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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Conan Barbarian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rogers has chosen Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue as his entrance music. Steve Rogers has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Conan Barbarian's chin.
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184 lbs
12 - 11 - 2 |
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185 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
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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
12 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Conan Barbarian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steve Rogers!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Frank Dennis and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rogers lands with a thumping leg kick.
Barbarian closes this distance looking for a takedown but Rogers circles away.
Barbarian throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Rogers tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Barbarian is in Rogers's guard.
Barbarian is looking to work some ground and pound but Rogers has wrist control.
Rogers seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
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.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Rogers is on top in guard.
Barbarian keeping full guard, as Rogers tries to pass.
Barbarian utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Barbarian lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Rogers!
Barbarian working for a guillotine from mount but Rogers is in no mood to give up.
Rogers slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Barbarian working Rogers over with strikes.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Rogers tries to roll over but Barbarian keeps him under control.
Rogers keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Barbarian prevents Rogers from improving his position.
Rogers manages to get to full guard.
Rogers working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Barbarian.
Rogers looking to hit a scissor sweep but Barbarian is one step ahead there.
Rogers seems keen to control Barbarian's posture.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbarian is looking to work some ground and pound but Rogers has wrist control.
Barbarian has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Rogers is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Rogers wants to sweep here but Barbarian controlling him for the moment.
Rogers is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Steve Rogers wasn't active enough on the ground.
Barbarian chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rogers can pounce on him.
Barbarian shoots in for a takedown but Rogers shows good takedown defense.
Some bone on bone action there as Barbarian checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Rogers tries to score with a low kick but Barbarian moves his leg out of the way.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Barbarian is defended easily by Rogers.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Conan Barbarian. That's going to take a lot out of him.
No luck for Barbarian with that takedown attempt.
Barbarian takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Barbarian is breathing heavily.
Rogers fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Barbarian has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Rogers.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rogers looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbarian blocks a head kick by Rogers.
Rogers dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Barbarian. That did some damage!
A good leg kick by Rogers.
Rogers scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Barbarian takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rogers.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rogers.
Rogers lands a nice looking body kick.
Rogers throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Barbarian takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A solid leg kick lands there for Rogers.
A slapping body kick lands there for Rogers.
Steve Rogers is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rogers instigates a clinch.
Rogers scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Rogers.
Rogers connects with a nasty looking knee right to Barbarian's face.
Rogers lands a knee to the body.
Rogers lands an elbow that stopped Barbarian in his tracks for a moment.
Rogers gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Barbarian.
Rogers connects with a nasty looking knee right to Barbarian's face.
Rogers connects with a knee to the head.
Barbarian wants a takedown.
Rogers working Barbarian over with knees to the body.
Rogers lands a knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Rogers.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rogers obliges.
Barbarian has Rogers pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Rogers manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Rogers comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Barbarian is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Rogers landing knees to the head.
Rogers using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Barbarian has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Barbarian goes for a takedown attempt but Rogers pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Rogers moves into the clinch successfully.
Rogers landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rogers landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rogers tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Barbarian avoids it.
Rogers tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rogers lands a nice knee to the body.
Barbarian wants a takedown but no success here.
Rogers lands a knee to the body.
Rogers lands a nice knee to the body.
Rogers tries a knee to the head but Barbarian blocks it.
Barbarian on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rogers is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Barbarian is defending well for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Barbarian tries to score a body lock takedown but Rogers shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Barbarian takes an elbow to the temple.
Barbarian wants the takedown. Rogers is fighting it off but Barbarian persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Rogers's guard against the cage.
Rogers manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Barbarian manages to get himself to full guard.
Barbarian wants to sweep here but Rogers controlling him for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Rogers dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Rogers with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rogers tried to score with a low kick but Barbarian checks it.
Good leg kick by Rogers there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Barbarian has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rogers.
Rogers looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rogers clinches.
Rogers lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rogers gets underhooks to prevent Barbarian's takedown attempt.
Rogers lands an elbow inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rogers obliges.
A knee to the head by Rogers.
Rogers utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rogers scores a nice knee to the body.
Barbarian is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Nice elbow from Rogers.
A knee to the head by Rogers.
Nice elbow from Rogers.
Rogers gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Barbarian.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Conan Barbarian. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rogers lands an elbow that stopped Barbarian in his tracks for a moment.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rogers.
Barbarian wants a takedown.
Rogers comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rogers prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers scores with a knee to the head.
Rogers lands an elbow inside that Barbarian shrugs off.
Rogers misses with a knee to the head.
Rogers creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rogers looking to throw knees to the head but Barbarian is blocking nicely.
Barbarian is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Rogers gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rogers.
Rogers lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Barbarian has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Rogers is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Barbarian looking for a takedown.
Rogers using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Rogers.
Rogers is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rogers lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Barbarian goes for a takedown in the clinch but Rogers prevents it.
Knees to the body from Rogers.
Barbarian is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Rogers pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Barbarian takes a knee right on the jaw!
A knee to the head by Rogers.
Rogers lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rogers obliges.
Barbarian is working for takedown but Rogers is calmly controlling the position for now.
Rogers using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rogers stops a takedown attempt from Barbarian.
Rogers unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rogers lands a knee to the head.
Rogers lands an elbow just above Barbarian 's eye.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogers unloads a knee to the mid-section. Barbarian lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rogers tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Barbarian is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Rogers gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
A knee to the head by Rogers.
Barbarian wants a takedown but no success here.
Rogers breaks the clinch.
Barbarian keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Rogers looks to land a body kick but Barbarian moved away.
Barbarian checks a low kick from Rogers.
Barbarian closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Barbarian missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Barbarian trying to advance position but Rogers counters by regaining guard.
Rogers seems keen to control Barbarian's posture.
Rogers controls Barbarian momentarily but Barbarian frees himself.
Barbarian in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers pulls Barbarian in close to prevent any damage.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Steve Rogers hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Barbarian bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Barbarian lands some shots froms side control.
Rogers is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Barbarian throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Barbarian working the ground and pound but Rogers is defending the strikes.
Rogers struggling a bit here.
Rogers manages to work his way to half guard, despite Barbarian's best efforts.
Rogers wants to control but Barbarian is keeping busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rogers won't allow Barbarian to pass to mount.
Rogers is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Barbarian missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Rogers tries to get to full guard but Barbarian has control of the leg.
Barbarian missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Rogers works his way to full guard. Good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Rogers showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Rogers keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A bone on bone clash there as Barbarian blocks the leg kick.
Steve Rogers seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rogers scores with a head kick.
Conan Barbarian is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barbarian checks a leg kick.
Rogers attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Rogers displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Barbarian.
Rogers throws a leg kick but Barbarian sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Rogers lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Barbarian takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rogers.
Rogers throws a leg kick which misses Barbarian's front leg but catches the back leg as Barbarian tries to avoid it.
Barbarian on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rogers. That's going to slow Barbarian down.
Rogers throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rogers scores with a leg kick.
Barbarian takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Barbarian gets a takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rogers avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Barbarian.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers is controlling Barbarian's trapped leg to prevent Barbarian from advancing to side control.
Barbarian missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Rogers wants to get back to full guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Rogers manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Barbarian is looking to work some ground and pound but Rogers has wrist control.
Barbarian lands a couple of elbows.
Barbarian throwing strikes but missing.
Rogers pulls Barbarian in to control the position.
Rogers bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Barbarian's guard.
Rogers is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Rogers content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Steve Rogers is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogers with a nice head shot there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barbarian wants to sweep here but Rogers controlling him for the moment.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rogers accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Rogers trying to control the position from guard on top but Barbarian is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rogers stays in close to Barbarian's body and controls the position.
Rogers trying to control but Barbarian is working from the bottom.
Rogers scoring with punches to the head and body.
Barbarian is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Rogers stopping the sweep attempt from Barbarian.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Steve Rogers hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Barbarian gets a takedown into half guard.
Rogers trying to control but Barbarian postures up.
Barbarian throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Rogers is trying to control but can't.
Rogers is controlling Barbarian's trapped leg to prevent Barbarian from advancing to side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rogers trying to control here.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Barbarian missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Barbarian is nestled in close to Rogers, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Rogers keeping hold of Barbarian's head, controlling as best he can.
Rogers slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Rogers is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Barbarian won't allow Rogers to sweep him here.
Barbarian thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Conan Barbarian has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rogers wants to sweep but no luck.
And that's the end of the fight!
Steve Rogers comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rogers winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 27:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steve Rogers!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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