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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ethan Waber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zak Rofen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zak Rofen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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170 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily |
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Good wrestler
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ethan Waber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zak Rofen!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, George Francis and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Waber shoots and misses
and Rofen counters with a nice uppercut.
Rofen shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Waber is trying to defend but Rofen finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Waber manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Waber tries for a takedown but Rofen circles away easily
and Rofen counters with a shoot takedown. Waber fights it but they end up in guard.
Rofen must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Waber wants to stand and escape but Rofen is having none of it.
Rofen stays in close to Waber's body and controls the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Waber is breathing heavily.
Rofen working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rofen sitting in guard here, content to control.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Zak Rofen was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Rofen closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Waber quickly recovers to half guard.
Rofen wants to pass to mount but Waber is defending the position.
Rofen lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Rofen scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Rofen sitting and controlling from the half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rofen lands with a punch from half guard.
Rofen is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Ground and pound from Rofen.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Rofen in particular looking to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rofen scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Rofen looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Rofen not doing much here.
Waber is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Rofen lands with a punch from half guard.
Rofen takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Waber really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Rofen is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rofen working the head and body with strikes.
Rofen scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Rofen works his way into full mount!
Rofen sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Rofen lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Waber hang on?
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
BOOM! Rofen connects with a massive shot to the dome!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zak Rofen dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Rofen shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Rofen was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Zak Rofen has got the better of the ground game so far.
Rofen controlling from the full mount.
Rofen unloading with bombs!
Rofen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Waber in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Rofen controlling his opponent.
Waber sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rofen is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Waber!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rofen pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Rofen punishing his opponent with strikes.
Rofen lands a heavy elbow.
Rofen tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Rofen cracks Waber with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Rofen sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Rofen with the ground and pound from mount.
Waber is bucking up trying to escape but Rofen cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rofen connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Rofen is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Rofen cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Rofen postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Waber looks a forlorn figure.
Rofen has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Waber's face.
Waber is rocked!
A nice elbow there by Rofen.
Oh Waber is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rofen is working for a guillotine from mount but Waber frees his head quite easily.
Rofen with good strikes from the mount here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rofen scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Waber?
Waber seems to have got his legs back now.
Rofen controlling from the full mount.
Rofen lands a big elbow.
Rofen controlling his opponent.
Waber is in a horrible position here. Rofen smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rofen tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Rofen is in the full mount, landing strikes.
BOOM! Rofen connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Waber in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Rofen controlling his opponent.
Waber is bucking up trying to escape but Rofen cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rofen controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zak Rofen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Rofen scores a takedown into full mount!
Rofen takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Let's hope that Rofen has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Rofen looking for a guillotine from mount but Waber is having none of it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rofen takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Waber can't escape the position.
Rofen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rofen controlling the pace for now.
Rofen lands a nice shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Rofen takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Rofen scoring with strikes but Waber is staying in there.
Waber is in a horrible position here. Rofen smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Rofen controlling from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rofen landing strikes from the mount and Waber is in trouble!
Rofen controlling from the full mount.
Rofen landing shots from mount.
Rofen controlling the position easily from mount.
Waber is working to get back to half guard.
Zak Rofen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rofen looking to control and managing it successfully.
Rofen's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
And that's the end of the fight!
Zak Rofen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rofen has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 26:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zak Rofen!
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hype
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FIGHT
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