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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Knockout King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). King has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. The key to victory for Knockout King has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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225 lbs
1 - 8 - 0 |
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190 cm
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260 lbs
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Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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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
1 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Knockout King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jason Rogers!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Vladimir Khabensky and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King fails to land the takedown.
King is breathing heavily.
King throws a right hand that Rogers ducks under and follows up with a left that Rogers also avoids with ease.
A punch combination from Rogers misses.
Rogers drives through and clinches with King against the cage.
Rogers lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rogers lands with a light punch inside.
Rogers taking a breather.
Rogers manages to break the clinch.
Rogers has managed to clinch.
Rogers makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rogers creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rogers scores with a hook to the body.
Rogers gets control of King's arms and successfully pulls guard. Rogers will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Rogers has his feet on King's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers rushes King and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rogers gets control of King's arms and successfully pulls guard. Rogers will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rogers pushes King off and gets back to his feet.
Rogers misses with a straight left.
Rogers shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Rogers missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Rogers sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. King defending well though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogers with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Rogers not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Rogers perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
King blocking the ground and pound attempt from Rogers.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rogers decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Jab from Rogers.
Rogers clinches up against the cage.
Rogers ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Rogers no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Rogers has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Rogers pushes King off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Rogers will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Rogers moves into range and clinches up with King.
Rogers breaks from the clinch.
King looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
King takes a shot to the body in his stride.
King stuffs the takedown attempt from Rogers. Rogers gets slowly back to his feet.
Knockout King has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Rogers.
Rogers clinches with his opponent.
Rogers breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rogers gets a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rogers.
Rogers escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rogers has closed the distance and engaged King in a clinch.
Rogers manages to break the clinch.
King defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Rogers.
King throws a sloppy head kick and Rogers moves out of range easily.
King shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
King gets tackled into the cage by Rogers. Rogers maintains the clinch.
King really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rogers breaks from the clinch.
Rogers gets a clinch.
King being controlled against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Rogers dominated that round.
That's time! King's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Rogers has King up against the cage in a clinch.
King takes a shot to the head.
Rogers works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
King is pressed up against the cage. Rogers has hold of a leg and is looking to drag King down to the mat. King avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
King takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Rogers clinches up against the cage.
Rogers has King pressed against the cage.
Jason Rogers seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Rogers looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rogers lands a body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Rogers manages to end up in side control.
Rogers works to advance to full mount. King defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Rogers takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rogers is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but King is surviving well by controlling Rogers's body position as best he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogers controlling the pace for now.
Let's hope that Rogers has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Jason Rogers has got the better of the ground game so far.
Rogers thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Rogers controlling from the full mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Jason Rogers wasn't active enough on the ground.
Rogers fails with a takedown attempt.
Rogers throws the left hand but King avoids the punch easily.
King tries to keep at a distance but Rogers has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rogers pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rogers moves into the clinch successfully.
Rogers is looking to break free of the clinch but King has double underhooks.
A left hand lands to the body for Rogers.
Rogers wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but King has him pressed against the cage.
Rogers tries for a takedown but King manages to get underhooks.
Knockout King has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Rogers.
Rogers lands a right hand that snaps the head of King backwards.
Rogers breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rogers moves into the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rogers pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rogers closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into King's guard.
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!
Rogers stands up and waves to King to follow him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Rogers showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Rogers fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Rogers rushes King and presses him up against the cage.
Rogers gets control of King's arms and successfully pulls guard. Rogers will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Rogers is pulling down on King's head. It's preventing any offense from King, at least for the moment.
Rogers has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Rogers scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Rogers fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with King, pushing him back against the cage.
Rogers slows down the pace here.
Rogers successfully pulls guard.
Rogers is controlling King's posture.
Rogers pushes King off and scrambles back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogers throws a right and a left that King avoids nicely.
Rogers shoots in for a double leg but King sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
King is looking to clinch but Rogers is avoiding it.
Rogers throws a combination but it was largely blocked by King.
Rogers misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from King.
Knockout King is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Rogers is defended easily by King.
Knockout King has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Rogers.
Rogers shoots for a double leg takedown but King sprawls well. He's pushed Rogers's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rogers is trying to break free.
Rogers pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rogers misses with a two punch combination.
Rogers tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. King manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
King shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Rogers as he avoids it easily.
Rogers closes the distance and pushes King back into the cage.
Rogers successfully pulls guard.
Rogers seems keen to control King's posture.
Rogers uses the cage to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
King tries to clinch there but Rogers circles away.
Rogers looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for King!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
King is looking to improve his position but Rogers isn't that keen on the idea.
Rogers controlling from mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
King swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jason 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 26:30
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 26:30
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Rogers!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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