PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Timmy De La Rocha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juaquin Oreilly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

De La Rocha
vs
Oreilly

185 cm
20
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
22
155 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Enjoys gardening

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Timmy De La Rocha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Juaquin Oreilly!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Illya Tyunina and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oreilly shoots in for a takedown but De La Rocha shows good takedown defense.
De La Rocha stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and De La Rocha wants it to stay on the feet.
A jab lands there for De La Rocha.
De La Rocha misses with a series of wild punches.

Oreilly drives through and clinches with De La Rocha against the cage.
Oreilly is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. De La Rocha is defending well for now.
Oreilly misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De La Rocha.
De La Rocha blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Oreilly's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Oreilly displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as De La Rocha throws out the jab.
De La Rocha thows a left - swing and a miss!
De La Rocha throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
De La Rocha thows a left - swing and a miss!
De La Rocha throws a lazy right hand but Oreilly sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
De La Rocha uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Oreilly has time to react.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Rocha cracks Oreilly with an open hand slap.
De La Rocha throws a series of punches but Oreilly avoids them all with ease.
De La Rocha scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Oreilly staying out of range there.

Oreilly darts in and clinches De La Rocha up against the cage.
De La Rocha wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
De La Rocha avoiding damage as Oreilly throws knees to the body.
Oreilly misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De La Rocha.
Oreilly crunches a lovely knee into De La Rocha's ribcage.
A frustrated look appears on De La Rocha's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Oreilly missing with knees to the body.
De La Rocha has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A left hand lands to the body for Oreilly.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De La Rocha blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oreilly tries to land knees in the clinch but De La Rocha avoids the damage to the body.

Oreilly's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sloppy strikes from De La Rocha. Those never looked like landing.

Oreilly gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Oreilly is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. De La Rocha is defending well for now.
De La Rocha really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Oreilly.
Oreilly tries to land knees in the clinch but De La Rocha avoids the damage to the body.
A frustrated look appears on De La Rocha's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Oreilly is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. De La Rocha is defending well for now.
De La Rocha is trying to force a seperation but Oreilly has the dominant position.
Oreilly lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down De La Rocha.
De La Rocha wants to get back to striking at distance but Oreilly won't allow it.

Oreilly jumps guard and drags De La Rocha to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Rocha wants to control from the top but Oreilly keeps moving.

Oreilly scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Timmy De La Rocha is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
De La Rocha wants to slow Oreilly down by chopping away at his legs.
Oreilly moves out of range of the strikes.
Oreilly shoots for a double leg takedown but De La Rocha sprawls well. He's pushed Oreilly's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Timmy De La Rocha has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juaquin Oreilly.
Nice straight punches there by De La Rocha. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of De La Rocha.
Oreilly slips under a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Oreilly scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Oreilly missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Oreilly thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
De La Rocha is breathing heavily.
Oreilly is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Oreilly not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
De La Rocha keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oreilly throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De La Rocha is looking for a sweep. Oreilly is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Oreilly seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Oreilly thows a huge punch but De La Rocha dodges it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juaquin Oreilly dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

De La Rocha tries to keep at a distance but Oreilly has taken the fight into the clinch.
Oreilly throws an elbow but it's blocked.
De La Rocha can't break the clinch.
Oreilly goes for a takedown in the clinch but De La Rocha prevents it.
Oreilly has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by De La Rocha after a bit of a struggle.
De La Rocha wants to get back to striking at distance but Oreilly won't allow it.

Oreilly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
De La Rocha is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Oreilly looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Timmy De La Rocha has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juaquin Oreilly.

Oreilly scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Oreilly has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Rocha swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Oreilly takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
De La Rocha misses with a lunging right hand

and Oreilly counters with a single leg into guard. De La Rocha didn't expect that.
Oreilly is looking to work some ground and pound but De La Rocha has wrist control.
De La Rocha knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Oreilly on the ground.
Oreilly is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Oreilly content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oreilly forces his way into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oreilly looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Juaquin Oreilly has got the better of the ground game so far.
Oreilly is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for De La Rocha!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oreilly lands with some vicious ground and pound - can De La Rocha hang on?
Oreilly throwing strikes here but De La Rocha is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Oreilly scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish De La Rocha?
Oreilly looking to finish De La Rocha with some ground and pound. This is bad for De La Rocha!
Oreilly working the ground and pound effectively.

De La Rocha is rocked!
Oreilly connects with a bit shot that sees De La Rocha covering up! More strikes from Oreilly and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Oreilly is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Juaquin Oreilly!