PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ron Remington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Rogers
vs
Remington

188 cm
22
245 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

197 cm
23
266 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Good chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kevin Rogers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ron Remington!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Jonathan Paton and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rogers has his takedown stuffed

and Remington counters with a single leg into guard. Rogers didn't expect that.
Remington working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Remington is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Remington postures up in Rogers's guard and throws a big left but Rogers blocks it.
Remington wants to control from the top but Rogers keeps moving.
Remington content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Rogers on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Rogers tries to get out of the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rogers utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Remington throwing strikes from guard but Rogers blocks nicely.
Rogers is trying to control the position but Remington postures up.
Remington throwing strikes but missing.
Remington in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Remington has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Remington keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Rogers's head.
Remington is looking to work some ground and pound but Rogers has wrist control.
Rogers is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Remington cracks Rogers with a solid left hand.
Rogers is breathing heavily.
Remington throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Remington is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Remington is looking to work some ground and pound but Rogers has wrist control.
Remington chips away with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Remington throws a strike but Rogers rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Remington is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Rogers on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Remington working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Remington lands a nice short elbow.
Rogers blocking the ground and pound attempt from Remington.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Remington missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Remington seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Rogers taking some punishment here, with Remington in his half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Remington scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Remington working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Remington sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Rogers defending well though.
Remington lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Remington lands strikes from half guard.
Remington winds up and cracks Rogers with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rogers keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Rogers on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Remington lands strikes from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Remington lands a nice short elbow.
Rogers could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Rogers keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Remington throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Remington lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Remington lands with a punch from half guard.
Remington looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Rogers with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Remington lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Remington thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Remington looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Rogers with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Remington landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Remington 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.
Remington drops an elbow to the side of Rogers's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ron Remington dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Rogers swats away the attempt to clinch by Remington.

Remington drops his shoulder and cracks Rogers with a huge uppercut! Rogers goes down! Can Remington finish him?

Rogers is rocked!
Remington scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Rogers preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Remington landing with the ground and pound.
Rogers is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Remington lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Remington with a nice head shot there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Remington trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Remington lands a couple of elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Remington is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Remington postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rogers knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Remington on the ground.
Remington connects with a couple of short punches.
Remington has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Remington landing some decent shots from guard.
Remington lands a couple of elbows.
Remington scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Remington working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Rogers's head.
Remington trying to control but Rogers is working from the bottom.
Remington with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Remington distracts Rogers with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Remington accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Remington loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Remington distracts Rogers with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Remington cracks Rogers with a solid left hand.
Remington scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Remington postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Remington accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Remington lands a couple of digs.
Remington is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Remington keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Rogers's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Remington passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Remington landing strikes.
Remington working the ground and pound.
Remington cracks Rogers with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Remington scores with punches from side control.
Oh Rogers is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Remington scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Rogers is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Remington can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ron Remington!