engaged Woodoo in a clinch.
Woodoo misses with a punch to the body.
Rosa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
A short left from Rosa.
Woodoo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rosa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rosa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rosa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Woodoo tries to land a knee to the head but Rosa blocks with his arms.
Rosa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.

Woodoo is rocked!

Rosa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Woodoo is still on wobbly legs! Can Rosa finish him?
Left hook, right uppercut from Rosa.
Rosa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rosa connects with a crushing straight, right on the bridge of Woodoo's nose, sending him crumpling to the mat! That's really rocked Woodoo - is he going to beat the count??? 4,5,6,7,8,9.....10 - he's not made it - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Hendrix Rosa!
Post fight, an emotional Hendrix Rosa said 'I would like to show respect to my opponent, he is a tough guy and he did not give me the victory for free. There is still a long way to go with me and my team and I do not intend to slow down. Thank you.'.