PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between LT Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blue Rak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blue Rak has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with LT Rogers's chin.

Rogers
vs
Rak

189 cm
22
205 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

190 cm
24
214 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, LT Rogers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Blue Rak!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Colin Fray and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rogers scores with a nice right hand.
Rak looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rogers digs a good hook to Rak's body.
Rogers looks for a takedown but Rak sprawls well.
Rak showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rogers.
Rak misses with an uppercut

and Rogers counters with a takedown into side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rogers controlling from side mount.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Rak can do anything to dispel that myth.
Rak looks to move to half guard but instead Rogers has passed into mount! Damn!
Rak is trying to escape the mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers with a couple of short strikes.
Rogers with the ground and pound from mount.
Rogers has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Rogers breaks from Rak's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Rak in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Rak really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rogers. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rogers fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Rogers looking to ground and pound but Rak is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rogers raining down hammerfists from mount.
Rak looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogers landing shots from mount.
Rogers landing punches.
We've been hearing that Rogers has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Rogers landing strikes from the mount.
Rogers cracks Rak with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). LT Rogers!
LT Rogers thanked the fans post fight for their support.