PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Evaristo Jesus (ranked 149 p4p, 220 weight class) and Jason Steele (ranked 3 p4p, 6 weight class). Jason Steele is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Jesus
vs
Steele

186 cm
34
248
31 - 10 - 0

185 cm
35
234
32 - 13 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 31 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Evaristo Jesus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 13 - 1, fighting out of London, Jason Steele!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Steven Brown and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jesus forces Steele back against the cage and clinches.
Steele working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Steele scores a nice knee to the body.
Jesus tries to pull guard but Steele won't allow it.
Steele pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Steele lands a body shot in the clinch.
Jesus blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Jesus pulls guard successfully.

Steele gets to his feet. Jesus looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Steele scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Steele cracks Jesus with an open hand slap.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Steele throws a body shot but no joy.
Steele tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jesus was well out of range. Poor timing from Steele.
Steele misses the shot to the body.
Jesus with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Steele to score with a decent uppercut.
Jesus slips under a jab.
Jesus throwing a counter right hand but Steele manages to avoid it.
Steele steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jesus.
Steele throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jesus staying out of range there.
As Steele tries to get set, Jesus tries to push him back and clinch up but Steele manages to avoid the attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jesus has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Steele finds it's way round the side to connect with Jesus's head.
Steele misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Jesus counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Steele is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jesus throws a body shot but no joy.
Steele misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jesus.
Jesus drops his hands momentarily and Steele takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Steele staying out of range there.
Jesus gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Jesus dodges the punch combination from Steele.
Steele tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jesus swats him away and circles back towards the center.
It looked like Jesus wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jesus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Steele.
Jesus looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Steele tries to clinch but Jesus moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Steele closes the distance and pushes Jesus back into the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jesus tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Steele landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jesus is breathing heavily.
Steele comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Steele misses with a punch to the body.
Steele creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jesus's defenses.
Steele crunches a lovely knee into Jesus's ribcage.
Steele lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right from Steele.
Nice elbow from Steele.
Steele lands an uppercut.
Jesus is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Steele to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Evaristo Jesus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jesus tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Steele misses with a punch to the body.
Jesus takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Evaristo Jesus has been cut.
Steele throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jesus blocks it with crossed arms.
Jesus blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
I was talking to Jesus's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Steele.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Steele.
Still in the clinch, Steele scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jesus avoids the elbow strike from Steele, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jesus jumps guard.

Jesus is working an open guard so Steele takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Steele ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jesus moves away.
Steele is looking to clinch but Jesus is avoiding it.

Steele drives through and clinches with Jesus against the cage.
Steele misses with a hook to the ribs.
Steele blocking some punches.
Jesus struggles to land a body shot inside as Steele controls his hands.
Steele swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Steele lands a knee to the head.
Steele looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Jesus escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Steele uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jesus.
Steele defending well as Jesus loads up on a big left hand.
Steele bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Steele misses the shot to the body.
Steele scores with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Steele clinches with his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Jesus decides to pull guard.
Jesus has a closed guard, preventing Steele from standing up.

Jesus is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Steele defends well.
Steele tries to stand but Jesus is controlling from the bottom.

Jesus is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Steele has his hands clasped together but Jesus extends and breaks Steele's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Jesus.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Evaristo Jesus!
An intense looking Evaristo Jesus took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'Antoski rematch? Move to HW? Gimme whoever you want.'.