PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jonny Weasley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick De La Rossa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De La Rossa has chosen DJ Khaled - Go Hard as his entrance music. Nick De La Rossa acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.

Weasley
vs
De La Rossa

160 cm
23
147 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

180 cm
20
144 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jonny Weasley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nick De La Rossa!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De La Rossa tries to clinch but Weasley is having none of it.
Weasley circles away from the clinch attempt.
Weasley swats away the attempt to clinch by De La Rossa.

De La Rossa darts in and clinches Weasley up against the ropes.
De La Rossa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Weasley's defenses.
Weasley wants a takedown but no success here.
De La Rossa trying to stall but Weasley improves his position.
Weasley wants a takedown.
De La Rossa lands an elbow just above Weasley 's eye.

It looks like Jonny Weasley has been cut.
De La Rossa pressing his opponent against the ropes.
De La Rossa trying to stall but Weasley improves his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De La Rossa displaying some good clinch control by pressing Weasley up against the ropes.
Weasley wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jonny Weasley. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Rossa missing with knees to the body.
De La Rossa trying to control the position but instead, Weasley has worked for underhooks and has pushed De La Rossa into the ropes.
Weasley takes a knee to the side of the body.
Weasley goes for a takedown in the clinch but De La Rossa prevents it.
De La Rossa pushes off an throws an elbow but Weasley leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
De La Rossa gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Weasley.
Weasley avoiding damage as De La Rossa throws knees to the body.
Weasley takes a knee right on the jaw!
Weasley blocks a body shot from De La Rossa.
De La Rossa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Weasley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
De La Rossa unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
De La Rossa is pressed up against the ropes. Weasley has hold of a leg and is looking to drag De La Rossa down to the mat. De La Rossa avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
De La Rossa fails with an attempt to clinch.
De La Rossa is looking to clinch.

Weasley decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Weasley is thwarting De La Rossa's attempts to control the position.

Weasley is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and De La Rossa defends it well.
Weasley is taking a breather. De La Rossa says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weasley has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
De La Rossa trying to control but Weasley postures up.
De La Rossa controlling the position for now.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Weasley looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
De La Rossa wants to get back to full guard.
Weasley trying to control from half guard but De La Rossa is working away.

Weasley is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, De La Rossa has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Weasley is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. De La Rossa doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Weasley.
De La Rossa is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
De La Rossa is trying to get back to full guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
De La Rossa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Nick De La Rossa will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jonny Weasley's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Weasley looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
De La Rossa keeping moving, preventing Weasley from controlling successfully.
Weasley trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Weasley trying to control but De La Rossa is working from the bottom.
Weasley might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Weasley thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
De La Rossa being controlled here, momentarily.
De La Rossa not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Rossa keeping moving, preventing Weasley from controlling successfully.
Weasley passes into half guard.

Weasley is looking for a kimura here.
Weasley stalling away here and it's allowed De La Rossa to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Weasley trying to control the position from guard on top but De La Rossa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
De La Rossa pulls Weasley in close to prevent any damage.
De La Rossa keeping moving, preventing Weasley from controlling successfully.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as De La Rossa holds on and takes a little breather.
Weasley controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
De La Rossa is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Weasley trying to control but De La Rossa is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Jonny Weasley just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Weasley circles away from the clinch attempt.

Weasley looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
De La Rossa is not content to let Weasley control the position.
Weasley is looking to advance position but De La Rossa won't allow it.
De La Rossa is not content to let Weasley control the position.
De La Rossa is pressing down on Weasley's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De La Rossa is trying to keep Weasley in close.
Weasley content to stall in guard here.
Weasley wants to control from the top but De La Rossa keeps moving.
Weasley stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. De La Rossa swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
De La Rossa working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Weasley.
Weasley postures up in De La Rossa's guard and throws a big left but De La Rossa blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonny Weasley dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jonny Weasley's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

De La Rossa is looking to clinch.

Weasley fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with De La Rossa, pushing him back against the ropes.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
De La Rossa throws an elbow that misses.
A knee to the head by De La Rossa.
De La Rossa is trying to stall.
Weasley blocking some punches.
De La Rossa lands a damaging elbow.
De La Rossa taking a breather.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De La Rossa has a couple of punches blocked by Weasley.
Weasley has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. De La Rossa is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Weasley works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.

Weasley drops back looking for a leg! De La Rossa is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and De La Rossa manages to kick Weasley off! Weasley jumps back into De La Rossa's guard.
De La Rossa keeping moving, preventing Weasley from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Weasley is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because De La Rossa is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Weasley trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Weasley trying to control the position from guard on top but De La Rossa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Weasley throws a big right hand that misses.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Weasley shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Weasley thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
De La Rossa is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Weasley slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weasley wants to pass the guard but De La Rossa is keeping the position.
De La Rossa working a defensive guard here.

Weasley drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Weasley jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

That's four 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.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
De La Rossa clinches but Weasley breaks the clinch

and Weasley counters by moving into the clinch.
De La Rossa tries a knee to the head but Weasley blocks it.
Weasley managing to block the knees to the body from De La Rossa.
De La Rossa is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
De La Rossa tries to land a knee to the head but Weasley blocks with his arms.
De La Rossa with a knee to the head.
De La Rossa tries to land a knee to the head but Weasley blocks with his arms.
De La Rossa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Weasley blocks an elbow strike.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nice elbow from De La Rossa.
De La Rossa scores a nice knee to the body.
De La Rossa stops a takedown attempt from Weasley.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Weasley as De La Rossa tries to tie him up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jonny Weasley showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Weasley has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jonny Weasley!