PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob General (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Bob General has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

General
vs
Rogers

183 cm
20
213 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
21
204 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bob General!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Steve Rogers!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Yves DeLean and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
General throws a head kick but Rogers moves out of range.

General darts in and clinches Rogers up against the cage.
General with a knee to the head.
General prevents the takedown attempt.
General landing knees to the body.
General lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rogers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
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 General walks away with a smile on his face. Rogers gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

General rushes Rogers and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
General misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rogers.
General wants a takedown.
General throws a knee to the head but misses.
General looking to throw knees to the head but Rogers is blocking nicely.
General leaning his opponent against the cage.
Rogers blocks the elbow strike.
Rogers is working for takedown but General is calmly controlling the position for now.
Bob General has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Rogers.
Rogers avoiding damage as General throws knees to the body.

General pulls guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers thows a big elbow that misses.
General is looking to stand up but Rogers isn't so interested in that idea.
Rogers throwing strikes from guard but General blocks nicely.
Rogers stops General from standing up.

Rogers drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and General dives on top into guard.
Rogers preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
General in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
General wants to get up but he can't break Rogers's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
General throws a strike but Rogers rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
General keeping full guard, as Rogers tries to pass.
Rogers looks gassed!
Rogers prevents General from getting back to his feet.
Rogers trying to control but General is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

General clinches up with Rogers and pushes him back against the cage.
Come on Rogers - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
General misses with a knee strike.

General breaks from the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - General looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

General scores with a takedown into Rogers's guard.
Rogers looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
General missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
General not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
General wanted to stand there but Rogers had control of the position.
General trying to control the position from guard on top but Rogers is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

General stands and steps away. Rogers gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

General drives through and clinches with Rogers against the cage.
Rogers gets underhooks to prevent General's takedown attempt.
General tries a knee to the head but Rogers blocks it.
General with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rogers blocks a body shot from General.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bob General dominated that round.
That's time! General's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Rogers feints and as General raises his hands in defense, Rogers changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

Rogers postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! General is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Rogers, into his guard.
Rogers keeping moving, preventing General from controlling successfully.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Rogers is on top in guard.
Rogers stops General from standing up.
Rogers wants to pass the guard but General is keeping the position.
Rogers is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rogers has gone for a leg lock! General slips out almost immediately though and dives into Rogers's guard.
General trying to control the position from guard on top but Rogers is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
General trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
General throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rogers works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

General decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Rogers, up you get!

General rushes Rogers and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
General scores with a knee to the head.
General with an attempt at a knee that misses.
General with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rogers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rogers fails to pull guard.
General tries to land a knee to the head but Rogers blocks with his arms.
General 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. General gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Rogers moves in looking to clinch but General pushes him off.
General tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Rogers holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Rogers blocks a punch to the side of the head.

General drags the fight down to the ground.
Rogers trying to control the position from guard on top but General is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
General looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rogers is one step ahead there.

Rogers drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and General dives on top into guard.
General has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
General works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Rogers blocking the ground and pound attempt from General.
General controlling the action here.
General wants to stand up but Rogers is controlling the position.
Rogers is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

General is actively looking for submissions here but good counter grappling here from Rogers as he works his way to full guard.
General throws a strike but Rogers rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Bob General will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Rogers tries to score a power double leg takedown but General sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Rogers somewhat.
General clinches but Rogers breaks the clinch

and Rogers counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Rogers.
General scores with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from General.
General lands an elbow inside that Rogers shrugs off.
Rogers fails to pull the fight into his guard.
General tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rogers avoids it.
Rogers drops to a knee looking for a takedown but General gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Bob General has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Rogers.
Rogers takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rogers blocks an uppercut.
Rogers takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
General landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rogers misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
General misses with the head strike.
General prevents a takedown attempt there.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
General tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
General working Rogers over with knees to the body.
General misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rogers.
General is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
General with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
General avoiding damage.
General with an attempt at a knee that misses.
General using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rogers has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

General ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. General no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rogers drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and General dives on top into guard.

General stands and steps away. Rogers gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
General wants to clinch

and Rogers counters with a takedown into side control.
General wants to get back to his feet.
Rogers throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers wants to lay and pray for a moment but General keeps working.
General manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
General missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rogers wants to control but General passes into side.
Rogers tries to bench press General off him but General keeps the position.

General has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
General fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
General tries to clinch up but Rogers circles away and keeps his distance.
General tries to clinch but Rogers moves out of range.
General connects with a high kick.
General throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Rogers tries to clinch but General is having none of it.
Rogers has his takedown stuffed

and General counters by clinching up.
General misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rogers.
Rogers tries for a takedown but General manages to get underhooks.
General tries a knee to the head but Rogers blocks it.
Rogers blocks a body shot from General.
Steve Rogers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bob General is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
General missing with knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bob General showed his dominance in that final round.
Well General 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bob General!