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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Elias Manchinha (ranked 1598 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremy Rogers (ranked 2108 p4p, 0 weight class). Manchinha comes to the cage accompanied by Courage. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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213 lbs
11 - 4 - 0 |
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185 cm
26
220 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Elias Manchinha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jeremy Rogers!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Winston Alpacca and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Manchinha throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Manchinha definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Manchinha has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Rogers finds it's way round the side to connect with Manchinha's head.
Rogers moves out of range of the strikes.
Manchinha throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A left lands for Manchinha.
Rogers lands with a right hand.
Some wild striking there from Rogers.
A jab from Rogers misses.
Rogers tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Manchinha was well out of range. Poor timing from Rogers.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Manchinha takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A left and a right from Manchinha both land. Nice combination.
It looks like Jeremy Rogers has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Manchinha ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Manchinha throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Manchinha.
Rogers avoids a punch combination nicely.
Manchinha misses with a combination
and Rogers counters with a nice uppercut.
Manchinha misses with an uppercut.
Rogers moves out of range as Manchinha strikes.
Manchinha throws a series of strikes that have Rogers backpedaling.
Manchinha misses with a hook
letting Rogers counter with a right hand.
Rogers pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rogers takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Manchinha takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
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!
A big right from Manchinha misses.
Rogers looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogers fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Manchinha looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Manchinha throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rogers doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Rogers dodges the punch combination from Manchinha.
Manchinha throws a series of punches but Rogers moves out of range.
Rogers is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Manchinha with a body shot.
Rogers lands a nice shot to the body.
Rogers misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Manchinha.
Manchinha misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rogers tries to counter with a clinch but Manchinha shakes him off and moves away.
Manchinha scores with a jab to the body.
Rogers waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Manchinha.
Manchinha connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Manchinha wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manchinha scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Rogers doesn't seem bothered though.
Rogers takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Rogers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Manchinha moves away.
Manchinha throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rogers! But no joy.
Manchinha blocks a jab.
Manchinha lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rogers circles away quickly and effectively.
Manchinha looks to land a combination. Rogers sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Manchinha changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Manchinha just misses with a punch to the body.
Manchinha uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rogers.
Rogers takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nice body punch from Manchinha.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Manchinha throws a lazy right hand but Rogers sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
It seemed like Rogers was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Manchinha will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rogers just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from Manchinha.
Rogers tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Manchinha was well out of range. Poor timing from Rogers.
Manchinha throws a body punch but Rogers moves out of range.
Rogers gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That has opened up Jeremy Rogers's cut even more.
Rogers throws a nice looking combination but Manchinha bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Manchinha with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Manchinha is looking to wear down Rogers with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A nice combination there by Manchinha.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Manchinha misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Elias Manchinha dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jeremy Rogers's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Rogers lands with a hook. Manchinha tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Elias Manchinha is winning the standup battle so far.
Manchinha scores with a jab.
Manchinha lands an overhand right.
Manchinha on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rogers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Manchinha moves away.
Manchinha throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rogers holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Rogers misses with a body punch.
Manchinha misses with a body punch.
Manchinha is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rogers can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rogers doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Rogers fails to land.
Rogers pushes Manchinha back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Manchinha is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rogers is keeping busy.
Manchinha scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manchinha misses with a punch to the body.
Manchinha lands with a right to the head.
Manchinha lands with a left to the head.
Manchinha taking a breather.
A head punch on the inside from Rogers fails to land.
Manchinha lands a shoulder strike.
Rogers scores with a nice hook to the head.
Manchinha fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Manchinha lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Manchinha takes a shot to the head.
Manchinha throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rogerss head.
The cut above Jeremy Rogers's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Manchinha throws a head punch that misses.
Manchinha lands with a short shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice body punch from Rogers.
Manchinha lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogers blocks an uppercut.
Manchinha lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rogers backwards.
Rogers is leaning against Manchinha and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Manchinha.
Rogers is working Manchinha over against the cage.
Manchinha breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rogers throws a jab when Manchinha was well out of range.
Manchinha throwing a counter right hand but Rogers manages to avoid it.
Manchinha defending well as Rogers loads up on a big left hand.
Manchinha fails to land with a series of punches.
Manchinha misses with a few strikes there.
Manchinha feints a jab promting Rogers to slip. Manchinha then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Rogers slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Rogers avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Manchinha misses.
Elias Manchinha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rogers misses with a hook. Manchinha ducked under it nicely.
Jab from Manchinha.
Jeremy Rogers's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Rogers misses with an uppercut. Manchinha saw that one coming.
Manchinha misses the shot to the body.
Manchinha misses with the combination.
Rogers tries to counter by closing the distance.
Rogers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Manchinha uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rogers.
Rogers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Manchinha moves away.
Manchinha lands a jab to Rogers's midsection.
Rogers misses with a body punch
and Manchinha counters with a nice uppercut.
Manchinha misses with a series of wild punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manchinha throws a series of punches but Rogers avoids them all with ease.
Manchinha looks to land a right hand but Rogers moved out of range.
Manchinha throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rogers wants to counter with a clinch but Manchinha pushes him away.
Rogers throws a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Manchinha misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rogers misses with a looping left.
Rogers fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rogers tests Manchinha's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rogers ducks under a wild hook from Manchinha.
Rogers appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Manchinha comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Manchinha lands a really nice looking cross but Rogers seems unphased.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Elias Manchinha dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jeremy Rogers's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Manchinha scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Manchinha misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rogers.
Some wild striking there from Manchinha.
Manchinha fails to land with a series of punches.
Manchinha lands a slapping body shot.
Manchinha takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Rogers avoids the body shot from Manchinha.
Rogers looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rogers avoids the body shot from Manchinha.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Manchinha lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Rogers misses the shot to the body.
Rogers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Manchinha works over Rogers's head and body with a nice combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Manchinha keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Manchinha throws a combination. Rogers tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jeremy Rogers's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Elias Manchinha!
Elias Manchinha opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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