PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Steve Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Woodhall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Rogers
vs
Woodhall

190 cm
23
180 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

185 cm
20
195 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Steve Rogers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Peter Woodhall!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Andrew Berry and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rogers shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Rogers was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Rogers lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Woodhall is looking to improve his position but Rogers isn't that keen on the idea.
Rogers looking to control and managing it successfully.

Rogers looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Rogers lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Woodhall wants to control but Rogers is having none of it.
Woodhall is controlling an arm, preventing Rogers from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
Woodhall reaches up to try and control the position but Rogers seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Woodhall rolls and tries to escape and now Rogers has his back!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rogers is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Rogers gets his hands free as Woodhall looks to control.
Woodhall breaks Rogers's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.

Woodhall avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Rogers has a closed guard, preventing Woodhall from standing up.
Rogers keeping moving, preventing Woodhall from controlling successfully.
Woodhall trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Woodhall's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Rogers trying to control the position here.
Woodhall trying to control but Rogers is working from the bottom.
Rogers controlling the position.
Rogers 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.
Woodhall throws a strike but Rogers rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Woodhall throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Woodhall keeping moving, preventing Rogers from controlling successfully.
Woodhall manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Rogers manages to get himself to full guard.
Rogers looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rogers wants to stand but Woodhall is controlling the position.
Rogers tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rogers is breathing heavily.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Rogers is on top in guard.
Woodhall trying to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Woodhall is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Rogers trying to control but Woodhall is working from the bottom.
Woodhall controls Rogers momentarily but Rogers frees himself.
Rogers working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Rogers lands a couple of digs.
Rogers thows a big elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Rogers is looking to clinch.
Rogers fails to land the takedown.
Woodhall keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Rogers looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Woodhall is fending him off so far but Rogers persists. Nope, Woodhall circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Steve Rogers. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rogers fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Steve Rogers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Woodhall moves into range and clinches up with Rogers.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Rogers breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Steve Rogers is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Rogers drives through and clinches with Woodhall against the cage.

Rogers jumps into guard, dragging Woodhall to the mat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Woodhall wants to control from the top but Rogers keeps moving.
Rogers not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woodhall trying to control the position from guard on top but Rogers is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Woodhall won't allow Rogers to sweep him here.

Rogers looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Woodhall wants to control from the top but Rogers keeps moving.

Rogers escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Woodhall gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Woodhall is working Rogers over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

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.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Woodhall displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Rogers blocks the body kick.
Woodhall tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rogers swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Woodhall.
Rogers shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Woodhall pinned against the cage. Woodhall gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Woodhall closes the distance but Rogers moves to the side

and Rogers counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Rogers missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Woodhall manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Rogers throwing strikes from guard but Woodhall blocks nicely.
Rogers throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers postures up.

Woodhall is looking for a triangle here but Rogers uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Rogers is looking to take a break and control but Woodhall is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Woodhall trying to remain calm as Rogers controls from the top position.
Rogers works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Woodhall is being controlled here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Woodhall is looking to regain half guard here but Rogers keeps moving and retains side control.
Woodhall can't do much from the bottom here.
Rogers is looking to take a break and control but Woodhall is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Woodhall being controlled for a moment.
Rogers advances to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Rogers dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Rogers gets a takedown into half guard.
Rogers takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Woodhall is trying to get back to full guard.
Nice strikes from Rogers there.
Woodhall is refusing to be controlled, as Rogers sits in half guard.
Rogers lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Woodhall takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rogers wants to take a breather but Woodhall is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Steve Rogers just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Rogers fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Woodhall with a lazy takedown attempt
and Rogers counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

Rogers gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Rogers breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Rogers shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Woodhall really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rogers. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Rogers sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Woodhall tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Rogers controlling his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woodhall is just holding on here. Rogers manages to take his back.
Rogers is riding his opponent, not letting Woodhall buck him off.
Rogers lands strikes to the head.
Steve Rogers overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rogers scores with punches to the body.
Woodhall grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Woodhall just trying to survive but Rogers is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Rogers throwing damaging strikes from the back! Woodhall could be in trouble here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers is punishing Woodhall with strikes - can he finish him?!
Rogers throwing damaging strikes from the back! Woodhall could be in trouble here!

Woodhall defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Rogers is looking to control Woodhall but Woodhall is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Peter Woodhall has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Woodhall tries to break free.
Rogers lands strikes to the head.
Rogers is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Woodhall staying busy and making it hard for Rogers to control.
Woodhall is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Rogers off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
Rogers cracks Woodhall with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Woodhall from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Rogers 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.
Rogers is hanging on to Woodhall's back as he tries to escape.
Rogers slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Rogers has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Rogers lands a shot to the head.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Rogers. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Rogers keeps control of the position easily here as Woodhall tries to buck him off.
Steve Rogers is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
I really don't envy Woodhall right now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Steve Rogers showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Rogers, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steve Rogers!