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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Long Dong Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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200 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
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185 cm
18
210 lbs
0 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Good in bed |
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Long Dong Silver! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andrew Rogers! The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Vladimir Khabensky and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Silver shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Rogers defends it nicely. Rogers throws a nice looking combination but Silver bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Silver closes the distance and clinches. Silver has Rogers pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Rogers manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing. Silver tries to score a body lock takedown but Rogers shows good agility there to stay on his feet. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Long Dong Silver. That's going to take a lot out of him. Silver gets control of Rogers's arms and successfully pulls guard. Silver will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back. Rogers throwing strikes but missing. Rogers wants to control from the top but Silver keeps moving. Rogers trying to stand up but can't free himself from Silver's guard. Rogers is in close to Silver's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round. Rogers is fighting to break Silver's control of his arms but Silver is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment. Silver pushes Rogers off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there. Silver fails with a takedown attempt from distance. Rogers throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silver. Rogers misses with a two punch combination.
Rogers throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Silver closes the distance and clinches up with Rogers, looking for a takedown. Silver pushes Rogers against the cage but Rogers circles to the side and manages to break the clinch. Silver avoids the body shot from Rogers.
A jab from Rogers does it's job there. Rogers looks gassed! Rogers throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A left and a right from Silver both land. Nice combination. Nice sprawl there from Rogers as Silver shoots in. A telegraphed takedown attempt from Silver is defended easily by Rogers. Rogers scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent. Rogers with a body punch. A glancing blow. Rogers falls off balance throwing a combination
and Silver counters with a solid body kick. Silver keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rogers. Rogers is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silver. Silver lands a head kick!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Silver fails miserably with a takedown attempt. Silver tries for a takedown but Rogers sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily. Silver slips a jab and a cross from Rogers.
Silver throws a combination that misses and Rogers counters with a left and a right that stings Silver. Rogers lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Silver at a distance.
Silver slips a straight right by Rogers. Silver fails with the takedown and Rogers counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work. Rogers thows a body shot but no joy. Silver lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
That's four minutes gone in the round. Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless. Silver misses with a head kick.
A shot to the liver by Rogers. Beautiful body shot. Silver clinches up with Rogers and pushes him back against the cage. Silver breaks from the clinch.
Rogers misses with a double jab
and Silver counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena. Silver is looking to clinch. A combination from Silver does no damage. Rogers throws a combination that misses and Silver counters with an outside leg kick.
Rogers stuffs the takedown. Rogers throws a shot to the body.
Rogers scores with a crisp jab that stopped Silver in his tracks. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Long Dong Silver dominated that round. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Left hook, right uppercut from Silver. Silver tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Rogers swivels and escapes. Rogers falls off balance throwing a combination
and Silver counters with a single leg into guard. Rogers didn't expect that. Rogers keeping moving, preventing Silver from controlling successfully. Rogers trying to control the position.
Silver advances to half guard. Silver is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Rogers has managed to free his arm - good work. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Silver is trying to control the action in half guard but Rogers is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Rogers wants to get back to full guard. Silver keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action. Silver trying to pass the guard but Rogers defending well. Silver prevents Rogers from standing back up.
Silver wants to pass to mount but Rogers is defending the position. Rogers is refusing to be controlled, as Silver sits in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground. Rogers connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe. Rogers throws a left and a right that both miss
and Silver holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch. Silver pulls guard successfully.
Rogers stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Silver swivels though and keeps the full guard. Rogers is looking to advance position but Silver has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount! Rogers really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Silver. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Silver trying to control but Rogers is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Silver with good strikes from the mount here! Rogers is looking to improve his position but Silver isn't that keen on the idea. Rogers tries to lock up and control but Silver gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away. Silver content just to control the position here. Silver gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
That's four minutes gone in the round. My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer. Silver fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt. Rogers throws a left and a right that both miss
and Silver counters with a takedown into side control. Silver working away. Rogers is trying to get back to half guard. Rogers is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Silver has just dragged him back down to the mat. Silver decides to stand back up. Silver steps back and let's Rogers get back to his feet. Silver shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Rogers but Rogers pushes him off and we're back to square one. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Long Dong Silver. That's going to take a lot out of him. Rogers throws an overhand right that lands on Silver's shoulder, as Silver tries to avoid the shot. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Long Dong Silver dominated that second round. That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Silver throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Rogers. Rogers fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silver manages to avoid it. No joy there for Rogers, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Silver. Silver misses with a takedown attempt and Rogers counters with a nice uppercut. Silver shoots and misses and Rogers counters with a left to the body. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Long Dong Silver. That's going to take a lot out of him. Rogers with a body punch. A glancing blow. Silver tries to clinch but Rogers moves out of range. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Rogers tries to bum rush Silver with a series of wild strikes but Silver uses good footwork to avoid the assault. A telegraphed takedown attempt from Silver is defended easily by Rogers. Long Dong Silver is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Rogers slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range. Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round. Silver takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Silver rushes Rogers and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch. Silver tries to pull guard but Rogers won't allow it.
Silver tries for a takedown but Rogers manages to get underhooks.
Rogers has had enough of the clinch but Silver keeps him there for the moment. Rogers wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Silver lands a shoulder strike. Silver lands a nice elbow. Silver gets control of Rogers's arms and successfully pulls guard. Silver will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back. Rogers postures up.
Rogers preventing the sweep. Silver is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Silver pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Nice takedown defense from Rogers. No joy for Silver on that attempt. Danga de danga de dang - Rogers scores with a four punch combination! Silver misses with a body shot.
Rogers stuffs the takedown attempt from Silver. Silver gets slowly back to his feet. Left hook, right uppercut from Rogers. Rogers lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silver circles away quickly and effectively. Silver throws a right and a left that both miss. Rogers throws a left and a right that both miss
and Silver counters with a thumping low kick. Silver displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rogers throws out the jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Rogers scores to the head and body with a nice combination! Silver shoots and misses and Rogers counters with a straight punch to the midsection. Rogers scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent. Silver throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Rogers's waist but Rogers gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Silver off to one side. Silver steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rogers. Silver fails with a takedown attempt. Silver connects with a high kick. Silver wants to clinch up but Rogers keeps it at a distance. Silver misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out. Rogers moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action. Rogers misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silver with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Silver tries to clinch and Rogers counters with a left to the body. Silver drives through with a takedown into guard. Rogers wants to get back to his feet but Silver is in a dominant position and won't allow it. Silver postures up.
Rogers wants to get back to his feet but Silver is in a dominant position and won't allow it. Andrew Rogers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Long Dong Silver is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach. We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Rogers can do anything to dispel that myth. Silver is pushing down on Rogers's leg trying to pass to half guard. Rogers is fighting to maintain full guard but Silver has managed to sneak the leg through.
And that's the end of the fight! That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Long Dong Silver. Well I reckon that's a shut out for Silver, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27 Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27 Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Long Dong Silver!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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