PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Rafael De La Rosa (ranked 5556 p4p, 261 weight class) and Fryderyk Zawadzki (ranked 5886 p4p, 265 weight class). De La Rosa's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Capoeira Fight Song. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

De La Rosa
vs
Zawadzki

175 cm
20
136 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
20
140 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rafael De La Rosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Fryderyk Zawadzki!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zawadzki moves out of range of the body kick from De La Rosa.
De La Rosa takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Zawadzki takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

De La Rosa closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
De La Rosa is working Zawadzki over against the ropes.
De La Rosa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A knee to the head by De La Rosa.
De La Rosa misses with a knee strike.
Zawadzki wants to break the clinch but can't.
De La Rosa putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Zawadzki in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Zawadzki swings wildly with an uppercut but De La Rosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good body shot from De La Rosa.
De La Rosa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Zawadzki takes a knee to the side of the body.
De La Rosa lands a nice shot to the body.
De La Rosa lands a body shot in the clinch.
De La Rosa crunches a lovely knee into Zawadzki's ribcage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Rosa crunches a lovely knee into Zawadzki's ribcage.
Still in the clinch, De La Rosa scores with a nice short uppercut.
De La Rosa lands a body shot.
Zawadzki looks winded!
De La Rosa utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
De La Rosa cracks Zawadzki with a nice body shot.
De La Rosa putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Zawadzki in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
De La Rosa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Zawadzkis head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from De La Rosa.
De La Rosa unloads a knee to the mid-section. Zawadzki lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
De La Rosa unloads a knee to the mid-section. Zawadzki lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
De La Rosa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Still in the clinch, De La Rosa scores with a nice short uppercut.
De La Rosa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
De La Rosa lands a body punch.
De La Rosa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
De La Rosa landing knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De La Rosa landing knees to the body.
De La Rosa scores with a knee to the head.
Good body shot from De La Rosa.
De La Rosa pushes Zawadzki back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Zawadzki takes a shot to the head.
De La Rosa lands with a short head shot on the inside.
De La Rosa landing knees to the head.
Zawadzki looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
De La Rosa lands a body punch.
De La Rosa connects with a nasty looking knee right to Zawadzki's face.

Zawadzki is rocked!
De La Rosa lands a knee to the head.
Zawadzki is still on wobbly legs! Can De La Rosa finish him?
De La Rosa putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Zawadzki in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from De La Rosa.
A short body shot lands from De La Rosa as the two fighters clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De La Rosa lands a knee to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from De La Rosa.
A short uppercut from De La Rosa.
A short body shot lands from De La Rosa as the two fighters clinch.
Zawadzki takes a knee right on the jaw!
De La Rosa digs a right hand underneath Zawadzki's ribcage. Zawadzki let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. De La Rosa obliges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rafael De La Rosa dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Zawadzki walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! Zawadzki is in all kinds of trouble here - can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7,8,9....10 - he's out and it's by a long way too - he didn't ever look like beating that count!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Rafael De La Rosa!
An out of breath Rafael De La Rosa thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.