PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Steve Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erwin Hartmann (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rogers's entrance music is WAR MACHINE by Kiss. A fine choice. Hartmann comes into a darkened arena with his song building. LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Rogers
vs
Hartmann

190 cm
42
193 lbs
36 - 33 - 0

190 cm
31
200 lbs
17 - 13 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Urban Savage

Zipp Zapp

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 36 - 33 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Steve Rogers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Erwin Hartmann!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Radbod Blank and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hartmann lands a nice uppercut.
Hartmann can't find room to land a body shot as Rogers controls the action.
Rogers tries to pull guard but Hartmann forces him back to his feet, against the ropes.
Hartmann throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rogers is trying to pull guard but Hartmann has him pressed against the ropes.
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 Hartmann walks away with a smile on his face. Rogers gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Steve Rogers. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Hartmann closes the distance and pushes Rogers back into the ropes.
Hartmann lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hartmann working aggressively here.
Hartmann comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rogers avoids a wild elbow strike from Hartmann.
Rogers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hartmann with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Steve Rogers has been cut.
Rogers is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Rogers goes for a takedown in the clinch but Hartmann prevents it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rogers drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Hartmann gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Hartmann misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rogers.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hartmann misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rogers.
Hartmann stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hartmann lands a knee to the body.
Rogers managing to block the knees to the body from Hartmann.
Hartmann throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hartmann works on Rogers's body with a couple of short punches.
Rogers is trying to drag Hartmann to the mat but Hartmann just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hartmann.
Rogers has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Hartmann avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Hartmann lands a damaging elbow.
Hartmann misses with a punch to the body.
Hartmann throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rogers wants a takedown but no success here.
Hartmann comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hartmann struggles to land a body shot inside as Rogers controls his hands.
Rogers blocks an elbow strike from Hartmann.
Hartmann unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rogers lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rogers is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rogers tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Rogers has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Hartmann is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Hartmann crunches a lovely knee into Rogers's ribcage.
Hartmann scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hartmann goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hartmann missing with knees to the body.
Hartmann landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rogers is working for takedown but Hartmann is calmly controlling the position for now.
Hartmann crunches a lovely knee into Rogers's ribcage.
Hartmann lands an elbow that stopped Rogers in his tracks for a moment.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hartmann.
Hartmann is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hartmann digs a right hand underneath Rogers's ribcage. Rogers let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Rogers takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hartmann lands a body punch.
Hartmann missing with knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Hartmann.
Rogers is looking for a takedown.
Hartmann crunches a lovely knee into Rogers's ribcage.
Hartmann lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rogers.
Hartmann missing with knees to the body.
Hartmann lands a nice elbow.
Hartmann with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rogers's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hartmann 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.
Rogers drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hartmann utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hartmann lands a damaging elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rogers tries to pull guard but Hartmann won't allow it.
Hartmann tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rogers avoids it.
Hartmann lands a left hand.
Hartmann lands an elbow that stopped Rogers in his tracks for a moment.
Rogers looking to stall.
Hartmann lands an elbow just above Rogers 's eye.
Hartmann landing knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Hartmann - that landed with a thud.
Hartmann landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hartmann unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rogers lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hartmann.
Hartmann misses with a knee strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rogers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hartmann utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hartmann lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rogers avoiding damage as Hartmann throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Erwin Hartmann dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Steve Rogers's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Hartmann fakes the leg kick and cracks Rogers in the body.
Rogers takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Hartmann closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Hartmann missing with knees to the body.
Rogers jumps guard but Hartmann turns him against the ropes and keeps the fight standing.
Hartmann has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rogers fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A short left from Hartmann.
Rogers tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hartmann just stands there and leans against the ropes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Steve Rogers. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rogers is trying to drag Hartmann to the mat but Hartmann just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
Rogers's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hartmann throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hartmann tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hartmann 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.
A short uppercut from Hartmann.
Rogers is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the ropes enables Hartmann to keep the fight standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hartmann working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rogers managing to block the knees to the body from Hartmann.
Hartmann pushes off an throws an elbow but Rogers leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Hartmann is pressed up against the ropes. Rogers has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Hartmann down to the mat. Hartmann avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Rogers takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Hartmann tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Hartmann forces Rogers back against the ropes and clinches.

Rogers manages to pull guard.
Rogers keeping moving, preventing Hartmann from controlling successfully.
Rogers can't keep his opponent in guard - Hartmann advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Rogers moves into full guard.
Hartmann tries to free his leg and advance position but Rogers is retaining full guard.
Hartmann working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hartmann scoring with some ground and pound.
Hartmann controls from within his opponent's guard.
Hartmann advances position into side control!
Rogers defending against the ground and pound.
Hartmann tries to move into full mount but can't pass Rogers's legs.
Hartmann wants to control but Rogers is keeping him busy.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Rogers tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hartmann wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Rogers is working hard here to advance position.

Hartmann tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hartmann is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Rogers is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Hartmann wants to control but Rogers is keeping him busy.
Rogers prevents Hartmann from moving into mount.
Rogers looks to move to half guard but instead Hartmann has passed into mount! Damn!
Rogers tries to hold on but Hartmann pushes him away.
Rogers regains half guard.
Hartmann moves into full mount! Rogers won't be happy about that!
Rogers is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hartmann controlling the position easily from mount.
Rogers really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Hartmann lands a big shot there that rocks Rogers but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Hartmann cracks Rogers with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rogers tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hartmann tries to control but Rogers wriggling away.
Hartmann with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rogers tries to hold on but Hartmann pushes him away.
Rogers is trying to stand up.
Hartmann with a couple of short strikes.
Hartmann looking to control but Rogers is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Erwin Hartmann showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Steve Rogers's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Hartmann jabs at Rogers's body.

Hartmann gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hartmann trying to land knees to the body.

Rogers ties up his opponent against the ropes and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Rogers no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Hartmann postures up.
Rogers keeping moving, preventing Hartmann from controlling successfully.
Hartmann might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Rogers haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Hartmann connects with a couple of short punches.
Hartmann pushes down on Rogers's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Hartmann wants to take a breather but Rogers is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hartmann looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Rogers is trying to get back to full guard.
Rogers punching from the bottom.
Rogers is looking to improve his position.

Rogers looking for submissions off his back.
We've been hearing good reports from Rogers's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Hartmann in particular looking to stall.
Hartmann missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hartmann trying to mount his opponent but Rogers defends it.
Hartmann content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogers keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Hartmann seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Rogers does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Rogers punching from the bottom.
Rogers trying to control here.
Rogers tries to get to full guard but Hartmann has control of the leg.

Hartmann is trying to work for a kimura but Rogers is defending well.
Hartmann looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Erwin Hartmann is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Hartmann in particular looking to stall.
Rogers is trying to get back to full guard.
Hartmann is trying to control the action in half guard but Rogers is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Hartmann missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Well, if Hartmann is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Hartmann wants to pass to mount but Rogers is defending the position.

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

Rogers looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Hartmann wants to control but Rogers is keeping him busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hartmann trying to mount his opponent but Rogers defends it.
Erwin Hartmann has got the better of the ground game so far.
Rogers moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Hartmann wants to pass the guard but Rogers is keeping the position.
Hartmann trying to control but Rogers is working from the bottom.
Steve Rogers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hartmann showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rogers striking off his back but it's not causing Hartmann any problems.

And that's the end of the fight!
Erwin Hartmann comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hartmann 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 26:30
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Erwin Hartmann!
A very excited looking Erwin Hartmann made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
In defeat, Steve Rogers stepped up to the mic, saying 'to my sponsors Urban Savage Thank you!!....and to,the fans I love you all! Hope to see you again!!!'.