PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Castle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Rogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Frank Castle has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Castle
vs
Rogan

185 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

193 cm
25
215 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid 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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frank Castle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Rogan!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Lou da Vinci and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castle fails in his attempt to clinch.
Castle throws a series of punches but Rogan moves out of range.
Rogan looks for a takedown but Castle sprawls well.
Castle tries to bum rush Rogan with a series of wild strikes but Rogan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rogan dodges the punch combination from Castle.

Rogan fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Castle to the ground. Rogan is now in Castle's guard.
Rogan throwing strikes but missing.
Rogan trying to control the position from guard on top but Castle is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Castle wants to sweep here but Rogan controlling him for the moment.
Rogan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rogan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castle keeping moving, preventing Rogan from controlling successfully.
Rogan not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rogan is working Castle over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Rogan throwing strikes but missing.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Rogan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Castle pushes Rogan up against the cage in a clinch.
Castle is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Castle is trying to stall.
Rogan tries for a takedown. No joy.
Frank Castle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Rogan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Rogan is looking for a takedown.

Castle's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice defenses there by Castle.
Rogan throws the left hand but Castle avoids the punch easily.

Rogan fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Castle sprawls well initially but Rogan persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Rogan missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Rogan winds up and cracks Castle with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ground and pound from Rogan.
Rogan missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Rogan in particular looking to stall.
Rogan working Castle over with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogan working Castle over with strikes.
Rogan throwing shots but Castle is blocking nicely.
Castle is breathing heavily.
Rogan looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Castle with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Rogan working over Castle with some ground and pound. Castle looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Rogan looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Castle taking some punishment here, with Rogan in his half guard.
Rogan seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Castle does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Rogan connects with a nice short shot to Castle's temple.
Rogan is nestled in close to Castle, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Rogan looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Castle with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Castle knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rogan on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rogan working over Castle with some ground and pound. Castle looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Rogan is trying to control. Castle wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Rogan closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Castle to the mat! Castle manages to get full guard.
Rogan with a nice head shot there.
Rogan postures up and lands a big shot to Castle's brow.
Rogan sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Castle can't keep his opponent in guard - Rogan advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Rogan dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Castle blocks a jab.
Frank Castle is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Castle throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Castle lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Castle defending well as Rogan loads up on a big left hand.
Rogan throws a hook but Castle avoids it easily.
It looked like Castle wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Rogan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Castle throws a right and a left that Rogan avoids nicely.
Rogan with a lazy takedown attempt
and Castle counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Castle steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rogan.
Rogan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rogan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Rogan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Castle sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Castle on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Castle bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Castle connects with a crisp jab.
Castle will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rogan with the counter takedown but Castle avoids it easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rogan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Castle.
Rogan shoots and misses
and Castle cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Frank Castle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Rogan.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogan dodges the punch combination from Castle.
Rogan fails to land the takedown.
Rogan throws a lazy uppercut
and Castle counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A swing and a miss from Rogan.

Rogan shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Ground and pound from Rogan.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rogan working over Castle with some ground and pound. Castle looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Rogan is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castle on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Well, if Rogan is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Castle taking some punishment here, with Rogan in his half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogan wants to take a breather but Castle is having none of it.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Rogan lands a nice short elbow.
Rogan perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Rogan gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Castle counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Castle shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Rogan eats them both and turns towards Castle to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Castle moves out of range of the strikes.
It looked like Castle wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Castle moves in looking to clinch but Rogan pushes him off.
Castle throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Castle displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rogan throws out the jab.
The fighters circling - Rogan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Castle throws a series of punches but Rogan avoids them all with ease.
Rogan is trying hard to land a takedown here. Castle sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Rogan fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Castle throwing a counter right hand but Rogan manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rogan misses with a straight left.
Castle throws a good cross that connects.
Rogan fails with a takedown attempt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rogan misses with a looping left.
A slow jab from Rogan misses its intended target.
Rogan tries for a takedown but Castle circles away easily
and Castle counters with a one-two to the body.
Rogan throws a jab when Castle was well out of range.
Castle is looking to counter punch.
Rogan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Castle throws a lazy right hand but Rogan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rogan throws an overhand right that lands on Castle's shoulder, as Castle tries to avoid the shot.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Rogan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Castle dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Castle ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rogan moves away.
Rogan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rogan throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Castle counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A slow jab from Rogan misses its intended target.
Castle fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Castle misses with a few strikes there.
Rogan is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Rogan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Rogan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Castle.
Castle displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rogan throws out the jab.
Castle fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rogan manages to avoid it.
Rogan avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rogan throws an overhand right that lands on Castle's shoulder, as Castle tries to avoid the shot.
Frank Castle is winning the standup battle so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Rogan fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Castle to the ground. Rogan is now in Castle's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rogan scoring with some ground and pound.
Rogan working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Castle's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogan is stalling in the full guard.
Rogan working some strikes from top position.
Rogan cracks Castle with a solid left hand.
Rogan working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Rogan scoring with some ground and pound.
Rogan controlling from the top position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Rogan tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Castle defends well and Rogan ends up having to push Castle into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
The fighters circling - Rogan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mike Rogan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rogan shoots in for a double leg but Castle sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Castle throws the left hand but Rogan avoids the punch easily.
Rogan tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Frank Castle is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rogan shoots for a takedown but Castle saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Frank Castle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Rogan.

Rogan closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Castle to the mat! Castle manages to get full guard.
Rogan works over Castle with some ground and pound from guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Rogan's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Rogan is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Rogan with a nice head shot there.
Rogan stays in close to Castle's body and controls the position.
Castle has momentary wrist control but Rogan slips an elbow through the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogan sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Castle's guard.
Rogan is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Rogan lands strikes from half guard.
Rogan scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Rogan working Castle over with strikes.
Ground and pound from Rogan.
Nice strikes from Rogan there.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Rogan manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Castle on his heels. He'll look to pass Castle's guard now, I'm sure.
Rogan with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Rogan working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Rogan sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Rogan slips nicely into half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nice strikes from Rogan there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Rogan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Rogan has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Rogan!
Mike Rogan decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.