PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Igor Trubitsyn (ranked 2028 p4p, 1932 weight class) and Mason Rogers (ranked 266 p4p, 252 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Trubitsyn
vs
Rogers

175 cm
27
165
3 - 3 - 0

168 cm
39
152
20 - 18 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Igor Trubitsyn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 18 - 1, fighting out of London, Mason Rogers!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rogers keeps the fight on the outside.
Trubitsyn moves out of range as Rogers strikes.
Trubitsyn looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Rogers ducks under a wild hook from Trubitsyn.
Trubitsyn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rogers.
Trubitsyn connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rogers. Rogers circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Trubitsyn lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Trubitsyn missing with a left hand there. Rogers was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Igor Trubitsyn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Trubitsyn misses with a hook. Rogers ducked under it nicely.
Trubitsyn swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Rogers counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Trubitsyn thinking.
Trubitsyn throws a poor cross that misses
and Rogers counters with a stiff right hand.
Rogers jabbing away but nothing is landing.
An inside leg kick from Rogers misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trubitsyn checks a leg kick.
Trubitsyn feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Rogers takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Trubitsyn jabs at Rogers's body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rogers tries to clinch but Trubitsyn moves out of range.
Rogers looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Trubitsyn throws out the jab.
Rogers appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
A low kick lands for Trubitsyn.
Trubitsyn misses with a wild combination.
Rogers takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Rogers moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Rogers has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Trubitsyn scores with a one two! Rogers had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Rogers scores with a jab to the body.
Rogers fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Trubitsyn manages to avoid it.
Rogers works Trubitsyn's body with a nice hook.
Rogers lands a right hook to the body.
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!
Rogers scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Rogers lands with a shot to the body.
Trubitsyn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rogers moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rogers will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trubitsyn stuns Rogers with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A good leg kick by Rogers.
Rogers dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rogers ducks under a wild hook from Trubitsyn.
Rogers slips a straight right by Trubitsyn.
Trubitsyn misses with the combination.
Rogers misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Trubitsyn.
Trubitsyn attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

Trubitsyn has taken the fight to the clinch.
Trubitsyn throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Trubitsyn gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Mason Rogers has been cut.
Trubitsyn misses with a punch to the body.
Rogers tries to score a body lock takedown but Trubitsyn shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trubitsyn lands with a left to the head.
Trubitsyn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Trubitsyn has a couple of punches blocked by Rogers.
Rogers blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rogers can't find room to land a body shot as Trubitsyn controls the action.
Trubitsyn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Rogers gets control of Trubitsyn's arms and successfully pulls guard. Rogers will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Trubitsyn won't allow Rogers to sweep him here.
Trubitsyn wants to stand and escape but instead Rogers has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Rogers throws a big elbow that misses.
Trubitsyn preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Rogers throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rogers preventing the sweep.
Trubitsyn is looking to sweep but instead, Rogers has passed into half guard.
Rogers looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Trubitsyn with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Trubitsyn is trying to stand up here but Rogers is controlling him well.
Rogers wants to lay and pray for a moment but Trubitsyn keeps working.
Trubitsyn won't allow Rogers to pass to mount.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Igor Trubitsyn will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mason Rogers's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Rogers shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Trubitsyn eats them both and turns towards Rogers to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Trubitsyn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rogers manages to avoid it.
Rogers wants to counter the offense by Trubitsyn and move into the clinch position.
Trubitsyn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rogers moves away.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Trubitsyn tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Trubitsyn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rogers manages to avoid it.
Igor Trubitsyn is winning the standup battle so far.
Rogers stuns Trubitsyn with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Trubitsyn scores with a nice strike.
Rogers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Trubitsyn backing away here, and Rogers unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Rogers lands with an overhand left.
Rogers darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Rogers misses with a looping left.
Rogers shoots in but Trubitsyn avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Rogers avoids a kick to the body.
Rogers takes a swing at Trubitsyn's ribcage but misses.
Trubitsyn swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rogers feints a jab promting Trubitsyn to slip. Rogers then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Trubitsyn slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Trubitsyn.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Rogers checks a leg kick.
Trubitsyn swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rogers swats away the attempt to clinch by Trubitsyn.
Rogers is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Trubitsyn rather than just go for the knockout.
Trubitsyn misses with a straight right.
Rogers tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Rogers misses with a right hand
and Trubitsyn cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Trubitsyn tries to clinch up but Rogers circles away and keeps his distance.
Rogers scores with a nice head shot.
Trubitsyn tries to clinch
and Rogers counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That kick from Rogers tenderised Trubitsyn's leg. Trubitsyn is trying to keep his angry face on.
Rogers cracks a nice hook into Trubitsyn's ribs.
Rogers throws a nice inside leg kick.
Trubitsyn moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Trubitsyn closes the distance and pushes Rogers back into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trubitsyn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rogers avoiding damage.
Rogers dodges an elbow strike from Trubitsyn.
Trubitsyn misses with a knee to the head.
Trubitsyn can't find room to land a body shot as Rogers controls the action.
Rogers crunches a lovely knee into Trubitsyn's ribcage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Trubitsyn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Trubitsyn fails to land.
Trubitsyn tries to stall but Rogers uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Rogers misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rogers working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rogers blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rogers as Trubitsyn tries to tie him up.
The referee is keeping an eye on Trubitsyn - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Rogers blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Trubitsyn stalls.
Trubitsyn is looking to break free of the clinch but Rogers has double underhooks.
Trubitsyn throws a punch but it's blocked by Rogers.
Trubitsyn lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Rogers has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Trubitsyn regains guard immediately.
Rogers is looking to work some ground and pound but Trubitsyn has wrist control.
Rogers passes Trubitsyn's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rogers working Trubitsyn over with strikes.
Rogers has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Rogers lands a nice short elbow.
Rogers thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Trubitsyn's head.
Nice strikes from Rogers there.
Trubitsyn is trying to stand back up but Rogers is controlling him
Trubitsyn is looking for a sweep. Rogers is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Rogers seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Rogers scoring with strikes to the body and head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mason Rogers showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mason Rogers's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Rogers throws a low kick but it's checked well by Trubitsyn.
Trubitsyn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rogers comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Rogers scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Trubitsyn misses with a body shot.
Trubitsyn misses with a body shot
and Rogers counters with a left and a right that stings Trubitsyn.
A telegraphed right hand from Trubitsyn misses the target.
Rogers now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Rogers throws a series of punches but Trubitsyn moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Trubitsyn. Rogers does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rogers scores with a shot to the body.
Rogers looks to land a left hand but Trubitsyn moved out of range nicely.
Rogers moves out of range of the strikes.
Trubitsyn checks a low kick from Rogers.
Rogers with a nice calf kick.
Trubitsyn throws a poor cross that misses
and Rogers counters with a two punch combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Trubitsyn lands a two punch combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trubitsyn doesn't manage to clinch there - Rogers circles away.
Rogers is looking for the big counter here.
Trubitsyn throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rogers is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Rogers cracks Trubitsyn with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Trubitsyn swings for the body but Rogers moves out of range.
Trubitsyn falls off balance throwing a combination
and Rogers counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rogers with a hook.
Rogers tries a low kick but Trubitsyn avoids it.
Trubitsyn is looking to counter punch.
Trubitsyn falls off balance throwing a combination
and Rogers counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jab, jab by Rogers - just one landing.
Rogers throws a low kick but Trubitsyn moves out of range easily.
Rogers lands with a shot to the body.
Trubitsyn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trubitsyn wants to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Trubitsyn. Rogers does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rogers scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Trubitsyn throws a predictable looking body shot
and Rogers counters with a good low kick that Trubitsyn was not able to check.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Trubitsyn takes a swing at Rogers's ribcage but misses.
Rogers throws a big shot that misses.
Trubitsyn is looking to counter punch.
A jab from Trubitsyn misses.
Rogers throws a nice looking combination but Trubitsyn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Trubitsyn takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Rogers connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Trubitsyn throws a body shot but no joy.
Rogers scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Trubitsyn moves in looking to clinch but Rogers pushes him off.
A nice side step and Rogers releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers keeps the fight on the outside.
Trubitsyn scores with a jab to the jaw.
Rogers gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Trubitsyn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Trubitsyn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rogers.
Trubitsyn scores with a jab to the body.
Rogers scores with a three punch combo!
Rogers lands a nice shot to the body.
Trubitsyn is looking to clinch.

Trubitsyn drives through and clinches with Rogers against the cage.
Rogers misses with a punch on the inside.
Trubitsyn throws a head punch that misses.
Trubitsyn tries to land knees in the clinch but Rogers avoids the damage to the body.
Rogers can't get the takedown.
Trubitsyn tries to throw a body punch but Rogers avoids it by throwing Trubitsyn back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trubitsyn misses with a punch on the inside.
Trubitsyn tries to work over Rogers's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Trubitsyn lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rogers or not.
Trubitsyn pushes Rogers back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Rogers gets through Trubitsyn's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Trubitsyn misses with a body punch.
Trubitsyn tries to land knees in the clinch but Rogers avoids the damage to the body.
Trubitsyn tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rogers avoids it.
Rogers throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Trubitsyn blocks it with crossed arms.
Trubitsyn lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rogers.
A shot in the inside from Trubitsyn.
Trubitsyn keeps control of Rogers as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Trubitsyn breaks the clinch.
Rogers tries to clinch but Trubitsyn moves out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mason Rogers comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Rogers has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mason Rogers!
An out of breath Mason Rogers thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.