PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gustavo Figueroa (ranked 808 p4p, 2775 weight class) and Mason Rogers (ranked 94 p4p, 286 weight class). Figueroa comes to the cage accompanied by Gangsta, Gangsta - NWA. Gustavo Figueroa could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Mason Rogers's chin.

Figueroa
vs
Rogers

172 cm
28
145
10 - 3 - 0

168 cm
36
152
14 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gustavo Figueroa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Mason Rogers!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Wesley Smith and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice cross by Figueroa.
Figueroa misses with a hook.
Figueroa paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Figueroa throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rogers on the side of the head.
Figueroa throws a hook to the side of Rogers's head but Rogers sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rogers was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Figueroa explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A low kick lands for Figueroa.
Rogers staying out of range there.
Rogers moves away from the strike by Figueroa.
Figueroa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rogers.
Rogers looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Figueroa looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rogers.
Figueroa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rogers.
Figueroa lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Decent striking displayed by Figueroa there.
Figueroa swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rogers.
Figueroa has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Golden Harvest in the buildup to the fight.
Figueroa on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Rogers moves out of range of the strikes.
Figueroa is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Figueroa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rogers.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Figueroa connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Figueroa misses with a head kick.
Figueroa misses the jab.
Rogers tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rogers. Figueroa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rogers's coach down at Deathsquad was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Rogers's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Figueroa throws a shot from downtown. Rogers moves away and avoids it.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Rogers.
Figueroa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rogers scores with a kick to the body.
Figueroa scores with a shot to the body.
Figueroa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rogers sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Figueroa misses with a looping left.
Figueroa throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gustavo Figueroa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rogers throws a body punch but Figueroa moves out of range.
Figueroa takes a swing at Rogers's ribcage but misses.
Figueroa looks to throw the jab but Rogers is out of range.
Rogers pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rogers swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Figueroa slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rogers throws a low kick but Figueroa avoids it.
Figueroa is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Figueroa looks to land a left hand but Rogers moved out of range nicely.
Figueroa lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rogers's sensitive parts.
Figueroa lunges at Rogers with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rogers's hand.
A chopping leg kick lands by Figueroa.
Rogers wants to slow Figueroa down by chopping away at his legs.
Rogers staying out of range there.
Rogers throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Rogers lands a nice looking kick to the body. Figueroa takes a step back to recover.
Gustavo Figueroa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rogers uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Figueroa.
Figueroa misses with a hook
and Rogers counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Figueroa tries to keep at a distance but Rogers has taken the fight into the clinch.
Figueroa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Rogers's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Figueroa misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Figueroa misses with a punch to the body.
Figueroa swings wildly with an uppercut but Rogers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Figueroa lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Rogers manages to break the clinch.
Figueroa cracks a nice hook into Rogers's ribs.
Figueroa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rogers.
Rogers misses with a head kick.
Rogers looks for the body kick but Figueroa saw that one coming.
Rogers misses with a straight right.
Figueroa looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Rogers misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Figueroa lands with a nice combination. Rogers backs away looking to recover.
Rogers slips a jab from Figueroa.
Nice defenses there by Rogers.

Rogers gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Rogers misses with the head strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Figueroa misses with a punch to the body.
Rogers tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
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!
Rogers blocking some punches.
Figueroa lands a body shot in the clinch.
Figueroa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Figueroa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rogers backwards.
Rogers working aggressively here.
Rogers blocks an uppercut.
Figueroa throws a punch but it's blocked by Rogers.
Rogers tries to throw a body punch but Figueroa avoids it by throwing Rogers back against the cage.
Figueroa misses with a hook to the ribs.

Figueroa breaks the clinch.
Rogers slips a straight right by Figueroa.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Rogers.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rogers throws a body shot but no joy.
Figueroa lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Rogers backs up against the cage.
Figueroa throws out a loose jab but Rogers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Figueroa scores with a nice right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Gustavo Figueroa dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Rogers throws a low kick, looking for Figueroa's leg but Figueroa calmly moves out of range.
Rogers slips under a jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rogers! But no joy.
Figueroa throws a big shot that misses.
Figueroa avoids a kick to the body.
It looked like Figueroa wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Rogers throws a low kick, looking for Figueroa's leg but Figueroa calmly moves out of range.
Figueroa throws a hook to the side of Rogers's head but Rogers sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice body punch from Figueroa.
Figueroa lands a jab to Rogers's midsection.
Figueroa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rogers looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Figueroa moves out of range of the body kick from Rogers.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Figueroa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rogers sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rogers defending well as Figueroa loads up on a big left hand.
A big right from Figueroa misses.
Figueroa throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Rogers.
Rogers tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Figueroa misses with a straight left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers throws a leg kick
enabling Figueroa to counter with a crisp jab.
Figueroa jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Rogers throws a push kick but Figueroa slaps the foot to one side.
Rogers ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rogers takes one on the button.
Figueroa throws a head kick that misses.
Rogers misses with a jab, cross combination.
Figueroa misses with a straight right.
Figueroa misses with a right hand
and Rogers counters with a low kick, right behind Figueroa 's knee.
Rogers misses with a wild body shot.
Figueroa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Figueroa throws a leg kick that misses.
Rogers moves out of range of the strikes.
Figueroa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rogers.
Rogers throws out a counter right but Figueroa avoids it with no problem.
Figueroa throws a head kick that Rogers semi-blocks.
Rogers takes one on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Figueroa bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Rogers scores with a hook.
Figueroa lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Rogers feints and then cracks Figueroa's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Figueroa down.
Rogers with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nice uppercut lands for Rogers. That snapped Figueroa's head back.
Gustavo Figueroa is winning the standup battle so far.
Rogers uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Figueroa.
Rogers tries a head kick but it misses.
Figueroa connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rogers. Rogers circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Figueroa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rogers.
Figueroa lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Figueroa looks to land a right hand but Rogers moved out of range.
Rogers steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Figueroa.
Figueroa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Figueroa throws a lazy right hand but Rogers sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Figueroa misses the jab.
Figueroa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rogers can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Figueroa looks to throw the jab but Rogers is out of range.
And Rogers responds with a good body kick, but Figueroa manages to step out the way in time.
Figueroa throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Figueroa moves out of range of the leg kick from Rogers.
Figueroa throwing a counter right hand but Rogers manages to avoid it.
Rogers displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Figueroa throws out the jab.
Figueroa throws a jab but it's blocked by Rogers.
Rogers with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Figueroa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rogers.
Rogers jabs Figueroa to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Rogers tries to land a front kick but Figueroa steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Figueroa throws a jab when Rogers was well out of range.
Figueroa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rogers uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Figueroa.
Nice uppercut lands for Figueroa. That snapped Rogers's head back.
Figueroa throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Figueroa lands with a good body shot.
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!
Figueroa takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Rogers does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Figueroa checks a low kick from Rogers.
Rogers dodges the punch combination from Figueroa.
Rogers has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Rogers has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Figueroa finds it's way round the side to connect with Rogers's head.
Rogers steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Figueroa.
Figueroa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rogers tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Rogers pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Figueroa is looking to counter with head kicks.
Rogers lets loose with a powerful body kick. Figueroa will feel that in the morning.
Rogers defending well as Figueroa loads up on a big left hand.
Rogers is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Figueroa with a body shot.
Figueroa checks a leg kick nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Figueroa misses the target.
Figueroa throws a right hand that misses
and Rogers counters with an inside leg kick.
Rogers motions for Figueroa to come forward. Rogers throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Gustavo Figueroa dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Figueroa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Figueroa throws an overhand right that lands on Rogers's shoulder, as Rogers tries to avoid the shot.
Figueroa looks to score with a jab to the body but Rogers is just out of range.
Rogers scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rogers wants to clinch up but Figueroa keeps it at a distance.
Rogers throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Rogers takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Crunch! Rogers slams his shin into Figueroa's torso.
Figueroa lands a lovely overhand right.
Rogers slips a jab from Figueroa.
Rogers takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Figueroa throws a right hand that misses

and Rogers counters by moving into the clinch.

Figueroa breaks the clinch.
Rogers lands a nice leg kick that just misses Figueroa's sensitive parts.
Figueroa moves out of range of the body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rogers ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rogers looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Figueroa throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Rogers counters with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers throws a wild body kick that Figueroa sees coming a mile off.
Rogers moves out of range of the strikes.
A cross from Figueroa lands.
Figueroa checks a leg kick.
Figueroa closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Figueroa checks a low kick from Rogers.
Rogers looks to throw the jab but Figueroa is out of range.
Figueroa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rogers sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Figueroa cracks a nice hook into Rogers's ribs.
Rogers defending well as Figueroa loads up on a big left hand.
Rogers throws a low kick but Figueroa avoids it.
A counter left hand to the body from Figueroa misses its target.
Rogers throws a body kick that misses
and Figueroa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rogers missing with a left hand there. Figueroa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Figueroa throwing a counter right hand but Rogers manages to avoid it.
Rogers misses with a kick to the body.
Rogers scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A big right from Figueroa misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Figueroa.
Figueroa throws a head kick that misses.
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!
Figueroa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rogers takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Rogers connects with a solid leg kick.
Figueroa throws a shot from downtown. Rogers moves away and avoids it.
Rogers closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Figueroa bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Figueroa scores with a leg kick.
Rogers on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Mason Rogers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rogers defending well as Figueroa loads up on a big left hand.
Figueroa with a hook.
Rogers slips under a jab from Figueroa.
Rogers connects with a leg kick.
Figueroa on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers throws a body shot but no joy.
Figueroa slips a straight right by Rogers.
Figueroa tries a head kick but it misses.
Rogers showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Figueroa.
Rogers takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Figueroa throws an overhand right that lands on Rogers's shoulder, as Rogers tries to avoid the shot.
Figueroa connects with a looping right hand.
Figueroa throws a body shot but no joy.
Figueroa scores with a jab.
Rogers is looking to clinch.
Nice shot by Figueroa.
Rogers takes one to the side of the head.
Figueroa will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Figueroa with a nice calf kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Figueroa.
Figueroa on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Figueroa walks forward, straight into a front kick from Rogers.
Rogers keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Figueroa.
Figueroa throws a big shot that misses.
Rogers throws a low kick but Figueroa avoids it.
It looked like Figueroa wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Figueroa, as that shot connected.
Figueroa lands with a cross.
Rogers moves out of range of the strikes.
Figueroa takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Figueroa checks a leg kick.
Rogers throws a sloppy head kick and Figueroa moves out of range easily.
Figueroa was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Rogers throws a body kick that misses.
Rogers throws a wild body kick that Figueroa sees coming a mile off.
Figueroa connects with a solid leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gustavo Figueroa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Figueroa 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gustavo Figueroa!
Gustavo Figueroa 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.