PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between King Fists (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steve Rogers will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Fists
vs
Rogers

176 cm
23
166 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

190 cm
30
178 lbs
14 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, King Fists!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Steve Rogers!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, James Atkins and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rogers fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Fists thuds a left hand into Rogers's body.
The fighters circling - Rogers throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rogers tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fists throws an overhand right that lands on Rogers's shoulder, as Rogers tries to avoid the shot.
Fists looks to land a combination but Rogers avoids it well.
Fists looks to land a right hand but Rogers moved out of range.
Nice body punch from Fists.
Rogers is looking to clinch but Fists is avoiding it.
Rogers misses with a double jab
and Fists counters with a left and a right that stings Rogers.

Fists fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rogers, pushing him back against the cage.
Fists lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rogers has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Fists avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Rogers working aggressively here.
Rogers wants a takedown but no success here.
King Fists has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Rogers.
Rogers fails to pull guard.
Fists gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Rogers.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fists is pressed up against the cage. Rogers has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Fists down to the mat. Fists avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Fists moves into the clinch.
Rogers drops down looking for an ankle pick but Fists pulls his leg out and moves away.
Rogers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fists moves away.
Rogers avoids the body shot from Fists.
Rogers needs to keep his hands up - Fists had a free shot at his head there.
Fists takes a swing at Rogers's ribcage but misses.
Fists scores with a jab to the body.
Rogers ducks right into an uppercut from Fists.
Fists cracks Rogers with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Fists scores with a crisp jab that stopped Rogers in his tracks.
Fists just misses with a punch to the body.
Rogers tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Fists manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fists blocks the body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rogers tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fists connects with a body shot.
Fists lands a nice hook to Rogers's body. Rogers takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Rogers is looking to clinch but Fists is avoiding it.
Fists throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rogers takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Rogers misses with a two punch combination.
Rogers pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Fists scores with the left hand. Rogers knows he should have avoided that one.
Fists looks to land a combination but Rogers avoids it well.
Fists misses with a wild body shot.
Fists fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rogers manages to avoid it.
Rogers avoids the body shot from Fists.
Rogers looks to score with a jab to the body but Fists is just out of range.
Rogers on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Fists ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers misses with the combination.
Fists misses the shot to the body.
Fists dodges the punch combination from Rogers.
Fists looks to score with a jab to the body but Rogers is just out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Fists. That's going to slow Rogers down.
Fists is looking to wear down Rogers with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Rogers throws a head kick that misses.
Rogers tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fists paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fists thuds a left hand into Rogers's body.
King Fists is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rogers looks gassed!

Fists gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Fists breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rogers throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Fists's waist but Fists gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Rogers off to one side.
Fists swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rogers tries to clinch but Fists moves out of range.
Fists takes a swing at Rogers's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fists scores with a nice head shot.
Rogers tries to move into range but Fists moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fists avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fists with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Fists moves into the clinch.
Fists slows down the pace here.
A short left from Fists.
Rogers drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Rogers looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fists blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Rogers gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

King Fists dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Fists misses with a wild body shot.
Fists misses with a wild combination.
Rogers staying out of range there.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Rogers is defended easily by Fists.
Fists dodges the punch combination from Rogers.
Rogers lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fists circles away quickly and effectively.
Steve Rogers is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Fists rushes Rogers and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rogers jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Fists walks away with a smile on his face. Rogers gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Fists scores with a nice strike.
Fists throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Rogers stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A decent looking cross lands there for Fists.
Rogers throws a body punch but Fists moves out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Fists. That snapped Rogers's head back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fists lands a right hook to the body.
Fists ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rogers moves away.
Fists looks to land a combination but Rogers avoids it well.
Rogers misses with a head kick.
Rogers takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rogers is breathing heavily.
Fists slaps away a takedown attempt from Rogers, before circling back to the center of the mat.
King Fists has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Rogers.
Fists tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rogers was well out of range. Poor timing from Fists.
Rogers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fists is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Fists avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fists cracks the inside of Rogers's front leg.
Rogers has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
King Fists is winning the standup battle so far.
Fists thows a body shot but no joy.
Rogers takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
This has been an exciting period of action!

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogers wants to break free but Fists has control.
Rogers is trying to force a seperation but Fists has the dominant position.
Rogers fails to pull guard.
Rogers misses with the head strike.
Fists stops a takedown attempt from Rogers.

Fists breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rogers gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Fists.
Rogers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rogers looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rogers takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Rogers avoids the body shot from Fists.
Rogers tries to clinch
enabling Fists to counter with a crisp jab.
Fists throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Fists finds it's way through Rogers's defenses.
A slow jab from Rogers misses its intended target.
Fists jabs Rogers to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Fists throws a one two combo.
Rogers throws out a loose jab but Fists uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rogers throws a head kick but Fists moves out of range.
Fists ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rogers moves away.
Rogers misses with a series of wild punches.
Rogers throws a right hand that Fists ducks under and follows up with a left that Fists also avoids with ease.
Fists lands a nice shot to the body.
Fists showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rogers.
Fists jabs Rogers to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Fists, as that shot connected.
A decent looking cross lands there for Fists.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Fists lands with a good body shot.
Fists lands a lovely overhand right.
Rogers avoids the body shot from Fists.
Rogers takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Fists scores with a body shot.
Fists misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rogers.
Fists scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rogers takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Fists gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Fists displaying some good clinch control by pressing Rogers up against the cage.
Rogers drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short left from Fists.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

King Fists dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Fists lands with a nice body punch.
Rogers fails with the takedown.
Fists jabs Rogers to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Fists stuffs the takedown.
Rogers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fists fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Rogers misses with the combination.
Fists misses with a wild body shot.
Fists stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Some wild striking there from Fists.
Rogers shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Fists sprawls well. Fists wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Rogers gets slowly back to his feet.
King Fists has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Rogers.
Rogers takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Fists instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Fists smiles and moves away.
Fists lands a head shot.
Fists throws a series of strikes that have Rogers backpedaling.
Rogers tries for a takedown but Fists circles away easily
and Fists counters with a stiff right hand.
Fists throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Rogers stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Rogers takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Fists works Rogers's body with a nice hook.
Fists throws a leg kick which misses Rogers's front leg but catches the back leg as Rogers tries to avoid it.
Rogers needs to keep his hands up - Fists had a free shot at his head there.
Rogers has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fists lands a nice hook to Rogers's body. Rogers takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Fists cracks Rogers with a good jab.
Rogers takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fists feints a jab promting Rogers to slip. Fists then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Rogers slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Fists jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Fists dips to his left and cracks Rogers with an uppercut!
Fists lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Rogers at a distance.
Fists comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

Fists gets a clinch.
Fists lands a nice shot to the body.
Rogers tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Fists breaks from the clinch.
Fists lands a nice hook to Rogers's body. Rogers takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Fists swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Fists darts in and clinches Rogers up against the cage.
Fists cracks Rogers with a nice body shot.
Fists lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Fists walks away with a smile on his face. Rogers gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Fists scores with a jab. Rogers acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Fists works over Rogers's head and body with a nice combination.
A shot to the liver by Fists. Beautiful body shot.
Rogers has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Fists.
Fists misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sloppy strikes from Rogers. Those never looked like landing.
Rogers avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fists lands with a cross.
Rogers shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Fists scores with a jab to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rogers looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fists looks to score with a jab to the body but Rogers is just out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fists tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rogers was well out of range. Poor timing from Fists.

Fists gets a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rogers is trying to break free.
Fists is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A right hand to the body from Fists.
Rogers tries a knee to the head but Fists blocks it.
Rogers drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Fists lands a body shot in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rogers is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Rogers's face as he tries to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

King Fists clearly takes that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Fists tries to land a leg kick but Rogers saw it coming and moves away.
Fists is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rogers can do to turn this around?
Fists throws a series of punches but Rogers avoids them all with ease.
Rogers misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice shot lands for Fists.
Rogers tries to clinch but Fists is having none of it.
Fists misses with a two punch combination.
Rogers takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Fists connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Rogers momentarily.
Rogers throws a right hand that Fists ducks under and follows up with a left that Fists also avoids with ease.
Rogers fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Fists avoids it really well and circles away.
Fists changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Fists stuffs the takedown attempt from Rogers. Rogers gets slowly back to his feet.
Rogers throws a series of punches but Fists avoids them all with ease.
Rogers is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Fists. Those never looked like landing.
Rogers shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Fists sprawls well. Fists wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Rogers gets slowly back to his feet.
King Fists has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Rogers.
Fists avoids the head kick by Rogers.
Fists fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rogers.
Fists digs a good hook to Rogers's body.
Jab by Fists.
Fists wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Fists has closed the distance and engaged Rogers in a clinch.
Fists stalling the fight.
King Fists has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rogers tries to pull guard but Fists won't allow it.
Rogers fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Fists pushes Rogers back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fists lands a nice shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Fists.
Fists taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rogers tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Fists lands a shoulder strike.
Fists lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Rogers is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Fists lands with a left to the head.
Rogers tries for a takedown. No joy.
A short uppercut from Fists.
Fists content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Rogers tries to score a body lock takedown but Fists shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Fists just leaning against Rogers, taking a breather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fists gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Rogers.
Rogers goes for a takedown attempt but Fists pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Fists connects with a body shot that sends Rogers's belly button to the back.
Fists scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Fists lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rogers takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rogers takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Fists closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rogers is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Fists gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Fists gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Rogers.
A hook to the body from Fists.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Rogers goes for a takedown attempt but Fists pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fists dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

King Fists had his way with Steve Rogers in 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

A looping hook to the body misses from Fists. Rogers does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fists throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rogers looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fists swinging wildly here.
Fists connects with a body shot.
Fists misses with a body shot.
Fists scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Fists slips a jab and a cross from Rogers.
Rogers takes a swing at Fists's ribcage but misses.
Fists misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rogers.
Fists misses the shot to the body.
Fists missing with a left hand there. Rogers was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fists just misses with a punch to the body.

Fists clinches with his opponent.
Fists gets underhooks to prevent Rogers's takedown attempt.
Rogers is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rogers turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Fists manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

Rogers is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Fists is just riding it out for now. Rogers eventually gives up the hold.
Fists holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Rogers thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Fists's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogers wants to stand up but Fists is controlling the position.

Rogers is working for a kimura but Fists is defending it quite comfortably.
Fists knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rogers on the ground.
Rogers missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Rogers is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers throwing shots but Fists is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Fists is defending against the submission attempts here by Rogers.

Rogers seems to be working for a kimura but Fists defends the submission attempt.

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.
Rogers trying to control from Fists's half guard. Fists has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Rogers missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Fists keeping moving, preventing Rogers from controlling successfully.
Steve Rogers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Rogers drops back, looking for a kneebar! Fists looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Fists looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Fists!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rogers tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Fists wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Steve Rogers.
I think Fists has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 49:46
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 49:46
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... King Fists!
King Fists is the new welterweight champion!