PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lorenzo Gionathan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gionathan's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Limp Bizkit - Rollin. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gionathan
vs
Rogers

222 cm
21
300 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

205 cm
25
290 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lorenzo Gionathan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kyle Rogers!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Anthony Taglia and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gionathan takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Rogers throws a hook but Gionathan avoids it easily.

Gionathan has managed to clinch.
Gionathan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rogers has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rogers fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Rogers avoids a wild elbow strike from Gionathan.
Rogers wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gionathan taking a breather.

Rogers breaks the clinch.
Gionathan lunges at Rogers with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rogers's hand.
A big right from Rogers misses.
Gionathan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rogers misses with a two punch combination.
Rogers needs to keep his hands up - Gionathan had a free shot at his head there.

It looks like Kyle Rogers has been cut.
Rogers throws a series of punches but Gionathan avoids them all with ease.
Gionathan does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Rogers fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gionathan manages to avoid it.
Gionathan feints and then cracks Rogers's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rogers down.
Rogers fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gionathan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gionathan cracks the inside of Rogers's front leg.
Gionathan tries to close the distance and clinch but Rogers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rogers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gionathan moves away.
Rogers lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gionathan circles away quickly and effectively.
Rogers throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rogers cracks Gionathan with an open hand slap.
Gionathan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rogers looks gassed!
Gionathan smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Rogers throws a hook but Gionathan avoids it easily.
Rogers waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gionathan.
Gionathan lands a nice looking body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gionathan chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Gionathan fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rogers, pushing him back against the cage.
Gionathan will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Rogers up against the cage.
Rogers takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gionathan lands a nice knee to the body.
Gionathan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gionathan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rogers has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gionathan throws an elbow but misses.
Gionathan displaying some good clinch control by pressing Rogers up against the cage.
Gionathan seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Rogers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rogers is looking to break free of the clinch but Gionathan has double underhooks.
Gionathan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rogers blocks it with crossed arms.
Gionathan landing knees to the head.
Rogers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gionathan stalling the fight.
Rogers is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rogers jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Gionathan walks away with a smile on his face. Rogers gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Gionathan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kyle Rogers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rogers takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jab by Gionathan.
Gionathan scores with a hook to the body. Rogers takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Gionathan tries to bum rush Rogers with a series of wild strikes but Rogers uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rogers falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gionathan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gionathan shoots in and bounces Rogers off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Rogers is trying to control the position but Gionathan postures up.
Gionathan trying to control the position from guard on top but Rogers is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rogers looking for a sweep. Not yet Rogers, not yet.
Gionathan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gionathan won't allow Rogers to get back to his feet.
Rogers has his hands on Gionathan's head, controlling the position.
Gionathan forces his way into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gionathan is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Gionathan will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Rogers looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Gionathan passes to full mount!
Gionathan landing strikes from the mount and Rogers is in trouble!

That has opened up Kyle Rogers's cut even more.
Gionathan wants to take Rogers's back but he can't do it this time.

Gionathan jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Rogers is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Rogers and Gionathan has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rogers is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Gionathan asserts his dominance and retains side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lorenzo Gionathan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kyle Rogers's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Rogers throws a left and a right that both miss
and Gionathan counters with a left and a right that stings Rogers.
Lorenzo Gionathan is winning the standup battle so far.
Rogers scores with a jab to the body.
Gionathan slips under a jab from Rogers.
Rogers misses with a double jab

and Gionathan counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Gionathan.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Gionathan trying to control the position from guard on top but Rogers is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rogers trying to keep a closed guard but Gionathan is proving a slippery customer.

Gionathan has gone for a leg lock! Rogers slips out almost immediately though and dives into Gionathan's guard.
Rogers wants to get up but he can't break Gionathan's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Gionathan tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers wants to control from the top but Gionathan keeps moving.
Rogers must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Rogers slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Gionathan keeping moving, preventing Rogers from controlling successfully.
Gionathan is pulling down on Rogers's head to control his posture.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rogers tries to free his leg and advance position but Gionathan is retaining full guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Rogers misses with a double jab
and Rogers takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rogers misses with a looping left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Rogers falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gionathan counters with a good low kick that Rogers was not able to check.
Rogers misses with a double jab
and Gionathan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rogers throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Gionathan counters with a thumping low kick.
Gionathan is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Rogers missing with a left hand there. Gionathan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice jab there from Gionathan.
Rogers misses with a hook.
Rogers takes one on the chin but seems OK.

The cut above Kyle Rogers's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Gionathan moves away from the strike by Rogers.

Gionathan throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Rogers was covering up waiting for the punch and Gionathan finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Rogers is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gionathan slips nicely into half guard.
Rogers has hold of Gionathan's hands but Gionathan slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Nice strikes from Gionathan there.
Gionathan is pressing down on Rogers's thigh, looking to free his foot. Rogers is holding on for now.
Gionathan is working hard here to advance position.
Rogers looks like he's trying to stand up.
Rogers wants to get back to full guard.
Gionathan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rogers can do to turn this around?
Gionathan scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Kyle Rogers's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Lorenzo Gionathan!