PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stefan Roosmalen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Dela Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steve Dela Cruz told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Roosmalen
vs
Dela Cruz

185 cm
32
217 lbs
21 - 7 - 0

190 cm
32
217 lbs
26 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Great low kicks
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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CEC Nutrition Q160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Stefan Roosmalen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Steve Dela Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Radbod Blank and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good leg kick by Roosmalen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Roosmalen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Roosmalen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cruz.
Cruz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Roosmalen moves away.
Roosmalen misses with a few strikes there.
Roosmalen lands with a shot to the body.
Roosmalen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Roosmalen scores with a takedown into Cruz's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Roosmalen looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Roosmalen wants to control from the top but Cruz keeps moving.
Cruz keeping full guard, as Roosmalen tries to pass.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Cruz keeping moving, preventing Roosmalen from controlling successfully.
Roosmalen throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cruz works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Roosmalen is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Cruz avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Roosmalen preventing the sweep.
Roosmalen wants to control from the top but Cruz keeps moving.

We're going to have a standup here because Stefan Roosmalen wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Cruz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Steve Dela Cruz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roosmalen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cruz stuffs the takedown attempt from Roosmalen. Roosmalen gets slowly back to his feet.
A nice inside leg kick there by Roosmalen. That's going to slow Cruz down.
Cruz swings for the body but Roosmalen moves out of range.
Cruz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Roosmalen lands a nice looking body shot.
Cruz goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cruz takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cruz checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Roosmalen lands a slapping body shot.
Cruz misses with a two punch combination.
Cruz looks winded!
Roosmalen explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Roosmalen thows a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Roosmalen looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Cruz!
Roosmalen looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Cruz holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Roosmalen tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Roosmalen looking to control but Cruz is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Cruz takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Cruz is bucking up trying to escape but Roosmalen cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
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!
Roosmalen landing punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roosmalen working Cruz over with strikes here.
The referee warns Cruz that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Cruz is rocked!
Roosmalen can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Cruz is looking to escape.
Cruz is in a horrible position here. Roosmalen smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Cruz is still in real trouble! Can Roosmalen finish him?
Roosmalen with good strikes from the mount here!
Roosmalen raining down shots from the mount!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Roosmalen! Cruz is hurt baaadly! Roosmalen is firing away with more strikes - Cruz is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stefan Roosmalen!
Stefan Roosmalen is the new light heavyweight champion!
Stefan Roosmalen really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that [WOT] DTK Designs (Laundry) logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.