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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Alex Rogan (ranked 23978 p4p, 5169 weight class) and Vorar Helas (ranked 504 p4p, 467 weight class). Rogan comes to the cage accompanied by Starfighter. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Excellent boxer
Cardio machine
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alex Rogan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vorar Helas!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Mauricio Rocha and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Helas misses with an uppercut. Rogan saw that one coming.
Rogan misses with a hook
and Helas counters with a nice uppercut.
Helas steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rogan.
Rogan clinches with his opponent.
Helas misses with a punch on the inside.
Rogan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Helas slips under a jab.
Helas tries to counter with a clinch but Rogan shakes him off and moves away.
Helas moves away from the strike by Rogan.
Helas takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Rogan scores with a nice head shot.
Rogan throws a looping overhand right but Helas ducks down to avoid it.
Rogan closes the distance and pushes Helas back into the cage.
Rogan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Helas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rogan.
Rogan lands a head shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rogan cracks Helas with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Helas with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rogan to score with a decent uppercut.
Rogan closes the distance and clinches.
Rogan throws a punch but it's blocked by Helas.
Rogan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rogan lands a hook that snaps the head of Helas backwards.
Rogan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Helas fails to land.
Helas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rogan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Helas backwards.
Helas gets through Rogan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rogan works on Helas's body with a couple of short punches.
Helas misses with some punches.
Helas looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Helas misses with a knee to the head.
Rogan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rogan throws an off balance right hand
and Helas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rogan has closed the distance and engaged Helas in a clinch.
Helas can't find room to land a body shot as Rogan controls the action.
Rogan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Helas tries a knee to the head but Rogan blocks it.
Helas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rogan looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Rogan lands a hook that snaps the head of Helas backwards.
Rogan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Helas takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Helas tries to keep at a distance but Rogan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Helas swings wildly with an uppercut but Rogan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Helas misses with a knee to the head.
Rogan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rogan lands a nice shot to the body.
Helas staying out of range there.
Rogan closes the distance and pushes Helas back into the cage.
Rogan lands a left hand.
Helas has a couple of punches blocked by Rogan.
Rogan manages to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogan throws a shot from downtown. Helas moves away and avoids it.
Helas looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Rogan lands with a good body shot.
Rogan lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Rogan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Helas steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Rogan.
Helas walks into a jab.
Helas slips a straight right by Rogan.
A jab from Rogan misses.
Rogan is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Rogan takes the fight into the clinch.
Helas blocks an uppercut.
Rogan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Helas misses with a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rogan.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Helas.
Rogan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Helas walks into a stiff left hand from Rogan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rogan looks to score with a jab to the body but Helas is just out of range.
Helas wants to counter the offense by Rogan and move into the clinch position.
Rogan slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Rogan throws out a loose jab but Helas uses good head movement to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Helas! But no joy.
Rogan darts in and clinches Helas up against the cage.
Rogan manages to break the clinch.
Helas with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rogan to score with a decent uppercut.
Rogan misses with a right hand
and Helas counters with a nice uppercut.
Helas slips a straight right by Rogan.
Rogan misses with a left hand
and Helas makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jab by Rogan.
Rogan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rogan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jab, jab by Rogan - just one landing.
Alex Rogan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Helas staying out of range there.
Helas is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Rogan throws a right hand that misses
and Helas counters with a stiff right hand.
Rogan cracks Helas with an open hand slap.
Rogan throws a poor cross that misses
and Helas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rogan lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Rogan swings widly with a right hand
and Helas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rogan cracks Helas with a right hand to the side of the head.
Helas wants to clinch.
Rogan instigates a clinch.
Helas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Rogan.
Helas lands with a short punch from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rogan.
Helas misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rogan.
Rogan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rogan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rogan throws a body shot but no joy.
Helas steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Rogan.
Rogan moves into the clinch.
Rogan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Helas takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Rogan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Helas on the side of the head.
Helas takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Rogan closes the distance and clinches.
Helas has a couple of punches blocked by Rogan.
Rogan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Rogan throws a looping overhand right but Helas ducks down to avoid it.
Helas unleashes a big counter combination but Rogan bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
A swing and a miss from Rogan.
Helas wants to counter the offense by Rogan and move into the clinch position.
Rogan swings for the body but Helas moves out of range.
Rogan is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Rogan fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Helas, pushing him back against the cage.
Rogan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rogan manages to break the clinch.
Rogan lands with a hook. Helas tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rogan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rogan blocks a body shot from Helas.
Helas blocking some punches.
Helas struggles to land a body shot inside as Rogan controls his hands.
Helas throws a punch but it's blocked by Rogan.
A right hand to the body from Rogan.
Helas misses with a punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Helas.
Helas tries to land a knee to the head but Rogan blocks with his arms.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rogan.
Helas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rogan tries to work over Helas's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rogan working aggressively here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Helas with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rogan manages to break the clinch.
Jab from Rogan.
Rogan scores with a nice strike.
Rogan misses with an uppercut
and Helas counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Helas moves in looking to clinch but Rogan pushes him off.
Rogan lands with a straight right. Helas didn't see that one coming.
Rogan scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Rogan is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Rogan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Helas steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Rogan.
Rogan lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Helas tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rogan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Rogan moves into range and connects with a jab.
Rogan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Helas wants to counter the offense by Rogan and move into the clinch position.
Rogan swings widly with a right hand
and Helas counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rogan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Rogan lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Rogan connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Helas is rocked!
Helas tries to keep at a distance but Rogan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Rogan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Helas is still on wobbly legs! Can Rogan finish him?
Rogan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Helas seems to have recovered his senses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Helas has a couple of punches blocked by Rogan.
Helas has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Rogan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rogan moves into the clinch.
Helas utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alex Rogan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rogan 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 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 10:9
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 10:9
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 10:9
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex Rogan!
Alex Rogan thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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