PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonardo DeRosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tubby Hayes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

DeRosa
vs
Hayes

193 cm
25
220 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

190 cm
33
203 lbs
21 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Fast

[JMFC] Arashi Fighting Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leonardo DeRosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tubby Hayes!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Chris Downing and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hayes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hayes tries to clinch but DeRosa moves out of range.
DeRosa keeps the fight on the outside.
Hayes avoids the head kick by DeRosa.
DeRosa throws a nice head kick!
Hayes tries to clinch up but DeRosa circles away and keeps his distance.
Hayes moves out of range of the body kick from DeRosa.
DeRosa fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
DeRosa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A slapping leg kick lands for DeRosa.
DeRosa throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hayes moves in looking to clinch but DeRosa pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hayes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
DeRosa throws the kick towards the body but Hayes avoids it.
DeRosa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hayes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hayes moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Hayes jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
DeRosa pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
DeRosa lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hayes throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
DeRosa looks to score with a jab to the body but Hayes is just out of range.
Hayes missing with a left hand there. DeRosa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
DeRosa turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hayes is looking to clinch.
DeRosa definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
DeRosa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
DeRosa throws a leg kick
enabling Hayes to counter with a crisp jab.
Hayes throws a sloppy head kick and DeRosa moves out of range easily.
DeRosa lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hayes's sensitive parts.
DeRosa pushes Hayes away with a front kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
DeRosa motions for Hayes to come forward. DeRosa throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

DeRosa tries to keep at a distance but Hayes has taken the fight into the clinch.

DeRosa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
DeRosa fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hayes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. DeRosa manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hayes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hayes takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
The fight stays on the outside here - Hayes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
DeRosa lands with a kick to the temple. Hayes shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Hayes misses with a two punch combination.
DeRosa lets loose with a powerful body kick. Hayes will feel that in the morning.
Hayes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by DeRosa.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from DeRosa. Hayes shrugs it off though.
Hayes looks winded!
DeRosa throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
DeRosa tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
DeRosa circles away from the clinch attempt.
A chopping leg kick lands by DeRosa.
Hayes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
DeRosa jabs Hayes to the body, keeping him at a distance.
DeRosa is looking to wear down Hayes with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Hayes pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
DeRosa lands a leg kick that knocks Hayes off balance momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
DeRosa throws a head kick that misses.
DeRosa moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
DeRosa is looking to land body kicks.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hayes sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
DeRosa with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
DeRosa buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hayes tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
DeRosa thumps Hayes with a low kick.
Hayes drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from DeRosa - that will leave a mark!
DeRosa's corner calls for a 1-2. DeRosa obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
DeRosa defending well as Hayes loads up on a big left hand.
Hayes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hayes tries to clinch up.
Hayes misses with a left hand
and DeRosa counters with a nice kick to the body.
Hayes takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hayes takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hayes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
DeRosa tests Hayes's chin there with a solid looking shot.
DeRosa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hayes shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hayes misses with an uppercut. DeRosa saw that one coming.
DeRosa thumps Hayes with a low kick.
DeRosa cracks the inside of Hayes's front leg.
Hayes moves out of range as DeRosa throws a body kick.
Hayes throws a low kick but DeRosa avoids it.
DeRosa lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
DeRosa lands with a nice body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by DeRosa.
Good leg kick by DeRosa there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
DeRosa throws a nice outside leg kick.
DeRosa scores with a push kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leonardo DeRosa dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

DeRosa connects with a body shot.
DeRosa thuds a left hand into Hayes's body.
Hayes blocks a head kick by DeRosa.
Hayes's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hayes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A decent looking body kick lands there for DeRosa.
Hayes takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
DeRosa lands a high kick!

It looks like Tubby Hayes has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
DeRosa connects with a body shot.
DeRosa misses with a head kick.
DeRosa rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hayes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
DeRosa looking to land some kicks to the body here.
DeRosa throws a nice outside leg kick.
DeRosa scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
DeRosa feints and then cracks Hayes's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hayes down.
DeRosa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hayes can do to turn this around?
DeRosa throws a head kick but Hayes moves out of range.
Hayes tries to clinch but DeRosa moves out of range.
Hayes is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
DeRosa lands with a good body shot.
DeRosa throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Hayes's head.
DeRosa slips under a jab from Hayes.
An inside leg kick lands from DeRosa.
Hayes has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from DeRosa.
DeRosa tries to bum rush Hayes with a series of wild strikes but Hayes uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
DeRosa dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hayes. That did some damage!
DeRosa motions for Hayes to come forward. DeRosa throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hayes tries to clinch there but DeRosa circles away.
Hayes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. DeRosa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hayes tries to clinch up
and DeRosa counters with a good low kick that Hayes was not able to check.
DeRosa goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hayes avoids the head kick by DeRosa.
DeRosa fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hayes is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for DeRosa.
DeRosa shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
DeRosa lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hayes takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hayes walks into a jab.
DeRosa throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
DeRosa misses with a head kick.
Hayes tries to clinch up but DeRosa circles away and keeps his distance.
DeRosa lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hayes at a distance.
DeRosa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hayes has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by DeRosa.
DeRosa pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
DeRosa misses with a kick to the body.
DeRosa lands with a slapping head kick.
Hayes throws a body kick that misses.
DeRosa throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for DeRosa.
Hayes avoids the head kick by DeRosa.
DeRosa throws a nice inside leg kick.
DeRosa throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hayes throws a one two combo.
Hayes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
DeRosa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hayes is looking to clinch but DeRosa is avoiding it.
Hayes slips under a jab from DeRosa.
DeRosa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
DeRosa scores with a jab to the jaw.
DeRosa keeps Hayes at a distance using the push kick.
Hayes blocks a head kick by DeRosa.
Hayes moves out of range as DeRosa strikes.
Hayes bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
That kick from DeRosa tenderised Hayes's leg. Hayes is trying to keep his angry face on.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hayes blocks a head kick by DeRosa.
Hayes tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
DeRosa throws a front kick that sends Hayes stumbling back into the cage.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from DeRosa, right into the meat.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hayes crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from DeRosa - the referee stops the clock and Hayes gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says DeRosa. Hayes manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

Hayes drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hayes preventing the sweep.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hayes is fighting to break DeRosa's control of his arms but DeRosa is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hayes loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
DeRosa manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hayes manages to get himself to full guard.
DeRosa forces his way into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leonardo DeRosa dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tubby Hayes's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Hayes closes the distance and pushes DeRosa back into the cage.
DeRosa tries to break free but Hayes pushes him back against the cage.
DeRosa tries to stall but Hayes uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
DeRosa throws a head punch that misses.
Hayes lands on the inside with an uppercut.

DeRosa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
DeRosa misses with a body kick.
Hayes checks the leg kick.
Leonardo DeRosa is winning the standup battle so far.
Hayes tries to close the distance and clinch up but DeRosa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hayes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as DeRosa throws out the jab.
Hayes tries to clinch but DeRosa is having none of it.
DeRosa changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
DeRosa throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Hayes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hayes tries to clinch but DeRosa moves out of range.
Hayes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
DeRosa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
DeRosa delivers a nice body kick.
A good leg kick by DeRosa.
DeRosa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hayes.
Hayes checks the leg kick nicely there.
DeRosa throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
DeRosa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hayes manages to avoid it.
DeRosa scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hayes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Hayes clinches with his opponent.
Hayes prevents a body shot from DeRosa.
DeRosa avoids the elbow strike from Hayes, against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
DeRosa blocks an uppercut.
DeRosa has had enough of the clinch but Hayes keeps him there for the moment.
Stalling in the clinch from Hayes.
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!
DeRosa misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
DeRosa scores with a shoulder strike.

Hayes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hayes avoids the head kick by DeRosa.
DeRosa lands with a thumping leg kick.

Hayes has DeRosa up against the cage in a clinch.
DeRosa misses with a hook from the clinch.
DeRosa is trying to stall.
DeRosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
DeRosa cracks Hayes with a nice body shot.
DeRosa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hayes takes a shot to the head.
Hayes lands a body punch.
DeRosa lands a body shot.

DeRosa breaks from the clinch.
DeRosa throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayes fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hayes tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hayes.
Hayes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
DeRosa looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hayes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
DeRosa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
DeRosa scores with a hook to the body. Hayes takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
DeRosa comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hayes is looking to clinch but DeRosa is avoiding it.
DeRosa lets loose with a powerful body kick. Hayes will feel that in the morning.
DeRosa misses with a kick to the body.
Hayes misses with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
DeRosa connects with a high kick.
DeRosa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
DeRosa looks to land a body kick but Hayes moved away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hayes moves in looking to clinch but DeRosa pushes him off.
DeRosa connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
DeRosa misses with a head kick.
DeRosa swats away the attempt to clinch by Hayes.
Hayes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. DeRosa manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tubby Hayes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Leonardo DeRosa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hayes tries to clinch but DeRosa moves out of range.
Hayes tries to clinch up.
DeRosa throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
DeRosa misses with a head kick.
DeRosa looking to land some kicks to the body here.
DeRosa blocks a jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Leonardo DeRosa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well DeRosa has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leonardo DeRosa!
An out of breath Leonardo DeRosa thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.