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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cody Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Montel Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rogers comes to the cage accompanied by Get up. Williams is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: LIMB SNAPPA RED SNAPPA REMIX. The key to victory for Cody Rogers has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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282 lbs
10 - 3 - 0 |
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276 lbs
11 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cody Rogers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Montel Williams!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rogers scores with a crisp jab that stopped Williams in his tracks.
Rogers throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Williams stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Rogers lands a jab-cross combination.
Rogers keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Nice jab there from Rogers.
Rogers jabs at Williams's body.
Rogers takes a swing at Williams's ribcage but misses.
Rogers pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Rogers changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Rogers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rogers thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rogers throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Williams avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rogers looks to land a right hand but Williams moved out of range.
Williams keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rogers.
Williams feints and as Rogers raises his hands in defense, Williams changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers wants to sweep here but Williams controlling him for the moment.
Williams scoring with some ground and pound.
Rogers is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Williams postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Rogers is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Williams, into his guard.
Williams keeping moving, preventing Rogers from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Williams is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Williams controls Rogers momentarily but Rogers frees himself.
Rogers might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Williams has his foot on Rogers's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Rogers works his way back into a safe position though.
Williams looking to control.
Rogers trying to control but Williams is working from the bottom.
Williams is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Rogers works the jab nicely.
It looks like Montel Williams has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rogers misses with a hook. Williams ducked under it nicely.
Williams fails with a takedown attempt.
Nice defenses there by Williams.
Cody Rogers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rogers misses with an uppercut. Williams saw that one coming.
Rogers misses with an uppercut.
Rogers will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Williams keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Williams 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Williams blocks a jab.
Rogers waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Williams.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rogers stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Williams uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rogers.
Williams staying out of range there.
Nice sprawl there from Rogers as Williams shoots in.
Cody Rogers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Montel Williams.
Rogers thows a body shot but no joy.
Williams looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Rogers is fending him off so far but Williams persists. Nope, Rogers circles away and we're back to standing.
Rogers connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Williams's hands.
Rogers tries to bum rush Williams with a series of wild strikes but Williams uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rogers is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Williams.
Rogers cracks Williams with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Williams avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rogers throws a right hand that Williams ducks under and follows up with a left that Williams also avoids with ease.
Rogers avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cody Rogers dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Montel Williams'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.
Rogers misses with a body shot
and Williams counters with a nice body shot.
Rogers throws a hook to the side of Williams's head but Williams sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Williams thows a body shot but no joy.
Rogers misses with a series of wild punches.
Williams uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rogers.
Rogers swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Williams counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rogers lands a jab.
Rogers throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rogers misses with a series of wild punches.
Williams will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Rogers scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Williams shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Rogers as he jumps to the side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers misses with a double jab
and Williams counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Rogers!
Rogers wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Williams.
Williams throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
A nice elbow there by Williams.
Williams throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Williams throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Williams is looking to work his way around to Rogers's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.
Williams unloads with some shots from mount but Rogers bucks and avoids them well.
Williams can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Rogers is looking to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogers holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Williams tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Williams looking to control but Rogers is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Rogers is working to get back to half guard.
Williams throws some wild stikes that Rogers manages to avoid easily.
Rogers wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Williams thowing shots but they're missing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Rogers is surviving well by controlling Williams's body position as best he can.
Williams wants to control the pace but Rogers is squirming around nicely.
Williams goes for an armbar but Rogers turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Rogers.
Williams pulls Rogers in close to his closed guard and prevents Rogers from doing any damage or advancing position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Rogers wants to stand but Williams has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Williams keeping moving, preventing Rogers from controlling successfully.
Rogers stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Williams swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Rogers is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Williams is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Williams has escaped and now he's on top!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Montel Williams showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Montel Williams's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Williams misses the body punch
and Rogers connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rogers misses with a wild combination.
Cody Rogers is winning the standup battle so far.
Rogers throws a series of strikes that have Williams backpedaling.
A jab from Rogers misses.
Rogers lands with a straight right. Williams didn't see that one coming.
Williams takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Rogers jabs at Williams's body.
Rogers throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Williams shoots in and drives through. Rogers sprawls well.
Rogers lands a nice shot to the body.
Rogers dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Williams takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A telegraphed right hand from Rogers misses the target.
Rogers looks to land a left hand but Williams moved out of range nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Rogers.
Rogers stuns Williams with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Williams has his takedown stuffed
and Rogers counters with a nice body shot.
Rogers throws a hook to the side of Williams's head but Williams sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rogers misses with a jab, cross combination.
Williams on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Williams gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Williams dodges the punch combination from Rogers.
Rogers lands the left hand.
Rogers misses with a series of wild punches.
Rogers tests Williams's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogers scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Williams on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rogers swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Williams.
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!
Rogers throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Williams on the side of the head.
Rogers lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A jab from Rogers misses.
Rogers swings for the body but Williams moves out of range.
Rogers throws a series of punches but Williams avoids them all with ease.
Rogers throws an overhand right that lands on Williams's shoulder, as Williams tries to avoid the shot.
Williams uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rogers.
Some wild striking there from Rogers.
Rogers misses with a two punch combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers misses with a hook. Williams ducked under it nicely.
Williams will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Cody Rogers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Montel Williams.
Williams fails with the takedown
and Rogers counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Rogers throws a shot from downtown. Williams moves away and avoids it.
Nice takedown defense from Rogers. No joy for Williams on that attempt.
Rogers tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Williams was well out of range. Poor timing from Rogers.
Williams shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Rogers as he avoids it easily.
Rogers swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A punch combination from Rogers misses.
Williams takes one on the chin but seems OK.
That has opened up Montel Williams's cut even more.
Rogers misses with a straight right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rogers's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Rogers duly obliges.
Williams moves out of range of the strikes.
Rogers throws a shot from downtown. Williams moves away and avoids it.
Rogers lands with an overhand left.
Williams has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Rogers misses with a straight left.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rogers. Williams does a little dance to reset his feet.
Williams is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rogers.
Nice defenses there by Williams.
Williams slips under a jab from Rogers.
Williams closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Williams walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Rogers misses with a straight left.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cody Rogers showed his dominance in that final round.
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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cody Rogers!
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