PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cesar Rogers (ranked 4966 p4p, 484 weight class) and Yamil Villanueva (ranked 24449 p4p, 696 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Rogers
vs
Villanueva

190 cm
20
233 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

215 cm
26
275 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Sully's Bar & Grill

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Cesar Rogers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yamil Villanueva!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, John Mangel and Ron Honeybunn.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rogers pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Villanueva is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Villanueva misses the shot to the body.
Rogers tries a head kick but it misses.
Villanueva stuffs the takedown attempt from Rogers. Rogers gets slowly back to his feet.
Villanueva throws out a counter right but Rogers avoids it with no problem.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rogers is trying hard to land a takedown here. Villanueva sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Rogers gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers displaying some good clinch control by pressing Villanueva up against the cage.
Villanueva tries to break free but Rogers pushes him back against the cage.
Villanueva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Villanueva manages to pull guard.
Rogers slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Rogers taking a breather here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
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 has knee on belly and moves into mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers controlling the position easily from mount.
Rogers wants to take his opponent's back but Villanueva doesn't allow it.
Rogers controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Rogers has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rogers wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cesar Rogers dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Rogers tries to land a leg kick but Villanueva saw it coming and moves away.
Villanueva tries to counter with a clinch but Rogers shakes him off and moves away.

Rogers gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Rogers tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Villanueva smiles and moves away.
Villanueva misses the body punch

and Rogers counters by moving into the clinch.
Villanueva is trying to force a seperation but Rogers has the dominant position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rogers fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Villanueva prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cesar Rogers. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Rogers has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Villanueva regains guard immediately.
Rogers advances position into side control!
Rogers controlling from side mount.
Rogers tries to advance to mount but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogers is staying tight to Villanueva's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Rogers is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Villanueva can do to turn this around?
Rogers has control of an arm but Villanueva manages to advance to Rogers's back!
We've been informed that Villanueva has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Villanueva struggling to keep hold of the position.
Rogers tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Rogers just holding on.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Rogers here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Rogers tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers gets back to half guard.
Rogers has his hands clasped together around Villanueva's back. He's all about the action.
Rogers works his way to full guard. Good work.
Rogers lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Rogers advances position into side control!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Villanueva gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Rogers tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Rogers wants to take Villanueva's back but he can't do it this time.
Rogers controlling from mount.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rogers works his way to his opponent's back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cesar Rogers dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Villanueva gets tackled into the cage by Rogers. Rogers maintains the clinch.

Rogers turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Rogers controls the position from side control.
Villanueva wants to control but Rogers postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rogers takes a little break here. Villanueva wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Villanueva!
Rogers looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Rogers with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rogers tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers takes Villanueva's back.
Rogers just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.

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.
Yamil Villanueva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Rogers working for a choke but Villanueva is defending well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cesar Rogers showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Rogers, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cesar Rogers!