PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between The Black Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dominique Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Knight comes to the cage accompanied by None Shall Pass. Rogers is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Ashes to Ashes. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Black Knight
vs
Rogers

180 cm
22
180 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

185 cm
20
173 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, The Black Knight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dominique Rogers!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Daniel Cesar and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Knight rushes Rogers and presses him up against the cage.
Rogers blocking some punches.
Knight prevents Rogers from breaking the clinch.
Knight blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rogers blocks an uppercut.
Knight lands a hook that snaps the head of Rogers backwards.
Knight working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Knight.
Rogers fails to pull guard.
Knight lands with a left to the head.
Rogers blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Knight.
A head punch on the inside from Knight fails to land.
Knight misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rogers tries for a takedown. No joy.
Knight misses with the head strike.
Rogers goes for a takedown in the clinch but Knight prevents it.
The Black Knight has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dominique Rogers.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Knight.
Knight lands with a light punch inside.
Knight doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rogers is looking to break free of the clinch but Knight has double underhooks.
Knight tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rogers tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Knight smiles and moves away.
Knight takes a swing at Rogers's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Knight wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rogers missing with a left hand there. Knight was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Knight sizes up Rogers with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Knight connects with a body shot that sends Rogers's belly button to the back.
Rogers looks gassed!
Rogers throws a leg kick that is checked
and Knight cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A shot to the liver by Knight. Beautiful body shot.
The Black Knight is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rogers drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Knight getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

Knight has managed to clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rogers.
A short uppercut from Knight.
Knight lands a right hand.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Knight creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Knight.
Knight lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Knight lands a hook to the side of the head.
Knight makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Knight.
Knight lands with a left to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Knight.
A short left from Knight.
Knight scores with a shoulder strike.
A short left from Knight.
A short right from Knight on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rogers.
Knight working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Knight lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Knight lands a left hand.
Knight lands a hook that snaps the head of Rogers backwards.
Knight lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rogers tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Rogers takes a shot to the head.
Still in the clinch, Knight scores with a nice short uppercut.
Knight lands a hook that snaps the head of Rogers backwards.
Knight working aggressively here.
Knight lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Knight scores with a nice hook to the head.
Knight lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Knight.
Knight pushes Rogers back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Knight lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rogers backwards.
Knight lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short left from Knight.
Knight lands a right hand.
Knight misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Knight creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Knight misses with a punch on the inside.
Knight working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Knight.
Rogers drops down looking for an ankle pick but Knight pulls his leg out and moves away.
Knight digs a good body shot into Rogers's ribs.
Knight throws out a powerful jab.
Knight lands an overhand right.
Knight feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Rogerss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Knight cracks a nice hook into Rogers's ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knight connects with a nice looking jab.
Rogers takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Rogers is rocked!
Nice defenses there by Rogers.
Knight lands a nice shot to the body.

Knight moves into the clinch.
Knight lands a hook that snaps the head of Rogers backwards.
Knight lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short uppercut from Knight.
Knight lands a nice uppercut.
Knight makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Knight lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Knight lands a nice uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Knight creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Knight lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knight lands a right hand.
Knight working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rogers blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rogers tries to throw a body punch but Knight avoids it by throwing Rogers back against the cage.
Knight working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Black Knight dominated that round.
That's time! Knight's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Knight keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rogers misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Knight counters with a crisp one two that drops Rogers! Knight thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Rogers to his feet! Rogers is in big trouble!
Rogers is still on wobbly legs! Can Knight finish him?
Rogers ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
and Knight counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Rogers! He's just covering up as Knight starts to tee off till referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). The Black Knight!