PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Serul Dathren (ranked 5336 p4p, 24464 weight class) and Alex Rogan (ranked 505 p4p, 530 weight class). Rogan is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Starfighter. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Dathren
vs
Rogan

195 cm
21
190
6 - 1 - 1

192 cm
22
210
7 - 5 - 0

World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 6 - 1 - 1, fighting out of New York, Serul Dathren!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alex Rogan!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Felipe Paraventi and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dathren closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Dathren tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rogan was well out of range. Poor timing from Dathren.
Rogan scores with a jab. Dathren acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Rogan throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dathren cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dathren lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rogan's sensitive parts.
Rogan throws a jab when Dathren was well out of range.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Dathren!
A big left from Rogan misses.
Dathren tried to counter with a leg kick but Rogan avoided it.
Rogan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rogan throws an off balance right hand
and Dathren counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab from Dathren does it's job there.
Dathren moves out of range as Rogan strikes.
Dathren definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Nice shot by Rogan.
Dathren digs a good body shot into Rogan's ribs.
Dathren lands a really nice looking cross but Rogan seems unphased.
Rogan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rogan ducks under a wild hook from Dathren.
Rogan is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Dathren fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rogan manages to avoid it.
Rogan moves out of range as Dathren strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
An attempted straight right counter from Dathren misses the target.
Alex Rogan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rogan connects with a single shot there.
Rogan throws a lazy right hand but Dathren sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dathren cracks a nice hook into Rogan's ribs.
Dathren takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

Dathren closes the distance and clinches.
Dathren can't find room to land a body shot as Rogan controls the action.
Rogan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rogan misses with some punches.
Dathren lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rogan backwards.
A knee to the head by Dathren.
Dathren cracks Rogan with a nice body shot.
Dathren throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rogans head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dathren goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rogan has a couple of punches blocked by Dathren.
Dathren throws a head punch that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dathren.
Rogan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dathren tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dathren swings wildly with an uppercut but Rogan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dathren misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rogan blocking some punches.
Dathren misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dathren fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rogan.
Rogan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Rogan fails to land.
Dathren working aggressively here.
Dathren blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rogan.
Dathren tries a body shot but Rogan blocks it.
Rogan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rogan prevents a body shot from Dathren.
A head punch on the inside from Rogan fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dathren.
Dathren tries to land a knee to the head but Rogan blocks with his arms.
Dathren swings wildly with an uppercut but Rogan uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Serul Dathren dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Rogan misses with an uppercut.
Rogan misses with a looping right.
Rogan throws a right hand that misses
and Dathren counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Rogan falls off balance throwing a combination

and Dathren counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Dathren throws a head punch that misses.
Rogan misses with a body punch.
Dathren lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dathren misses with a body punch.
Dathren lands with a short shot to the head.
We've been informed that Rogan has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Dathren tries to land knees in the clinch but Rogan avoids the damage to the body.
Dathren tries to throw a body punch but Rogan avoids it by throwing Dathren back against the cage.
Rogan swings wildly with an uppercut but Dathren uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dathren is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rogan can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rogan lands a shot to the body.
Rogan throws a punch but it's blocked by Dathren.
Dathren working aggressively here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dathren.
Rogan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rogan misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dathren scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dathren lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dathren scores with a shot to the side of Rogan's head.
Dathren prevents a body shot from Rogan.
Dathren scores with a hook to the body.
Dathren is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rogan is defending well for now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dathren.
Dathren tries a body shot but Rogan blocks it.
Dathren throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rogan.
Dathren gets through Rogan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dathren tries a body shot but Rogan blocks it.
Rogan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dathren misses with the head strike.
Rogan working aggressively here.
Dathren tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rogan working aggressively here.
Dathren tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dathren throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rogan blocks it with crossed arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dathren throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rogan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rogan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dathren working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right from Dathren on the inside.
Dathren lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rogan backwards.
Rogan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Dathren.
Dathren tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rogan's elbow.
Dathren can't find room to land a body shot as Rogan controls the action.
Rogan lands a nice uppercut.
Rogan blocks a body shot from Dathren.
Rogan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dathren blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dathren tries to land knees in the clinch but Rogan avoids the damage to the body.
Dathren blocks a body shot from Rogan.
A right hand to the body from Rogan.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Dathren here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Rogan misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Rogan fails to land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Serul Dathren dominated that second round.
That's time! Dathren's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Rogan throws a right hand that Dathren ducks under and follows up with a left that Dathren also avoids with ease.
Serul Dathren is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rogan slips a jab and a cross from Dathren.
Dathren blocks a jab.
Dathren lands a nice hook to Rogan's body. Rogan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dathren looks to throw the jab but Rogan is out of range.
Dathren misses with a series of wild punches.

Rogan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Dathren misses with some punches.
Dathren tries to throw a body punch but Rogan avoids it by throwing Dathren back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rogan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dathren backwards.
Dathren can't find room to land a body shot as Rogan controls the action.
Rogan throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogan lands a body shot.
Rogan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rogan tries a body shot but Dathren blocks it.
Rogan swings wildly with an uppercut but Dathren uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rogan tries to throw a body punch but Dathren avoids it by throwing Rogan back against the cage.
Rogan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Rogan fails to land.
Dathren working aggressively here.
Rogan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dathren scores a nice knee to the body.
Rogan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dathren tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Serul Dathren has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dathren makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Alex Rogan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dathren.
Rogan throws a head punch that misses.
Dathren blocks a body shot from Rogan.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rogan misses with some punches.
Rogan tries to work over Dathren's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dathren using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rogan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Alex Rogan.
Well Dathren has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Serul Dathren!
During a confident post fight interview, Serul Dathren thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.