PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Slamito Guerrero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Guerrero
vs
Rogers

180 cm
22
211 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

188 cm
22
222 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Nice elbows
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Slamito Guerrero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Steve Rogers!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Emerson Jorge and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guerrero takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Guerrero shoots in for a takedown but Rogers shows good takedown defense.
Rogers throws out a powerful jab.
Guerrero fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Slamito Guerrero seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rogers bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Guerrero's head.
Guerrero takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Rogers connects with a nice looking jab.
Rogers scores with a jab to the jaw.
Rogers throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Guerrero is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rogers lands a nice shot that snaps Guerrero's head back.
Guerrero ducks straight into an uppercut from Rogers and tumbles to the canvas! It’s a flash knockdown though - Guerrero maanges to regain guard straight away.

Guerrero is rocked!
Rogers stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Guerrero swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Oh Guerrero is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Guerrero seems to have got his legs back now.
Guerrero is looking to stand up but Rogers isn't so interested in that idea.
Rogers pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Guerrero is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Rogers stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Guerrero swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Rogers connects with the punch.
Rogers throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Guerrero on the side of the head.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Guerrero.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Slamito Guerrero. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rogers.
Rogers lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Rogers digs a good hook to Guerrero's body.
Rogers scores with a crisp jab that stopped Guerrero in his tracks.
Steve Rogers is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Guerrero has a takedown stuffed.
Guerrero misses with a head kick.
Guerrero shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Rogers pinned against the cage. Rogers gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Guerrero takes one to the chin there.
Guerrero looks for a takedown but Rogers sprawls well.
Rogers is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!Guerrero had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guerrero has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Guerrero there as he acknowledges the shot.
Rogers comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Guerrero feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Guerrero trying to stand up but can't free himself from Rogers's guard.
Rogers pulls Guerrero in close to prevent any damage.
Guerrero wants to stand but Rogers has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Guerrero trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Rogers has Guerrero pulled in close to control his posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers wants to get back to his feet but Guerrero is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Rogers working a defensive guard here.

Rogers had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Guerrero is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Rogers Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Guerrero's back instead.
Guerrero looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Rogers really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Guerrero. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rogers lands shots from the back.

Guerrero manages to get to his feet, escaping the difficult position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Guerrero closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Guerrero wants to stand up but Rogers has a hold of him and won't allow it.

Guerrero decides to stand up.
Rogers scores with a jab. Guerrero acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Guerrero fails to land the takedown.
Rogers lands a really nice looking cross but Guerrero seems unphased.
Guerrero shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Rogers but Rogers pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Rogers fails to land with a series of punches.
Rogers scores with a sloppy right hand. Guerrero should have avoided that one.
Guerrero tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Rogers swivels and escapes.
Rogers throws a good cross that connects.
Guerrero avoids a punch combination nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Guerrero scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Rogers can do anything to dispel that myth.

Guerrero decides to stand up, so the ref orders Rogers to his feet.
Rogers might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Guerrero.
You can see the frustration on Rogers's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Rogers dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A combination from Rogers does no damage.
Rogers throws a series of punches but Guerrero moves out of range.
Nice shot by Rogers.
Guerrero shoots in for a takedown but Rogers shows good takedown defense.
Rogers bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Guerrero's head backwards.
Guerrero has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Rogers finds it's way round the side to connect with Guerrero's head.
Guerrero on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rogers 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.
Guerrero looks for a takedown but Rogers sprawls well.
Guerrero walks into a jab.
Guerrero shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Slamito Guerrero. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rogers scores with a jab to the jaw.
Guerrero shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Rogers as he jumps to the side.
Slamito Guerrero is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rogers stuffs the takedown attempt from Guerrero. Guerrero gets slowly back to his feet.
Guerrero gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Guerrero shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Rogers as he jumps to the side.
Guerrero looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Guerrero takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rogers scores with a jab to the body.
Rogers uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Guerrero slips under a jab from Rogers.
Guerrero shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Rogers but Rogers pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Guerrero.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guerrero tries to advance to mount but can't.
Rogers is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Rogers wants to control but Guerrero postures up.

Guerrero decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Nice straight punches there by Rogers. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rogers.
Guerrero takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Rogers lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rogers misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Guerrero fails to land the takedown.
Rogers connects with a nice looking jab.
Rogers fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Jab by Rogers.
Guerrero throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Rogers's waist but Rogers gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Guerrero off to one side.
Rogers scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nice takedown defense from Rogers. No joy for Guerrero on that attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guerrero looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Rogers throws a combination. Guerrero tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Guerrero slips a jab from Rogers.
Nice sprawl there from Rogers as Guerrero shoots in.
Steve Rogers seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Guerrero fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Guerrero tries for a takedown but Rogers sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Rogers lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Guerrero at a distance.
Guerrero shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Rogers as he jumps to the side.
Nice shot by Rogers.
Rogers throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rogers throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rogers getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

Guerrero closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Guerrero gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Rogers fails to land with a series of punches.

Guerrero drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Both fighters take a look at the clock.
Slamito Guerrero overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Let's hope that Rogers has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Guerrero has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Rogers is looking for a sweep.
Rogers is trying to control Guerrero's posture but Guerrero avoids it.
Rogers is trying to get back to half guard.
Rogers parries the strikes from Guerrero easily there. Guerrero is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Rogers to escape.
Rogers gets back to half guard.
Guerrero wants to stand up but Rogers is controlling the position.
Rogers regains full guard. Nicely done.
Guerrero passes Rogers's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Guerrero working over Rogers with some ground and pound. Rogers looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Guerrero decides to stand and escape the position.
Rogers punishes Guerrero's body with a nice straight punch.
Rogers wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nice sprawl there from Rogers as Guerrero shoots in.
Nice body punch from Rogers.
Rogers paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Guerrero takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Guerrero looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Guerrero takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Guerrero.

Guerrero shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Guerrero was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Guerrero can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Rogers is looking to escape.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Guerrero is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Guerrero is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve 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!

Guerrero misses the shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Rogers.
Nice takedown defense from Rogers. No joy for Guerrero on that attempt.
Guerrero has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Rogers lands a jab to Guerrero's midsection.
Guerrero takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Guerrero shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Guerrero showed some decent athleticism there.
Nice strikes from Guerrero there.

Rogers is rocked!

Guerrero decides to stand and escape the position.
Rogers is still on wobbly legs! Can Guerrero finish him?
A jab from Rogers finds it's way through Guerrero's defenses.
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!
Guerrero shoots in and drives through. Rogers sprawls well.
Rogers throws a hook to the side of Guerrero's head but Guerrero sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rogers jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A choreographed right hand from Rogers misses the target.
Rogers seems to have recovered his senses.
Rogers displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Guerrero needs to keep his hands up - Rogers had a free shot at his head there.
Guerrero shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Rogers as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Slamito Guerrero. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Decent striking displayed by Rogers there.
Rogers connects with a good right hand that stumbles Guerrero. Guerrero circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Rogers crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Guerrero - the referee stops the clock and Rogers gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Guerrero. Rogers manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

Guerrero feints and as Rogers raises his hands in defense, Guerrero changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Rogers is trying to control the position but Guerrero postures up.
Guerrero tries to stand but Rogers is controlling from the bottom.

Guerrero gets to his feet - Rogers follows without any prompting.
Guerrero tries for a takedown but Rogers sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Guerrero throws a left and a right that both miss
and Rogers counters with a nice uppercut.
Rogers throws a series of strikes that have Guerrero backpedaling.

Guerrero darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Rogers taking some punishment here, with Guerrero in his half guard.
Guerrero missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Guerrero sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Rogers defending well though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guerrero lands strikes from half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Rogers is controlling Guerrero's trapped leg to prevent Guerrero from advancing to side control.
Rogers keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Guerrero tries to pass to full mount but Rogers defends it.

Guerrero decides to stand and escape the position.
Guerrero pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rogers connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Rogers scores with a punch to the head.
Rogers lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Rogers lands a nice shot that snaps Guerrero's head back.
Rogers scores with a jab to the jaw.
Rogers keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Guerrero fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Rogers throws a good cross that connects.
Nice sprawl there from Rogers as Guerrero shoots in.

Guerrero lands a huge takedown. Rogers is out but the ref is slow to react and Guerrero lands 3 more undefended punches before the fight is stopped. Brutal finish. Rogers lies on the canvas for a good minute before the doctors bring him round. Good to see he's OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Slamito Guerrero!