PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ghiorghos Papadopoulos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ghiorghos Papadopoulos could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jason Rogers's chin.

Papadopoulos
vs
Rogers

185 cm
34
266 lbs
15 - 20 - 0

190 cm
34
260 lbs
14 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 15 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ghiorghos Papadopoulos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jason Rogers!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Arvi Lind and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rogers looks to land a right hand but Papadopoulos moved out of range.
Rogers misses with a straight right.
Papadopoulos misses with a takedown attempt - Rogers sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Papadopoulos fails with a takedown attempt.
Rogers misses with a looping right.
Papadopoulos fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Rogers avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ghiorghos Papadopoulos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rogers keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Rogers lands a glancing blow to the side of Papadopoulos's head.
Rogers has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Papadopoulos misses with a takedown
and Rogers counters with a stiff right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Papadopoulos shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Rogers sprawls well. Rogers wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Papadopoulos gets slowly back to his feet.
Papadopoulos shoots in and drives through. Rogers sprawls well.
Rogers slaps away a takedown attempt from Papadopoulos, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Papadopoulos bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Papadopoulos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rogers throws out the jab.
Rogers pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rogers looks to throw the jab but Papadopoulos is out of range.
Papadopoulos goes for a double leg but Rogers avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Rogers continues to drive forward.
Papadopoulos goes for a takedown attempt but Rogers pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Rogers throws a jab but it's blocked by Papadopoulos.

Papadopoulos darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Papadopoulos has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Rogers trying to control but Papadopoulos postures up.
Rogers is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Papadopoulos is staying active.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Papadopoulos lands a nice short elbow.
Papadopoulos thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rogers's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Papadopoulos scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Papadopoulos thows a huge punch but Rogers dodges it nicely.
Papadopoulos is thwarting Rogers's attempts to control the position.
Papadopoulos throwing shots but Rogers is blocking nicely.
Papadopoulos throwing shots but Rogers is blocking nicely.
Papadopoulos missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Papadopoulos throwing shots but Rogers is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ground and pound from Papadopoulos.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Rogers keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Papadopoulos throws a strike but Rogers avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Papadopoulos postures up in Rogers's guard and throws a big left but Rogers blocks it.
Papadopoulos landing some decent shots from guard.
Papadopoulos postures up in Rogers's guard and throws a big left but Rogers blocks it.
Rogers preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Papadopoulos throws an elbow that misses. Rogers uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Papadopoulos's guard. Nice move by Rogers!
Rogers won't allow Papadopoulos to sweep him here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos has a closed guard, preventing Rogers from standing up.
Papadopoulos on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Papadopoulos tries to get out of the position.
Papadopoulos looking for a sweep. Not yet Papadopoulos, not yet.

Rogers gets to his feet - Papadopoulos follows without any prompting.
Rogers leaves Papadopoulos with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Rogers displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos tries to score a power double leg takedown but Rogers sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Papadopoulos somewhat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rogers misses with a straight left.
Papadopoulos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rogers.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ghiorghos Papadopoulos dominated that round.
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.

Papadopoulos slips a straight right by Rogers.
Papadopoulos goes for a double leg but Rogers avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Rogers continues to drive forward.

Papadopoulos has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Rogers clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Papadopoulos throws strikes from the back but Rogers rolls nicely and manages to end up in full guard. Nice work by Rogers.
Papadopoulos is in close to Rogers's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Papadopoulos working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Rogers working a defensive guard here.
Papadopoulos working some strikes from top position.
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!
Papadopoulos throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Papadopoulos throwing strikes but missing.
Papadopoulos throws a big right hand that misses.
Rogers avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Papadopoulos with a flurry of punches that miss.
Papadopoulos postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Papadopoulos lands a couple of digs.
Papadopoulos with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

It looks like Jason Rogers has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Papadopoulos postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Rogers covers up, he's hurt! Papadopoulos keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Papadopoulos and the ref steps in to end the fight! Papadopoulos can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ghiorghos Papadopoulos!
During a confident post fight interview, Ghiorghos Papadopoulos thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.