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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fedor Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rogers comes to the cage accompanied by Ready or Not - Fugees. Fedor Rogers had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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225 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fedor Rogers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Smith!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Frank Dennis and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
It looks like John Smith has been cut.
Rogers defending well as Smith loads up on a big left hand.
Smith fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Smith pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
No joy there for Rogers, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Smith scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A cross from Smith lands.
Smith shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Smith was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Rogers blocking the ground and pound.
Smith thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
BOOM! Smith connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rogers wants to control but Smith is having none of it.
Rogers keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Rogers's face.
Rogers is looking to get to half guard.
Rogers gets back to half guard.
Rogers kicks Smith off and gets back to his feet.
Smith takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Rogers slaps away a takedown attempt from Smith, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Rogers slips a straight right by Smith.
Smith shoots for a takedown but Rogers saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Rogers manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Smith working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Rogers's head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Smith accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Rogers looking to hit a scissor sweep but Smith is one step ahead there.
Smith in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Rogers controlling the position.
Rogers wants to stand up but Smith is controlling him.
Rogers lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Smith!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith working to try and regain half guard.
Smith is squirming around, avoiding Rogers's attempts to control the action.
Smith really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Rogers looking to control but Smith is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's four 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.
Smith really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Rogers wants to control the pace but Smith is squirming around nicely.
Smith regains half guard.
Smith is trying to control but can't.
Rogers wants to lay and pray for a moment but Smith keeps working.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smith is holding on to half guard well.
Rogers trying to control the action but Smith is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Smith dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Smith's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Smith swats away the attempt to clinch by Rogers.
Smith throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smith just misses with a punch to the body.
Smith is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rogers.
Smith thows a body shot but no joy.
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rogers was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
Smith with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rogers ducks under a wild hook from Smith.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Donk. Smith catches Rogers right on the button with a cross.
Rogers leaves Smith with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Smith fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith avoids the body shot from Rogers.
Rogers tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smith fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rogers manages to avoid it.
Smith fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rogers moves away.
Rogers takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rogers lands a really nice looking cross but Smith seems unphased.
Smith smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Rogers connects with a right hand. Smith shakes it off.
John Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rogers blocks a jab.
Smith misses the body punch
and Rogers counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Smith is breathing heavily.
Rogers ducks under a wild hook from Smith.
The fighters circling - Rogers throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Fedor Rogers is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith punishes Rogers's body with a nice straight punch.
Smith fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Rogers avoids it really well and circles away.
Fedor Rogers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Smith.
Rogers throws a series of strikes that have Smith backpedaling.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Smith takes a swing at Rogers's ribcage but misses.
Smith connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rogers. Rogers circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Rogers swinging wilding here.
Smith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rogers.
Smith throws a hook but Rogers blocks it.
Smith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Smith.
Nice jab there from Smith.
Rogers moves out of range of the strikes.
Smith fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rogers manages to avoid it.
Rogers bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Smith's head.
Smith swings away with a body shot that misses
and Rogers counters with a stiff right hand.
Smith misses with a wild body shot.
Rogers tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.
Rogers is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Rogers tries to clinch up.
A big right from Smith misses.
Smith swings away with a body shot that misses
and Rogers counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Rogers uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Smith.
Rogers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Rogers.
Smith jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Smith keeps the fight on the outside.
Rogers tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rogers tries to clinch up.
Smith fails with a takedown attempt.
Jab, jab by Rogers - just one landing.
Fedor Rogers is winning the standup battle so far.
Rogers doesn't manage to clinch there - Smith circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rogers tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rogers pushes Smith up against the cage in a clinch.
Rogers blocks an uppercut.
Smith slowing the pace effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fedor Rogers dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on John Smith's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Smith misses with a straight left.
Rogers jabs Smith right on the nose. Smith blinks but takes it well.
Smith throws a body punch but Rogers moves out of range.
Smith shoots in but no luck this time.
Smith scores a takedown into full mount!
Rogers keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Rogers holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Smith tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Rogers is trying to escape the mount.
Smith takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Smith connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers is wriggling around trying to escape.
Rogers wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Smith.
Smith landing shots from mount.
Smith throwing strikes here but Rogers is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Smith cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Poor strikes thrown by Smith there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Rogers keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Smith throws some wild stikes that Rogers manages to avoid easily.
Smith looking to ground and pound but Rogers is blocking nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogers wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Smith.
Rogers is working to get back to half guard.
Rogers avoids a series of strikes thrown by Smith.
Rogers is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Smith dominating with strikes here.
Rogers holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Smith tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
A nice elbow there by Smith.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Smith has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Rogers's face.
Smith throws some wild stikes that Rogers manages to avoid easily.
Smith thowing shots but they're missing.
Smith prevents Rogers from getting the reversal.
Smith throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith lands with some strikes.
Rogers holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Smith tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Rogers is in all sorts of trouble here.
Smith landing strikes, looking to finish!
Smith unloads with some shots from mount but Rogers bucks and avoids them well.
Smith moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Rogers has worked his arm free - good work by Rogers!
Rogers sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Smith is just content to waste time from the top position. Rogers takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Smith comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Smith 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Smith!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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