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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sean Trueman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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.
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250 lbs
10 - 6 - 0 |
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198 cm
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265 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Basic striking
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sean Trueman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marcus Rogers!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Alyssa Summers and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trueman changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Rogers tries to avoid it but Trueman manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Rogers to the ground. Rogers escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Rogers misses with a straight right.
Rogers shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Trueman counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Trueman looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Rogers is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Trueman blocks the strikes from Rogers.
Still in half guard, Trueman seems content to control.
Rogers is pressing down on Trueman's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Rogers wants to sweep but no luck.
Trueman looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Rogers controls Trueman momentarily but Trueman frees himself.
Trueman slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Trueman controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trueman's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Rogers tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Trueman wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Trueman is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Rogers will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Rogers is trying to improve his position.
Trueman taking a breather here.
Rogers keeping his opponent close.
Trueman controls the position.
Rogers is trying to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Trueman scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Rogers to see if he's OK.
Rogers wants to control but Trueman postures up.
Rogers prevents Trueman from improving position.
Rogers tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Trueman controlling from side mount.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Rogers is trying to get back to half guard.
Rogers is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Trueman prevents Rogers from improving his position.
Trueman controlling the action here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers is trying to maintain the position but Trueman is very close to passing his half guard.
Still in half guard, Trueman seems content to control.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Sean Trueman just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Trueman fails to land the takedown.
Rogers misses with a looping left.
Marcus Rogers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Trueman.
Rogers is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Trueman missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Rogers is trying to get back to full guard.
Trueman perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trueman trying to control from half guard but Rogers is working away.
Rogers is trying to control but can't.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Rogers is not content to let Trueman control the position.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Rogers misses with a double jab
and Trueman counters with a shoot takedown. Rogers fights it but they end up in guard.
Rogers looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rogers is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Trueman controls from within his opponent's guard.
Rogers wants to sweep but no luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sean Trueman dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Rogers keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Rogers misses with a few strikes there.
Trueman shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Rogers cracks Trueman with an open hand slap.
The fighters circling - Rogers throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rogers connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
It looks like Sean Trueman has been cut.
Rogers misses with a hook.
Rogers throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rogers misses the shot to the body.
Trueman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rogers.
Trueman fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Rogers tries to clinch
and Trueman counters with a takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rogers tries to improve position but can't.
Trueman is looking to take a break and control but Rogers is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Rogers tries to bench press Trueman off him but Trueman keeps the position.
Trueman content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Rogers's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Rogers is looking to regain half guard here but Trueman keeps moving and retains side control.
Trueman taking a breather here.
Trueman tries to advance to mount but Rogers denies him.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Trueman walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Rogers bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Rogers shoots and misses
and Trueman counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Trueman.
Rogers is breathing heavily.
Trueman slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Sean Trueman overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Trueman working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trueman stopping the sweep attempt from Rogers.
Trueman not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Rogers working a defensive guard here.
Trueman slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Trueman trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trueman pushes down on Rogers's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Rogers wants to get back to full guard.
Trueman looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Trueman wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rogers keeps working.
Rogers tries to get to full guard but Trueman has control of the leg.
Trueman looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Trueman wants to take a breather but Rogers is having none of it.
Trueman controlling the action here.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Trueman will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sean Trueman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Trueman fails with the takedown.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rogers.
Marcus Rogers is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rogers misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rogers misses with a wild combination.
Rogers misses with a few strikes there.
Rogers connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Rogers has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Rogers misses with a hook. Trueman ducked under it nicely.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Rogers, as that shot connected.
Trueman feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Trueman wants to control from the top but Rogers keeps moving.
Trueman looking to sit in guard and control but Rogers gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Rogers decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Trueman, up you get!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcus Rogers showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sean Trueman's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Trueman shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Trueman is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Rogers wants to improve his position but Trueman is controlling well.
Trueman is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Trueman not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Rogers is trying to get back to full guard.
Rogers makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Rogers.
Rogers is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trueman trying to control the position from guard on top but Rogers is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Trueman is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Trueman advances to half guard.
Trueman wants to take a breather but Rogers is having none of it.
Rogers is looking to improve his position.
Trueman with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Sean Trueman just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
A punch combination from Rogers misses.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Trueman.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A head kick by Rogers misses
and Trueman counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Rogers!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trueman controlling from mount.
Rogers working to try and regain half guard.
Trueman tries to control but Rogers wriggling away.
Trueman tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Rogers wants to control but Trueman is having none of it.
Rogers in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Trueman wants to control the pace but Rogers is squirming around nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trueman prevents Rogers from getting the reversal.
Rogers is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Trueman controlling his opponent.
Trueman tries to control but Rogers wriggling away.
Trueman controlling the pace for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Rogers is looking to improve his position but Trueman isn't that keen on the idea.
Trueman looking to control but Rogers is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Sean Trueman just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Rogers gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Trueman to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Rogers looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Rogers keeping moving, preventing Trueman from controlling successfully.
Rogers wants to sweep but no luck.
Trueman content to stall in guard here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sean Trueman showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Trueman has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight for Sean Trueman!
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight for Sean Trueman!
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight for Sean Trueman!
Sean Trueman wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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mgr
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RATING
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