PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bledge Stevenson (ranked 23608 p4p, 4489 weight class) and Groundad Pandas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Stevenson
vs
Pandas

200 cm
24
250
3 - 19 - 0

225 cm
25
265
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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 3 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bledge Stevenson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Groundad Pandas!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Bruno Hogan and Ben Watson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stevenson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pandas looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Stevenson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stevenson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Pandas pinned against the cage. Pandas gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Pandas blocks a head kick by Stevenson.
Pandas looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Stevenson fails with a takedown attempt.
A little jabbing left from Pandas on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pandas stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bledge Stevenson. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevenson throws a head kick but Pandas moves out of range.
Stevenson misses with a body punch
and Pandas counters with a stiff right hand.
Stevenson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pandas looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Stevenson shoots in for a takedown but Pandas shows good takedown defense.
Stevenson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Pandas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Groundad Pandas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stevenson is breathing heavily.
Pandas takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Pandas! But no joy.
Stevenson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pandas.
It seemed like Pandas was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Stevenson wants to clinch but Pandas slips to the side
and Pandas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Stevenson takes the fight into the clinch.
Pandas tries to break the clinch but Stevenson is controlling the position.
Pandas is pushing Stevenson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Pandas slowing the pace effectively.
I was talking to Stevenson's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for Pandas to work.
Pandas wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pandas stops a takedown attempt from Stevenson.
Pandas effectively controlling the action here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Stevenson letting Pandas take a breather here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Groundad Pandas.
Pandas leaves Stevenson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Pandas throws out a counter right but Stevenson avoids it with no problem.
Stevenson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Stevenson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Pandas counters with a nice uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Stevenson tries to clinch but Pandas is having none of it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Pandas! But no joy.
Stevenson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Pandas is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Stevenson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Pandas counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Stevenson tries to clinch up
and Pandas counters with a stiff right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stevenson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Pandas but Pandas pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevenson moves in looking to clinch but Pandas pushes him off.
Pandas throws out a counter right but Stevenson avoids it with no problem.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Stevenson.
Pandas swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bledge Stevenson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pandas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bledge Stevenson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Stevenson has a takedown stuffed.
A little jabbing left from Pandas on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Stevenson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pandas throws out a counter right but Stevenson avoids it with no problem.
Stevenson with a lazy takedown attempt
and Stevenson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Groundad Pandas seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pandas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pandas looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Pandas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pandas swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Stevenson wants to clinch.
Pandas avoids the head kick by Stevenson.
Stevenson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Pandas pinned against the cage. Pandas gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson darts in trying to clinch
and Pandas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Stevenson shoots for a double leg takedown but Pandas sprawls well. He's pushed Stevenson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Stevenson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Pandas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Stevenson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Pandas to counter with a crisp jab.
Horrible takedown attempt by Stevenson or perhaps it was just good defense by Pandas, which made it look bad.
It seemed like Pandas was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pandas dodges the punch combination from Stevenson.
Stevenson throws a sloppy head kick and Pandas moves out of range easily.
Pandas looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Stevenson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Pandas counters with a nice uppercut.
Good work by Pandas as he checks the leg kick.
Stevenson throws a low kick but Pandas avoids it.
It seemed like Pandas was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Stevenson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pandas swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Groundad Pandas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Stevenson fails with the takedown
and Stevenson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pandas dodges the punch combination from Stevenson.
It seemed like Pandas was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

Stevenson shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Pandas napping and manages to drive through into side control!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pandas wants to control but Stevenson postures up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pandas sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pandas is trying to maintain the position but Stevenson is very close to passing his half guard.
Pandas wants to get back to full guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Pandas trying to control here.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Stevenson shoots in looking for a takedown but Pandas manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Stevenson's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Stevenson shoots for a takedown but Pandas saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Pandas looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bledge Stevenson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stevenson with a poor takedown
and Stevenson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pandas is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Stevenson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Pandas looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Stevenson tries to clinch up
and Pandas counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Stevenson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Stevenson looks to land a body kick but Pandas moved away.
Stevenson wants to clinch but Pandas slips to the side
and Pandas counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Stevenson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Pandas as he avoids it easily.
Stevenson looks for a takedown but Pandas sprawls well.
It seemed like Pandas was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Stevenson is trying hard to land a takedown here. Pandas sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Pandas looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson fails with a takedown attempt.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Pandas! But no joy.
Stevenson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Pandas to counter with a crisp jab.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Stevenson fails with a takedown attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Groundad Pandas comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Pandas winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Darius Henderson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Groundad Pandas!