PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ste Mash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Steve (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mash's entrance music is Blue Men Group - Time to Start. A fine choice. James Steve looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Mash
vs
Steve

175 cm
18
141 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

170 cm
21
135 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ste Mash!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, James Steve !
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Albert Achterberg and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mash lands a head kick!
Steve takes a kick to the side of the head.
Steve fails with an attempt to clinch.
Steve fails in his attempt to clinch.
Steve tries to clinch up but Mash circles away and keeps his distance.

Mash clinches up with Steve and pushes him back against the cage.
Mash stops a takedown attempt from Steve .

Mash manages to break the clinch.
Steve closes the distance looking to clinch

and Mash counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Mash throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mash misses with the head strike.

Mash breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Mash forces Steve back against the cage and clinches.
Mash tries to break the clinch but Steve is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steve digs a right hand underneath Mash's ribcage. Mash let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Mash misses with a knee strike.
Mash misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Steve .
Steve lands a body shot in the clinch.

Mash pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mash tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Steve paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Mash closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Mash prevents a body shot from Steve .

Mash manages to break the clinch.
Mash throws a nice head kick!
Steve tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Mash counters with a solid body kick.
Steve tries to clinch up

and Mash moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mash breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mash throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Steve stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

Mash closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Steve jumps guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Steve wants to get back to his feet but Mash passes into half guard.
Mash is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Steve kicks Mash off and gets back to his feet.
James Steve seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steve tries to clinch up
and Mash counters with a nice low kick that buckles Steve 's knee momentarily.
Steve looks gassed!
Mash is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mash lands a high kick!
Steve closes the distance looking to clinch

and Mash counters by moving into the clinch.

Mash pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mash circles away from the clinch attempt
and Mash counters with a nice body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steve misses with a takedown attempt
and Mash counters with a body kick that stops Steve in his tracks momentarily.

Mash gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Mash stalls.
Steve takes a knee to the side of the body.

Mash's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mash scores with a nice head shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Mash gets a clinch.
Mash slowing the pace effectively.

Mash breaks from the clinch.

Mash closes the distance and pushes Steve back into the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Mash escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Mash gets a clinch.
Mash misses with a knee strike.

Mash manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ste Mash dominated that 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.

Steve wants to clinch but Mash slips to the side

and Mash holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Mash breaks the clinch.
Steve looks to clinch
and Mash counters with a head kick. That will keep Steve thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Mash throws a sloppy head kick and Steve moves out of range easily.
Steve takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Steve wants to clinch
and Mash counters with a nice body shot.

Mash moves into the clinch.
Mash works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Mash crunches a lovely knee into Steve 's ribcage.
Steve is breathing heavily.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mash.
Mash working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Mash's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mash clinches but Steve breaks the clinch

and Steve moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mash effectively controlling the action here.

Mash breaks the clinch.

Mash closes the distance and clinches.
Mash is leaning against Steve and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Mash is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Steve is defending well for now.
Steve working aggressively here.
Mash misses with a knee strike.
Mash throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Steve blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees to the body from Mash.

Mash breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Mash moves into the clinch.
Steve goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Steve on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mash lands a good knee to the midsection. Steve won't want to take too many of those.
Mash landing knees to the body.
Mash with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mash manages to break the clinch.
Mash wants to clinch up but Steve keeps it at a distance.
Steve tries to clinch but Mash moves away

and Mash counters by moving into the clinch.
Mash throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Steve blocks it with crossed arms.

Mash pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Mash.
Steve tries to clinch

and Mash holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Mash's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Steve clinches but Mash breaks the clinch

and Mash counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Mash.

Mash manages to break the clinch.
Mash throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Mash fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Steve , pushing him back against the cage.

Mash breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mash connects with a high kick.
Mash scores with a head kick.
Steve takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

Mash instigates a clinch.
Mash lands a knee to the body.

Mash breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Mash drives through and clinches with Steve against the cage.
Mash scores a nice knee to the body.

Mash's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mash tries to clinch up but Steve circles away and keeps his distance.

Mash closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ste Mash has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Mash with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mash missing with knees to the body.

Mash's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick there by Mash.

Mash closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Mash putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Steve in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Mash breaks the clinch.
Mash lands a head kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Mash fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Steve , pushing him back against the cage.
Mash lands a good knee to the midsection. Steve won't want to take too many of those.
Mash using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Steve has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Mash breaks from the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Mash is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Steve can do to turn this around?

Mash breaks from the clinch.

Mash gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ste Mash dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Mash moves into range and clinches up with Steve .
Knees to the body from Mash.
Mash comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Mash pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mash lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Mash rushes Steve and presses him up against the cage.
Mash landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Mash scores with a knee to the head.
Steve is working for takedown but Mash is calmly controlling the position for now.

Mash breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mash throws a leg kick which misses Steve 's front leg but catches the back leg as Steve tries to avoid it.

Mash moves into the clinch.
Mash with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Steve takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mash with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mash lands with a left to the head.
Steve takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mash breaks from the clinch.

Mash rushes Steve and presses him up against the cage.

Mash manages to break the clinch.
Mash fails with an attempt to clinch.
Steve blocks a head kick by Mash.
Mash bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

Mash clinches.
Mash scores a nice knee to the body.
Mash landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Mash breaks the clinch.

Mash clinches up with Steve and pushes him back against the cage.

Mash escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Steve darts in trying to clinch
and Mash counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Steve thinking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mash moves into the clinch.
Mash with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mash creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Steve 's defenses.
Mash landing knees to the head.

Mash escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mash lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Mash throws a head kick that half lands.
Mash fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mash dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Steve . That did some damage!
Mash lands a high kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Mash closes the distance and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mash escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mash throws a nice head kick!
The fight stays on the outside here - Mash looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Mash has closed the distance and engaged Steve in a clinch.

Mash pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Mash has Steve up against the cage in a clinch.

Mash breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mash moves in looking to clinch but Steve pushes him off.
Steve has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Mash.

Mash instigates a clinch.

Steve has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Mash uses from the top position.
Mash landing with the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mash controls from within his opponent's guard.
Ste Mash is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Steve working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mash.
Mash is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
James Steve has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ste Mash showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mash, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:26
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:25
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ste Mash!