PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Emilio Rogers (ranked 7795 p4p, 25163 weight class) and Robin Van Doen (ranked 612 p4p, 649 weight class). Robin Van Doen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Rogers
vs
Van Doen

162 cm
19
153
0 - 2 - 0

178 cm
19
160
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Caveman clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Emilio Rogers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Robin Van Doen!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Steve Montenegro and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Doen throws a right hand that Rogers ducks under and follows up with a left that Rogers also avoids with ease.
Van Doen misses with a two punch combination.
Rogers throws a lazy right hand but Van Doen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Van Doen works the jab nicely.
Rogers uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Van Doen.

Rogers closes the distance and clinches.
Rogers misses with an elbow strike.
Rogers misses with an elbow strike.
Van Doen blocks an elbow strike from Rogers.
Rogers pushes off an throws an elbow but Van Doen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Rogers gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rogers creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Van Doen's defenses.
I was talking to Rogers's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Van Doen dodges an elbow strike from Rogers.
Rogers throws an elbow that misses.
Van Doen avoids a wild elbow strike from Rogers.
Van Doen misses with a punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Doen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Van Doen misses with a punch on the inside.
Rogers throws an elbow but it misses.
Van Doen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rogers avoids it.
Van Doen tries to land a knee to the head but Rogers blocks with his arms.
Van Doen blocks an elbow strike.
Rogers lands a nice elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Van Doen blocks the elbow strike.
Van Doen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Van Doen takes an elbow to the temple.
Van Doen avoids a wild elbow strike from Rogers.
Rogers throws an elbow but it misses.
Rogers avoiding damage as Van Doen throws knees to the body.
Van Doen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rogers is defending well for now.
Van Doen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Van Doen is trying to break the clinch but Rogers is controlling him.
Van Doen blocks the elbow strike.
Rogers throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rogers avoids the elbow strike from Van Doen, against the ropes.
Van Doen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Van Doen avoids a wild elbow strike from Rogers.
Rogers throws an elbow that misses.
Van Doen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rogers backwards.
Van Doen has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Rogers seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Van Doen can turn it around.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Rogers just misses with a elbow thrown towards Van Doen's brow.
Van Doen tries a body shot but Rogers blocks it.
Rogers misses with an elbow over the top.
Van Doen misses with an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogers avoids the elbow strike from Van Doen, against the ropes.
Rogers lands an elbow just above Van Doen 's eye.
Van Doen blocks an elbow strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Doen avoids a wild elbow strike from Rogers.
Rogers throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Van Doen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rogers keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Van Doen's efforts to push away.
Rogers lands an elbow inside.
Van Doen is trying to maintain a safe position but Rogers gets an underhook and turns Van Doen into the ropes.
Van Doen misses with an elbow over the top.
Rogers misses with an elbow over the top.
Van Doen avoids the elbow strike from Rogers, against the ropes.
Rogers managing to block the knees to the body from Van Doen.
Rogers lands an elbow inside that Van Doen shrugs off.
Van Doen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rogers avoids it.
Van Doen blocks the elbow strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Van Doen blocks the elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Rogers throws an elbow but misses.
Rogers avoids a wild elbow strike from Van Doen.
Rogers gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Rogers throws an elbow but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Emilio Rogers showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Rogers 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 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 10:9
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 10:9
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 10:9

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Emilio Rogers!
Emilio Rogers was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.