PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roger Rogerson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Bisping (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michael Bisping acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Rogerson
vs
Bisping

187 cm
18
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
23
210 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Powerful

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Roger Rogerson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Bisping!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Alyssa Summers and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rogerson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Rogerson wants it to stay on the feet.
Rogerson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rogerson leaves Bisping with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Bisping gets a takedown into half guard.
Bisping seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Rogerson is controlling Bisping's trapped leg to prevent Bisping from advancing to side control.
Rogerson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rogerson is looking to control Bisping's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Rogerson avoid being mounted?
Rogerson is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Rogerson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bisping.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bisping is trying to control the action in half guard but Rogerson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Bisping thows a huge punch but Rogerson dodges it nicely.
Bisping sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Rogerson defending well though.
Bisping is nestled in close to Rogerson, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Bisping sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Rogerson defending well though.
Rogerson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Bisping is working away from the top position though.
Rogerson taking some punishment here, with Bisping in his half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Bisping connects with a nice short shot to Rogerson's temple.
Bisping working the head and body with strikes.
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!
Bisping lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Bisping scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bisping working over Rogerson with some ground and pound. Rogerson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Bisping scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Bisping is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bisping is taking a breather. Rogerson says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Bisping landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bisping is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Bisping connects with a nice short shot to Rogerson's temple.
Bisping lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Bisping sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Bisping scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bisping lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Bisping perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Bisping thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rogerson's head.
Ground and pound from Bisping.
Bisping 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.
Rogerson is breathing heavily.
Bisping is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Rogerson has hold of Bisping's hands but Bisping slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bisping lands with a punch from half guard.
Bisping is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bisping working the head and body with strikes.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bisping lands a nice short elbow.

Rogerson is rocked!
Bisping scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Oh Rogerson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bisping lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Bisping scores with a big shot! Rogerson's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Rogerson! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Bisping!