PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Corbin Leopold (ranked 1625 p4p, 1369 weight class) and Mason Rogers (ranked 177 p4p, 143 weight class). Mason Rogers will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Leopold
vs
Rogers

179 cm
27
153
14 - 9 - 0

168 cm
33
152
12 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Brooklyn Apothecary
Brooklyn Threads

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Corbin Leopold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Mason Rogers!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Ryoma Takatsuka and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leopold darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Leopold lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rogers circles away quickly and effectively.
Leopold swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Leopold throws a hook to the side of Rogers's head but Rogers sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Rogers closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Still in half guard, Rogers seems content to control.
Leopold is trying to stand back up but Rogers is controlling him
Rogers throwing shots but Leopold is blocking nicely.
Leopold is trying to stand back up but Rogers is controlling him
Rogers trying to control from half guard but Leopold is working away.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leopold tries to clinch but Rogers moves out of range.
Rogers is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
An inside leg kick lands from Rogers.
Leopold scores with a jab to the jaw.
Leopold swings widly with a right hand
and Rogers counters with a straight right hand.
Rogers throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Leopold stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Rogers lands a jab to Leopold's midsection.
Rogers shoots for a double leg takedown but Leopold sprawls well. He's pushed Rogers's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Leopold throws a looping overhand right but Rogers ducks down to avoid it.
Rogers tries to counter with a clinch but Leopold shakes him off and moves away.
Rogers tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Leopold was well out of range. Poor timing from Rogers.
Rogers lands with a straight right. Leopold didn't see that one coming.
Leopold looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Leopold misses with a hook
and Rogers makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Leopold misses with a body punch
and Rogers counters with a nice body shot.
Rogers ducks under a wild hook from Leopold.
Rogers flicks out a counter leg kick but Leopold steps away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rogers scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Leopold scores with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Rogers.
Leopold scores with a jab. Rogers acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Rogers is rocked!

It looks like Mason Rogers has been cut.
Rogers digs a good body shot into Leopold's ribs.
Leopold throws a poor cross that misses
and Rogers counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Leopold throws an off balance right hand
and Rogers counters with a nice uppercut.
Rogers scores with a shot to the body.
Rogers rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Leopold moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rogers needs to keep his hands up - Leopold had a free shot at his head there.
Rogers is still on wobbly legs! Can Leopold finish him?
Leopold lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rogers circles away quickly and effectively.
Leopold misses with a hook
and Rogers counters with a slapping leg kick.
Rogers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rogers seems to have recovered his senses.
A shot to the body from Leopold misses
and Rogers counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rogers lands a right hook to the body.
Rogers throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Leopold drops Rogers with a beautiful combination! Rogers stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Leopold is looking for the KO!
Leopold swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Corbin Leopold seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Leopold misses the target.
Rogers looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Leopold misses the jab.
Rogers punishes Leopold's body with a nice straight punch.
Leopold throws a poor cross that misses
and Rogers counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rogers is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Leopold rather than just go for the knockout.
Rogers fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A counter left hand to the body from Leopold misses its target.
Rogers has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Rogers lands a head shot.
Rogers lands a slapping body shot.
Leopold throws an off balance right hand
and Rogers counters with a slapping leg kick.
Leopold throws a poor cross that misses
and Rogers counters with a leg kick.
Rogers needs to keep his hands up - Leopold had a free shot at his head there.
Leopold misses with a lunging right hand
and Rogers counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Leopold throws a combination that misses
and Rogers counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Leopold thinking.
Leopold misses with a body shot
and Rogers counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Leopold lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Leopold.
Leopold takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rogers will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Leopold was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Rogers dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rogers ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Corbin Leopold is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Leopold throws a jab but it's blocked by Rogers.
Rogers fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Leopold.
Leopold throws a hook but Rogers avoids it easily.
Rogers now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Leopold misses with a left hand
and Rogers cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rogers is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Leopold had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Leopold throws a lazy uppercut
and Rogers counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rogers lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rogers connects with an inside leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Leopold throws a big shot that misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Leopold. That snapped Rogers's head back.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Rogers!
Leopold throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rogers.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mason Rogers dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mason Rogers's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Leopold fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rogers manages to avoid it.
Rogers lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Leopold is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Rogers scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Leopold misses with a combination
enabling Rogers to counter with a crisp jab.
Leopold scores with a body shot.
Rogers sizes up Leopold with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A nice combination there by Rogers.
Rogers misses with a few strikes there.
Rogers lands a nice looking body shot.
Rogers bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rogers tries a quick counter leg kick but Leopold is wise to it.
No joy there for Leopold, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leopold throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Leopold listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Leopold lands a left and a right that send Rogers crashing to the mat, dazed. Leopold thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Leopold cracks Rogers on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Rogers falls backwards against the cage. Leopold follows up with more strikes that drop Rogers to his knees. Leopold keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Rogers! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Corbin Leopold!