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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Steve Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arthur Pandora (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pandora is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Gonna Fly Now. Steve Rogers could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Arthur Pandora's chin.
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178 lbs
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181 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Steve Rogers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arthur Pandora!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Albert Achterberg and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Rogers does no damage.
A solid body kick from Pandora.
Rogers is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pandora moves in looking to clinch but Rogers pushes him off.
Pandora throws a head kick that misses.
Pandora looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rogers throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Rogers blocks a head kick by Pandora.
Rogers looks to throw a body kick
and Pandora counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Rogers is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Pandora throws a head kick that misses.
A leg kick checked by Pandora.
Rogers lands a nice looking body shot.
Rogers rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pandora moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rogers throws a lazy right hand but Pandora sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pandora throws a low kick, looking for Rogers's leg but Rogers calmly moves out of range.
Pandora throws a leg kick which misses Rogers's front leg but catches the back leg as Rogers tries to avoid it.
Pandora throws a wild body kick that Rogers sees coming a mile off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers moves into the clinch.
Pandora jumps guard.
Pandora avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Rogers wants to stand but Pandora is controlling his posture from full guard.
Pandora is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Pandora is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Rogers defends well.
Pandora throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Pandora is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogers trying to control but Pandora is working from the bottom.
Pandora is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Pandora looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rogers wants to stand but Pandora has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Pandora looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Pandora keeping moving, preventing Rogers from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Rogers working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Rogers passes into half guard.
Rogers prevents Pandora from improving his position.
Pandora avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rogers.
Pandora has hold of Rogers's hands but Rogers slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Pandora tries to get to full guard but Rogers has control of the leg.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Rogers seems to be working for a kimura but Pandora defends the submission attempt.
Rogers seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Rogers not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pandora is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Rogers pulls his head out easily.
Pandora is trying to stand up here but Rogers is controlling him well.
Rogers frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Rogers stands up from mount. Strange move.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rogers throws a leg kick that is checked
and Pandora counters with a body kick that stops Rogers in his tracks momentarily.
Pandora uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rogers.
Arthur Pandora is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rogers plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Rogers is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pandora.
Rogers throws a leg kick
and Pandora counters with a nice leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pandora attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Rogers takes a swing at Pandora's ribcage but misses.
Pandora throws a head kick that misses.
Rogers tries to clinch up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Steve Rogers will probably get the nod.
That's time! Rogers's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A solid leg kick lands there for Pandora.
Pandora on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Pandora avoids the body shot from Rogers.
Pandora takes a jab right on the kisser.
A slow jab from Rogers misses its intended target.
Rogers connects with a good right hand that stumbles Pandora. Pandora circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Rogers is looking to clinch.
Pandora misses with an attempted mid kick.
Pandora scores with a kick to the midsection.
Rogers misses with a series of wild punches.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Pandora, right into the meat.
Rogers misses with a body shot.
Pandora fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rogers misses with a body kick.
Rogers dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pandora. That did some damage!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pandora moves in looking to clinch but Rogers pushes him off.
Rogers tries to bum rush Pandora with a series of wild strikes but Pandora uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Steve Rogers is winning the standup battle so far.
A chopping leg kick lands by Pandora.
Rogers drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Pandora is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Rogers thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Pandora is not content to let Rogers control the position.
Pandora tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Rogers presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogers trying to control but Pandora is having none of it.
Pandora is looking to get to half guard.
Rogers working the ground and pound effectively.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pandora manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Pandora is not content to let Rogers control the position.
Pandora looking for submissions off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers is pressing down on Pandora's thigh, looking to free his foot. Pandora is holding on for now.
Rogers throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Pandora tries to roll over but Rogers keeps him under control.
Rogers is looking to take a break and control but Pandora is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Rogers wants to free his trapped foot but Pandora is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Rogers postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Pandora to stand up.
Steve Rogers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A good leg kick by Pandora.
Rogers gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Pandora prevents Rogers from breaking the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rogers wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pandora unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rogers lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rogers avoiding damage as Pandora throws knees to the body.
Pandora is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Rogers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pandora.
Pandora fails to pull 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!
Pandora fails to pull guard.
Rogers with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pandora unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rogers lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pandora is trying to pull guard but Rogers has him pressed against the ropes.
Steve Rogers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arthur Pandora.
Pandora decides to pull guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rogers trying to control but Pandora is working from the bottom.
Rogers has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Pandora is proving hard to escape from.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Rogers dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Pandora gets tackled into the ropes by Rogers. Rogers maintains the clinch.
Rogers creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rogers wants to break free but Pandora has control.
Pandora lands a nice knee to the body.
Rogers throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rogers pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A slow jab from Rogers misses its intended target.
Pandora throws a nice inside leg kick.
Pandora is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Rogers tries to clinch but Pandora moves out of range.
Rogers is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Pandora.
Steve Rogers is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Rogers crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Pandora - the referee stops the clock and Rogers gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Pandora. Rogers manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Rogers 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 throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pandora looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pandora tries to close the distance and clinch but Rogers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rogers jabs at Pandora's body.
Rogers looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pandora tries to clinch but Rogers moves out of range.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Rogers.
Rogers misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pandora.
Rogers tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rogers jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rogers jabs Pandora to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Pandora forces Rogers back against the ropes and clinches.
Rogers lands a body shot in the clinch.
Rogers with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rogers breaks the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rogers. Pandora does a little dance to reset his feet.
Arthur Pandora has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogers avoids a kick to the body.
Pandora misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rogers throws a leg kick
and Pandora finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Rogers throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rogers shoots in for a takedown but Pandora shows good takedown defense.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
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!
Pandora lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rogers scores with a jab. Pandora acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Pandora goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Pandora moves away from the strike by Rogers.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pandora looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rogers misses with a low kick.
Pandora scores with a head kick. Rogers tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Rogers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Pandora.
Rogers tries to clinch but Pandora moves out of range.
Pandora is looking to clinch.
Rogers 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.
Good exchange - Rogers coming out on top.
Pandora feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rogers's calf.
Rogers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rogers takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Rogers will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Rogers takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Pandora is looking to slow Rogers down with leg kicks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pandora dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rogers. That did some damage!
Pandora is looking to slow Rogers down with leg kicks.
Pandora scores with a leg kick.
Rogers stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Pandora.
Pandora throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pandora chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A chopping leg kick lands by Pandora.
Rogers blocks a head kick by Pandora.
Pandora turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Pandora has taken the fight to the clinch.
Pandora tries to pull guard but Rogers forces him back to his feet, against the ropes.
Steve Rogers is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pandora is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rogers is defending well for now.
Pandora is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the ropes enables Rogers to keep the fight standing.
Pandora jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Rogers walks away with a smile on his face. Pandora gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Steve Rogers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arthur Pandora.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rogers walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Pandora checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Pandora scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rogers darts in and clinches Pandora up against the ropes.
Rogers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that's the end of the fight!
Arthur Pandora comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Rogers 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 29:28
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steve Rogers!
Steve Rogers decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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hype
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pop
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