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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Simon Attelecanth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Simon Attelecanth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny Rogers!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Jonathan Paton and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Attelecanth throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Attelecanth fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Rogers avoids it really well and circles away.
Attelecanth fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Attelecanth tries for a takedown but Rogers sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Simon Attelecanth. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Attelecanth fails to land the takedown.
Rogers avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Attelecanth tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rogers paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Attelecanth uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rogers.
Attelecanth fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Attelecanth feints and as Rogers raises his hands in defense, Attelecanth changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Rogers is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Rogers manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Attelecanth on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Attelecanth tries to get out of the position.
Rogers content just to control the position here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Attelecanth slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Attelecanth is breathing heavily.
Rogers lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Attelecanth is refusing to be controlled, as Rogers sits in half guard.
Nice strikes from Rogers there.
Rogers working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Rogers looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Rogers landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Rogers seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Attelecanth knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rogers on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Attelecanth is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Rogers pulls his head out easily.
Rogers is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Rogers decides to stand up.
Johnny Rogers is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rogers scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Attelecanth takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Attelecanth looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Rogers lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Rogers is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Rogers.
Rogers lands with a shot to the body.
Attelecanth walks into a straight right hand from Rogers.
Rogers throws a combination. Attelecanth tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Attelecanth could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Rogers lands a nice hook to Attelecanth's body. Attelecanth takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Rogers connects with a jab.
Rogers darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Attelecanth doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Rogers. That snapped Attelecanth's head back.
Attelecanth on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Rogers scores with a nice head shot.
Rogers wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rogers fails to land with a series of punches.
Rogers cracks Attelecanth with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Rogers is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!Attelecanth had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rogers changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Rogers lands a nice looking body shot.
Rogers stuns Attelecanth with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rogers cracks a nice hook into Attelecanth's ribs.
Rogers scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Attelecanth gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Rogers cracks a nice hook into Attelecanth's ribs.
Attelecanth tries to clinch up but Rogers circles away and keeps his distance.
Jab from Rogers.
Rogers looks to land a combination. Attelecanth sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Simon Attelecanth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Attelecanth gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rogers.
Rogers lands a nice looking body shot.
Attelecanth showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rogers.
Attelecanth shoots in for a takedown but Rogers shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Rogers 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.
Rogers defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Attelecanth.
Rogers fails to land with a series of punches.
Attelecanth misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
A shot to de liver by Rogers. Beautiful body shot.
Rogers displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Attelecanth has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Simon Attelecanth. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rogers lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Attelecanth at a distance.
Rogers throws a combination. Attelecanth tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rogers lands with a nice body punch.
A jab from Rogers finds it's way through Attelecanth's defenses.
Attelecanth has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Rogers stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Rogers scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A left and a right from Rogers both land. Nice combination.
Attelecanth with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rogers to score with a decent uppercut.
Attelecanth looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Rogers's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Rogers duly obliges.
Simon Attelecanth is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Attelecanth shoots in and drives through. Rogers sprawls well.
Rogers works Attelecanth's body with a nice hook.
Rogers moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Attelecanth throws a left and a right that both miss
and Rogers counters with a three punch combo that has Attelecanth backing up. Attelecanth nods at Rogers to acknowledge the strikes.
Rogers defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Attelecanth.
Rogers lands a two punch combo.
Rogers circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice body punch from Rogers.
Johnny Rogers seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Attelecanth fails with a takedown attempt.
Rogers misses with a double jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Attelecanth with a poor takedown
and Rogers counters with a left to the body.
Attelecanth takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nice jab there from Rogers.
Rogers throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Attelecanth.
Attelecanth tries to close the distance and clinch but Rogers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rogers dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rogers throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Attelecanth.
Attelecanth doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Rogers counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Rogers lands with a nice body punch.
Attelecanth gets the takedown into side control.
Rogers is looking to regain half guard here but Attelecanth keeps moving and retains side control.
Attelecanth stands up and beckons Rogers to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Attelecanth shoots in and drives through. Rogers sprawls well.
Rogers throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Attelecanth shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Rogers as he avoids it easily.
Rogers looks to land a combination. Attelecanth sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Rogers slaps away a takedown attempt from Attelecanth, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Attelecanth is looking to clinch.
Attelecanth shoots and misses
and Rogers counters with a stiff right hand.
Some wild striking there from Rogers.
Attelecanth closes this distance looking for a takedown but Rogers circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Good standup being displayed there by Rogers as he connects with a hook.
Rogers fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rogers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Attelecanth moves away.
Attelecanth fails with the takedown.
Nice takedown defense from Rogers. No joy for Attelecanth on that attempt.
Rogers lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Rogers scores with a body shot.
Attelecanth drops his hands momentarily and Rogers takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Rogers thuds a left hand into Attelecanth's body.
Rogers uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Attelecanth shoots in for a takedown but Rogers shows good takedown defense.
Attelecanth takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Rogers thuds a left hand into Attelecanth's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Rogers showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Horrible takedown by Attelecanth or perhaps it was just good defense by Rogers which made him look bad.
Rogers displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Attelecanth doesn't succeed with the takedown
enabling Rogers to counter with a crisp jab.
Rogers throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rogers moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Rogers is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Attelecanth rather than just go for the knockout.
Attelecanth ducks right into an uppercut from Rogers.
Attelecanth wants to clinch
and Rogers counters with a series of strikes. Attelecanth will be more careful next time no doubt.
Rogers lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Attelecanth at a distance.
Rogers stalks Attelecanth and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Attelecanth's face. Attelecanth staggers backwards, shaken.
Rogers lands a jab-cross combination.
Attelecanth looks for a takedown but Rogers sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Simon Attelecanth. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Attelecanth walks into a left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Attelecanth.
Rogers swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Attelecanth counters with a shoot takedown. Rogers fights it but they end up in guard.
Rogers looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Simon Attelecanth overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rogers is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Rogers is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Attelecanth is not content to let Rogers control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Attelecanth is trying to control but can't.
Attelecanth has hold of Rogers's hands but Rogers slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Attelecanth is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Rogers pulls his head out easily.
Attelecanth trying to hold on to Rogers's head to control him but Rogers postures up.
Attelecanth wants to get back to his feet.
Rogers performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Jab from Rogers.
Rogers punishes Attelecanth's body with a nice straight punch.
Rogers jabs at Attelecanth's body.
Rogers lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Attelecanth doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Rogers counters with a nice uppercut.
Rogers tries to bum rush Attelecanth with a series of wild strikes but Attelecanth uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rogers just misses with a punch to the body.
Attelecanth gets the takedown into side control.
You can see the frustration on Rogers's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnny Rogers is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Attelecanth is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Rogers's shoulder. That is not cool.
Rogers defending against the ground and pound.
Rogers can't do much from the bottom here.
Simon Attelecanth has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Johnny Rogers.
I've got Rogers winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 27:30
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Rogers!
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