PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kamala Naamahaara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Naamahaara's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Kishore Kumar : Chuu Kar Mere Mann Ko. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Naamahaara
vs
Rogers

193 cm
27
239 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

190 cm
32
260 lbs
11 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Meet the Future

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kamala Naamahaara!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jason Rogers!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Naamahaara throws a head kick but Rogers moves out of range.
Naamahaara throws a sloppy head kick and Rogers moves out of range easily.
Rogers misses with a wild body shot.
Rogers missing with a left hand there. Naamahaara was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rogers takes a swing at Naamahaara's ribcage but misses.
Rogers swings for the body but Naamahaara moves out of range.
Rogers misses with a right hand
and Naamahaara counters with a body kick that stops Rogers in his tracks momentarily.
Rogers swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Naamahaara counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Rogers is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Nice body kick there by Naamahaara.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Naamahaara tries to clinch
enabling Rogers to counter with a crisp jab.
Naamahaara doesn't manage to clinch there - Rogers circles away.
Naamahaara throws a head kick but Rogers moves out of range.
Rogers misses the jab.
Naamahaara pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Naamahaara moves out of range of the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Rogers.
Naamahaara closes the distance looking to clinch
and Rogers counters with a straight right hand.
Rogers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Naamahaara moves away.
Naamahaara throws a head kick but Rogers moves out of range.
Naamahaara misses with a wild combination.
Rogers throws a hook but Naamahaara blocks it.
Naamahaara tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kamala Naamahaara seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rogers lands with a right hand.

It looks like Kamala Naamahaara has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Naamahaara is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Naamahaara throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Naamahaara throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Naamahaara throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rogers misses with a looping right.
Naamahaara has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Gladiators **ELITE** Steel Penn in the buildup to the fight.
A big right from Rogers misses.
Naamahaara is looking to clinch but Rogers is avoiding it.
Naamahaara is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Rogers just misses with a punch to the body.
Naamahaara dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Naamahaara, right into the meat.
Naamahaara uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rogers.
Rogers blocks a head kick by Naamahaara.

Naamahaara moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rogers escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rogers just misses with a punch to the body.
A left lands for Rogers.
Naamahaara connects with a high kick.

It looks like Jason Rogers has been cut.
Naamahaara scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A head kick misses from Naamahaara.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Naamahaara takes one to the chin there.
Naamahaara slips under a jab.
Naamahaara goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Naamahaara tries to clinch but Rogers moves out of range.
Naamahaara throws a head kick but Rogers moves out of range.
Naamahaara throws a head kick but Rogers moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Naamahaara throws a head kick that misses.
Rogers throws an overhand right that lands on Naamahaara's shoulder, as Naamahaara tries to avoid the shot.
Rogers missing with a left hand there. Naamahaara was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Naamahaara rushes Rogers and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rogers has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Naamahaara is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Naamahaara breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Naamahaara tries a head kick but it misses.
A shot to the body from Naamahaara misses
and Rogers connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rogers walks forward, straight into a front kick from Naamahaara.
Naamahaara avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Naamahaara moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Rogers misses with a hook. Naamahaara ducked under it nicely.
Naamahaara pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Kamala Naamahaara will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

Naamahaara fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rogers.
Naamahaara tries a head kick but it misses.
Rogers swings away with a body shot that misses
and Naamahaara counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Rogers swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Naamahaara throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Rogers lands a nice shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Naamahaara wants to clinch up but Rogers keeps it at a distance.
Naamahaara slips a jab from Rogers.
Naamahaara lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Rogers jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Naamahaara misses with a head kick.
Rogers throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Naamahaara misses its intended target.
Naamahaara tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Naamahaara tries a head kick but it misses.
Rogers looks to score with a jab to the body but Naamahaara is just out of range.

Naamahaara closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Rogers manages to break the clinch.
A big left from Rogers misses.
Naamahaara throws a head kick but Rogers moves out of range.
Naamahaara pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Naamahaara fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Rogers checks it well.
Naamahaara goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

That has opened up Jason Rogers's cut even more.
Rogers throws a body punch but Naamahaara moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Rogers. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rogers.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rogers takes a swing at Naamahaara's ribcage but misses.
Naamahaara plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Rogers misses the jab.
Rogers digs a good body shot into Naamahaara's ribs.
Rogers blocks the body kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Naamahaara. That's going to slow Rogers down.
Naamahaara fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rogers takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rogers bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Rogers lands a nice looking body shot.
Rogers looks to land a right hand but Naamahaara moved out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Naamahaara scores with a nice body kick.
Naamahaara connects with a solid leg kick.
Naamahaara misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Naamahaara misses with a head kick.
Rogers throws a jab when Naamahaara was well out of range.
Rogers misses with a body shot.
Naamahaara throws a head kick but Rogers moves out of range.
Rogers takes a kick to the side of the head.
A lazy body kick from Naamahaara
and Rogers counters with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rogers fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Naamahaara manages to avoid it.

Naamahaara closes the distance and pushes Rogers back into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Rogers breaks the clinch.
Naamahaara throws a head kick but Rogers moves out of range.
Naamahaara throws a head kick but Rogers moves out of range.
Naamahaara throws a sloppy head kick and Rogers moves out of range easily.
Naamahaara displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rogers throws out the jab.
Rogers avoids the head kick by Naamahaara.
Rogers blocks a head kick by Naamahaara.
Rogers takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Rogers swings for the body but Naamahaara moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Naamahaara tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rogers paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Naamahaara throws a sloppy head kick and Rogers moves out of range easily.
A head kick from Naamahaara lands but Rogers takes it in his stride.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kamala Naamahaara dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Rogers avoids a punch combination nicely.
Naamahaara turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Naamahaara throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Rogers.
Rogers waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Naamahaara.
Rogers has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Naamahaara.
Rogers lands with a nice body punch.
Naamahaara pulls out of a head kick attempt.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Rogers breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Naamahaara avoids the body shot from Rogers.
Rogers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Naamahaara pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Naamahaara throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rogers cracks a nice hook into Naamahaara's ribs.
Naamahaara misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Naamahaara tries to land a front kick but Rogers steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Rogers punishes Naamahaara's body with a nice straight punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Naamahaara lands a high kick!

The cut above Jason Rogers's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Naamahaara throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rogers throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Naamahaara misses with a head kick.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Rogers ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Naamahaara ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Naamahaara looks to land a body kick but Rogers moved away.
Nice cross by Rogers.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rogers lands with a nice body punch.
Nice defenses there by Naamahaara.
Naamahaara slips a straight right by Rogers.
Naamahaara has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Rogers finds it's way round the side to connect with Naamahaara's head.
Rogers loads up on a big right hand but Naamahaara slips the punch.
Rogers misses the shot to the body.
Naamahaara tries a head kick but it misses.
Rogers takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Naamahaara slips under a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers lands a nice shot to the body.
Naamahaara uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rogers.
A swing and a miss from Rogers.
Naamahaara misses with a head kick.
Rogers thows a left - swing and a miss!
Naamahaara misses with a head kick.
Rogers avoids the head kick by Naamahaara.
Rogers misses with a looping left.
Rogers lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Rogers misses with a straight left.
Rogers slips a straight right by Naamahaara.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Naamahaara throws a right hand that misses
and Rogers counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

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

Naamahaara is rocked!
Naamahaara throws a sloppy head kick and Rogers moves out of range easily.
Rogers lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Naamahaara at a distance.
Naamahaara throws a head kick that half lands.

Rogers sends Naamahaara crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Rogers is motioning to the referee to let Naamahaara up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Oh Naamahaara is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Naamahaara keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rogers.
Naamahaara throws a right and a left that Rogers avoids nicely.
Naamahaara seems to have got his legs back now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rogers takes a kick to the side of the head.

Rogers drops Naamahaara with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Naamahaara looks back up at him and smiles so Rogers waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Naamahaara takes a shot right to the bread basket.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Rogers really dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Naamahaara's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Rogers thows a body shot but no joy.
Naamahaara staying out of range there.
Naamahaara throws a head kick but Rogers moves out of range.
Rogers scores with a jab.
Rogers takes a swing at Naamahaara's ribcage but misses.
Rogers fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Naamahaara tries to clinch there but Rogers circles away.
Naamahaara fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jason Rogers seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rogers uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Naamahaara.
Rogers throws out a loose jab but Naamahaara uses good head movement to avoid it.
Naamahaara misses with a head kick.
Naamahaara misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Naamahaara tries to clinch up.
Rogers misses with a wild body shot.
Naamahaara throws a sloppy head kick and Rogers moves out of range easily.
Naamahaara avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rogers misses with a wild body shot.

Naamahaara forces Rogers back against the cage and clinches.
Naamahaara throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Naamahaara throws an elbow but it misses.

Rogers pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Naamahaara tries to close the distance and clinch but Rogers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Naamahaara gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Naamahaara's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rogers misses with an uppercut. Naamahaara saw that one coming.
Naamahaara throws a sloppy head kick and Rogers moves out of range easily.
Naamahaara tries to clinch but Rogers is having none of it.
Naamahaara throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Naamahaara takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Rogers throws a body punch but Naamahaara moves out of range.
Rogers blocks a head kick by Naamahaara.
Rogers fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Naamahaara manages to avoid it.
Rogers thows a body shot but no joy.
Naamahaara moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Naamahaara.
Naamahaara defending well as Rogers loads up on a big left hand.
Naamahaara plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Naamahaara tries to clinch up.
Naamahaara delivers a nice body kick.
Rogers misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Naamahaara.
Naamahaara lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rogers's sensitive parts.
Both fighters circling a little - Naamahaara finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Rogers throws a poor cross that misses

and Naamahaara counters with a head kick that drops Rogers - he's looking to finish, following his stunned foe to the ground!

Rogers is rocked!

Jason Rogers's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rogers is trying to stand back up but Naamahaara is controlling him
Rogers is still in real trouble! Can Naamahaara finish him?
Naamahaara working Rogers over with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Naamahaara thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Rogers can do anything to dispel that myth.
Naamahaara sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Rogers defending well though.
Rogers seems to have recovered his senses.
Naamahaara landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Naamahaara is pressing down on Rogers's thigh, looking to free his foot. Rogers is holding on for now.
Rogers tries to kick Naamahaara off but Naamahaara keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Rogers taking some punishment here, with Naamahaara in his half guard.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jason Rogers's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Kamala Naamahaara!
Kamala Naamahaara retains his heavyweight title!
Kamala Naamahaara thanked the fans post fight for their support.