PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Steve Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gene St Piper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rogers comes into the arena with Courtesy Of The Red, White And Blue blaring out of the sound system. St Piper is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: In The Morning. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Rogers
vs
St Piper

184 cm
25
183 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

178 cm
26
186 lbs
16 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Milwaukee's Best 160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steve Rogers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gene St Piper!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Stewart Dunkirk and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Piper takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Rogers pivots, looking for a leg kick but St Piper is out of range and Rogers settles back down.
A looping hook to the body misses from St Piper. Rogers does a little dance to reset his feet.
St Piper ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rogers moves away.
St Piper throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
St Piper checks a leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from St Piper. Those never looked like landing.
St Piper pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
St Piper misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rogers.
Rogers closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
St Piper slaps away a takedown attempt from Rogers, before circling back to the center of the mat.
St Piper swings and misses with a hook to the body.
St Piper checks the leg kick.
St Piper's corner calls for a 1-2. St Piper obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Rogers attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Rogers lands a leg kick that knocks St Piper off balance momentarily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Both fighters circling a little - Rogers finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
St Piper takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rogers takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Piper looks to throw the jab but Rogers is out of range.
Rogers gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Rogers throws a leg kick but St Piper sees it coming and checks it nicely.
St Piper waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rogers.
Rogers throws a head kick that misses

and St Piper counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Rogers manages to break the clinch.
Gene St Piper is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rogers dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on St Piper. That did some damage!
Rogers tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rogers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
St Piper swings for the body but Rogers moves out of range.
Rogers misses with a kick to the body.
Rogers throws a front kick aimed at St Piper's knee but St Piper avoids it well.
Rogers throws a lazy body kick
and St Piper cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

St Piper gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Rogers to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rogers landing with the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

St Piper is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Rogers is aware though and is defending well.
St Piper 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.

St Piper has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Rogers can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Rogers content to stall in guard here.

St Piper looking for a guillotine here but Rogers defends easily.

St Piper working for a triangle but Rogers defends it easily.
Rogers lands a couple of elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Piper has momentary wrist control but Rogers slips an elbow through the middle.
Rogers tries to free his leg and advance position but St Piper is retaining full guard.

St Piper has his foot on Rogers's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Rogers works his way back into a safe position though.
Rogers stands up over St Piper, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Rogers stopping the sweep attempt from St Piper.
St Piper keeping moving, preventing Rogers from controlling successfully.
Rogers throws a big right hand that misses.
Rogers throws an elbow that misses. St Piper uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Rogers's guard. Nice move by St Piper!

St Piper has gone for a leg lock! Rogers slips out almost immediately though and dives into St Piper's guard.

St Piper is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Rogers is aware though and is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

St Piper has his foot on Rogers's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Rogers works his way back into a safe position though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
St Piper wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Rogers is now in half guard.
St Piper is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Rogers scores with a couple of nice shots.
Rogers is nestled in close to St Piper, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

St Piper looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Rogers is looking to take a break and control but St Piper is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Rogers working over St Piper with some ground and pound. St Piper looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
St Piper wants to get back to full guard.
St Piper gets back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Rogers throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Rogers thumps St Piper with a low kick.
St Piper thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rogers connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
St Piper moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
St Piper tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rogers was well out of range. Poor timing from St Piper.
St Piper looks to score with a jab to the body but Rogers is just out of range.
St Piper tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rogers feints and then cracks St Piper's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow St Piper down.
Rogers looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rogers lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
St Piper 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.
Rogers misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
St Piper tries to clinch there but Rogers circles away.
Rogers pulls out of a head kick attempt.
St Piper looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rogers throws a leg kick
and St Piper counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers fails with a takedown attempt.
St Piper tries to clinch but Rogers is having none of it.
St Piper misses with a double jab
and Rogers counters with a nice leg kick.
St Piper avoids the head kick by Rogers.
St Piper scores with a nice head shot.
Rogers is looking to chop away at St Piper's legs.
Rogers chopping away at his opponent's legs.
St Piper works the jab nicely.
Steve Rogers is winning the standup battle so far.
St Piper walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
St Piper moves out of range of the body kick from Rogers.
St Piper misses with a wild body shot.
St Piper tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rogers was well out of range. Poor timing from St Piper.
St Piper moves out of range as Rogers throws a body kick.
Rogers uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by St Piper.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogers uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by St Piper.
Rogers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rogers tries to work over St Piper's front leg with a kick but St Piper checks it.
St Piper looks to land a combination but Rogers avoids it well.
St Piper chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rogers can pounce on him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
St Piper throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rogers wants to slow St Piper down by chopping away at his legs.
St Piper checks a leg kick.
St Piper's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The fighters circling - St Piper throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A head kick misses from St Piper.
St Piper checks the leg kick nicely there.
St Piper is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Rogers rather than just go for the knockout.
St Piper avoids the head kick by Rogers.
Rogers throws a low kick, looking for St Piper's leg but St Piper calmly moves out of range.
St Piper throws a jab but it's blocked by Rogers.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
St Piper misses with an uppercut
and Rogers counters with a nice leg kick.
Rogers lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
St Piper blocks a low kick nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers lets loose with a powerful body kick. St Piper will feel that in the morning.
St Piper is breathing heavily.
St Piper thows a body shot but no joy.
Rogers blocks a jab.
St Piper avoids the head kick by Rogers.
Rogers pulls out of a head kick attempt.
St Piper stuffs the takedown attempt from Rogers. Rogers gets slowly back to his feet.
St Piper misses with a body shot.
Rogers pulls out of a head kick attempt.
St Piper missing with a left hand there. Rogers was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
St Piper misses with a wild body shot.
St Piper just misses with a punch to the body.
Rogers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
St Piper has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from St Piper there as he acknowledges the shot.
Rogers thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on St Piper if he has to take too many more of those.
Rogers closes this distance looking for a takedown but St Piper circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Steve Rogers. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rogers moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rogers shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A looping hook to the body misses from St Piper. Rogers does a little dance to reset his feet.
St Piper lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A clash of legs there as St Piper blocks the low kick.
St Piper throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
St Piper lands a nice looking body shot.
Rogers uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from St Piper.
Rogers throws a leg kick but St Piper moved away.

Rogers shoots in and gets a takedown into St Piper's guard.
Rogers looking to sit in guard and control but St Piper gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Rogers wants to sweep but no luck.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
St Piper stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rogers swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Rogers dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as St Piper checks a leg kick.
St Piper tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rogers was well out of range. Poor timing from St Piper.
Rogers looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Rogers throws a head kick that misses.
St Piper swings and misses with a hook to the body.
St Piper dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A head kick misses from Rogers.
St Piper scores with a nice right hand.
St Piper misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rogers.
St Piper swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

St Piper has Rogers up against the cage in a clinch.
St Piper blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rogers.
Rogers blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rogers lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Rogers.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rogers obliges.
St Piper takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rogers lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rogers utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rogers unloads a knee to the mid-section. St Piper lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rogers scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rogers connects with a nasty looking knee right to St Piper's face.
St Piper avoiding damage as Rogers throws knees to the body.
St Piper blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rogers working St Piper over with knees to the body.
Rogers scores with a knee to the head.
St Piper goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
St Piper throws a punch but it's blocked by Rogers.

Rogers works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Rogers chips away with some ground and pound.

St Piper working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Rogers doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Rogers manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
St Piper keeping moving, preventing Rogers from controlling successfully.
Gene St Piper has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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 showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Rogers seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down St Piper for as long as he can get away with.

We're going to have a standup here because Steve Rogers wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
St Piper throws a body punch but Rogers moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Piper takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rogers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
St Piper misses with a looping right.
Rogers lands with a kick to the ribs.
St Piper throws a right and a left that Rogers avoids nicely.
St Piper misses with a wild body shot.
Rogers uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by St Piper.
Rogers throws a head kick but St Piper moves out of range.
St Piper takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Rogers slips under a jab.
St Piper swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rogers lands a nice leg kick that just misses St Piper's sensitive parts.
Rogers shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
St Piper throws a shot from downtown. Rogers moves away and avoids it.
St Piper keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Rogers misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rogers fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

St Piper gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
St Piper tries to land a sweep but no joy.

St Piper looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
St Piper keeping full guard, as Rogers tries to pass.
Rogers throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as St Piper works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

St Piper looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rogers controls from within his opponent's guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
St Piper looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rogers is one step ahead there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Steve Rogers showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rogers has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steve Rogers!
After the big win, Steve Rogers made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Terror-Trition: Video Proven 155Q for $49+Laundry! and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.