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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dean Sutherland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Sutherland's choice of entrance music: The Offspring - All i Want. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Steve Rogers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dean Sutherland!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Ivan Kurochkin and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sutherland checks a leg kick.
Rogers checks a leg kick.
Sutherland scores with a three punch combo!
Sutherland looks to throw the jab but Rogers is out of range.
Rogers fails in his attempt to clinch.
A punch combination from Sutherland misses.
Rogers walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Sutherland swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rogers throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sutherland throws a body punch but Rogers moves out of range.
Sutherland misses with a straight right.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rogers looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rogers wants to clinch.
Rogers tries to clinch but Sutherland is having none of it.
Sutherland throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sutherland loads up on a big right hand but Rogers slips the punch.
Rogers cracks the inside of Sutherland's front leg.
Rogers just misses with a punch to the body.
Rogers avoids the body shot from Sutherland.
Sutherland misses with a looping right.
Rogers uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sutherland.
Rogers bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sutherland lands a front kick.
Rogers moves away from the strike by Sutherland.
Rogers throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Rogers tries to clinch but Sutherland moves out of range.
Rogers misses with a body kick.
Sutherland connects with a leg kick. Rogers looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Sutherland scores with a jab to the head.
Rogers throws a head kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogers pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sutherland is out of range and Rogers settles back down.
Rogers slips a straight right by Sutherland.
Sutherland lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
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 keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sutherland.
Rogers uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sutherland.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rogers. That's going to slow Sutherland down.
Rogers chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rogers throws a wild body kick that Sutherland sees coming a mile off.
Sutherland lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Sutherland wants to land a leg kick but Rogers is out of range.
Rogers throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Sutherland throws a right hand that misses
and Rogers counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sutherland thinking.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sutherland. Rogers does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sutherland misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Rogers counters with a left to the body.
Rogers tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sutherland manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers doesn't manage to clinch there - Sutherland circles away.
Rogers uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sutherland.
Sutherland takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Sutherland looks gassed!
A chopping leg kick lands by Rogers.
Rogers slips under a jab.
Rogers slips a straight right by Sutherland.
Rogers goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Rogers connects with an inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Rogers.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rogers connects with a leg kick. Sutherland looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Sutherland takes a head kick and keeps coming.
It looks like Dean Sutherland has been cut.
Rogers throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Rogers misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rogers uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sutherland.
Rogers has managed to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Rogers on the inside.
Rogers lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sutherland backwards.
Rogers tries to throw a body punch but Sutherland avoids it by throwing Rogers back against the cage.
Rogers digs a right hand underneath Sutherland's ribcage. Sutherland let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Rogers tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sutherland's elbow.
Sutherland dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Rogers tries to work over Sutherland's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sutherland working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Rogers.
Rogers lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sutherland.
A short right from Rogers on the inside.
Rogers lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sutherland backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rogers lands with a left to the head.
Rogers lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Come on Rogers - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Rogers doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Rogers dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dean Sutherland's cut.
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 getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Rogers dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sutherland. That did some damage!
Sutherland misses the jab.
Sutherland throws a nice looking combination but Rogers bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rogers throws a chopping leg kick but Sutherland manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Rogers keeps Sutherland at a distance using the push kick.
Sutherland misses with a head kick.
Rogers slips under a jab from Sutherland.
Rogers thumps Sutherland with a low kick.
Rogers swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sutherland looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Rogers doesn't manage to clinch there - Sutherland circles away.
Sutherland looks for the body kick but Rogers saw that one coming.
Sutherland swats away the attempt to clinch by Rogers.
Rogers uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sutherland.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sutherland throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sutherland scores with a leg kick.
Sutherland takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rogers will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sutherland avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rogers ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sutherland misses with a looping left.
Sutherland walks forward, straight into a front kick from Rogers.
Sutherland is breathing heavily.
Rogers lands with a good body shot.
Sutherland tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sutherland's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Rogers throws a nice outside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sutherland misses the jab.
Sutherland takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogers tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sutherland was well out of range. Poor timing from Rogers.
Sutherland lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rogers moves out of range of the body kick.
Rogers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sutherland moves away.
Rogers feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sutherland's calf.
Sutherland missing with a left hand there. Rogers was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Steve Rogers is winning the standup battle so far.
Sutherland takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Rogers tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sutherland swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rogers throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rogers misses with an attempted mid kick.
Rogers throws a leg kick but Sutherland checks it.
Rogers sizes up Sutherland with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Sutherland throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rogers throws a solid leg kick but Sutherland takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Rogers.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Rogers moves away from the strike by Sutherland.
Sutherland avoids the head kick by Rogers.
Sutherland lands with a nice body punch.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Rogers.
Sutherland misses with an uppercut. Rogers saw that one coming.
Rogers connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sutherland. Sutherland circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Sutherland misses with a straight left.
Rogers lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
An inside leg kick lands from Rogers.
Rogers moves in looking to clinch but Sutherland pushes him off.
Rogers is looking to wear down Sutherland with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Rogers throws a leg kick
and Sutherland counters with a nice body shot.
Rogers fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rogers lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sutherland pivots, looking for a leg kick but Rogers is out of range and Sutherland settles back down.
Sutherland connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Sutherland scores with a crisp jab that stopped Rogers in his tracks.
Rogers tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rogers lands with a good body shot.
Sutherland blocks a head kick by Rogers.
Rogers on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Rogers fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Sutherland is out of range.
Rogers throws a shot from downtown. Sutherland moves away and avoids it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sutherland throws an overhand right that lands on Rogers's shoulder, as Rogers tries to avoid the shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sutherland.
Sutherland throws a hook but Rogers blocks it.
Sutherland thows a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Rogers dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dean Sutherland's cut.
That's time! Rogers's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Sutherland throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sutherland blocks a head kick by Rogers.
Sutherland thumps Rogers with a low kick.
Rogers looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sutherland throws an overhand right that lands on Rogers's shoulder, as Rogers tries to avoid the shot.
A punch lands to the side of Rogers 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Rogers with a jab.
Rogers avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rogers throws a leg kick but Sutherland moved away.
Some bone on bone action there as Sutherland checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Rogers throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rogers buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sutherland takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rogers throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sutherland misses with a hook. Rogers ducked under it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sutherland connects with a crisp jab.
Sutherland throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good leg kick by Rogers there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sutherland tries to land a front kick but Rogers steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Rogers wants to clinch.
Sutherland keeps Rogers at a distance using the push kick.
Rogers throws a head kick that half lands.
Rogers wants to clinch.
Sutherland takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sutherland takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dean Sutherland 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.
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 thumps Sutherland with a low kick.
A jab from Sutherland does it's job there.
Rogers is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Sutherland doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Rogers throws a leg kick but Sutherland checks it.
Rogers throws a solid leg kick but Sutherland takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Rogers.
Sutherland will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Rogers lands a leg kick that knocks Sutherland off balance momentarily.
Rogers lands a nice looking kick to the body. Sutherland takes a step back to recover.
Rogers has closed the distance and engaged Sutherland in a clinch.
Sutherland misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Rogers.
Sutherland lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rogers backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sutherland has Rogers pressed against the cage.
Sutherland goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sutherland is working Rogers over against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sutherland.
Rogers lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rogers.
Sutherland is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rogers is keeping busy.
Sutherland can't find room to land a body shot as Rogers controls the action.
Sutherland throws a punch but it's blocked by Rogers.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sutherland fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sutherland pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rogers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sutherland can't find room to land a body shot as Rogers controls the action.
A short body shot lands from Rogers as the two fighters clinch.
Sutherland tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sutherland escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rogers lands with a right hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rogers works Sutherland's body with a nice hook.
Rogers moves to clinch but Sutherland breaks away
and Sutherland counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sutherland misses the shot to the body.
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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steve Rogers!
An out of breath Steve Rogers thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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