PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Alex Rogan (ranked 5547 p4p, 5219 weight class) and Lucca Decker (ranked 532 p4p, 517 weight class). Rogan kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Starfighter. Alex Rogan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Rogan
vs
Decker

192 cm
19
210
3 - 1 - 0

190 cm
19
192
2 - 1 - 0

Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Excellent boxer
Very confident

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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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alex Rogan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lucca Decker!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Anthony Taglia and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good standup being displayed there by Rogan as he connects with a hook.
Rogan definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Decker takes a swing at Rogan's ribcage but misses.
Rogan is looking to counter the offense by Decker and move into the clinch.
Decker gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Decker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rogan wants to clinch up but Decker keeps it at a distance.
Rogan lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Decker ducks under a wild hook from Rogan.
Decker throws a nice looking combination but Rogan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Decker throws a body shot but no joy.
Rogan was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Rogan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Decker circles away quickly and effectively.
Rogan lands a nice shot that snaps Decker's head back.
Decker throws a body shot but no joy.
Rogan dips to his left and cracks Decker with an uppercut!
Decker avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Decker just misses with a punch to the body.
Decker slips under a jab from Rogan.
Decker lands a nice hook to Rogan's body. Rogan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Rogan throws an off balance right hand
and Decker counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Rogan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Decker cracks Rogan with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Decker throws a shot from downtown. Rogan moves away and avoids it.
Decker throws a body punch but Rogan moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Decker ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rogan moves away.
Decker staying out of range there.
Rogan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Decker just misses with a punch to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Rogan as he connects with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Decker. Rogan does a little dance to reset his feet.
A slow jab from Decker misses its intended target.
Rogan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rogan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Decker.
Decker throws a shot to the body.
A big right from Rogan misses.
Rogan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Decker keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rogan.
Decker ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Rogan throws a hook to the side of Decker's head but Decker sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Decker! But no joy.
Alex Rogan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rogan looks to score with a jab to the body but Decker is just out of range.
Rogan misses with a body shot.
Rogan takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Rogan fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogan misses with a body punch
and Rogan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Decker fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Rogan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Rogan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Decker.
Rogan feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Deckers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Decker throws a head kick that misses.
Rogan throwing a counter right hand but Decker manages to avoid it.
Decker gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rogan.
Decker jabs at Rogan's body.
Rogan throws a poor cross that misses
and Decker counters with a stiff right hand.
Rogan connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Decker's hands.
Rogan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Rogan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rogan lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rogan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Decker swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Decker looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Rogan loads up on a big right hand but Decker slips the punch.
Rogan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rogan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rogan throws a lazy right hand but Decker sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rogan is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Rogan throws a right hand that misses
and Decker counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Decker.
Nice defenses there by Rogan.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Lucca Decker will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Rogan on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Decker lands a jab to the head.
Decker moves away from the strike by Rogan.
Decker on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Rogan looks to land a left hand but Decker moved out of range nicely.
Decker scores with a jab to the jaw.
Decker ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Decker throws a big shot that misses.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Decker. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Rogan throws a hook but Decker blocks it.
Decker lands a nice shot to the body.
Rogan avoids the body shot from Decker.
Decker scores with a shot to the body.
Rogan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Decker.
Lucca Decker seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Decker slips a jab from Rogan.
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!
Decker ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Decker ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rogan moves away.
Rogan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Decker.
Rogan tries to counter by clinching up but Decker breaks away and moves out of range.
Decker lands a jab to the head.
Decker moves out of range of the strikes.
Decker bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Decker throws a shot from downtown. Rogan moves away and avoids it.
Decker avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Decker keeps the fight on the outside.
Rogan misses with a hook.
Decker pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Decker uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rogan.
Rogan throws a hook to the side of Decker's head but Decker sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rogan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rogan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rogan takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Rogan missing with a left hand there. Decker was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Decker misses with a wild body shot.
Decker swings for the body but Rogan moves out of range.
Decker lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Rogan backs up against the ropes.
Decker is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Rogan rather than just go for the knockout.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Decker, as that shot connected.
Rogan looks to land a left hand but Decker moved out of range nicely.
Decker has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Rogan connects with a looping right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rogan checks a leg kick.
Rogan tries to counter by clinching up but Decker breaks away and moves out of range.
Decker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rogan jabs Decker to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Decker swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Decker takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Decker lands a nice looking body shot.
Rogan misses with a looping left.
Decker moves away from the strike by Rogan.
Rogan blocks a jab.
Rogan tries to clinch up.
A little jabbing left from Decker on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Rogan swings for the body but Decker moves out of range.
Rogan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Decker.
Rogan scores with a jab to the jaw.
Decker takes one to the side of the head.
Decker jabs Rogan to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Decker scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Decker moves out of range of the strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rogan on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A right-left combo lands from Decker.
Rogan misses with a jab to the body
and Decker counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Decker. Rogan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rogan throws a big shot that misses.
Despite the aggression on Decker's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Lucca Decker showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Decker throws a jab when Rogan was well out of range.
Decker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Decker wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Decker just misses with a punch to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Rogan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Rogan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Decker misses with a body shot.
Rogan throws a jab when Decker was well out of range.
Decker has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A jab from Rogan misses.
Decker is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Rogan with a body shot.
Decker misses with a wild body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Rogan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Rogan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Decker slips a jab from Rogan.
Decker let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
A punch lands to the side of Decker 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Decker blocks a jab.
Rogan takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rogan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rogan looks to score with a jab to the body but Decker is just out of range.
Decker is looking for the big counter here.
Some bone on bone action there as Rogan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Decker misses with a low kick.
Rogan misses with an uppercut
and Decker counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rogan misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Decker.
Decker will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rogan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Decker throws a big shot that misses.
Rogan throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Decker on the side of the head.
Decker throws a jab but it's blocked by Rogan.
Rogan seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Rogan misses with an uppercut.
Decker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A swing and a miss from Rogan.
Decker scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Rogan moves out of range of the strikes.
Rogan throwing a counter right hand but Decker manages to avoid it.
Rogan slips under a jab.
Rogan slips a straight right by Decker.
Decker scores with a punch to the head.
Decker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Decker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rogan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Decker sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Decker with a body punch. A glancing blow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Decker stuns Rogan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Decker keeps the fight on the outside.
Decker misses with an uppercut. Rogan saw that one coming.
A big left from Rogan misses.
Decker is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rogan.
Decker stuns Rogan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Decker misses with a looping left.
Decker misses the shot to the body.
Decker stuns Rogan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Decker looks to score with a jab to the body but Rogan is just out of range.
Decker misses with a body shot.
Rogan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rogan lands a jab to Decker's midsection.
Decker looks to score with a jab to the body but Rogan is just out of range.
Decker is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rogan.
Rogan throws a shot from downtown. Decker moves away and avoids it.
Alex Rogan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lucca Decker is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Decker throws a big shot that misses.
Decker blocks a jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lucca Decker comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Decker 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lucca Decker!