PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Avatar Noon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aron Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Noon
vs
Rogers

190 cm
26
270 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

192 cm
28
285 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Good elbows
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Avatar Noon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Aron Rogers!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Noon gets tackled into the cage by Rogers. Rogers maintains the clinch.
Noon is pressed up against the cage. Rogers has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Noon down to the mat. Noon avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Noon is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rogers.
Rogers gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Noon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rogers connects with a looping right hand.
Noon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rogers.
Noon scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Good exchange - Noon coming out on top.
A punch combination from Rogers misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Noon lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Noon.
Rogers ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Rogers.
Rogers tries to close the distance and clinch but Noon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Noon misses with an uppercut.
Noon moves into range and connects with a jab.
Rogers tries to clinch up
and Noon counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogers is looking to clinch.
Rogers slips a straight right by Noon.
Avatar Noon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Noon ducks under a wild hook from Rogers.
Noon stuns Rogers with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Noon misses with the combination.
Rogers tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noon fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Noon misses with a jab to the body

and Rogers counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Noon's guard now.
Noon is looking to stand up but Rogers isn't so interested in that idea.
Rogers thows a big elbow that misses.
Rogers lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Rogers postures up in Noon's guard and throws a big left but Noon blocks it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Noon is wriggling around but Rogers manages to pass to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rogers wants to pass to mount but Noon is defending the position.
Rogers is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Rogers has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Noon keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Noon is looking to escape.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Rogers lands a nice short elbow.
Rogers stops Noon from getting back to his feet.
Rogers working over Noon with some ground and pound. Noon looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Noon makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Rogers fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Noon checks it well.
Sloppy strikes from Noon. Those never looked like landing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Decent striking displayed by Noon there.
Rogers with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Noon to score with a decent uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Aron Rogers will probably get the nod.
That's time! Noon's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Rogers tries to clinch but Noon is having none of it.
Noon throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Avatar Noon is winning the standup battle so far.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Rogers lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Noon has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Noon and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rogers looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rogers tries to close the distance and clinch up but Noon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Noon throws a jab when Rogers was well out of range.
Rogers takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Noon avoids a kick to the body.
Noon fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rogers on the side of the head.
Rogers tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rogers avoids a kick to the body.
A nice combination there by Noon.
Rogers misses with a hook.
Noon scores with a nice right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogers fails with the takedown.
Rogers tries to land a leg kick but Noon saw it coming and moves away.
Rogers looks to score with a jab to the body but Noon is just out of range.
Rogers moves to clinch but Noon breaks away
and Noon counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Noon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Rogers tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Rogers connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Noon scores with a jab.
Rogers ducks under a wild hook from Noon.
Rogers fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Noon avoids it really well and circles away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Rogers.
Avatar Noon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aron Rogers.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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.
Rogers throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Noon sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Noon lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Noon throws a sloppy head kick and Rogers moves out of range easily.
Rogers throws a right hand that misses
and Noon cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Noon misses with a hook. Rogers ducked under it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Avatar Noon dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Rogers keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Noon.

Rogers drives through with a takedown into guard.
Rogers landing with the ground and pound.
Noon wants to stand up but Rogers is controlling him.
Rogers passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Noon parries the strikes from Rogers easily there. Rogers is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Noon to escape.
Rogers creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Noon is pushing Rogers's head away, looking to escape. Rogers manages to hold on to the position though.
Noon takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Noon takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Aron Rogers has got the better of the ground game so far.
Noon wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Noon taking punishment in the form of punches.
Rogers throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Rogers is chipping away with strikes.
Rogers connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Noon some visible discomfort.
Noon takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Noon is working to avoid the ground and pound but Rogers connects with a decent elbow.
Noon is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Noon is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Noon is working to avoid the ground and pound but Rogers connects with a decent elbow.
Rogers working the head and body with strikes.
Rogers lands a few punches from side control.
Noon is trying to get back to his feet.
Rogers lands a nice forearm strike.
Noon is working to avoid the ground and pound but Rogers connects with a decent elbow.

Noon is rocked!
Rogers lands a huge shot from side control! Noon is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Aron Rogers!