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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frank Edgar (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. 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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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Edgar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steve Rogers!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Chris Downing and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rogers lands with a thumping leg kick.
Edgar swats away the attempt to clinch by Rogers.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rogers.
Rogers lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Rogers gets a clinch.
Rogers lands a knee to the head.
Rogers missing with knees to the body.
Rogers connects with a knee to the head.
Rogers lands an elbow inside that Edgar shrugs off.
Edgar is rocked!
Rogers throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Edgar blocks it with crossed arms.
Edgar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rogers has him pressed against the cage.
Rogers scores with a knee to the head.
Rogers lands a nice elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice elbow from Rogers.
Edgar managing to block the knees to the body from Rogers.
Rogers lands a good knee to the midsection. Edgar won't want to take too many of those.
Edgar is trying to force a seperation but Rogers has the dominant position.
Edgar takes a knee right on the jaw!
Edgar is breathing heavily.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rogers.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers lands an elbow inside that Edgar shrugs off.
Edgar takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rogers creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Edgar's defenses.
Rogers utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rogers landing knees to the body.
Rogers working Edgar over with knees to the body.
Rogers with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rogers obliges.
A knee to the head by Rogers.
Rogers scores a nice knee to the body.
Rogers gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rogers throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Edgar blocks it with crossed arms.
Edgar managing to block the knees to the body from Rogers.
Edgar has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rogers tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rogers throws an elbow but it misses.
Edgar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rogers has him pressed against the cage.
Rogers lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edgar avoiding damage as Rogers throws knees to the body.
Edgar on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Edgar is trying to force a seperation but Rogers has the dominant position.
Edgar is looking to break free of the clinch but Rogers has double underhooks.
Edgar is trying to break free.
Rogers working Edgar over with 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. Edgar is defending well for now.
Rogers lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Edgar managing to block the knees to the body from Rogers.
Rogers throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Edgar blocks it with crossed arms.
Edgar is trying to force a seperation but Rogers has the dominant position.
Rogers throws a knee to the head but misses.
Edgar blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rogers scores a nice knee to the body.
Edgar is trying to break the clinch but Rogers is controlling him.
Rogers missing with knees to the body.
Edgar is trying to break the clinch but Rogers has him pressed against the cage.
Rogers tries to land knees in the clinch but Edgar avoids the damage to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Edgar wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Edgar on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rogers missing with knees to the body.
Rogers keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Edgar's efforts to push away.
Rogers throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rogers trying to land knees to the body.
Edgar tries to break the clinch but Rogers is controlling the position.
Edgar wants to break free but Rogers has control.
Rogers utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rogers lands an elbow just above Edgar 's eye.
Rogers tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rogers throws a knee to the head but misses.
Edgar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rogers throws a nice outside leg kick.
Edgar fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Edgar avoids the head kick by Rogers.
Rogers misses with a leg kick
enabling Edgar to counter with a crisp jab.
Edgar shoots in and drives through. Rogers sprawls well.
Rogers dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Edgar. That did some damage!
Rogers throws a leg kick which misses Edgar's front leg but catches the back leg as Edgar tries to avoid it.
Rogers throws a nice inside leg kick.
Rogers gets a clinch.
Rogers lands a nice knee to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rogers lands a knee to the body.
Rogers crunches a lovely knee into Edgar's ribcage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rogers.
Rogers connects with a nasty looking knee right to Edgar's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Rogers 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 bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A clash of legs there as Edgar blocks the low kick.
Edgar gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Rogers counters with a thumping low kick.
Rogers buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rogers lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rogers turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A good leg kick by Rogers.
Rogers darts in and clinches Edgar up against the cage.
Rogers lands a good knee to the midsection. Edgar won't want to take too many of those.
Rogers lands an elbow inside that Edgar shrugs off.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rogers lands an elbow just above Edgar 's eye.
Rogers comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rogers connects with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rogers.
Rogers has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rogers lands a knee to the body.
Rogers connects with a nasty looking knee right to Edgar's face.
Rogers using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rogers landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rogers throws an elbow but it misses.
Rogers lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Edgar blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Edgar is trying to push Rogers away but Rogers has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Rogers utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Edgar blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Edgar avoiding damage as Rogers throws knees to the body.
Rogers lands a knee to the body.
Rogers keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Edgar's efforts to push away.
Rogers creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Edgar's defenses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edgar takes a knee right on the jaw!
Edgar looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Edgar is looking to break free of the clinch but Rogers has double underhooks.
Rogers landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rogers lands an elbow just above Edgar 's eye.
Edgar dodges an elbow strike from Rogers.
Steve Rogers seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Rogers misses with a knee strike.
Rogers misses with a knee strike.
Edgar is trying to break free.
Edgar is trying to force a seperation but Rogers has the dominant position.
Edgar takes an elbow to the forehead.
Edgar takes an elbow to the temple.
Rogers working Edgar over with knees to the body.
Rogers using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Edgar has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rogers lands an elbow that stopped Edgar in his tracks for a moment.
Edgar blocks the elbow strike.
Rogers misses with an elbow over the top.
Rogers throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Edgar is trying to break free.
Edgar on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Rogers.
Edgar wants to get back to striking at distance but Rogers won't allow it.
Edgar wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rogers prevents Edgar from breaking the clinch.
Rogers with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Edgar wants to break free but Rogers has control.
Rogers crunches a lovely knee into Edgar's ribcage.
Edgar has had enough of the clinch but Rogers keeps him there for the moment.
Rogers scores with a knee to the head.
Edgar is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Rogers lands an elbow that stopped Edgar in his tracks for a moment.
Edgar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rogers has him pressed against the cage.
Rogers utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rogers landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rogers with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Rogers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Edgar.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rogers throws an elbow but misses.
Edgar managing to block the knees to the body from Rogers.
Edgar tries to circle away but Rogers has him pinned against the cage.
Edgar tries to circle away but Rogers has him pinned against the cage.
Rogers lands a knee to the body.
Edgar takes an elbow to the temple.
Rogers throws an elbow that misses.
Rogers throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Edgar blocks it with crossed arms.
Rogers has Edgar pressed against the cage, preventing Edgar from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Edgar is trying to break the clinch but Rogers has him pressed against the cage.
Edgar tries to circle away but Rogers has him pinned against the cage.
Rogers lands a nice knee to the body.
Rogers landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rogers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Edgar.
Rogers landing knees to the head.
Edgar blocks an elbow strike.
Rogers tries a knee to the head but Edgar blocks it.
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 time! Edgar's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
A leg kick checked by Edgar.
Edgar fails with the takedown
and Rogers counters with a good low kick that Edgar was not able to check.
Rogers chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rogers looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rogers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That kick from Rogers tenderised Edgar's leg. Edgar is trying to keep his angry face on.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Edgar chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rogers can pounce on him.
Rogers lands with a kick to the temple. Edgar shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Rogers connects with a solid leg kick.
Edgar shoots and misses
and Rogers finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Edgar. That did some damage!
Rogers moves into the clinch.
Rogers lands an elbow that stopped Edgar in his tracks for a moment.
Rogers utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rogers lands an elbow inside that Edgar shrugs off.
Rogers utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rogers comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rogers crunches a lovely knee into Edgar's ribcage.
Rogers working Edgar over with knees to the body.
Edgar takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rogers landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rogers with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rogers tries a knee to the head but Edgar blocks it.
Edgar is trying to break free.
Rogers scores a nice knee to the body.
Steve Rogers is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edgar wants to break free but Rogers has control.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rogers obliges.
Edgar wants to get back to striking at distance but Rogers won't allow it.
Rogers working Edgar over with knees to the body.
Edgar looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rogers gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rogers scores with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rogers lands an elbow inside.
Rogers has Edgar pressed against the cage, preventing Edgar from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rogers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Edgar.
Rogers has Edgar pressed against the cage, preventing Edgar from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Edgar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rogers has him pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Edgar takes a knee to the side of the body.
Edgar takes an elbow to the temple.
Rogers comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rogers lands a good knee to the midsection. Edgar won't want to take too many of those.
Edgar takes a knee to the side of the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rogers.
Rogers unloads a knee to the mid-section. Edgar lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rogers with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rogers landing knees to the head.
Rogers connects with a nasty looking knee right to Edgar's face.
Edgar working hard to break the clinch.
Rogers putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Edgar in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Frank Edgar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Edgar tries to break the clinch but Rogers is controlling the position.
Rogers working Edgar over with knees to the body.
Rogers comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rogers lands a knee to the head.
Rogers lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rogers lands an elbow inside that Edgar shrugs off.
Rogers keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Edgar's efforts to push away.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rogers.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rogers obliges.
Edgar wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rogers putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Edgar in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A short right from Rogers on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Steve Rogers comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rogers 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 25:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 24:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steve Rogers!
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