PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mike Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rue Van der Kill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rue Van der Kill will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Rogers
vs
Van der Kill

177 cm
18
164 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
19
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mike Rogers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rue Van der Kill!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van der Kill displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Knees to the body from Van der Kill.
A knee to the head by Van der Kill.
Rogers takes an elbow to the forehead.
Van der Kill scores with a knee to the head.
Van der Kill landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rogers takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rogers blocks an elbow strike.
Rogers jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Van der Kill walks away with a smile on his face. Rogers gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Rogers swats away the attempt to clinch by Van der Kill.
Rue Van der Kill seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Rogers misses.
Rogers closes this distance looking for a takedown but Van der Kill circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Van der Kill looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Van der Kill moves into range and clinches up with Rogers.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Van der Kill just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rogers's brow.
Van der Kill lands a nice knee to the body.
Van der Kill crunches a lovely knee into Rogers's ribcage.
Van der Kill lands a knee to the head.
Rogers jumps guard but Van der Kill stands there with Rogers around his waist. Rogers gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Rogers. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Van der Kill lands a knee to the body.
Van der Kill looks gassed!
Van der Kill lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Van der Kill walks away with a smile on his face. Rogers gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Van der Kill gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Rogers fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Rogers jumps guard but Van der Kill stands there with Rogers around his waist. Rogers gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Van der Kill landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Van der Kill connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rogers's face.
Rogers tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Van der Kill just stands there and leans against the cage.
Rogers blocks the elbow strike.
Van der Kill lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Van der Kill.
Rogers tries to pull guard but Van der Kill won't allow it.
Van der Kill throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rogers jumps guard but Van der Kill stands there with Rogers around his waist. Rogers gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Rogers jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Van der Kill walks away with a smile on his face. Rogers gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Van der Kill is looking to clinch.
Van der Kill tries to clinch but Rogers is having none of it.
Van der Kill tries to clinch up.
A slow jab from Rogers misses its intended target.
A big left from Rogers misses.
Rogers avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogers slips a jab and a cross from Van der Kill.
Van der Kill scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Van der Kill connects with a high kick.
Van der Kill doesn't manage to clinch there - Rogers circles away.
Van der Kill goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Rue Van der Kill is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Van der Kill lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Rogers backs up against the cage.
Van der Kill swinging wilding here.

Rogers drives through with a takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Rogers drops back looking for a leg! Van der Kill is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Van der Kill manages to kick Rogers off! Rogers jumps back into Van der Kill's guard.

Rogers drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Rogers jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Rogers thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers pushes down on Van der Kill's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Rogers is trying to work for a kimura but Van der Kill is defending well.

Rogers in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Van der Kill tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Rogers!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Mike Rogers!