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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Keith Rodgers (ranked 199 p4p, 220 weight class) and Jesse Custer (ranked 27 p4p, 30 weight class). Keith Rodgers is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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24 - 10 - 1 |
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27 - 14 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Keith Rodgers !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jesse Custer!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Ackerman and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodgers is looking to score with low kicks.
Despite the aggression on Custer's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Custer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rodgers moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Rodgers lands a slapping body shot.
Rodgers has been working on his boxing with his coaches at GAMMA Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Rodgers tests Custer's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Custer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rodgers throws out the jab.
Rodgers will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Good work by Rodgers as he checks the leg kick.
Rodgers throws a jab but it's blocked by Custer.
Rodgers connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rodgers gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Rodgers attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Custer tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rodgers lands a leg kick that knocks Custer off balance momentarily.
Rodgers lands a jab to the nose.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Custer tries to sprawl but Rodgers drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Custer looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodgers tries to pass to full mount but Custer defends it.
Rodgers works his foot free and advances to mount.
Custer wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Custer is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Rodgers working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Rodgers 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.
Rodgers is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Custer can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Rodgers looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Custer is trying to stand.
Rodgers raining down hammerfists from mount.
Rodgers lands a big elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rodgers lands with some strikes.
Custer wants to try and get back to his feet.
BOOM! Rodgers connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Custer wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Rodgers lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Custer squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Rodgers postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Custer in real trouble here! The ref calls for Custer to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Keith Rodgers !
After the fight, Keith Rodgers was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
74% |
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