PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hassan Al Aziz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brett Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rogers has chosen Rohff feat Big Ali - Dirty Houss as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Al Aziz
vs
Rogers

190 cm
29
282 lbs
26 - 11 - 0

194 cm
26
347 lbs
7 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

[WAO]MADE IN GERMANY
Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire

Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire
Scotia Wear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Hassan Al Aziz!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Brett Rogers!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Ackerman and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rogers throws a solid leg kick but Al Aziz takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Rogers.
Rogers tried to score with a low kick but Al Aziz checks it.
Al Aziz lands a slapping body shot.
Al Aziz lands the left hand.
Rogers looks to land a left hand but Al Aziz moved out of range nicely.
Al Aziz cracks Rogers with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

It looks like Brett Rogers has been cut.
Rogers looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Al Aziz shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Rogers as he jumps to the side.
Al Aziz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Al Aziz misses with a wild body shot.
Al Aziz lands a slapping body shot.
Al Aziz with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Al Aziz dips to his left and cracks Rogers with an uppercut!
Hassan Al Aziz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rogers takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Al Aziz scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Al Aziz lands a big uppercut and Rogers crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Rogers looks OK. Al Aziz waves Rogers back to his feet!

Rogers is rocked!

Al Aziz feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Rogers is still in real trouble! Can Al Aziz finish him?
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Al Aziz slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Al Aziz landing some decent shots from guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Al Aziz engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Rogers seems to have recovered his senses.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Hassan Al Aziz.
Al Aziz misses with an uppercut. Rogers saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Aziz shoots for a double leg takedown but Rogers sprawls well. He's pushed Al Aziz's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Rogers gets caught flat footed, as Al Aziz shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Al Aziz has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Al Aziz controlling from the top position.

Rogers is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Al Aziz with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Al Aziz is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Al Aziz wants to control from the top but Rogers keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers being controlled here, momentarily.
Al Aziz throwing strikes but missing.
Al Aziz trying to control the position from guard on top but Rogers is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Al Aziz postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Al Aziz is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Al Aziz throws a big elbow that misses.
Al Aziz landing with the ground and pound.
Al Aziz is pushing down on Rogers's leg trying to pass to half guard. Rogers is fighting to maintain full guard but Al Aziz has managed to sneak the leg through.
Al Aziz is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Rogers!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Al Aziz landing strikes from the mount and Rogers is in trouble!
Al Aziz takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Al Aziz breaks from Rogers's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Al Aziz postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Rogers bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Al Aziz and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hassan Al Aziz!
Hassan Al Aziz retains his super heavyweight title!
After the big win, Hassan Al Aziz made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.