PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jarrett Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommaso Costa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tommaso Costa will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Rogers
vs
Costa

178 cm
24
215 lbs
2 - 1 - 1

180 cm
22
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jarrett Rogers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tommaso Costa!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Konstantin Menshow and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Costa throws a shot to the body.
Costa misses with a two punch combination.
As Costa backs away, Rogers returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Costa shoots in and drives through. Rogers sprawls well.
Costa looking to throw knees to the head but Rogers is blocking nicely.
Costa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rogers is trying to drag Costa to the mat but Costa just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Rogers is trying to pull guard but Costa has him pressed against the cage.
Costa misses with a knee strike.
Rogers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
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.
Rogers shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Costa sprawls well. Costa wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Rogers gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jarrett Rogers. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Costa scores with a three punch combo!

It looks like Jarrett Rogers has been cut.
Costa tries for a takedown but Rogers sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Costa moves into the clinch.
Costa misses with an elbow over the top.
Rogers keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Costa's efforts to push away.

Rogers pulls guard.
Rogers managing to control the position.
Costa trying to control the position from guard on top but Rogers is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogers controlling Costa's posture.
Rogers manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Costa manages to get himself to full guard.

Rogers throws a big right hand that misses.
Rogers with a flurry of punches that miss.
Rogers throwing strikes from guard but Costa blocks nicely.
Costa working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rogers.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers prevents Costa from getting back to his feet.
Rogers throws a big elbow that misses.
Costa looks winded!
Rogers missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rogers trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Tommaso Costa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Costa closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Costa looking to stall.

Rogers manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Costa being controlled here momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costa working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Rogers seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Rogers utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rogers is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Rogers lands strikes from half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Rogers stands up and beckons Costa to join him on the feet.

Rogers drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
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 Jarrett Rogers will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jarrett Rogers's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Rogers fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Rogers shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Costa gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Rogers has hold of one of Costa's legs. Costa is fighting the takedown attempt but Rogers gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Rogers throws a big elbow that misses.
Rogers throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rogers throwing strikes but missing.
Rogers could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Costa has momentary wrist control but Rogers slips an elbow through the middle.
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 throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Costa works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Rogers gets to his feet - Costa follows without any prompting.

Rogers shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Rogers showed some decent athleticism there.
Costa is breathing heavily.
Rogers scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Rogers seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Jarrett Rogers overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rogers looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Costa keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Rogers keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Nice strikes from Rogers there.
Rogers looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costa is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Rogers not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Rogers throwing shots but Costa is blocking nicely.
Ground and pound from Rogers.
Rogers controlling the action here.
Rogers is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Rogers is nestled in close to Costa, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Rogers is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Rogers seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rogers has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Costa defend it? Rogers steps over the head and cranks it - Costa is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Rogers!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jarrett Rogers!